05 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1887
Page
1
The Atchison Globe warns that boys with plain names like Bill Bud Sam Tom or those with straight hair and rough feet are unlikely to drown, while boys with curly hair wearing shoes in summer and a pretty name should swim only in a washbowl.
Empress Carlotta widow of Maximilian resides at Chateau de Bouchout in Brussels. She is attended by two of ten young ladies daily. During walks she gazes at birds and seems to be improving though still forty seven, with clearer speech and embionpoint noted, suggesting possible eventual recovery.
The Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey frets over assassination fears after Prince Selim abducted a Circassian girl from the harem. The act has shocked the court, led to Selim’s arrest, new tutors, and tight palace surveillance on all entrants to the palace.
The myth of a Great American Desert fades as Montana rises, not barren but regal, with mountains and opportunity. The San Francisco Chronicle notes Montana welcomes diligent settlers who seek its hidden treasures, promising a new life and hope.
Charles L. Dignowitti of San Antonio funds a search based on old Spanish records related to the lost San Saba mines. A Fitzgerald of San Jose Mining Co from Tamaulipas guided by maps found a four foot wide ore vein at Pack Saddle Mountains near Hoover's valley on the Colorado river. A trade for seventy acres was made and local excitement grows as old Mexican mines and furnaces are uncovered with plans to install machinery and begin operations.
Paris letter recounts a chorus singer’s near fatal escape from the Opera Comique blaze. He fainted on the fourth floor, remained unconscious for over two hours as flames rose, then escaped via a Rue de Marivaux staircase. He awoke, was moved to a pharmacy and hospital, later discharged, claiming to be the only person to stay two hours inside yet survive relatively unscathed.
The New York Tribune lauds Pasteur's inoculation theory as a great triumph after thorough review by eight eminent English scientists. It warns the public and future leagues against compulsory vaccination, predicting a flood of anti compulsory literature and the formation of an Anti-Compulsory Hydrophobic Inoculation League.
A Texas Siftings writer notes evolving rail safety from New York laws banning heated passenger cars and coal or kerosene lighting. He says progress includes abolishing crematory furnaces on wheels and shifting toward steam heat and electric light, while warning switches, dispatches, and conductor watches remain potential risks.
The Panama Canal enterprise is in jeopardy with only about one-fifth of the work done yet double the original cost spent. Builders face a sliding mountain in the Culebra division and a rising bed elsewhere, as excavated material raises the ditch bottom. Dredges fight to keep pace with monthly excavation reports.
A Washington Critic report quotes a prominent former Confederate Congress member asserting there was never a Confederate Supreme Court. He notes a bill for a court passed the House but failed in the Senate, with Senator Yancey opposing it as contrary to states sovereignty. The issue resurfaced when state courts disagreed on taxing Confederate bonds, yet the Confederacy collapsed before resolution.
The New York Mail and Express notes wrapping and pasting newspapers has become an art with nearly 500 workers citywide. Expert mailers in Spruce and Beekman streets can fold paste five seconds per four page copy, delivering about 70 papers per hour. Wagers, competition, and gender gaps shape wages, men earning about $20 weekly and women $12, with occasional time and piece-work earning more.
Coroner's inquest evidence points to conductor's failure to test air brake before leaving Port Stanley. Separate items note the Seine project funding, Mormon leader John Taylor's death, ecumenical conference plans, railroad strike impacts, and a fatal Yazoo River duel between George Evans and Bud Harris.
A Cincinnati dispatch reports an east bound Ohio and Mississippi railroad passenger train broke an axle near Cochran Ind thirty miles from Cincinnati. A postal car was demolished and clerk Robert F. Pauer was killed. Charles Wechering of this city, walking beside the track, was also killed. The president's car remained on the track. no passengers were seriously hurt, though shaken.
A Bremen tanning works elevator in St Louis Me. collapsed from forty feet, killing seven girls and one man. Company president Alex M Farrar suffered a fractured skull while Annie Moran, eighteen, was mangled beyond recognition. Several others are critically injured.
A concise moral adage focusing on resilience and perseverance. It emphasizes triumph through repeated recovery from setbacks and the courage to continue advancing after failures. The quotation inspires steady effort and personal improvement across challenges.
A six month report from the chief of the bureau of animal industry details 5351 herds inspected across states with 45094 animals, 298 herds and 11628 animals quarantined revealing 204 diseased. Post mortem exams on 4581 carcasses show 1104 afflicted. Also mentions presidential invitation to Constitutional Centennial, Rosseau appointed Starkville postmaster, resignations and new storekeeper appointments, and a Commerce Commission note on Union certificate baggage transfers.
In Lebanon Tennessee Lieutenant J T Lane a leading lawyer and citizen was shot dead by N B Lester outside Lanes office. The coroner's jury returned murder in the first degree and Lester was jailed without bail awaiting circuit court. Lester previously faced divorce and bigamy allegations tied to a chain of marriages and desertions across Nashville, Davidson, and Lebanon.
Dr. E. D. Standiford, a wealthy Louisville figure and former railroad president, died at his home less than a fortnight after marrying Laura Scott of Paducah. Ill for three months, he had just wed two weeks earlier. He had sought the U S Senate seat and left seven children.
A Reading dispatch reports a tragic crash at Ridgework station two miles from Reading. The eight o'clock down express struck a covered spring wagon carrying a pleasure party, killing four occupants. A 13 year old boy named John Wanne maker drove the wagon and did not see the train due to the cover, and the wagon was hurled down an embankment.
Practical guidance from the Brooklin Citizen on cooling a family through heat waves. Emphasizes diet with vegetables fruits and bouillon, lighter meals replacing heavy meats, and fruit desserts. Advises milk and small frequent feeds for children, sponge baths each night, ample water, and avoiding ice water. Recommends light clothing, patience for mothers, and calm, optimistic mood during hot weather.
A whimsical fragmented verse invokes summer charms and a traveling seller named Brooklyn Eagle offering pain killers pills paregoric rhubarb quinine and herbal remedies to ease troubles. The text blends floral imagery with medicinal items in a poetic city feuilleton tone.
A dialogue between May and Ned unfolds with teary emotion. The woman pleads she did not mean to scold while Ned professes continued love despite the exchange. The fragment hints at inner conflict and affection in a domestic moment.
A column at Monte Pincio bears an inscription claiming Galileo was imprisoned for proving that the earth revolves around the sun. The passage also notes Vitruvian cement progress, a German snowfall estimate, and various chemical and electrical science advances of the era.
Charles Garcia recounts a Civil War tale in which a feverish Confederate recruit at Shiloh is ordered shot after refusing to work. General Bragg halts the execution, later praising the man and ordering him to rejoin his company. The incident allegedly cures his fever, enabling him to march to Tupelo.
A Brooklyn Eagle report cites a furrier warning that inhaling fine fur particles can cause chronic lung and stomach conditions, potentially leading to consumption or stomach cancer. Brass buffing is cited as similarly harmful. The note also records the asteroid numbers now at 250, with No. 249 found by Peters in Clinton, N. Y., on August 16 and No. 250 by Palisa in Vienna on September 2.
A reflective line notes that despite many denominations, all share one core religion. The statement emphasizes unity of belief over organizational divisions.
A floral meditation on purity and heavenly grace. The speaker links a rose and pearl within the heart of a beloved, praising divine beauty and sacred joy. Then humorous clippings mix in from various papers with wry observations and light quips about everyday life and witty sayings.
Pioneer wool-grower J. P. Bogard visited a sheep camp thirty miles east of Tehama. After a day at the camp he slept alone and killed a fat sheep. A grizzly bear ripped his clothes, attacked, but Bogard and the herder killed the bear the next day. The bear weighed about 800 pounds.
An Omaha woman and her servant discuss four pug dogs. The owner boasts their intelligence is almost human and calls for the dog to be brought in from the rain, highlighting the pets with pride in a brief World-Herald style exchange.
Fragmentary verse notes a boy who abstains from danger near a pond. An urchin’s mother and a cottage scene appear in dusky lines as a young fictionist speaks of a passing shower and fate.
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