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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1889
Page
2
In a compact column the register cites estimates of wealth among New York maids and widows, missionary plans for Japan, Nebraska and Dakota schoolhouse aid, tobacco seizures labeled Queen's Pipe, and rising Colored Farmers' Alliance activity. It also mentions Panel Boone’s Virginia Legislature link, language scholar Sprague, fruit auction trends in major cities, and a Kentucky farmer’s tree-based income.
The article notes Greece is mainly rural with over half the people farming and about ten percent shepherding while many are sailors. It cites concerns about honesty in trade and crafts, reflecting haste for wealth and guarded dealings. A Chicago Telegram writer depicts a court scene with Justices Miller Fuller and Chief Justice in a wary relationship.
At the Pratt Mines near Birmingham Alabama output reached 402 tons of first class coal in a recest. The company is crowded with orders and the Times General notes it is breaking monthly records, with larger orders than any other mine in the country.
The text outlines a newly organized Japanese party advocating tax reduction, decentralization, a volunteer army, and treaty revisions to place Japan on equal footing globally. It notes Germany’s colonial moves in East Africa and hints at broader imperial competition, alongside a growing American merchant marine and impressive sail-powered ships challenging steam for long voyages.
The report covers Governor Oliver Ames’s inauguration in Boston and details the Commonwealth’s finances including debt, expenditures, and tax policy. It notes proposed constitutional questions on municipal representation, executive oversight, and tax reform, with references to other state leaders and legislative actions.
A garbled report mentions Governor Juan Mo Tharr and state officials facing contention over a term in office and preparations for aState events. The text references legislators, priests, and a proposed law amid a year of political activity and debates about leadership.
A study compares three years of new enterprises in the southern region, showing how fresh ventures formed in this period have yielded profit and growth. The analysis highlights industry sectors, startup patterns, and regional economic impact, presenting an instructive exhibit of evolving business activity.
The Senate reconvened after a recess with a quorum present. Discussions covered tariff amendments, currency issues, and an area of constitutional change proposing a six year presidential term. Debates touched on European relations, canal plans, and emergency naval and fiscal measures, with note of rising railway-toad pricing in Tennessee and other economic concerns.
A New Orleans steamboat Paris C. Brown sank after a snagging near Hermitage, about 260 miles above New Orleans. Many passengers and crew perished or were lost, with several saved by bystanders. list of names and duties provided, including captains, engineers, stewards, and a number of survivors.
The article records Masachusetts cities inaugurating new municipal governments. It mentions a Hoboken carpenter Jeszern JagGES who killed himself, a River Crow Gros Ventrés battle in Indian Territory, and various political and financial happenings. Several brief items touch on county clerks, bank failures, a penitentiary, and naval readiness with weather notes.
Robert Waits, a Chatham farmer, attended a Springfield faith care meeting and described his unusual experience. Anna Delsner, a Taylors View resident about twenty, entered a trance during the gathering, gripping Waits firmly and forcing him to move. She later released his hand but has no memory of the event. Waits suffered lasting pain in his wrist for days.
Reports describe a growing gold craze across California and Arizona with prospectors in formerly abandoned mining areas. Mexican workers and local crews push shallow diggings amid hostile sentiment as authorities address the feverish search for ore and the influx of fortune seekers.
A garbled collection cites Harvard students, New York homelessness, a pope's death by delirium, and a range of items from railway plans, auctions in England, and military supplies to Parisians forming the Commune of 1889. It mentions British troops in Suakin, Canadian garden produce, and American war veterans in Vermont, with scattered statistics on alcohol, crime, and commerce.
F B Goddard of New York cremated his dead daughter Gen ce at the Bailsie Crematory. He conducted the ceremony alone with no minister or assistant except the attendant. He read a charter from the Sveapa and expressed a preference for cremation over burial, citing future respect by the sea.
Henniaer Heaten informs Parliament of a plan to send British letters to America via steamers at thirty one cents per letter. He estimates English postal profits from transatlantic mail, noting the 12 million letters and newspapers carried to America in 18xx and the imbalance of stamp revenue versus carrier fees.
John Schaeffer a Bohemian dynamiter was hanged by a mob in Gilman Washington Territory after a deadly bombing at the Bodovia home. The blast injured Bodovia and killed his wife and daughter, with two others injured. Schaeffer had previously been jailed for assaulting Bodovia’s wife and vowed revenge. Local authorities fled the scene as the mob strung him up.
The report lists numerous tragedies including suicides in Wilmington and Aurelius, a man hanged in New Jersey, drownings near Rockaway Beach, a fatal mine accident in Uniontown, and a factory explosion in Trunitytown. It also notes earthquakes in Nicaragua, floods in China, fires in Europe, and storms on the Adriatic, with broad international distress and casualties.
The report lists political nominations in Colorado and Michigan. a student suicide in Ohio. a major fire destroying Altona business district. measles outbreak and school closures in Fesini. a Texas gunfight resulting in deaths. Chicago murder tally and an accidental gas attack. a factory boiler explosion in North Carolina killing several. widespread business suspensions in New Weston Ohio. Mississippi River steamer Kate Adams fire casualty figures revised. Scandinavian and Canadian distress in Walsh County Dakota with destitution. and a boiler explosion at William Porter’s mill causing four deaths and injuries.
Disjointed items detail proposed six year presidential term. secretary of the navy Wintrey named. Congress appropriations debated for reefing families of Japanese victims. Treasury notes show cash vs debt shifts. Malignant scarlet fever outbreak in Washington prompts quarantines. death of Lizzie Sheliaterger noted. panic in aristocratic areas amid social unrest. Yellow fever disruption at sea. Yemen-India air of geopolitical reporting.
A distorted Russian account describes Captain He and crew torturing a sailor named Urth aboard the schooner Johannes. The brutal sequence included whipping confinement and starvation. A confession followed, then more abuse and the death of a sailor during punishment. The vessel was towed to Terenhagen with the accused handed to Russian authorities.
The article lists executions by state for the past year, noting counts for Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Georgia Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Mississippi New York New Jersey North Carolina Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Arizona Washington and other territories. The figures show varied totals per location, with several states reporting multiple executions and others few or none.
A collage of biographical snippets mentions Lio Mul and Poze with ages forty six and seventy, plus Prengavano de Lessets born in November. The text lists many figures: Alexis, George, Alexander, Constantine, Williams, and Mississippians, noting a sans-education institute wish, discussions of Turkish poetry, Curtis of Harpers Weekly, and Stanley’s African interests. The piece notes a New York judge and a Philadelphia merchant prince, all framed as a period-voice mishmash of prominent names and anecdotal facts.
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