Remarkable assortment of curiosities and notices
A long list of snippets reports oddities such as a 18 inch radish grown near Widan and a babylike form, water restrictions by East London Water Company, a looming London drought, and quirky trivia about drowning etiquette payments. It also notes explosives production in England, lifeboats made from pumice, education reforms for German residents in Madrid, a feather bed lifesaver incident, electric tempering of steel, and a vast array of scientific and civic items from librarians to crime statistics in France. The items read like a miscellany of late 19th century curiosities and public notices.
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Widan
Germany
East London Water Company
London
England
goMe
Europe
Bonne Terre
Ornithological Error Verdict Shocks Prisoner
In a Magistrate court a gamekeeper testifies that he saw the prisoner taking a pheasant. The prisoner admits taking it for a lark. The magistrate sentences six months for making such an ornithological error, warning to consort your natural history to future.
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Judy
In His Place
A brief Odds and Ends quip contrasts debt and credit with a sharp exchange. One speaker questions another about being in debt and being in a place able to get credit, highlighting misplaced pride in financial luck. The mock dispute turns on who bears shame.
Failures of a Year 1896 Larger Than All But One Earlier Year
Commercial authorities report 1896 set a new high for business failures outside 1803, with about 14,890 failures and roughly 224.7 million dollars in aggravated liabilities. The surge is tied to political upheaval in August and September, explaining about 21 percent. December figures remain rough. Manufacturing and trading failures dominated, with notable cases including Cordage Company and Manning brewery, while banks added nearly 50 million in liabilities. The year’s debt-to-payments ratio reached 4.37, a level last seen in 1878 except for 1884 and 1893, reflecting broad economic distress across sectors and rising defaults.
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Shin
Tmouthe
Tsims
Watt
TATE
Yasuo Wey
Cee Caee
ISON
Cordage Company
Walter Wood Lknevester Company
Manning Brewery
Ste
Great Blizzard Roars Across Northwest and South
Farious storm sweeps Western states with blizzard, tornadoes, and drenching rain. Nebraska endures heavy snow as temperatures plunge to zero, while Western Missouri and Kansas report train delays and widespread damage. In Arkansas, Benton bears the worst hits with demolished houses and injuries. relief trains reach Shreveport carrying the wounded. A Missouri Pacific wreck near New Haven claims several lives and many injuries.
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Nebraska
Missouri
Kanga
Territories
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Niles
Mich
Illinois
Arkansas
Benton
Little Rock
Texarkana
Kansas City
Shreveport
Gulf
Iln
Morningsport
Goodman
New Haven
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
J. G. Evann
Fred Hauckap
Janes McGuire
Carmen
National Bank Notes and Mint Circulation Report Summary
Comptroller of the Currency reports nearly 8.25 billion in national bank notes outstanding at year end 1890, up 264 thousand for the month and about 21.1 million for the year. Circulation backed by US bonds totals 215.85 million, down for the month but up 25.23 million yearly. Mint totals December 1800 show 87.02 million in circulation with 44.08 million gold, 2.551 million silver, and 102.066 million other metals. weekly silver coinage 1.7 million dollars. Butler Pittsburgh Railroad directors vote for amalgamation with Pittalurs Shenango and Lake Erie to form Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie with 10 million capital. Russell Bagefeld seeks control to prevent larger interests.
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United States
Bureau of the Mint
Butler & Pitsburg Railroad
Pittsburg
Pittalurs
Shenango
Lake Erie
Pittsburg, Bessemer and
Kings Who Can Work: Royal Trades Across Europe
The New York Journal notes crowned heads engaging in trades and sciences. Queen Amelia of Portugal milks, hats, and designs millinery while the Czar tends farms, Willan prints music, and Emperor William savors versatility. Other royals—Humbert, Oscar, and the Duke of York—practice cobbling, woodwork, and rope making, with the Princess of Wales skilled in dairy tasks. The piece argues royalty possess practical skills, hinting republican gains in social standing.
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Europe
Amelia
Portugal
Yaris
Paris
Russia
Willan
William
Willam
Humbert
Italy
St. Crispin
Oscar
Sweden
Toyal
Duke of York
Princess of Wales
New York Journal
Animals and Steam in German Engineering Journal
A German engineering journal contrasts animal responses to steam power. The ox stands calmly on rats, dogs roam around moving wheels, birds ignore the engines, larks nest near rail overpasses, swallows inhabit engine houses, and swallows raise young near noisy power units between Pest and Semlin.
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Semlin
Local KC Clothier Offers Coal Free With Purchases
A Kansas City clothier advertises a coal free deal with every purchase amounting to 10 dollars. The offer appears in a fragmented OCR line and lists a ten dollar threshold for the coal incentive.
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Kansas City
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Winamuc
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Norfolk
Llngself
Paris Academy of Medicine
MM. Guinkoff
Orange Free State
New York
Colorado
Wyoming
France
Spain
Castellana
Hijar
Alfonso XIII
Don Rodrigo de Villandranda
Juan XI
Toledo
Don Enrico
Castile
Lfe
New Zealand
Cerro del Fuego
Phil
Panima
Colon
Dun
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