Precious metals output in 1890 across US west and British Columbia
Wells, Fargo & Co. reports 1890 aggregate gold 32,156,413 dollars silver 62,930,531 copper 20,569,092 lead 11,509,571 total 127,168,410 with California leading in gold and Colorado in silver. State outputs list shows California 11,701,114 dollars Nevada 39,210,530 Oregon 1,036,000 Washington 327,000 Alaska 762,511 Idaho 1,421,500 Montana 4,?14,955 Utah 12,253,15 Colorado 27,274,445 New Mexico 4,?58,855 Arizona 7,507,849 Dakota 3,160,000 Texas 240,43 British Columbia 561,505 total 12,166,10. The 1890 production far exceeds 1870 levels, with 1890 marking peak copper and gold years and Mexico seeing steady mineral growth aided by government policy. Exports to Japan China and the Straits amount to 47,074,104 pounds sterling. The Mexican outlook remains bright. U.S. mining gains attributed to liberal Mexican policy.
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Tobacco Lovers in Wild Beasts and a Humorous Insurance Tale
A German tobacco symposium notes animals like bears goats deer llamas and others fond of snuff and smoke. The piece includes a humorous insurance claim anecdote where a claim is settled using a fake hair switch and small bills, with a punchline about carrying cash in small denominations.
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Paul Meyerheim
Zoological Gardens
Darze Parlans
Uncle Sam's Soldiers and their Better Treatment Abroad
A Harper's Weekly writer extols uniformed service life citing top facilities for soldiers. Post exchanges offer billiards, reading rooms, libraries, and quality beer under strict rules. A post school operates six months yearly, and well fitting clothing completes the disciplined image.
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Harper’s Weekly
Silver the catcher who kept his mangled hand
A baseball editor recalls the case of Silver a famed catcher whose hand was mangled in a Illinois railroad wreck surgeons prepared to amputate but he refused saying he could still use it in his business.
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New York Herald
Bnt
Ilinois
Edwin Booth and Joe Jefferson Hat Tale from Rip Van Winkle
In private life Edwin Booth was austere and godlike while Joe Jefferson differed. A juvenile actor forgot his cue and the bystander held his hat. Jefferson admitted taking the hat, causing the infant to recover to finish his part. The anecdote comes from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Louiisville
Poor but Honest Bishop Potter Mistrusts Silver
A Philadelphia tale recalls Bishop Potter visiting a wealthy woman who laid out silverware as a gift. The Bishop, rumored to be poor but honest, supposedly packed the silver by mistake. He directs the hostess to check the upper bureau drawer, where the items are found untouched by him.
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Potter
Union Men Killed in the Civil War Notion Refuted
The assertion that more Union soldiers died than the entire Confederate enlistment is incorrect. Best authorities put Confederate enlistments at least 600,000 while Union deaths reach 859,523.
Manners of Great Men and Notable Politeness Across Figures
A compact collection of portraits recounts how leaders and luminaries such as de Lesseps Alfred the Great Monroe and Pius IX were praised for politeness while Beethoven and Robespierre displayed contrasting manners. The speaker notes varied social graces and anecdotes from intellectuals and actors to historical rulers and writers.
Chivalry and Knightly Orders Through History
The article surveys medieval and early modern orders including the Holy Sepulchre Chinese? No, Holy Sepulchre, St Blaise in Armenia, the Angelic Knights of Greece, the Elephant Order of Denmark, St Constantine revived by Russia, the now extinct Broom Flowers, and the Cincinnati Society of 1783 American order, plus the Christian Charity founded in France in 1558 for benevolent aims.
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Ivanhoe
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Quentin
Jerusalem
Order of St. Blaise
Llio
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Greece
Denmark
Christian I
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Russia
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Society of Cincinnati
Order of Christian Charity
France
Grewsome skulls fill New York lawyer's Washington Place mansion
The home of Dr. William J. O'Sullivan, famed for defending Carlyle Harris, Myer, and Buchannan, features a Gothic set of skulls and skeletons. A haunted dressing room display includes a skull with a fez and a jeweled pair of hands, plus a skeleton in armor.
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New York
Willian J. O'Sullivan
Carlyle Harris
Myer
Buchanan
Washington Place
O’sullivan
Fire News and Billboard Offer After Harlem House Fire
A Harlem homeowner wakes to a doorbell and learns his downtown property burned in a two hour blaze. Two men propose billboard space on the charred walls, offering two theater tickets nightly as part of their deal.
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New York
Harlem
Pittsburg Dispatch
Monkeys and Wine Across China Stir Debate
Dr. Macgowan cites a China based tale of monkeys near the Great Wall making wine from mountain berries and a village sighting of earthen vessels containing pink and green liquids. He notes reports from Yungping and Cheqiang of monkeys pounding fruit to produce liquor and asks if these stories are inventions.
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Garner
China
Macgowan
Great Wall of China
Yungping
Cheqiang
Good Collateral and the Fitch Speech Scam
Nevada writer Tom Fitch used forged speeches as collateral to extort money from Bank of California officials posing as investors. He delivered a denunciatory speech to bank president Sharon and demanded 5000 dollars or he would spread it. After spending the funds, Fitch produced a flattering speech and repeated the scheme until his boast exposed him.
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West
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United States
Fitch
Saturns moons and other science curiosities form a varied review
Popular Science surveys Saturn eight moon Titan larger than our moon Uranus farthest from the sun mass equal to sixty earths. It notes ocean cable durability at sea bottom and a tuning fork experiment. Mentions compass plants and telepathy theory among insects. Details lamp fires from wrapped incandescent globe.
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Titan
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von Bebber
California as an American Empire of Plenty
Rev. E. D. Dille described California to Boston Christian Endeavorers praising its modest populace and vast potential. He extolled arable land for 30,000,000 people, vast size rivaling Spain, salubrious climate, and riches from gold to orchards and vineyards, calling California the sanitarium and star of the empire.
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Star of the Empire
Poultry Breeding and Rearing Tips From An Agricultural Column
The article advises breeders to specialize in purebred stock for table and laying breeds, stressing regular feeding, bone meal for growing chicks, and keeping broods in coops. It covers range management with lime use, winter housing, and coop maintenance for healthy growth and egg production.
Wabash Ticket Office Sells Lake Trip Tickets to Great Lakes
At the Wabash ticket office in this city a full line of single and round trip tickets via Toledo and Detroit covers Buffalo Erie Cleveland Mackinac Island Chicago Duluth and other ports. The fast steel steamers promise speed comfort and safety on fresh water. A book titled Mid-Summer Voyages outlines lake tours costs times and travel details. State room reservations and tickets are available by telephone No 6. R G Tromison passenger and ticket agent. tf
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Linwood Park Summer Excursion Tickets
Linwood Park Vermillion Ohio on Lake Erie offers summer excursions via Nickel Plate road. Excur sion tickets available throughout the season from August 43 to August 31-295. details listed in the period’s travel notices.
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Lake Erie
Coin's Financial School and Sequel Advertised
Coin's FINANCIAL SCHOOL by W. H. Harvey illustrated 150 pages 64 illustrations 50 cents paper 25 cents popular edition cloth 1.00 Arvo Darts Coin's FINANCIAL Senoon continued 200 pages 60 illustrations history of Coin dedication to readers of Coin's FINANCIAL SCHOOL and urging readers to learn it prices 25 to 1.00 cloth Con's Financial Sencor and Com Ur To Dare bound in cloth 1.00 Times-Post Fort Wayne accepts price by mail.
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Financial School
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Farmer Rudd Posts Anti New Woman Sign Near Hancock
Near Hancock New York farmer Daniel Rudd displays a warning sign on his land declaring Any idiot of the new woman species found riding or walking on these premises will be arrested The eccentric farmer says he would instead bury his three daughters than have them adopt the new woman craze and reports his horse ran wild at the sight of a woman in bloomers keeping visitors off his property.
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Rudd
Crank's Funeral: Eccentric St Albans Man Aaron Randall
Aaron Randall of St Albans Massachusetts died at 86 after arranging his own funeral in detail. He chose his coffin and bearers, left silver dollars for attendants, and wore a suit he kept for 55 years. He was a Democrat who had a pine coffin grown and milled on Democratic land and tended by Democrats.
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St. Albana Me
Aaron Randall
Wade
Weary Walker Visited by Sexton at Church Door
A sexton, described as short and bony, hesitantly invites a ragged tramp inside a church to join the minister for a moment. The street is empty except for the tramp as the sexton weighs his awkward request and waits anxiously.
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Sexton
Walker
Wyoming ranch eclipses Rhode Island in size and stock
A Wyoming ranch spans 75 by 100 miles, covering six Rhode Islands. It houses 200 horses, 15,000 cattle, and 180,000 sheep. The property is owned by former Senator Warren.
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Wyoming
Rhode Island
Warren
France's Military Force Under New French Law
The 1890s French military division shows active and reserve forces totaling about 4 million in war readiness. The breakdown includes 1.51 million active troops plus reserves, 994 thousand territorial forces, 1.265 million territorial reserve, 25 thousand officers, and 27 thousand gendarmes and officers, with mobilization at five times peacetime population ratios.
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French Republic
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