15 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1886
Page
1
The Rochester Herald notes army officers are not rich but readily wed. Many marriages occur before graduation in June, with eight of the seventy-seven cadets already married by September. Cadets share two rooms and $115 monthly in allowances as they begin married life.
A Pike County farmer recounts a remarkable incident. A young Indian girl was carried into a binding harvester with the grain and emerged unhurt, though frightened, with a string around her waist. A harvest hand steadied her as the machine expelled her.
Hurters Weekly notes how a Philadelphia oyster eating horse tale grew as it moved west. A Philadelphia report said a horse owned by an oyster dealer ate oysters, a St. Louis version claimed the horse regularly ate oysters, and a Denver item claimed an enormous oyster bit a Philadelphia market horse’s leg.
The state tops the nation with 18 000 miles of railway, far exceeding others like Pennsylvania and Iowa. New York holds the largest capital stock at 468 522 777 dollars, while Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois follow. Bonded debt is highest in Pennsylvania, and Illinois reports the greatest surplus of assets over liabilities.
An economist estimates global cattle and sheep totals and per person meat intake. He cites regional figures for Europe, Australia, the Americas, and Central America, noting varied consumption and imports among United States, Canada, Argentina, and Australia.
A poetic meditation contrasts the enduring oak with the fleeting lily. It reflects on growth, aging, and the idea that beauty and brief life each hold value, noting how small, precise moments can reveal true life. Written in Ben Jonson inspired diction.
An 18th century Bristol trader arrives in Poston with Esther Calvert, an English housekeeper in Boston. Her lover Jennings is executed for robbery, amid a string of confessions and a later brutal truth that the innkeeper Brunell was the real highwayman. Esther dies peacefully, trusting that a loved one awaits.
Three German adventurers aided by Maximilian attempted to steal the veil bejewelled to 200000 dollars from the church at Meixotl. A pursuing force halted two assailants in a narrow pass, they were killed, the third escaped with the veil, which was recaptured and returned to the altar under tighter guard.
A Newark Sun report details how city firemen respond instantly to alarms with crews dressing in seconds. It describes automatic hitching systems, horse handling, and a clocked record of response times, plus recent collar and alarm upgrades and planned improvements including electric lanterns and a double stage engine house system.
A fragmentary collection of aphorisms on honesty, genius, love, perfection, friendship, and pleasure. It emphasizes modest resolve, prudent reflection, and the value of a simple, sincere companion over ostentatious brilliance. It cautions against chasing unattainable perfection and warns that roses of pleasure fade.
A Dickinson College tale recalls a Civil War era clash between Northern and Southern students on a campus path. A Philadelphia blond challenged a Virginian with mutual backing from their sects, ending in a brutal bulldog fight where both combatants were carried off. The Southern fighter endured without crying for relief. the Northern contender was exhausted. The piece notes the struggle mirrored the Civil War and cites Harrisburg Telegraph as the source.
A city girl discovers the gap between romantic farm life and harsh daily work. She describes being left with chores, gathering wood, cooking, and tending cows, realizing fond dreams rarely match hard routines in the farm milieu.
A Boston business leader recalls his father’s tough love guiding a twenty one year old toward independence. He details receiving fifty dollars to learn money management, working as a clerk, saving steadily, and finally earning two thousand dollars to start in business. The father called it the hard but pivotal path to manhood and success.
English native George Phillips living near Binghamton Solano county spent two years crafting an organ from old newspapers glue alum and scrap wood and glass. The 400 pipes vary from sixteen feet to one inch and are said to outperform wood or metal. He claims heat cold and tuning have no effect. Phillips has built eight or nine similar paper organs and worked as a plumber in major buildings after a life of travel and music study.
Four crematory furnaces rise at Pere la Chaise to open soon modeled after Rome and Milan ovens. Cremation costs fifteen francs for all, with sculptors already crafting cinerary urns. Relatives may keep urns in family vaults or place them in a city building planned to receive ashes.
A small bag of culpour is claimed to keep red ants from closets and drawers, offering a simple preventive remedy.
Poem describes a rural scene at sunrise with a maid singing as cows graze and milk flows. A male speaker notes cupid and proposes a Swain to seek a wife, pairing farmer life with affection. The piece reflects pastoral romance from Centurum.
A collage of wry quips and satire across papers. It mentions an ice pitch, a fireplace grate, matrimonial knots, and jokes about bears, lawyers, candles, trees, poodles, and a patent medicine man.
Mr. Vanderbilt of New York orders Messum & Sons to build a 26 by 4 foot 4 inch pleasure skiff named Idle Hour for private use. The vessel uses west English timber, vahozany skin, nickel fittings, two pairs of sculls, and a balance lug sail for light to moderate seas. It will be shipped to New York to join Mr. Vanderbilt’s steam yacht Alva where it may see open water sailing.
A whimsical, fragmented verse recounts greeting a friend with jokes and charm. It shifts to a refrain about touching a chestnut bell amid lines suggesting social banter and romantic refusal, with unrelated snippets inserted.
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