14 Feb 1889
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Newspaper
Mineral Point Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1889
Page
1
Market prices for spring wheat long per sack and various commodities are listed beside local ads. The column also covers lost property rewards, requests for good trades, social notes, weddings, births, and public notices from Mineral Point and nearby towns including Dodgeville and Shullsburg.
A Rochester area report notes more than 1,050 evaporators within forty miles, employing about 1,000 to 1,200 workers in autumn and winter. Last season output neared 100 million pounds with initial costs around two million dollars, serving Germany England Belgium Holland and France as primary export markets. Strong demand also appears from Africa and Australia.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt quotes a well-dressed man claiming the Stewart grave robbery sparked a new trade: selling electrical watch clocks for cemeteries. He cites Vanderbilt’s mausoleum on Staten Island with two clocks and Pinkerton guards, noting ongoing annual hires and a guard colony near the tomb.
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