Political World Fortunes and Movements Across Nations
A sweeping timeline outlines U S and foreign political events from January to December, detailing senate actions, presidential messages, and shifts in power. It notes key bills, appointments, elections, treaties, and ministerial changes across the United States and Europe, with emphasis on figures like Cleveland, Porter, Hewitt, and Gladstone, and events in Britain, France, Greece, Spain, and Bulgaria.
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Hoar
Hendricks
Senate
John Porter
Washington
United States Senate
Vance
Japan
United States-Mexico
Fitz John Porter
Cleveland
World of Sports Highlights From 19th Century Boxers and More
Chronology of major fights and athletic events with names like Dempsey Sullivan Beach Yeames and teams Yale Harvard St. Louis in boxing yacht racing rowing and football. Major bouts include Fogarty vs Dempsey for middleweight title and Sullivan vs Ryan for lightweight crown. Other notes cover Derby winners and yacht races Times and places span New York Chicago London and Boston.
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Jack Fogarty
Jack Dempsey
New York City
Jem Smith
Alf Greenfield
England
Chantilly
France
George LeBlanche
Mavine
Larchmont
L. I
Dempsey
United States
Tommy Warren
Tommynes
Mills Creek
Louisville
Peter J. Nolan
Jack Burke
Chester Park
Cincinnati
Jake Kilrain
Jack Ashton
Ridgewood Park
Brooklyn
John I. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
Mechanics’ Pavilion
San Francisco
Dominick McCaffrey
Thames
Pursley
Mortlake
Ben Ali
Myers
George
J. B. Haggins
Ban Fox
Hayward
The
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Mass
Yale
Harvard
New London
Neil Matterson
Australia
Thames River
Beach
Gaudaur
London
Newport
William Beach
Wallace Ross
W. G. George
Cummings
Birmingham
Chicago
Utica
St. Louis Browns
American Association
St. Louis
Princeton
Severe storms and floods plague many regions through year
A historical timeline lists floods tornadoes hail and blizzards across the United States and beyond from January to December, noting deaths, injuries and shipwrecks. Key events include the January storms in the south, February wrecks, May storms with deaths in Xenia and Madrid, July lightning fatalities in New York, August Galveston damage, October floods at Sabine Pass, and multiple Great Lakes and Atlantic coast shipping losses.
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New England
Minnesota
Montreal
Kansas City
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Xenia
Madrid
New York
Texan Gulf Coast
Galveston
Illininois
Michigan
Sabine Pass
Atlantic
Hylton Castle
Witherspoon
Lycemoon
Melbourne
Australia
Douglas
Swanton
Miroslav
Oregon
Beda
Cape Perpetua
Sarah Craig
Great Lakes
Westernland
Atlantic Coast
Niagara whirlpool rapids feats listed in historic notes
A sequence of dated entries recalls divers and daredevils navigating the Niagara Falls whirlpool rapids in barrels and from bridges. Names include Graham, Starlett, Potts, Kendall, Donovan, Miss Allen, Hazlett, and Kurtz with events spanning July through November.
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C. DP
Graham
Niagara
Whirlpool Rapids
Kurtz
Brooklys
Spawn Harvesting at Caledonia Hatchery Described
Accounts from Seth Greentin in American Angler detail the 1886 87 spawn opening at Caledonia hatchery Lake Huron. Salmon trout entering spawning races at night are netted and spawned with care, selecting ripe females while others are returned.
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Caledonia Stet
Seth Greentin
Fascinating Carpet Weaving by Boys and Men at Loom
The article describes skilled workers and boys weaving carpets with upright threads like Gobelin looms. Colors are knotted one by one, ends cut by a sickle knife, forming pile by repeated knots. A sung couplet guides work, with young boys handling simpler sections and seasoned laborers tackling borders. The foundation is cut and knotted into a fringe.
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Turkey
Chicago Tribune
Sawing: The Ingenious Rail Strategy on Short Sidings
A young brakeman devised a simple ground plan to allow two long freight trains to pass on a too short siding in Illinois. He traced the method with a stick, showing how to move both trains in fifteen minutes. The technique, called sawing, earned him promotion to general manager of the Northwestern system.
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Illinois Prairies
New York Sun
Ambitious railroad linked to Hudson's Bay wheat trade
Demorest's Monthly notes bold plans to build a railroad to Hudson's Bay to ship prairie wheat via vessels when blocked by Arctic ice. It highlights the northwest region west of St. Paul, crossed by Mani toba, Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific lines as a vast future wheat and potato field with oceanside outlets to Europe.
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Hudson’s Bay
Arctic Circle
St. Paul
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
Demorest’s Monthly
The Automatic Fog Bell at Race Point Cape Cod
The New York Sun recalls an odd seafaring device a fog bell driven by clockwork. A long lever with a sponge on its end activated the bell during fog. moisture set it running and drying stopped it for the next fog, with winding required if fog persisted.
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Race Point
Cape Cod
New York Sun
Army desertions fall in 1885 86 amid promotions noted
The official year 1885 86 recorded 1800 desertions from the regular army versus 3100 the prior year. The decline is attributed to several factors including the promotion of a dozen NCOs to second lieutenant. Butter coloring is now common but must be added in very small quantities.
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Boston
Virginia Folk Lore and the Seven Whistlers Legend
An exploration of Virginia folk lore tracing the influence of African and European traditions in the Blue Ridge region. Legends include the Seven Whistlers the Black Horseman the Eerie Sunsets and the Little Dog tale with regional details and locational references.
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Georgia
Cotton
Virginia
Africa
Blue Ridge
Old Universities in Europe and Harvard’s Founding
Harvard founded in 1636 is older than many German universities such as Halle 1694 Breslau 1702 Gottingen 1737 Berlin 1810 and Bonn 1818. Prague 1548 Vienna 1865 and Heidelberg 1386 are also noted, with Heidelberg as the oldest in the German empire. Kansas City Times.
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Harvard
University of
Halle
Breslau
Gottingen
Berlin
Bonn
Prague
Vienna
Heidelberg
German Empire
Kansas City
Limes
William Dean Howells on a Novel Without Hero or Heroine
In Washington last winter William Dean Howells said he planned a novel with neither hero nor heroine. He imagined a story where the growth of a great daily newspaper is the main feature and the people are subordinate to it.
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Earth
Mediterranean Isles
Christ
Appomattox
the Surrender
Madison County
Prospect Mountain
William Dean Howells
Washingon
Washington Cor. Philadenbie Record
Shiloh's Cure Promoted for Croup and Whooping C cough
An advertisement notes Shiloh's Cure relieves croup and whooping cough with immediate relief. The product is offered for sale by J. F. Fezer.
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Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
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