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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1888
Page
1
The article notes that the Hohenvolerns were placed in trades during boyhood learning. It states the new German Emperor trained as a cabinetmaker while his son, the Crown Prince, apprenticed as a printer's devil in a German printing office.
After a three year inquiry the Massachusetts Cattle Commission finds hog cholera in the state spread by feeding swill from the West containing disease germs in fresh pork. It asserts no transmission pen to pen without infected animals contacting healthy ones.
The record elevation of 87 000 feet about seven miles was achieved in a balloon ascent by Glaisher. At that height the atmosphere is extremely rarefied, making physical exertion almost impossible for humans.
The New York Sun reports rapid extinction of natural oyster beds in the United States. Dredging the Saddle Rock beds yielded a roller-skate bottles ashes pasteboard refuse eight large oysters and a peck of small seed, illustrating careless damage to beds.
The New York Graphic notes the German high command plans to abandon cuirasses worn by about a dozen cavalry regiments. The armor, though picturesque, is not bullet-proof and weighs sixteen to seventeen pounds, diminishing its military value.
Mrs Cleveland has stopped writing autograph letters due to increasing demands. She once acknowledged every book, flower or compliment with a pretty autograph note, but now she dictates her correspondence and can only sign replies to her large bulk of letters.
The Norwegian naturalists M Michelet and Dr Bahrt introduce a Storthing bill prohibiting killing birds and taking eggs from April 1 to August 15. Exceptions cover birds of prey ravens rocks and magpies. The aim is to curb foreign sportsmen’s destructive hunting practices.
The Cultivator reports that the Supreme Court denied review in Andrews v. Hovey, ending the patent claim. Farmers urged not to heed agents seeking driven-well royalties.
In Genoa the famous Paganini violin was opened before royal delegate Pavesi. Camillo Sivori tuned and played several pieces to applause. The instrument remained in excellent condition and was then returned to a glass covered case.
Professor Jameson of Johns Hopkins University works on the informal gatherings of statesmen at Alexandria Mount Vernon and Annapolis in 1785 and 1786. These meetings preceded the Philadelphia convention of 1787 and have long remained obscure.
The text lists English princesses who became German empresses. It names Edgyth wife of Otto I, Guohild wife of Henry II, Matilda wife of Henry V, and Isabella wife of Frederick II, noting the latter as ancestor of the late Prince Consort and the present German Empress.
Dr Wynter Blythe warns that opium poisons account for forty percent of Britain’s deaths from poisoning. He blames harsh work by mothers and dangerous soothing syrups given to babies to quiet them. A single preparation is cited as causing up to 150000 child deaths annually.
Carter Harrison, writing from Delhi to the Chicago Mail, extols the Taj Mahal as the supreme beauty among world structures. He describes the approach through the south gateway, the garden, the white marble mausoleum, minarets over 150 feet high, and intricate inlays, ending with an emotional moment of placing flowers on Montaz’s bier.
News item reports a proposed scheme to bore through the crater wall of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano to reach sulfur deposits inside the mountain. The plan envisions tunneling from the crater rim to the interior sulfur veins as a novel extraction method.
Weather deficits hinder crops with frost in several states while naval milestones steal attention. The gunboat Yorktown and the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius were launched at Cramp's shipyard with christenings by daughters of prominent lawmakers. Dispatch salutes greeted the ceremonies as crowds cheered.
Governors and agricultural commissioners across the Southern states report lower farm indebtedness and improved conditions. Alabama notes declines in debt and gains in buildings and fencing, while Mississippi cites a postwar debt drop and strong crop year in 1887. The South shows a $977 million rise in assessed property value from 1880 to 1887, despite many large properties being tax exempt.
The Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington attracts nearly 82 000 visitors yearly with a peak day of 1828. Founded by William W Corcoran in 1859, the endowment totals 1 300 000 dollars including grounds and buildings. The building houses 215 paintings and 126 marbles and casts with a Parthenon frieze and portraits of Presidents from Washington to Arthur.
The text asserts that pursuing a peaceful, steady life demands sustained inner balance and discipline. It emphasizes that enduring tranquility comes from ongoing self control and practice rather than fleeting bursts of effort.
A Raleigh consultation with gentlemen from Raleigh and other points urged forming a State Breeders Association. A meeting is called in Raleigh on May 15 to organize the group and promote fine horse breeding statewide.
Florence hopes to have the Southern shops of the Pullman Palace Car Company built there. John Hawkins, who retired the Newberry post office a month ago, appeared before United States Commissioner J S Reid in New Orleans and was admitted to bail in the sum of $2,000, giving bond without trouble.
A late report lists earthquakes felt in California, a gas mine explosion killing two near Wilkesbarre, severe Mississippi delta floods, a blizzard at Valentine Nebraska, bank suspensions in Columbus Ohio, and multiple fatal or injurious accidents from Arkansas to New York including wrecks, drownings, and a train derailment with heavy casualties.
Acworth residents aim to build a hotel costing between 25 000 and 40 000 dollars. Mitchell county’s melon acreage is about 3000 acres, roughly double last year. The Georgia colored school teachers convention will meet in Athens during the first week in May. William B. Jones of Dublin reports rabbits in his garden and notes a Maltese cat has adopted them after kittens perished. Col W L Scruggs would not edit the Atlanta prohibition weekly, with Col John William Jones now expected to fill the role and the first issue slated for May 8.
Hardy Posey, a Black man, was lynched by a white mob in Bessemer Alabama after allegedly attempting to assault a white twelve year old girl named Alice McKinney. The mob, including twenty Black men present, demanded justice and carried Posey to a large oak near the depot, where he was hanged. Posey’s brother Wesley Posey had faced a similar threat in Birmingham years earlier.
In Philadelphia a servant girl received a pioneering rabbit eye tissue transplant to restore vision in an inflamed eye. Dr L Webster Fox led the procedure at Germantown Hospital, one of only two such operations known, following a German case by Prof Von Wipple.
A mysterious shooting in Campobello, Spartanburg County, injures Miss Mary Young who was walking along the road. A pistol ball struck her in the back near the spine. her condition is reported as critical. A nearby boy fired at a hawk but could not have caused the wound. The shooter is unknown.
The old Slave Market at St. Augustine has been repainted and given a new roof, with plans to keep the building neat. Reports from Key West say Cuban filibuster squads may be sent to Cuba, though leaders are cautious. B. D. Hart of Adamsville, Sumter County, earned 250 dollars from a quarter acre of strawberries, missing 50 dollars unpicked. Orlando orange groves seek irrigation piping and pumping engines to endure drought and prevent fruit drop.
A floor collapse in Brookman's hall Brooklynburg, Pushsylvania, Ohio during a school exhibition caused a surging fall of about four hundred spectators. Eight people were killed and about fifty injured as physicians treated victims and removed clothing torn from bystanders.
A collage of jokes and quips from early 20th century newspapers features snippets about hotel gaffes, illiteracy jokes, romantic misunderstandings, spoiled meals, and rural humor. Characters like Squire Oatcake of Podunk, Miss Clara, Bobby, and feathered editors appear, alongside city-dwelling punchlines and laughing contrasts.
The total visible cotton worldwide stands at 2,406,451 bales, with 1,706,451 American. This compares to 2,518,008 total and 1,837,000 American last year. Receipts this week in interior towns total 149,234, while plantation receipts are 13,230. Crop in sight is 6,600,889 bales.
An explosion caused by pouring oil from a five gallon can near a gasoline stove set a dwelling on West Street Topeka Kansas on fire. Annie Rogers a foreign visitor died and her charge six year old Mary McLaughlin perished. A. D. Campbell his wife and Mary occupied the home and suffered the fatal blaze. Body remains described as fleshless charred mass.
Henry Clay served twelve years as Speaker, the longest tenure in that role, surpassing all others who held the post for eight years or more.
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