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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1888
Page
1
A reflective essay extols farming life contrasting its poetic, communal joys with its hard practicalities. It urges farmers to sync with nature, weigh profits before risk, and rely on past experience to guide decisions, stressing land quality and rotation, investment, and prudent planning for the next year. It ends urging cautious planning over blind risk.
The postmaster general orders the Boston postmaster to withhold payment of money and registered mail to New England Decorative Works of Boston. The firm has been arrested and pled guilty to using the mails to defraud in a scheme.
A young Keokuk society man won a jesting wager by eating thirty six bananas in a sitting. Powdery notes that for every Knight of Labor member lost to temperance measures, they gain new adherents instead.
The west bound Union Pacific passenger train halted near Edson station Wyoming Territory after a minor engine damage. A speeding freight train collided into the rear cars, destroying two emigrant cars by fire and burning the sleeper Delhi. Five hours later rescuers shifted the dead and wounded to Rawlins. Cold temperatures and clothing loss left many frozen. Conductor Scott Vermillion fled into bluffs. after a manhunt he likely collapsed and died in a remote drain.
A freight train on the New River division derailed by a rock slide below Eggleston, killing engineer J. G. Abbott and fireman F. Johnson. Several cars wrecked, the engine plunged into the river, and a front brakeman suffered a serious ankle injury. Abbott's body to be sent to Pennsylvania for burial.
A locomotive derailed and was replaced to the track after hours. A white boy around sixteen named Owens sat on the track to watch the proceedings and slept. He was run over when the engine started again. In Pekins county a farmer named John Runnels was crushed in a cog wheel at Bogg's mill. death was instantaneous.
Mr 5 Wittkowsky reports his son Gerard is rapidly recovering from a laparotomy for perforated appendix in New York. Doctors Baruch and Sands led a team of five others in the operation, the only known successful case in history. The cause was a lodged raisin seed in the appendix.
The text describes coral as colorful sea life grown on rocks and in tree like grooves on the sea floor. It notes red coral prized for jewelry, sources in the Mediterranean and Red Seas, with varieties including pink yellow and black from various coasts. Major coral fisheries are listed along Sicily Adriatic Sicily Corsica Sardinia and off Algeria.
In Pellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis two graves lie side by side with a modest tombstone over one. The inscription reveals a husband’s eulogy in a secluded spot, reflecting a quiet memorial amid the graveyard. The text emphasizes devotion and final rest in a remote burial plot.
An obituary fragment honors Ella Graham Conpit wife of Thomas Brooks born in New Jersey in 1825 and died in St. Louis in 1885. It recalls a devoted marriage and a sentiment that she always brought satisfaction and contentment, ending with a blessing to her husband.
The news column reports Bernal the Mexican bandit shot confirmed, several fires devastate Louisa Courthouse and Rockford, coal deposits found near San Antonio, and multiple deaths including John Gibson from the Cincinnati Southern wreck. It notes a depository designation for the National Bank of Greenville, a theft of Capt Amos Cliff's grave, and various court, political, and social items across the country.
Fashion notes describe fur lined garments in striped or figured fabrics and velvet trimmed toques for young girls. Silks and moire add contrast with satin ribbons, jet pendants, and Turkish gold embroidery on bonnets. Double skirts, belted yokes, and elaborate braiding on court costumes highlight the season's dress trends.
A detailed report of Senate and House actions with bills, amendments, and adjournments from January 5 through January 10. Highlights include proposals on prohibition in DC, education funding, national banks, land grants, immigration, sugar duties, and postal telegraphy. Also covered are nominations, executive sessions, and committee appointments.
A short comic exchange describes a young man boarding a train for Sullivan County with a gun and a compassionate woman questioning his intent. He defends himself saying he will not claim harm but jokes that, with luck, he will shoot nothing but his gun.
A fragment from the Boston Beacon depicts Mrs Cresus’s footman lamenting his failure to fit a new English coachman. He jokes about being told to slim down in a week to match the other man, highlighting class and appearance concerns in service roles.
A dialogue reveals a young man lingering with his sweetheart as the girl's widower father, courting a neighbor, stays up late. The pair joke about the old man arming himself with a shotgun, noting the unusual dynamic of the widower courting nearby and the boy's late bedtime.
A note states there are forty daily newspapers operating in New York City, reflecting a dense daily print media landscape with diverse editorial voices and urban readership.
A New York World correspondent traces the fortunes of Presidents and kin, noting Jefferson’s granddaughter died poor while others like Van Buren and Adams built wealth. It details Hamiltonian-era, Polk, Jackson, Cleveland, Garfield, Grant and Buchanan finances, marriage inheritances, debts, and post office fortunes, highlighting how presidency rarely equaled lasting wealth.
A terse exchange shows a young journalist seeking how to write to please readers. The editor counters that writing is simple if you know what people want, but the journalist asks how to discover that desire, and the editor replies with a flippant remark about being unable to know.
A brief note warns that delaying to assess a matter can cause missed chances and lost opportunities, urging prompt weighing of the issue to avoid unfavorable outcomes.
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