Eleven Million Dollars Missing From Bond Syndicate
The Enquirer questions a government bond sale where $62,000,000 in four per cent bonds were sold to a syndicate for 104 and later resold for gains. It argues a $11,000,000 to $11,780,000 windfall benefited bankers and questions President Cleveland and Mr Carlisle about the deal and its implications.
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United States
Carlisle
Belmont Morgan
Treasury
Cleveland
Stetson
Climi
David B. Hill
Arthur P. Gorman
the Treasury
Belmont
Roths— Childs
Morgan
Enquirer
Smoking and discipline across borders draw opinions
The piece notes a Whitechapel pastor allowing pipes in service, Independence Belgo calls it normal, and Mexican courts and schools tolerate smoking and pulque for officials and pupils. It also argues General Miles suits command, contrasting with West Point culture, from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Whitechapel
London
Belgo
Miles
West Point
Military Academy
General Schofield
United States Army
Military
Cincinnati Enquirer
Notable Farm Farce On Wild West Task
Farmers spend on bloomers to calm a horse during a runaway scare. The odd scene shows two $3 bloomers used on a $2.75 horse to prevent a costly escape. Local tones mix humor with rural hardship and cautionary notes about livestock safety.
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Free Wild West
Three Minute Prescriptions and Prospect Drilling News
A druggist warns an assistant against rapid dispensing noting prescriptions must take time to appear effective. The Solomonville river coal drill under G B Reynolds advances past initial delays, now progressing despite boulders. The Nogales Vidette rejects joining the Populists while urging cross party unity to oppose Rothschilds and Cleveland. London money-market congestion persists with US funds draining and Chinese loan releases easing pressure.
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Solomonville
G. B. Reynolds
Southern Pacific Company
Wach i
Nogales Vidette
Tribune
Bro. Webb
Cleveland
Florence Tribune
Origin of the Chinese fan myth in royal feasts
A legendary account credits a Chinese princess at a lantern festival with inventing the fan by motion to hide her face while cooling her brow. The tale links to Catherine de Medici bringing the first Italian fan to France and Louis XIV era fans adorned with jewels becoming valuable.
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China
Catherine de Medici
Italy
France
Louis XIV
Simple Burmese Marriage Rite and Beekeeping Behavior
A Burma marriage custom features a simple rice sharing ceremony in front of friends, while elopements are common and later blessed by parents. The text also notes guard bees at hive entrances and a critical view of Herr’s return to the New York Tribune and gold bug papers.
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Burmah
Herr
New York Tribune
Harvey
People’s Herald
Tombstone girl reads bear tale in Catskills incident
A Tombstone girl reportedly read about a bear in the Catskills that hugged a tourist, an event the Prospector notes sparked dramatic reaction. The paper discusses new wood pulp sheets with sheet-wire gauze for waterproof fireproof construction and Missouri corn growing so large stalks were measured by circumference.
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Catskill Mountains
Prospector
Missouri
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