Women outnumber men in twelve of twenty eight cities
The 1890 census shows women exceed men in twelve of the nation’s twenty eight largest cities. Men lead in the cities with the fastest growth, indicating rapid urban expansion in those areas.
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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1895
Page
2
Peanut crop yield drops to a mere pound and a half
The report claims this year's U S peanut crop will yield only about one and a half pounds per person. A joked twist asks whether this grim forecast could have waited until after the circus season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Crowded Shelters Spark Essex Court Row In Ludlow Street
In New York City East Side ten by twelve foot Ludlow Street room housed two families during a neighborly quarrel in Essex police court. Both families insisted on taking boarders, making census counting difficult and underscoring crowded living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Essex Police Court
Ludlow Street
Critique of sensational travel journalism and entreaty for fair treatment
The author denounces the New York style of sending reporters across the country to chase tramps. He notes extensive coverage in press and a published book on the topic. The subject is hackneyed and unfair. A correspondent beating his way should be treated like any tramp, perhaps even more harshly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brildog Douglass Runs Bulldog Rental Service in Washington
An unusual business in Washington sees Brildog Douglass owning many bulldogs rented to absent homeowners. Each dog guards the yard, chained and welcoming intruders, with a $3 monthly rent. Douglass visits daily to feed and tend the animals, presenting a novel method for protecting property in the owner's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brildog Douglass
Detroit Potato Scheme Expands Using City Land
The Pingree plan grows in Detroit with over two hundred acres plowed for potatoes this spring and about 1,600 applicants for land. Each family receives one third of an acre plus seed for tubers and beans to sustain a family through the season. Poor families may gain abundance, ending hunger as winter approaches. Distressed Kickapoo seekers may turn to Detroit for farming opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mey
Kickapoo
Michigan moves to restore capital punishment after life sentence doubt
The article notes Michigan Rhode Island and Wisconsin have not used the death penalty for any offense. Michigan's legislature passed a law restoring capital punishment by a two thirds Senate vote, reflecting belief that life imprisonment for murder fails. Critics argue pardons and political pressure undermine the need for harsher justice.
Southern Industrial Growth Surges with 101 New Mills
The Tradesman reports the South added 101 new textile plants in the quarter ending June 30, with 29 in North Carolina and 25 in South Carolina leading. Also 42 flour and grist mills, 42 mining and quarrying firms, 32 cotton oil outfits, 25 canneries, eight breweries, and 187 wood-working plants nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chee
Itanooga, Tenn
ISM
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mays
Denton acquires Petaca grant lease in New Mexico
W I Denton of Markham Indian Territory has leased the Petaca grant for ten years and will ship 27 000 cattle to Las Vegas and drive to the grant. He will bring twenty families plus cowboys and notes ISO acres in the Petaca grant owned by ex Congressman Farwell. The lease covers grazing rights only and Denton may lease the nearby Vallecite grant. He predicts Indian Territory settlement and government policy will push cattlemen to seek grazing lands in New Mexico, boosting taxable values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
XN. M
Denton
Markham
Indian Territory
Las Vegas
Farwell
New Mexico
Kenrick Relieved As Archbishop Kain Announces Transfer
In St. Louis on July 1 Archbishop Kain notified Archbishop Kenrick that he will be succeeded by the former and translated to another diocese. Kenrick, calm, said he would transfer church property and obstruct nothing, while Kain welcomed the papal bull as a relief to the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kain
Kenrick
Japanese Hold on Formosa Island as Marines Withdraw
July 2 report from Hong Kong notes slow Japanese progress near Tai-Waen-Fu island Formosa. British marines have withdrawn from Formosa, causing surprise among remaining foreigners ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Tai-Waen-Fu
Formosa
Island
Passengers Thief Crew Robs Train After Engine Disabled
A gang halted a passenger train by blowing flanges from pony trucks disabling the engine. They searched every car from the express to the rear Pullman, lifting sacks in the Portland Tacoma Beattie and Victoria BC route. A shot at the conductor caused no injuries. Police from Roseburg and nearby areas pursued the robbers, delaying the train as the engine was turned around and the train crept back toward Roseburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tacoma
Beattice
Victoria
Saccox
Kearney
Fields
Southern Pacific
Roseburg
Gotte Roseburg
Pacific Cable Plan Aimed By British Capitalists
Hugh Craig of the San Francisco chamber of commerce says British capitalists will build a Pacific cable. The route runs from Auckland to Vancouver via Norfolk and Fanning Islands, total length about 6 454 miles, at an estimated cost of £537 18s or roughly 7 555 000 dollars. The project contemplates further southern hemisphere links with Auckland to Sydney as a main connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Hugh Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Pacific
Fanning Island
Aucklan New
Auckland
Vancouver
Sydney
New South Wales
Arms for Cuba: 2500 cargo seized on Trinidad shipment
A passenger aboard the Finance reports a large arms seizure on Trinidad bound for Venezuelan insurgents. The Venezuelan consul learned a British steamship from England carried munitions. authorities halted the shipment and opened an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York
the World
Finance
Trinidad
Fragmentary shipping notice about arms transfer to Trinidad
A damaged OCR item notes cargo handling and munitions transfers tied to an expedition funded by the George W. Childs and a vessel named for the operation. It implies automated or aided transit and later transfer to a ship, with limited readable details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Childs
Japan's Commerce in 1804 Reports Large Growth
A State Department report shows Japan's foreign commerce in 1804 reached 230,000,005 dollars, a 30 percent rise from 1803 due to wartime demand from the United States and Canada. Textiles and metrics expand, with new industries in manufacturing polyester? The text notes cheap labor and new carpet production, with Americans as principal traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Japan
Unites
Canada
China and Russia Near Settlement On Route Communications
A terse dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Russia has agreed to grant communications concessions to ease tensions with China. Beijing is urged to respond promptly with a firm stance, with speculation that China will likely accept rather than refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Petersburg
Joan
Russia
Pekin
China
Isthmmear Comat New York Event Summary
A fragmentary report notes a minister named McKinney and an official named Lathet addressing an assembly about American states and the canal project. The text mentions a remaining twenty four miles and a tentative assessment, indicating ongoing planning or inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joly Lathet
McKinney of
Neeshire
Stans Colkuntda
Alatmerhirg
Aguse Canal
Chinese law case reaches London over rations and beam
A Chinese national travels to London seeking remedy against ration rules tied to a beam made in St Petersburg and other places. The case highlights international legal questions about trade and nationality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Samvant
St Petersburg
Transformation of a Commerce Overdriver and its claimed abilities
The fragment mentions an overdriver described as capable of becoming an excellent ux crasher. It refers to a shigy dangerous cogimetpe destroyer armed with ten rented tires and four secondary bottles, able to overtake any meiastic service. It also cites Exerpt the Locanda of the Comard Hoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flo
Comard
Outrageous Hanging of Marshall Price in Maryland
A misty evening tale reports Marshall Price, captured after travel from Denton to Georgetown, being seized by a mob and hanged to a tree near a Maryland town. Reports say a respite pending appeal had been granted, but the lynching occurred as crowds gathered on the outskirts, with guards failing to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Price
Denton
Sallie
Price
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