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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1887
Page
1
Rosalind steals Geoff Hamilton's precious keepsakes from Letty Maitland and hides in a London lodging. A mistaken sister, a bold ruse, and a dramatic reveal unfold as two rival romances clash over a photograph, letters, and a forged identity.
The scene unfolds in a garrison town as Rosalind and Letty debate a stolen photograph from a mother's album. Tom Crichon, rich and eager, woos Letty while Geoffrey Hamilton admits a flirtation with Rosalind. Jealousy and pride drive the confrontation and consequences unfold.
The London World reports on romantic twists as Hamilton is captured by a widow, Rosalind marries Gerard Townsend, and Lenty returns a photograph to Tom after Geoff retrieves a packet. Crichton becomes Mrs Crichton while Louie’s fate remains unknown.
A reminiscence of Lt. Zalinski at the Boston Institute of Technology describes a Philadelphia encampment at the University of Pennsylvania. His guard unit, youths aged twelve to fifteen, detains three University of Pennsylvania students who seek entry without the counter sign. He uses the tale to illustrate the potential power of his pneumatic torpedo gun against ironclads, predicting at least one student would be stuck.
France will not wage war with Germany while Von Moltke and Bischoff Bisnark live. The President’s west and south trip will cost about 1500 dollars against 10000 cited by the New York Sun. Cardinal Gibbons travels to Portland to confer the Pallium on Archbishop Gross. Governor Hill of New York declines wine at a public banquet. Calvin Brice once ran a Lima bank and helped build the Nickel Plate raid, later becoming a millionaire and planning a Newport home. The U S Supreme Court ruling on privilege taxes leads to a Mississippi suit to disgorge taxes on drummers, though the suit is expected to fail and Mississippi accepts the decision.
An interview in the New York Sun discusses the drug pricer a key wholesale and retail role in drug houses. It outlines duties risks and the high salaries commanded by scarce skilled pricers and compares pay to salesmen in New York.
A St Louis dispatch describes rapid tent city construction for the Grand Army of the Republic gathering. By the end of the second week about 3 500 tents housing up to 25 000 veterans and families rise in Lyon Concordia Hyde Washington Carr St Louis Jackson and Forest Parks with telegraph links and nearby dining halls.
The Tradesman notes continued Southern industrial expansion with higher crop volumes and rising factory activity. Mills, furnaces, and coke ventures expand across Alabama Georgia Mississippi Tennessee and Virginia as new companies form in mining oil woodworking and rail. A reflective poem by D M Jordan closes the piece.
Ex Representative Pettibone of Tennessee headed a Chattanooga committee and urged the President to stop there on his South tour. The President told the Chattanooga group he would spend one hour in the city on the way from Nashville to Atlanta on Monday October 17.
The President issues a proclamation lifting the discriminating duties on Spanish commerce after being assured by memorandum that Spain imposed no such duties on American trade. The assurance comes from an agreement between the American Secretary of State and the Spanish minister in Washington.
John Davis a white fisherman was jailed without bail for the murder of his wife Mrs. Davis who died suddenly. Officials found a fractured skull after disinterment, with Davis claiming she fell ill. The case is described as deliberate wife murder based on suspicious circumstances.
A San Bernardino citizen tells the Courier he, at age, decided kissing was wicked since Christ was betrayed with a kiss. He has been married twenty years and is father of eleven children but has never kissed his wife or any of his eleven offspring.
A Boston Courier item depicts a gambler waking at dawn after finishing at the table and noting the day has broken as well. His line about "I've got company" wryly links his ruin to the new day. The scene focuses on quiet morning optimism contrasting with personal loss.
Night watchman and hotel clerk at Sugar Hill White Mountains were divinity students this past summer while a scrub girl who has taught in a public school for five years speaks French and Latin.
New York dispatch reports the Supreme Court in general term affirms Jacob Sharp's conviction with all four judges concurring. The case may be appealed to the Court of Appeals, but Sharp is to begin serving his Sing Sing sentence immediately.
Brownsville reports a major flood as the Rio Grande overflows its banks. Farms are inundated families are washed out and crops lost. Edinburg LaPueblo and Santa Maria are cited in rising waters threatening whole areas along sixty miles upstream.
The piece humorously notes a contest at the fair involving washing machines for a farmer prize. It quotes Goodalls Sun and comments on perceptions of cheating versus fair play. It then shifts to Mexico's railway growth from 500 miles in 1880 toward 2,600 miles by year end with mixed American ownership and rising revenues.
The report states the gran elevator capacity of Chicago at 28 850 060 bushels.
A collage of quips from multiple papers features wry jokes about stagehands, postal workers, politicians and married life. The humor spans remarks on mill payments, love, marriage, gaslight songs, clothing, books, hotels, and cultural stereotypes, reflecting a bustling newsroom tease.
The Brooklyn Citizen describes a Manhattan niche where old shoes found their way to cobblers in The Bend area along Baxter and Mulberry. Repaired, waterproofed, and polished, these salvaged pairs line the basement shelves selling for seventy-five cents to a dollar fifty. The practice reflects poverty and a market for inexpensive footwear among the "down on their luck" population.
The report notes 108 cotton mills across the South with Tennessee hosting 27 mills and Alabama 20 mills.
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