Multiple National and Local News Highlights From 1890s Dispatches
Reports recount a New York electrocution for shooting a detective, a Brooklyn handicap win by Dr. Rice with Henry of Navarre and Sir Walter following, and a McKeesport strike to restore old wage rates. Broad notes cover Brazil Portugal diplomatic rupture, a Lexington anti Breckinridge rally, Boston fire damages, Bluefields unrest, and Congress tariff and canal plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
New York
Kunkle
Ohio
Mamie Sheehan
Cincinnati
Republic of Brazil
Portugal
Paraty
Rio
Lisbon
Growing Use of Paper Shows U S Industry Growth
Article notes paper's vast global role and rising U S output. It cites 1892 daily capacity around 11 000 tons with newsprint and book paper leading, lists top producing states, foreign trade expansion to South America and Europe, and ongoing price declines boosting consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Paper Trade
New York
Maine
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ilinois
South America
South
Central America
Europe
England
Prominent Southern Arizona Sun Worship Noted
A fragmented description details a small Southern Arizona tribe using clay idols with sun faces. The people, described as shipers, perform a sun dance and hold religious rites under Jesuit influence, though few have been drawn away from traditional works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Oddities Describe Forcible Breath and Air Intake
A fragmented report describes a strange act where holding the mouth open traps air, causing suffocation and unusual internal effects. The text mentions a stuck airway, an oddity involving air flow, and a peculiar rope-like structure at the throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toad
Fragmented 19th Century notes recall slaves marriage and streets
The fragment mentions two elderly former slaves Jobs aged five and Kitty aged years old who were recently married. It notes a man in England repairing church spires and a Walter de Brest described as a packman or carrier who recently died in Chatham. Dickens is referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Island
Tobago
Lorell
Kitty
William Green
England
Sastaydral
Barcaby
Walter de Brest
Chatham
Dickens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lamar
National Tube Works
McKeesport
Kansas City
President Hill & the
Great Northern Road
Lexington
Breckinridge
Fayette County
Boston
League Ball
Bluefields
San Andreas
Baker
San Francisco
The
Congressional Grand General
Wilson
House
Washington
Sugar Trust
Bryan
Nicaragua Canal
Cleveland
Carlisle
Gresham
Buffalo
M. Patenotre
Mme. Patenotre
Senate Committee On Territories
Utah
Teller
ADY
Adon
Adam
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