North Carolina State Fair dates fixed at Raleigh
The executive committee of the North Carolina Agricultural Society set October 16 to 19 for the next state fair at Raleigh. A Wake Superior Court grand jury found true bills against Sperry W. Hearn editor of the Wadesboro Intelligencer and J. P. Caston of Anson county for criminal libel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Agricultural Society
Raleigh
Wake Superior Court
Sperry W. Hearn
Wadesboro
J. P. Caston
Anson County
Hearn
J. L. Stone
Sparta
Allegheny County
Joseph Lee
George W. Sexton
Grand
Lee
Sexton
Union County
Will Rome
Alvin Morgan
Alvin
Will
Alvin Morgen
Rore
Morgin
South Carolina
Burglar Steals Watches as Crimes and Storm Strike Towns
Yorkville and Ben Nettesville rise to Presidential offices amid a rash of thefts and a fatal bridge murder case. A burglar took twelve watches from Chas Lessit's Barnwell shop, four engraved with owners' names. Governor offers 150 reward for Fenton murder. total 250 awaiting case. Greenville storm destroys homes, four children endangered, Chas Williams crippled. northeastern track, brief but deadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Lessit
Barnwell
G. Duncan Bellinger
T. J. Simons
John Fenton
Broad River Bridge
Fenton
Greenville
Dibris
Chas
Williams
World cotton supply, liquidations, and notable deaths
The world’s visible cotton supply totals 2 656 590 bales. Hope Insurance Co of New Orleans is in liquidation. The International Sugar Conference will reconvene in London on April 5. New York banks hold 9 145 557 dollars in excess reserves. S T Russell’s suspension is reported on the New York Cotton Exchange. Two white men and a black man were killed in a boiler explosion at Lucas mill in Cookeville Tennessee. Walter T Miller & Co, the oldest New York cotton brokerage, plans full settlement after failure. Dr J Bessels, Arctic explorer and Polaris physician in 1871, dies in Stuttgart. David N White, ex-editor of the Pittsburg Gazette and founder of the Republican party, dies at Sewickly aged 83. St Louis pork packers deny a witness’s claim that they sold diseased meat.
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Hope Insurance Company
New Orleans
International Sugar Conference
London
New York
S. T. Russell
New York Cotton Exchange
Lucas Mill
Cookeville
Tenn
J. Bessels
Stuttgardt
Pittsburg
David N. White
Factories planned in several Southern cities
Notes of Progress in the South report plans for a knitting factory in Charlotte North Carolina a furniture factory in Irondale Alabama a candy and cracker factory in Charlotte with 10000 capital and other projects including corundum mining in Franklin North Carolina a tobacco factory in Louisville Kentucky a fruit and vegetable canning plant in Rome Georgia and a large Pioneer Pottery Works in Birmingham Alabama with 70000 capital factory land purchases and job creation expected across the region
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Charlotte
N.C
Irondale
Ala
N. C
E. H. West
Franklin
Willett Tobacco Company
Louisville
Rome
Pioneer Pottery Works
Birmingham
General quietly rewards informant in humorous tale
An English paper quotes a Pittsburgh Chronicle remark where a General laughs at a joke and hands a sovereign to his informant who accepts it without reaction. The suggestion is the General slipped the coin into the man's pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Toledo Mourns Chief Justice Waite With Citywide Funeral
Crowds fill Toledo as Chief Justice Waite is honored. A solemn procession includes the Toledo Bar Association, city officials, cadet guards, and federal and state dignitaries. Remains viewed privately by Mrs Waite before grand service at Trinity Church and burial at Forest Cemetery.
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Waite
Boly
Summit Street
Toledo Bar Association
Board of Trade
Toledo
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Richard Waite
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Senate
House of Representatives
United States Courts
Foraker
Supreme Court of Ohio
Lyons
State Senate
Ohio
Lucas County
Board of State
Protestant Episcopal Church
H. B. Walbridge
Trinity Church
New York City
Forest Centery
Development of the South Gains in 1888 Industrial Growth
The Tradesman reports rapid Southern industrial expansion since January 1 1888 with thirty new companies formed in the past month and fifty six mining and quarrying firms overall. Wood-working growth leads, more than 86 new establishments in three months, while timber lands fetch strong demand from Northwest lumbermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Northwest
Buried Alive in Rich Hill Mine Disaster
A rumbling in Rich Hill No. 8 mine preceded a devastating explosion that wrecked the mine and trapped more than a hundred miners. Forty bodies recovered. at least fifteen others feared dead. The superintendent survived with severe injuries. The death toll may reach sixty as authorities assess the disaster near Bates County Missouri.
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Rich Hill
Laver
Bates County
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Raleigh County Cog Formation Claim Stated
An assertion by proponents claims Raleigh County West Virginia sits atop a coal seam from four to twelve feet thick across the entire surface, a statement highlighting regional coal resources and geological potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
W. Va
Capitol Gossip and Congressional Notes From 19th Century
Senate confirms Stockslager for General Land Office post. March debt drop expected near 10 million. Public works grants stack: Birmingham 300000 and Greenville 100000. Mills rests. Postmasters appointed. Liberia minister-designate. World’s Exposition 1889 invitation accepted and Constitutional Centennial planned. Jail conspiracy thwarted. Fort Moultrie garrison figures and defenses priced. New Treasury seal adopted for notes and certificates to deter counterfeiting.
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Senate
8. M. Stockslager
General Land Office
Birmingham
Greenville
8. C
Ezekiel E. Smith
North Carolina
United States
Liberia
House
France
Washington
Georgia Bride Weds Cherokee Indian from Indian Territory
Miss Emma D. Sims daughter of Thomas Sims of Morgan county marries J. 8. Lamar a Cherokee Indian from Winita Indian Territory. The ceremony took place at the bride’s father’s residence near Madison with Rev W S Vaughn performing and E M Landrum as best man. The couple traveled through Atlanta en route to their home.
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Lamar
Atlanta
Han
Fellows
Georgia
Emma D. Sims
Thomas Sims
Morgan County
Winita
Indian Territory
Madison
W. S. Vaughn
Mississippi
Emory College
E. M. Landrum
Vinita
Emory
Hymen
Cyclone Destroys Ninneseah Kansas Town
A Kansas Kingman county tornado virtually wiped Ninneseah off the map on Saturday evening. Only three houses remained. two churches five stores and fifteen dwellings were torn apart. Three people were killed and seventeen injured with several others maimed or seriously hurt. The storm was followed by heavy rain worsening the sufferers’ condition.
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Kansas City
Ninneseah
Kingman County
Kansas
J. C. Williams
George
Harderly
Jas. Williams
Charles Gordon
Absent Minded and a Persian Insect Powder
An elderly customer asks how to apply a Persian insect powder for her reach case. A clever young pharmacist replies with a suggestion to give a teaspoon after meals while he resumes reading Wild William of the West, A Cowboy's Cruel Caroline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
West
Caroline
Bank Defalcation Shocks Raleigh as Chiefs Flee to Canada
A Raleigh bank faces collapse after President Charles E. Cross and Cashier Samuel E. White abscond with 42 000 dollars. Losses may reach 200 000 to 250 000 with assets uncertain. The bank closed by directors as a Toronto police report links the pair to forgery and warrants.
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Raleigh
Charles E. Cross
Samuel E. White
Canada
New York
Park Bank of New York
White
Cross
Richmond
Baltimore
Park Bank
Express
Greensboro
Deaf and Dumb and Blind
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
WS. Primrose
State Auditor's Office
Murder At Harrison Ga Suspected Arson Fire
In Harrison Georgia a man was found dead amid ashes with a drawing knife nearby. Coroner’s inquest found a buckshot wound and BB shot indicating murder and arson to conceal the crime. Witnesses testified Robert Jenkins lived in the burnt house and was alone that night.
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Harrison
Robert Jenkins
Describes 19th century woolen skirt style
The article details four yard circumference skirts with longer cut at the front and sides to allow draping and straight back pleats over a shorter foundation skirt. It notes the foundation steels are less tightly tied than those previously used.
Sunday Schools Supplied Most New Baptist Members
The Religious Herald reports that 28,006 of 37,000 new members joined the Baptist church last year through Sunday schools. The surge reflects the church’s outreach to parishioners via early instruction and affiliated programs.
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The
Religious Herald
A Baptist
Sunday
Scientific notes on diamonds plants watches and paper wheels
The article notes a Paris prize for artificial black diamonds, a Berlin firm forming to make electric watches, and a French paper wheel tested in Hudson. It covers iron melting temperatures, static electricity applications, eel parasites, and early incandescent lamp methods using mercury and labor division. It also mentions notable figures like William Welly and Richard N. Allen and includes various metallurgical findings.
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Societie d’Encouragement of
Paris
France
United States
Berlin
Yorks
Norway
William ©. Welly
Louisville
Bessemer
Mr. Kelly
Sir Henry Bessemer
Lodge
J. G. Lorrain
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic
Indian
Hudson
N.Y
M. P. Ledeboer
Arthur Debausset
Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Company
Miller, Metcalf & Parkin
Pittsburg
Richard N. Allen
Pullman Palace Car Company
Allen Paper
Queer Old Household Rites Asks Fines For Servants
A Philadelphia Press item recalls 100 year old English household rules in Sir J. Larrington’s estate. Fines covered prayers, oaths, bedtimes, unmade beds, lit fires, unclean candles, bad words, meals and table setting, fights, visitors, attire, and unclean stairs with deductions by the steward at quarterly wage payments.
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J. Larrington
England
Ariosto
Philaudelphia Press
Golden Vanish Horn Trumpet of Zion in Copenhagen Museum
A golden trumpet named the Vanish Horn has rested in the Royal Museum of Copenhagen for over 275 years. It bears emblems of purity and the triple lily, weighs 102 ounces, and measures two feet nine inches long. The relic is said to be a genuine trumpet of Zion with strong supporting circumstances and no scientific doubt on its authenticity.
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Royal Museum of Copenhagen
Denmark
Zion
Mighty Workhorses of Calcutta Mills Impress Visitors
Carter I. Harrison reports on working elephants in Calcutta and Mandalay who load logs, move heavy timber, and assist in mills. He describes the animals bending to tasks, obeying the mahout, and showing problem solving, with one calf curious and friendly to observers.
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Carter I. Harrison
Calcutta
Chicago Mail
Lhe
Mandalay
Theban
Mand
Mr. Lacey
Great Bombay Timber Company
Lrawaddy
Angoon
Lacey
Freehand Sketch Sparks Professor Dialogue in Boston Scene
In a Boston setting a professor challenges Miss Backbay to sketch with a free hand. She responds that her work is entirely free and waits as the professor deems the portfolio, initiating further inquiry.
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Backbay
Boston
Chisago Tris Dune
Wise Words on Conduct and Character From a Rustic Lesson
A collection of maxims on patience prudence and humility. It counsels modest speech, steady effort, and confidence in self while urging generosity toward others and avoidance of vanity. The contrasts between surface noise and inner virtue appear through imagery of wheels and sea depths.
Population distributions and major population regions
Professor E Levasseur outlines tables from the Journal of the International Statistical Institute showing continental and national populations with totals by oceans and regions. He notes two thirds of humanity live in Western Central and Southern Europe, the Indian Empire, and China proper with Manchuria and Japan, concentrated along major rivers and coasts.
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E. Levasseur
The
International Statistical Institute
Effe
Europe
Asigsc
PSO RS Oceanica
North America
South America
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
M. Levasseur
Indian Empire
China
Manchuria
Japan
Desperate Brooklyn Mother Saves Child From Diphtheria
A Brooklyn mother saved her four year old child by pulling a false membrane from the throat, near death, after doctors had given up. The physician later confirmed the membrane and planned to use the case in a Medical College lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Sixth Avenue
New York
Penalty of Carelessness in Segovia Gunpowder Sale
In Gene mans near Segovia Spain gunpowder maker Roman Guerrero was accosted in a saloon by Pablo Casado and Julian Gomez who sought to buy jew der. A late night examination with a light caused a huge explosion that leveled the saloon killing a number and wounding several including bystanders.
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Roman Guerrero
Genemans
Segovia
Spain
Pablo Casado
Julian Gomez
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Mecklenburg County
William E. McGinn
Leroy Elliott
McGinn
Yorkville
Bennettsville
Walter T. Miller & Co
Weston
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Arkansas
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Kentucky
Louisiana
Sheen Marland
Miscellaneous
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Uncle Sams
Capitol
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
John L. Williamson
Columbia, Tenn
M.D. L. Martin
Water Valley
Miss
John M. Brown
Naval Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Albany
Geneal Duane
Fort Moultrie
Charleston Harbor
Charleston
Hyatt
Sie
Old North
Toronto
Ont
Albion Hotel
State National Bank
Central Station
Samuel C. White
Charles EB. Cross
Trumpet of Zion
Esy
Gwenius
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