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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1887
Page
7
The Fidelity National bank collapse in Cincinnati links to Edward L. Harper and partners Briggs Swift Ammi Baldwin and Benjamin Hopkins. The piece traces Harper’s rise and the men’s roles at Third National and Fidelity, detailing losses, suspensions, and personal downfalls.
Jacob Sharp, the Albany lobbyist and New York railroad schemer, has been convicted of bribery in a landmark case. The lengthy trial featured seventy two witnesses and a highly educated jury, with judges De Lancy and Barrett presiding as key figures in New York’s effort to punish the Broadway railway corruption.
Portrait and career overview of H Rider Haggard the English novelist famous for She Jess and King Solomon’s Wives with on spot knowledge of South Africa and a string of adventurous novels. Born in 1830s, he joined colonial service at nineteen and later became a barrister at Lincoln’s Inn.
The Argentine Republic naval list grows with a second class schooner Patagonia shown in our illustration and armed with multiple guns including twenty-five and fifteen centimetre pieces. The Immortalite, a British gun boat, is 300 feet long with 56 breadth, 5 000 tons displacement, twenty Whitehead torpedoes, Nordenfeldt and Gardiner guns, 18 knots speed, crew of 421, total cost 1 250 000 dollars.
Leslie recalls Queen Victoria’s coronation when her pet spaniel Dash waited in the hall. Seeing the queen in state robes, Victoria exclaimed that Dash needed a bath, and the sight moved many observers, including the royal biographer.
July 4 celebration marks completion of the 225 mile Cascade division linking Tacoma to the main Northern Pacific line. The tunnel and high altitude work faced great difficulty. Tacoma, population 9,000, prideful as terminal city of the northwestern system with $4,002,119 assessed value and $763,500 spent on improvements.
The article recalls long training for college boat races, noting Harvard and Yale rivalry since 1852, race locations on Thames at New London, and the tradition of betting and crowd enthusiasm. It covers crew sizes, evolving boats, and the exciting race day atmosphere in New London with vivid scenes.
The daughter of John D. Rockefeller at Vassar, hindered by vision issues, has her reading aided by an attendant. She notices two college messengers, aiding her division, and her father funds their full college tuition as a quiet act of unostentatious kindness.
A relic brick from a 1836 inscription by Capt. F. W. Stewart was found in the Old South church walls after the great fire. The brick, recovered by Mrs. J. P. Thwing, was returned to Stewart, now 80, who jokes it would take a large sum to claim it.
The death of Herr Lersch, Cologne’s Jack Ketch, is reported. A grim eccentric, he kept his coffin as a wardrobe for his Dienst uniform. His will directs burial in the uniform. He executed crimes with the guillotine under the French code rather than rope or axe.
In Lincoln County Georgia a respected man with several daughters resents a brother of his son in law asking for another daughter’s hand. He exclaims he will not “give up my girls” to any family while a brother Ed presses for one more marriage.
The New York Star reports Buffalo Bill will bring a full Paris season and a winter Rome Coliseum engagement, with three years in Europe totaling about $1.5 million in profits. Cody also notes future plans in letters from London praising his success.
A Americus resident describes a towering sand cloud sighting two and a half miles northwest of Americus. The funnel shaped phenomenon was about 500 feet high with a 40 to 50 yard base and whirled upward rapidly, roaring like a train of cars.
A colored hodcarrier entered the western police station in Baltimore and asked for a quiet place to have a fit. He was given a cell, endured a half hour of violent convulsions, then left saying he would go to work and feared a late dock.
The newest English craze is amateur dressmaking with public rooms opened to display dresses by hobbyists. Rich and titled ladies participate, original designs are shown, and prizes awarded to top competitors.
The Boston Budget notes that platinum wire can be drawn to such fineness it is invisible to the eye yet detectable by touch on white paper. A magnifying glass reveals the wire when it casts a shadow under proper lighting.
A historical overview of Dr Anandibai Joshee the first Hindu woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. The piece notes India’s caste system, gender restrictions, her early marriage and study in Philadelphia, her death from lung illness, and her influence on Ramabai and reform efforts among Hindu women.
A Boston Budget summary notes milk adulteration common in the nation involves stripping cream or adding water. A San Francisco chemist reports a prevalent adulterant mixture of salt, saltpeter, saleratus, a trace of caustic soda, and much sugar with caramel for color. Purity boosts demand and fosters better trade.
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