Financial and Industrial 1886 Global Trade Notes
Summary of 1886 cotton output gains from free labor, railway progress in Mexico and Kansas, 1886 wool and flaxseed trends, India's wheat exports, British silver rupee values, Bradstreet wheat stocks, and US UK totals. Monopolies in steel rails cited, Australian wheat prospects, Russian canal finance, coal pool critiques, and rising rose stem prices in Buffalo.
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Topeka
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Central Branch
United States
James Lynen
New York
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Europe
Janary
Million Dollar Pew Tale From a Nine Year Offering
A bishop recalls a church where one pew was valued at a million dollars and many generous worshippers gave. He notes a nine year span with one notable event after service when a cook offered her gift early to miss the next Sunday for a rich man’s dinner, implying a large donation.
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Bishop Huntington
Chicago
Listening to Davy Crockett in the National Intelligencer Office
Seaton Donoho recalls meeting Davy Crockett in a wintry Washington setting. Crockett’s rough presence, gentle demeanor, and a crowd of lawmakers gathering by the fire to hear a bar story create a vivid portrait of the frontier hero turned congressman. The scene blends awe and amusement as listeners experience vivid storytelling.
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National Intelligencer
David Crockett
Congress
Davy
Life of Siberian Exiles Shows Varied Punishments and Fates
Article explains Siberian exile ranges from three years to life hard labor. Simple banishment places offenders in a town with reporting duties and allowed occupations. Some exiles prosper unusually, with families joining and even becoming millionaires. many stay in Siberia after their terms, while others return only after service ends.
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Siberia
European
Russia
Irkoptsk
Europe
Thomas W. Knox
How Seal Meat Is Cooked by Natives
Seal meat yields a dirty brick red color as blood remains in the flesh after skinning. Unseasoned stomachs find it unpalatable with a fishy taste and oily odor, but bleeding the seal and soaking the meat makes it palatable when fried or baked. In freezing, flavor is minimal. May shows many seals on the ice with pups near their mothers, pups small and easily caught by sled dogs.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Beginning in Time and a New Bonnet for a Future Exhibition
A dialogue about planning ahead for a permanent exhibition prompts a humorous note on delaying expenses. A Washington Post remark about wallpaper highlights modern beauty resembling fresco artistry.
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Perm
Washington Post
Prussia's Richest Men Named in Tax Returns
The official income tax list names Herr Krupp of Essen as the top earner with an income over 5,000,000 marks and an annual tax around 151,200 marks. Baron Rothschild of Frankfort follows with about 2,750,000 marks income and 81,000 marks tax. Baron Bleichroder of Berlin shows roughly 2,340,000 marks income and 68,400 marks tax. Two Silesian ironmasters and Baron Hansemann plus a Westphalian magnate also exceed 1,000,000 marks. The note ends with a maritime anecdote about a captain and a foggy officer untangling wind changes.
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Herr Krupp
Essen
Baron Rothschild
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Baron Bleichroder
Berlin
Baron Hansemann
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