Gould's Upset Over Asian Pacific Case Brings Hair Loss
The St Louis Republican reports Jay Gould endured extreme stress as the Asian Pacific Railway decision approached. A private telegraph relayed the Supreme Court reading to Gould, who trembled and fainted awaiting the outcome. The ruling allegedly favored Gould, triggering a long illness and total hair loss including eyebrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
St. Louis
Union Pacific
Wall Street
Gould
Mr. Gould
Supreme Court Chamber
Washington
Asian Pacific Railway
Fifth Avenue
Premia Awarded for Horse and Livestock Contests
Prize listings detail winners across horse classes and cattle events led by judges and sponsors. Names such as Jacob Riggle, A S Bryan, E H Crow, J G Tennant, and L P Coble appear with first and second place results in stallions, mares, geldings, colt categories, and herd displays. The long list includes harness, light and heavy draft divisions with multiple age brackets and pairings, plus mules and swine categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Generan
Bryan & Mark
Jacob Riggle
R. Chenowith
Mark & Bryan
J. G. Tennant
Andrew Black
George Shoptauch
E. H. Crow
W. N. Mark
A. V. Stewart
L. P. Coble
Jas, Bryan
St. Chenoweth
W. A. Browning
John Hawkins
R. Chenoweth
A. G. Burton
A. Gillespie
W. P. Stoner
WH. Allee
W. Stoner
W. H. Allee
Ben
Leek
I’. V. Peck
Pacine
Eqvesrutan
Farrow
Hattie Crow
Community Auction Catalogue Listing Vast Farm Items
A long auction bill lists numerous entries led by E H Crow and A S Bryan with multiple sow and pig categories, hogs under a year, and breeding stock. It continues with cattle, horses, poultry, sheep, and varied farm tools, equipment, and household goods from farmers like J T McGill, Renick Curtis Co, and Hubbard & Fry, with skilled crafts and preserved produce also offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Sueer
Minone Woon
KE H Crow
Buck
Ewe
J T McGill
E H Crow
R. Black
Renick, Curtis & Co
Local fair entries showcase crafts and art by area residents
The list features fabric and textile items by Mrs. W Matkin Miss A Ballard and others along with oil paintings by Mrs. W W Dunnington and LD Langdon collection of instruments. Prizes include Sixcran Premiums for best dressed lady in calico and best floral hall display awarded to Annie Smith F B Matkin Annie Hammond and Mrs J B Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Stevenson & Son
Hayrake
Hubbard & Ry
Hubbard & Fry
J. B. Coleman
J. G. Tennant
J.B. Coleman
Wm. Matkin
James Goddard
W. Matkin
J B Coleman
Matkin
L. Stoner
B Coleman
H Crow
A S Bryan
Bryan
E H Crow
JB Coleman
A T’ Allison
A'T Allison
W Matkin
J B& Coleman
A T Allison
W Tennant
W. Tennant
Bell Crow
A‘i’ Allison
A Ballard
Joseph Etter
A M Lockridge
J .B Coleman
Miss A Ballard
Bettie Crow
W W . Dunnington
Langdon
J Wilson
Sixcran Premiums
Bee Annie Smith
F B Matkin
Annie Hammond
Floral Hall
Oil Dream Foretells Find Near Canisteo in Journal Tale
An Elmira Gazette item ties William Carter of Canisteo to a three year dream of an oil well near a white marked stone in Bennett’s Creek. He later helps drill near the site within fifty rods, validating the vision that oil would be discovered there. Also notes a Baltimore man Stanley Carver’s broken engagement and a San Francisco heiress Miss Lizzie Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carter
Canisteo
Bennett's Creek
Carter
Western Territories
Bradford
White Stone
Stanley Carver
Baltimore
Music For Working Homes At Low Cost In Indianapolis
A local piece promotes music in every home with affordable piano or organ options. Charles Loehner, veteran Indiana dealer at 30 North Pennsylvania Street, offers first class instruments at lower prices, backed by decades of experience and a promise to avoid high travel and advertising costs. He welcomes inquiries by call or letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Loehner
North
Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis
Loehner
Indiana
America
Cholera scare and medical ads mix with stage tragedy
A Newport woman warned her husband at a prayer meeting that they must go home as father lay gravely ill. The notice links a cholera scare to a generic medical pitch for Guilmette's French Liver Pad, touting cures for liver and stomach disorders and urging mail orders. It also reports the death of Harry Josephs in Boston after a heart attack, noting family relations to Rev. Dr. Lorimer and Manny Josephs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Guilmette
Harry Josephs
Boston
Mr. Josephs
Dr. Lorimer
Chicago
Manny Josephs
London
Communion wine gains from New Jersey grape crop
The grape crop from A Speer’s New Jersey vineyards is one third larger than any prior year enabling a four year stock ahead. The wine serves communion and helps overworked women. At Allen’s Drug Store it is sold. A man on a Clyde Ohio rope ascension fell after dropping his pole but saved himself by wrapping his leg around the rope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Speer
New Jersey
Allen's Drug Store
Bonn
Clyde
Ohio
Baby Cured by Hop Bitters Said to Restore Health
Rochester parents announce their baby’s permanent cure from a dangerous bowel irregularity using Hop Bitters, while the same issue notes a Belleville assassination attempt ending in the assailant’s death, and a Bristol forewarning about blood purifiers and a Springfield warning from Rev Father McDermott about public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Buffalo Express
How They Feel at Adrian Michigan
Items from a 19th century page include testimonials about Day's Kidney Pad and various tonics. Mentions of storm premonitions from falling branches, local grocers offering bargains, and a sensational youthful indiscretion cure advertisement. The clashing topics reflect era newspaper miscellany and public notices.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cwodtist
C. Lueteke
James Gillespy
New York
Public Square
Greencastle, Ind
Cale
See
James Taylor
West Side
Uare
Gireencastle, Ind
Loox
THE
STAR
Wysong's
Wysong’s
Northwest Corner Public Square
Frank A. Anxonp
Greencastlend
Premia
Putnam County
John Sweeney
R Chenoweth
J W Stoner
Andrew Black, Jr
Tuorovensiyy Beer Sroex
I’ Lockridge
Lockridge
Carrie
F. Lockridge
E. H W. Crow
I’ B Scott
McIntosh
Mary Woodruff
Tennant
A Moody
Miss Bettie Crow
Elmira
Lizzie Chapman
Gen. Grant
Jessie
W.S. Chapman
San Francisco
Jesse
Bob Ingersol
Robert Burns
Baby Saved
Charles Boyd
Belleville
Ill
David Walker
Honduras
Essex Journal
Springfield
Mass
Father McDermott
Adrian
Mich
Teed
Beach & Smith
Hannibal
Baron Liebig
K. L. Hathaway
Greencastle
George Wysong’s
South America
Joseph T. Inman
Tation
New York City
Tom
Ab 'Amis
Glass & Queensware
Public Squay
I. Haw
Tom Abrams
Phenix
Brooklyn
Continental
N.Y
Liverpool
London & Globe
D. Anderson
E. C. Rowland
Eve Lair
East
Washington Street
Greercastle
Brockway & Rockatellow
the Reformer and Vitalix
Divod
Fellows
St. Vitus
J. Sellows
St. John
W.W. Jones
Hunt
Bright
E.G. Taylor
D. D
Pastor Baptist Church
Providencs
R.L
Jans Lean
Ils Gees
Slunt
Dawney
Dyer Hunt
WM. Holarke
Providence
Leibig
Germany
France
Engla
Ger
Leibig Medic’ Co
Dearborn
Ills
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