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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1888
Page
1
An English traveler recalls eating a scorpion in Mexico and reports locals use young scorpions as food for the poor. The text notes gold used in arts exceeds mine output by about 35 percent, suggesting large stock consumption of gold in coin, jewelry, and goods worldwide.
About three months ago before the Emperor’s departure for Copenhagen Baron Hirsch offered £2,000,000 to found primary schools for Jews in Russia and £40,000 for charity works. He signed acceptance after a ministerial report. The funds are to be deposited in the Bank of England with trustees Baron Rothschild and Baron de Worms. Interest about £100,000 yearly could finance around 1,000 schools teaching about 50,000 children.
Robert S. Tarver a noted Texas attorney died on a Monterrey to Texas train after learning his death would be delayed for export duty issues. His wife Mrs Tarver remained composed as the body crossed into the United States undetected by other passengers. An International Exhibition next year will feature savage Africa with French Congo collections and a recreated native village.
The article reviews synthetic alkaloids from coal tar its substitutes for quinine such as antipyrine antifebrine and autiebrine highlighting their fever reducing properties and potential use in typhus intermittent fever rheumatism and seasickness It notes coal tar’s wide legacy from dyes to disinfectants and even a claim of brewing tea from coal tar by a German professor.
A lyric fragment contemplates flowers and hearts roaming in sunny days and love dreams. It questions why things grow and why memories wander, ending with a playful exclamation about staying blooms and hearts.
Hale recalls Marion Van Buren as Portia Day schemes a test of devotion. At the White House reception Portia urges Hale to reveal love to Marion while Marion herself appears, revealing a revived romance and Portia’s bold plan. Portia hints Marion’s remarriage to Mrs Davis last week.
The article recalls New York City preparations for the 100th anniversary of General Washingtons 1789 inauguration. It notes the era's small city streets and Trinity Church, and recalls Irving's vivid 1789 account including the water pageant, Elizabethport reception by Congress, and a silent Spanish ship Galveston that saluted with a dramatic thirteen-gun volley.
Conductor Addy Sirk of the Pennsylvania Railroad claims a hoop snake he encountered in Warren County dilimois rolled toward him and fastened its tail in a white oak, then died after its tail was cut. He describes a green back, white belly, horned tail filled with poison, and rolling to grab the horn. 0. T. Mason at the US National Museum has denied hoop snakes exist. Altoona Tribune notes the debate and Sirk’s tale.
During the siege of Gibraltar General Liliett found a German sentinel who had two fingers shot off and could not hold his musket. The General relieved him, then sent him to have wounds dressed. News of the soldier's bravery led to his promotion to officer in England.
Prisoners at Chesterfield broke jail using a two inch auger to bore holes in the ceiling and gable. They lowered themselves by tied blankets after escaping. Sheriff King has hunted the missing inmates for two days with no capture at dawn. Fire destroyed barns of Gen. E Moise and Capt. W R Delgar at Sumpter. incendiary fire suspected. The steamer Pomona, after loss of its propeller, drifted between Jamaica and New York, finally towed toward Galveston. endured stormy seas.
The International Council of Women opened in Washington D C with services at Albaugh’s Grand Opera House. Reverends Ada C Cowles Antoinette Brown Blackwell Anna Shaw and Amenda Deyo officiated. Anna Shaw preached on Seavenly Vision urging universal equality and liberty for all humanity.
News from Raleigh North Carolina reports the killing of Collins by his father in law, keeper of the Nash county poor house. Collins, a drunk idle man who previously fled with the keeper’s daughter, returned and threatened to kill his father in law. That night the father in law fired with a shotgun as Collins forced entry, killing him. coroner’s jury rules justifiable homicide.
In this piece from the New York Times the author urges constant ventilation to protect public health. Fresh air and sunlight fight scarlet fever and diphtheria, while interior moisture and wastes harbor germs that foul air and cause illness.
A humorous exchange notes a child Dick asking where the end of the earth is. The mother explains the earth is like a ball turning in the air and tests his understanding by asking where the cover is sewn on. The snippet reflects playful, domestic dialogue reported in the Omaha World.
The article surveys advances from drift toward foot care for soldiers to a Paris locomotive, with notes on diphtheria transmission, car wheel testing in Salem, California woods for interior finish, silver’s effect on white lead, and a polished steel finish. It reports balloons for the Malian army, a naphtha harbor reservoir at Odessa, the Opsiometer eyesight tester, early grip pulley patents, iron lightning conductors, a French watch lamp, a Pusey & Jones copper ore ship, and a corkscrew rounded top cargo ship for the Great Lakes.
A famous eater, Max Yetesch, noon today quietly finished three quails daily for thirty days, winning a 260 bet and claimed world quaibeating championship. The record previously held was two quails a day for thirty days.
Telegraph operator H W Barret witnessed a wholly white robin perched near Maiden's Adventure Virginia. Several onlookers doubted its species until Mr Hicks shot the bird revealing a robin with only a brick dust spot under the breast. Richmond State.
In congressional and general remarks the death of Chief Justice Waite is noted as the loss of a valued public servant with extraordinary attainments. The piece traces the lineage of chief justices from Jay to Waite, noting appointments, recess deaths, and questions of impartiality in judiciary appointments.
A Pennsylvanian piece about German singing as a constant trait from joy to sorrow. The essay notes songs at celebrations, farewells on ships, and in mourning, while comparing singing to a social force that travels beyond land and memory.
A Chicago Herald description notes a ten mile line called the Cincinnati Hocking Valley and Huntington Railroad. John Karshner, a 70 plus year old farmer, organized it, built a combined passenger and baggage car, and runs every aspect of the line solo. Trains run Adelphi to Kingston twice daily, stopping for passengers or freight, with cash-only operations and no clerks.
Dialogue mentions Higgins Wiggins and Jaggs with hints of a Broadway venture. References to a twenty fourth part of a great Jersey tower and underground or elevated divisions imply a public or business discussion.
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