Changes in Industry and Oddities Highlight Late Year
The page notes a Scottish maker of laying cards turning to a more profitable venture, a large fleet under Rear-Admiral Benham in Brazilian waters, and a globe spanning voyage by a woman crossing Asia. It mentions Mankato Kansas adopting a nuisance ordinance, Commodore Stanton’s new posting, and exhibits at the Midwinter Fair with notable figures.
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Goopall
New York
San Francisco
Newark
Charleston
Dell
Benham
Mankato
Kas Re
Asser
Rio Janeiro
Stanton Uch
North Adiantic
Sugar Trust Pushes for Differential Duty Amid Heat Strikes
Harper's Weekly reports the Sugar Trust seeks a 4 to 1 cent differential on imported refined sugar as compensation, arguing it would fatten dividends while insisting on no wage relief for workers. H O Havemeyer cites costs and profits, noting House allies reportedly conceded a portion of the differential.
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The
Sugar Trust
Harper's Weekly
H.O. Havemeyer
W.C. Ford
Bureau of Statistics
United States
United Press
Senate
H. Havemeyer
Korea's rival powers press for control of the peninsula
An extended outlook details Korea facing pressure from China Japan and Russia over tribute taxes and strategic aims. It notes Japanese troops and merchants in the peninsula and Russia's Vladivostok force ready to act, while Korea seeks to bolster its army and navy amid growing hardship for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
China
Little Peninsula
Japan
Russia
Cainse
Peninsula
Asia
Vladivostok
Delavan Times Press
Henry Pawson
Pawsor
Peoria
A Century of Trusty Cough Remedy and a Tax Difference
A Quarter Century Tent notes Dr King s New Discovery praised for throat chest and lung relief with guaranteed results and trial bottles. The text also explains the differential tax on sugar: 40 percent ad valorem plus a divided one eighth cent per pound on refined sugar, not raw.
Deferred Letters from Hopewell and Local News Items
News notes from Hopewell and vicinity report Mrs J C Stoner on sick list, Prof Smith ill Friday, Peter Hank filling vacancy, and Annie Thompson returning home from Seneca Kansas. Reports cover bridge collapse, weather benefits, grain farming, cattle moving to lake, trips to Indiana and Hamilton county, bridge stone hauling bids, horse illness, buggy accident, stray visitors, and a death of Robbie Welsh with funeral details.
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Hopewell
J. C. Stoner
Prof Smith
Peter Hank
Annie Thompson
Seneca
Kansas
Nathan Brumsey
Albert Benedict
Hoopeston
Benedict
Greer College
Sandy
Charley Dille
Mr Dille
R. M. Tremain
John Blackburn
Gee Gregory
Indiana
Loomish
Frank Dennis
John Campbell
Eile Bracken
Hamilton County
L. C Hunt's
I’rank Sanki
Julius Adkinson
R. M. Tremains
John Lytle
Julius
Dr Ketchum
John
R. M Tremain
Mr Goodrich
Mark Gregory
EL Mutton
Mr Mutton
Dield
C . Burt
Saraloga
Newt Ray
Miss McGuire
No Y
Miss Trim
Chicago
Hankinson
Myra Watt
Bill
David McDonough
McVicker Place
Murphy
Clark Ball's
Jonnie Hudsley
Lukose
Coulter
Joseph McGrubbins
Wichita
Kaneas
Robbie Welsh
Hennessey
Robbie
Ile
Thomas O'Brien
Camp Grove Catholic
Born to Reed couple a son at La Prairie Center
Belle Davidson attended church with her sister Mrs Jerial Root. Isaiah Nurss, longtime Blue Ridge settler, died Sunday and will be buried there Tuesday. Amos Root from Iowa visits and notes drought, corn burnt out, fodder cut. Herb Jones from Nebraska also arrived.
Back in town reports on fires and local happenings
The notes recount burnt-out areas, a business trip to Galesburg, Mrs Scott’s eye fittings, burials at Blue Ridge and U P cemeteries, a new birth, and condolences. It also mentions Moffatt Bros well drilling, visitors from Van Orin, a meat market success, social events, and local tradesmen busy with repairs and threshing in the area.
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Kentucky
John Sinnott
Paducah
United States
T. EB. Scott
Galesburg
Scott
Alonzo Rout
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Ollie Root
van Orin
Richard White
Moffatt Bros
Lank Ureen
Wm Scott
U. P
Putnam
Emma Parker
LaHarpe
Mut Drake
Charlotte Woodman
St. Paul
Chicago
Luke Senachwine
Melville Senkins
J. W Patterson
Undercliff
Walnut Grove
Houses of God
Moral caution and sensational town rumors in 1886 Toledo
A Toledo notice warns against Sunday business openings and recalls a funeral fraud tale from Carlinville. It includes a farmerly moral about persistence, a sales pitch urging merchants to keep stock and public presence, and ends with Frank J. Cheney Co promoting Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials.
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Carlinville Enquirer
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Ghonery
I’. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Co
Consolation, Ragger Say We May Be Disgraced
The fragment notes a boastful remark about being well connected, attributed to Cully and quoted in Harper's Weekly.
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Ragger
Cully
Harper's Weekly
Poetic Verse Note From Roe L Hendrick in Puck
A romantic quip from Roe L Hendrick in Puck extols eyes like heaven light while lightly joking about turning down the gas. The playful line contrasts bright stars with night and casts a witty, intimate tone.
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Roe L. Hendrick
Puck
Victoria Considers Telegram to Gladstone and Quiet Life
The article notes Victoria weighing sending a congratulatory telegram to Gladstone, a political rival she despises. It suggests she sometimes longs to be a plain subject and speak her mind openly.
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Victoria
Gladstone
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Senator Perkins
Thompson
Senator Fair
John W. Mackay
Hermann Schumacher
Bern
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Schumacher
Iunior Department
Germany
Europe
Persia
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Tyndall
M. Berriston
Paris
France
Theorld
Hower
Louis
Ross
Lord Erskine
Kelief
Vr Powell
Henry UL
Powell
Galesburg Register
GL. Price
Drouth
Sugar Grove
Henry
Illinois
Park
Wiha
al Hruagiate
Shu
Audross Hk Eley Eseed CO
Masonic Temple
Lls
J.B
B.A. Powell
Druguista
Lula
Vina Tomlinson
Chf Ransom
Geo Morse
Irving Broaddus
Valparaiso
Ind
Magnolia
Henry Detro
Charlie
Sied
James Nolocker
Calefon
Henry Koch
William Cullen Bryant
Princeton
Cummington
Mass
John Bryant
Johnson
L'Remont
Gen Henderson
Big Bend
Streator
Washburn
la Salle
DePue Lake
Hennepin Bank
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