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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
1
In Philadelphia the New York Graphic notes public discontent over a public park sculpture titled A Lioness Carrying a Wild Pear to Her Young. Critics call it too sanguinary and unsuitable for children, preferring depictions of early American figures over equestrian uniform statues.
The four story brick structure on Burling Slip, New York, recalling Peter Cooper's wealth, still bears his name on its signs. Inside, rooms remain partitioned with rough white washed boards and desks dating to Cooper's era, preserving a primitive layout.
The article reports a planned movement to move 75 000 Icelanders and their livestock to Manitoba Canada. It compares the potential migration to the Israelite exodus and notes fifteen years of ongoing Icelandic emigration while Iceland remains populous. It mentions thriving Icelandic towns already existing in Manitoba.
Congressmen gain permission to frank public documents with a rubber stamp bearing the sender’s autograph. The landmark decision, long sought, was first communicated to lawmakers by a stamp manufacturer who visited senators and representatives to offer stamps for order.
In a population of 100 million, Russia has about 5900 medical men and no functioning sanitary system. Death rates reach 60 to 80 per 1000 in many districts, with population increasing only about 1 percent despite high birthrates. About 1,000,000 of roughly 2,800,000 yearly deaths are attributed to preventable causes.
The Atlanta Constitution recounts Louis Napoleon in a gloomy cell proposing a Nicaragua canal. He sought release to lead a canal company in Europe, secured Nicaragua's backing, but confinement and political aims diverted him. He escaped in a worker’s blouse and shifted to plans to crown himself Emperor of France.
Chicago imports an average 10 000 cans of milk daily each eight gallons totaling about 320 000 gallons weekly and 27 200 000 gallons yearly. New York City reportedly receives about 55 804 880 gallons annually.
The Times notes Americans are the best diamond judges and demand finest stones and cutting. It explains India, Russia, and China patterns: India buys white stones but rejects yellow or flawed gems. Russia prefers large and yellow stones. China recently opened to a diamond trade with the Empress wearing a superb necklet, sparking continental demand.
Governor Scales and state officers attended the Guilford Battle Ground celebration in Greensboro, with thousands arriving by train and on site. Judge David Schenck delivered a long defense of North Carolina militia and the battle, credited with vindicating state history and patriotism amid a large crowd and orchestral pageantry.
An Art Amateur note warns of fake lake-dweller relics produced in Concise by a Lake Neufchatel workshop. It mentions another shop near Schaffhausen that engraves bones with animal outlines and sells them as authentic prehistoric artifacts.
A Montana miner unable to pay a $48 debt allowed his creditor to shoot him twice from 200 feet. The bullets struck him but he was not seriously wounded, and the offer was accepted.
The debt statement for April shows a $9.235 million decrease and total debts of $1.706 billion. President Cleveland nominates Melville W. Fuller of Chicago for Chief Justice, a choice welcomed by Democrats and many Republicans. A Treasury discovery suggests a defalcation attempt at the American Exchange National Bank involving a counterfeit package of bank notes.
A freight train of 75 cars on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad broke apart on a steep grade between Mount Carmel and Locust Gap. A rear section collided with the front, causing a powder car explosion. Seventeen houses burned with several deaths and thirty injuries. twelve cars and seventeen houses destroyed. Estimated total loss $75,000.
Rasdale Wilcox of Savannah Ga son of an ex State Senator wed Miss Janie Clark a school girl. They entered a mutual agreement at the wedding that the bride would not live with her husband until four years had passed so she could finish her education.
A Raleigh letter reports health improvements of Minister Jarvis in Brazil. In Pitt county a fight between black lumber workers and farmhands ends with Newton Clemons killed by James Whitehurst. Whitehurst captured in Williamston. Joshua H. Cox is fatally shot by Thomas Frazier, who is then killed by a mob. James Davis in Johnston County dies by suicide after a murder conviction.
A hail storm at Ridgeway tore down fences and broke windows. John Sims a laborer on the C K and W Railway near Greenville was badly hurt when the bank he was digging into caved in fracturing his leg and bruising his body. William B Jones of Dublin caught two young rabbits in his garden and his Maltese cat adopted them out of kindness. A serious stabbing affray occurred near the Air Line depot in Greenville when John Reynolds was assaulted by L B Pearson. Reynolds drew a knife and wounded Pearson in the back.
Forest fires rage in the Kane oil field near Bradford Pennsylvania destroying property. Flint glass houses in the Pittsburgh district ignite and factory work resumes. Lightning strikes a Delaware county Ohio school killing 12 year old John Bowers. teacher and students are knocked unconscious. Ex delegates of the International Union in Philadelphia plan a banquet honoring Mr George W Childs on his birthday.
A Miller and Freeman circus train derailed after a landslide at Mi kanna on the Camden and Pittsburg Railroad. Engineer A H Stilwell was severely scalded. Elmer Ellsworth. a Columbus resident and cook, was killed. Cars and horses wrecked. fireman Stilwell escaped after jumping clear.
A compilation of curious statements covers ancient battles and rulers, medical discoveries, engineering feats, and local anecdotes. It notes Artaxerxes at Cunaxa, Harvey's blood circulation, the Colosseum's colossal size, and a Paris bric a brac sale, among other items with dates and places.
In 1829 Sam Patch the jumper came to Rochester aimed at leaping the Falls. A vast crowd watched as he climbed a 125 foot scaffold, jumped and vanished beneath the water, later found mangled at Carthage Falls four miles away. The event drew cheers and a temperance warning from H B Stanton.
A traveler notes locusts as a staple in desert diet, praising boiled locusts for flavor and nutrition. They describe catching them at dawn, their wide consumption by animals, and use by Bedouins who rely on locusts with camel milk when food is scarce.
A Denver Colorado lot was released by an early settler for five dollars and a revolver recently sold for 10009 dollars in a local transaction.
A digest of Southern notes reports peach harvest near Dade City Florida and 1600 alligator hides sold in Fort Ogden. Alf Prater to run in New York six day race. Crevasse at Lafourche Crossing risks crops. Belgian colony buys land near Manatee for 100 families. Factory closures in Key West 500 lose work. mining boom in North Georgia. strikes in Pratt mines and Wheeling Mississippi. Fires in Nashville and Bell Buckle. deaths from burns and shooting in Alabama Tennessee and North Carolina. Lynching tension near Bennettsville. Editorials on Atlanta prohibition editor choice. two miners kill Deputy Marshal. mob violence. Sheriff delays response.
A white boy in Clarendon County South Carolina named Absolom Frieson was caught in a mill wheel. The iron bolt tore through his forehead exposing brain matter and nasal bone. Doctors say no similar case on record and the boy clings to life with only a one in one hundred thousand chance of recovery.
A survey of innovations and discoveries from paper and celluloid uses to prospecting in astronomy. Notable notes include briquettes from slack coal, Congo submarine depths, Challenger expedition costs, Egypt land reclamation at Abukir, planetoids between Mars and Jupiter, and Calcutta Botanic Garden’s century of tea and quinine advances.
A New York furrier notes Alaska's wealth lies in its furs. Sea otter and fur seal skins alone now average 1.5 million dollars yearly, with total Alaska fur value around 3 million annually. The trade, post annexation, has grown, boosting native hunting and payments to hunters multiple times over former Russian era levels.
Brown Dumley and Robinson trade light banter about grumbling over receiving the earth. Dumley jokes he would take the earth at harvest but not in winter. The exchange reflects a playful rural humor and local speech.
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