Market manipulation in Brazil and rubber corner history
A sprawling article recounts J. G. Vianna, a Portuguese trader, engineering a massive rubber corner in Brazil by leveraging secret agents and bank backing. It describes price spikes from 3.00 to 1.204 pounds, mounting losses, and fears of a collapse as rivals push back and factories halt production. It notes a death by action of a conspirator and broader market effects on American manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Ifia
Manuel Pinheiro
Para
Brazil
Gongalves Viana
Pura
Lisbon
Tew
Liverpool
New York
Vianus
Vianna
Fin
Eunson
Viana
Vioiia
Apelan
Portugal
Cucas Herald
A Trap for the Postman Ends in Slippery Chaos
A narrating speaker describes a plan to throw soft soap on a front step to trip a letter carrier. The scheme misfires as the deacons and minister tumble down stairs, with chaos spreading through the house and yard. Pa, a Democrat, is drawn into the fracas as accusations and embarrassment unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palik
Tim
Gould
Troyle
Fangi
Diane
Owen
Coagulation of Egg Albumen in Boiling Water
A historical experiment explains how albumen changes from a clear liquid to a solid when heated. It details heating with a thermometer to about 140F and 212F noting stages from coagulation to firm white mass, and cautions on timing and texture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mo Mettica Willan
du Watt
Leprosy Deaths Stir Salem and Boston Area News
The article notes continued concern over a Massachusetts leprosy case with references to Salem and Boston, detailing public interest and scattered mentions of investigations, hospital care, and local reactions to the disease. Names and precise facts are fragmented but indicate regional alarm and official responses.
Marriage at Black Rock Between Uriah Driggs and Mrs Bedell
A highly improbable union between Uriah Driggs of Tonawanda aged about sixty and Henrietta S Bedell, widow, is reported from Black Rock. Driggs, twice a widower with three sons and a daughter, is described as vigorous and wealthy, while Bedell is portrayed as a composed, dignified widow in her fifties. Opposition arose but dissolved, and the couple proceeded to marriage in a scene noted for its old fashioned charm and sentimentality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Bay
Providence
Rocky Paint
New Eagle
Coney
New York
Dales
Seation
Rhode Ieland
Rocky Point
Hupe
Newport
Narragansett Pier
Brighton Beach
Mar
Chicago Tribune
Uriah Driggs
Tosawanda
Henrietia S Bedell
Black Rock
Cupid
Ibis
Vestertins
Bedell
The Value of Boiled Water in Knowledge on Cookery
Mr W Mactson discusses the dangers of drinking water rich in organic impurities and links certain bacteria to blood poisoning. He notes cooked water as safer than raw, cites China’s boiled water beverages as a historical practice, and warns readers that water safety depends on elimination of harmful organisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuble
W. Mactson
Mr. Williams
China
Lions
She
Fragmentary nuptial notice from Buffalo Courier
The text reports a quiet wedding between a man and woman, each previously married, in Mars, Pa. The bride is the widow of Ira Bedell and mother of Gysian Bedell, while the groom is a widower. Rev. William Alfred Gay officiated. Attended by kin on both sides, they plan a brief wedding trip to Brie, Pa, with a future residence in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Bedell
Sand
Gysian Uedell
Erie Cana
Mars, Niver
Willian Alfred Gay
Brie
Toniwanda
Buffalo Coutier
Mareli
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Evening Observer
Massachusetts
Dinshouse
Branden
Laluoest
Salem
Adare
Salem Uiheridies
Tiaehus
Pete Heddim
Ashmitaragteng
Sjosniin Snore Steel
Ines Braml Cit
Ak Pobre
Erie
Bostea
Park Avenue Nursery
Gov. Park Avenue
Dui
Digenther
Rochester, N. Y
J. F. Guenther
W. Stiles & Co
GP Geer Wesan Dient
Popple
Langworthy Vreenwien
Sears
Experience Levers
A. Litewehig
Lemay
Iether Adrien
Pachi
Pete Boebe
Brite
Deca
Lew
Intelligence
East 3d St
Quakirk
Chauthuqua Farimer
Ai Oes
Tarre
Rdu Brues
Thatcher
Dautea
Vaaryanen
Weruumseturins Chie
Potsdam
N.Y
DET
Wells, Richardson
Frayne
EL. P. Monroe
Inter Silden
Dunkirk
Normal School
Fredonia, N. Y
Kronmmiing Club
Iesiaeres
Jana
Portage
Eggleston Truss Co
Manks
Eggleston Co
Chicago
Til
John B. Gough
Ball
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