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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1889
Page
1
To reach all citizens of Minnesota the Governor's message was translated into English German Norwegian Swedish French Bohemian Finn Polish Italian and Chinese. Six thousand English copies and three hundred Chinese copies were produced with 500 to 1000 copies in the remaining languages.
The fake honey, nearly indistinguishable from the real, is sold openly in racks. It even includes occasional dead bee parts to enhance deception and can fetch ten cents per pound in profit.
AnTowa punster 8 Steers, owner of a farm in Iowa, borrowed $100 and used a mortgage on the five white Steers. In Kansas the mortgage holder saw five Steers’ children, not cattle, triggering a governor granted requisition to bring the steer back to Iowa for punishment.
Spain boasts El Destructor as the world’s fastest torpedo cruiser able to reach 23 knots with full armament aboard. The Clyde-built vessel can turn sharply and run long distances without fresh coal, and is the lead ship in a planned fleet of similar cruisers for Spain.
Assemblyman Young described a San Diego revolt against quail swarms harming vineyards. Quail damage prompted a remedy allowing killing from March 1 to September 10 and trapping during the grape season.
In Germany two barns burned and claimed straw contents led to a court case. Chemical experts tested ashes from the burned structures and found 10.2 and 19 percent phosphoric acid, stronger in wheat than straw, proving farmers right and insurers wrong according to the report.
The son of a prominent public figure recounts starting a Utah cattle venture with $50,000 funding, detailing costs and a 120 to 130 percent herd increase that spurred neighbor disputes and a cattlemen’s backlash. After a district meeting and congressional inquiry demand, he faces eviction from Utah Territory and plans to take a civil service exam.
A market scene opens a tale of the little black eyed rebel who smuggles letters home with apples and potatoes. Patty Smith helps Phineas Marvell while sick and eventually marries him, adopting the twins and finding happiness.
Mrs. Hyde, a diminutive widow, keeps boarders despite hardship. Her best lodger Mr. Marvell threatens to move out after a Friday morning confrontation over a widowed niece and twin babies. He demands payment and a quick departure despite her pleas.
Mrs Clyde declares disbelief yet joy after Patty and her middle aged husband are revealed as blissful and content. The scene highlights a domestic surprise and enduring happiness within a family setting as the couple enjoy a serene life together.
The Baltimore News reports on neursonology, Charcot’s magnetism based cures for nervous disorders, and a rising school of physicians in Paris. It notes skepticism about overstatements, the move toward minimal drugging, and the hope that nature plus nursing can heal without medicine, with Charcot’s work seen as a possible future medical frontier.
The Orloff Diamond, stolen by a Frenchman and smuggled to Persia, passes through Armenian Shafras who splits it into his leg to travel. He is captured repeatedly but denies possession. Catherine the Great is asked for £40,000, Amsterdam brings it to Count Orloff, who buys it for £60,000 plus a £500 annuity and nobility patent. Shafras dies a millionaire.
A New York reporter quotes a sailor on anchor needs for large ships and the law demanding bow anchors for certain sizes. He notes weights for a 2000 ton vessel, the cost of new anchors, and slight value differences for galvanized and second hand anchors. The exchange ends with a stray query about finding a newspaper in Dakota per population.
The article outlines Captain Ericsson’s iron clad Destroyer, 150 feet long, with a submerged 16 inch submarine gun and a 1,500 pound explosive projective. It describes its propulsion, armor, water tight designs, and the claim that this vessel could pierce armor belts and decisively defeat standard warships.
A Detroit Free Press snippet describes a bank savings scene with a boy nicknamed Bub. The child explains he saved ten cents and had thirteen before drawing five due to his father's financial trouble.
The column surveys women’s fashion trends from plush gowns to terracotta velvets and black lace fichus, notes on headwear, jewelry and hair styles, and mentions Mrs Ellen Lucy of Oshkosh aged 109. It touches on Cretonne fabrics, Vienna’s Magdaline Ponza at 112, and Algerian wedding customs. It also highlights Mrs N C Meredith as the Cambridge City cattle queen and Evarts chocolate’s fame.
A reflective verse by Nora F Higginson compares life to a looking glass. It suggests deeds shape the image returned by the mirror, showing shadow and light based on actions. The poem urges kindness and peaceful living to see a happy reflection.
A collection of quips and witticisms on professions money happiness and daily life. The snippets reference barber chiropodist toboggan wives and scientists with humorous twists and a light view of modern folly. Notable lines include Beecher on happiness and a quip about lemon juice with oysters.
A writer recalls a grand Japanese mansion of a wealthy family. The timber house measures 69 by 100 feet with a vast sloping roof and fourteen apartments. A tile wall, fir-lined courtyard, and heavy timber gate surround the stately home and shrine ark.
The article describes canvasback ducks across the Atlantic coast from Canada to Maryland. It notes their fall migration to the Chesapeake Bay, feeding on wild celery, and wintering there and along tributaries. It mentions breeding farther north and the pursuit by local seekers and restaurateurs in Baltimore.
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