Review of the Year Trade in All Branches in Lively Condition
R G Dun & Co reports year end trade remained largely steady with markets correcting after a price surge driven by currency expansion. Wheat speculations fell, exports rose, and railway traffic hit record tonnage while prices for commodities drifted downward. Banking and currency conditions showed ample money, but some regional closeness and rising business failures persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun &Cols
Rex
Chicago
Russia
Danubian States
Europe
Gorn
St. Paul
Memphis
Treasury
London
Omaha
Wisconsin
Vanderbilt
United States
Canada
Foreign Commerce Exceeds All Other Years Since 1881
New York reports that the foreign trade for the year ending June 30, 1888, surpasses any year since 1581. The Port of New York shows imports valued at 510,260,482 versus 291,026,668 for all other ports, and exports of 325,788,214 versus 301,268,564 elsewhere, with a New York excess of 154,479,188. Carrying trade figures include vessels in American and foreign waters and land transport distributions.
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New York
George Wilson
New York Produce Exchange
United States
Amer
War over Hawaiian street railroad sparks British protest
A British commercial house won a franchise to build a Honolulu Waikiki street railway but failed to meet rail and bridge standards. The interior minister halted work and ordered rails torn up. The British minister protested, and the imperial government is now reviewing the case as the project remains suspended. Separately, notes mention apples decaying in barrels and Diesbach’s 1710 Berlin discovery of Prussian blue dye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Wadehouse
Painted clocks in 18 minutes after eight mystery
A New York Sun reader asks why clock and watch shop signs show hands at eighteen minutes past eight. The Sun reports monopoly clock painters like W L Washburn fix every sign to this hour since 1865, dating back to Lincoln’s assassination.
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The
Sun
Murray Street
Maiden Lane
Groot
Chicago
Cincinnati
W. H. Smith
New York
W. L. Washburn
Father Washburn
Ife
Washburn
Mr. Washburn
P. T. Barnum
Cortlandt Street
Jerome Clock Company
Lincoln
Ford
Adams
New York Sun
The Peaks of Pyramid Lake Observed by Miss Hyde
Miss Julia Hyde of Sheepshead, Washoe county, writes from Virginia City Enterprise-like notes on Pyramid Lake. She describes the pyramidal rocks, The Three Pyramids, and other formations, the deep blue water, towering breakers, and a sunset vivid with vermilion gold and blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid Lake
Julia Hyde
Sheepshead
Washoe County
Virginia City Enterprise
Verdict award in Snell eviction suit at Fort Dodge
In Des Moines on December 21 a verdict awarded one river land settler $700 for the improvements on land evicted from Mr. Snell at Fort Dodge. Snell received a rental of $239. The case likely advances to a higher court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snell
Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge
Booming a New Play at Haverly’s Theatre
A curious episode at Haverly’s later called the Columbia involved a note from a lady promising to occupy the right hand stage box with a fan and bouquet and requesting a newspaper man in a red carnation. He found twenty or thirty club men and founders in the box, all reading the play while a lady with a fan sat engrossed, with only one observer, an elderly lawyer, wearing a red carnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverly’s
Columbia
Elin
Hicagyo Merald
Battle of Bulls on a Kentucky Knob Ends in Deadly Fall
An eyewitness, Thoms S. Moore of Garrard County, Kentucky, recounts a dramatic duel between two enraged bulls on a knob, both mortally wounded and one hurled over a precipice to its death. The encounter lasts about an hour with graphic, violent detail and ends in a fatal plunge as the other bull collapses nearby. The report blends paleogeology notes with a sensational animal battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoms S. Moore
Garrard County
Moore
Philadelphia Telegraph
A Passion for An American Sails From Spain
A fragmentary FOREIGN scribe notes a traveler’s claim that Spain’s balance inspires passion for bolosan sau sage and hints at developing love for mystery in youth. An ex queen Natalie of Sergia drew an enthusiastic crowd in Jassy en route to Bessaria, Romania.
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Spain
Hatfields and McCoys and Bank Defaulters in Early Year
Chronology of crime and turmoil from January to December covering Hatfield and McCoy feuds in Kentucky and West Virginia, bank defaulters in multiple cities, rail and train robberies, White Caps actions, and notable murders including Amos Snell and Antonio Flaccomio. The record cites various courts, arrests, hangings, and disappearances across the United States, with several dates and locations such as Birmingham Alabama, Lima stone, Ohio, and Chicago. It mentions Governor Hill commuting a death sentence and a pattern of financial crimes and vigilante violence.
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Hatfields and McCoys
Kentucky
West Virginia
Irion
Birmingham
Ala
WT Reynolds
Citizens’ Bank
Limestone
Charles O'Brien
Elmer
Morse
Auburn
First National Bank
Central Bank
Toronto
United States
Indiana
Means
Cincinnati
Metropolitan National Bank
Bunk
Henry Reece
Continental Hotel
Philadelphia
Amos J. Snell
Chicago
Tascott
Southern Pacific
Tucson
A.T
St. Louis
Arkansas and Texas
Kingsland
Arkansas
John R. van Loan
Second National Bank
Jersey City
M. L. Lichtenstein
Wilmington
Del
Northwest
New York
Frontier
Frank Gardner
Hronek
Chapel Chlebouth
Gerry and Grinnell
Banfield
Hatfield and McCoy
Pike County
Logan County
W. Va
Hill
Chiara Cignarale
Perry County
Ind
P. K. Dederick
Albany
Anarchists on top clash over police limits in Bund case
Master in Chancery Windhes finds anarchists’ right to assemble is constitutional and police cannot prohibit meetings. He warns against injunctions, noting December 23 deadline passed and suggesting common law remedies apply if police act without cause and damage results. The ruling references Arbeiter Bund proceedings in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Windhes
Arbeiter Bund
Tuley
Robbery at Indianapolis Postoffice Stuns City
A thief stole 2468 dollars from the Indianapolis post office money order department while staff ate dinner. A clerk returning from dinner watched the thief through a glass partition, mistaking him for a post office agent. The incident followed a nearby cash clearance by the postmaster’s son earlier that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Post Office
I. Johnson
Johnson
An Effective Valedictory Speech Before Execution
A vigilance committee condemns a horse thief and grants him a final speech. The condemned man speaks of past honest work, offers a solemn warning, and describes selling “The Am I Wo Text Book,” a comprehensive guide to political forms and statistics, before his execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigilance Committee
Arizona
Vilise
Pomasyls
Congress
Formal Opening of The Players Club at Edwin Booth House
The Players Club formally opened on Gramarcy Square with a late night ceremony. Edwin Booth donated the house and A M Palmer hosted. Booth and Daly attended and Sherman was among prominent guests as Augustin Daly accepted the deed.
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Edwin Booth
Nerry York
Players’ Club
Gramarcy Square
A. M. Palmer
Booth
Barrett
Augustin Daly
Gen. W.T. Sherman
Captain Dobbins Invents a New Life Car for Rescues
Captain D P Dobbins head of the Ninth life saving district unveils a perfected life car. Converted to a boat, it reaches vessels 3000 feet offshore to rescue mariners. A water bottom prevents capsizing, a canvas chute aids loading in heavy seas, and an interior pump dispels water or supplies air.
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Dobbins
Burrao
N. Y
D. P. Dobbins
Ninth District
Panic at a Christmas Celebration in Stoughstown
A Christmas celebration at the Lutheran church in Stoughstown Carlisle County ended in a floor collapse sending many panicking to windows. The building’s sills broke and the floor sank ten feet injuring several, with at least one expected to die as women and children were trampled during the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Stoughstown
Union Sunday School
How to Put On and Remove Gloves Properly
Instructions from the Dry Goods Chronicle on glove handling. Clean dry hands, powders for sweaty palms, avoid moisture, and ease the glove on with careful thumb and wrist technique. Fasten buttons in order, keep gloves smooth, remove from fingertips inward, and store with flannel between if light colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odineser
Lry Goods Chronicle
Remark by Prince to Handel on Bismarck Work Ethic
The prince told Doctor Chrssander Handel that Herbert is the only Bismarck who works decently. He added that if he had once toiled as much in his youth, some good might have come of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brussels
Uganda
Mwanga
East Africa
Emin
Victoria Nyanza
Stanley
Bismarck Berny
Chrssander Handel
Herbert
Bismarck
U. S
W. H. Parket
Xan
Sienna
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Review OF the Year
Great Britain
Diesbach
Berlin
Springfield Nepublican
Charleston
3. C
Erastus J. Jones
Dauphin County
Tata
State National Bank of Raleigh
N. C
Charles FE. Close
Samuel C. White
APIUS
First Whitechapel
Rawson
Maj. Whitney
Spencer County
L. Lichtenstein
Junction City
M. T
Waber
Adams Express
Sunbury
Porter and
Buel
Zurich
Charles A. Pitcher
Union Bank of Providence
It. J
Blinky Morgan
Columbus
Whitechapel
Hugh M. Brooks
Alies Maxwell
Preller
N. Kinney
Bald Knobber
Missouri
Ozark
Bill Miles
Charles W. Waldron
Hillsdale
Mich
Michener
Palacdora
No Man's Land
Chapin
Fall River
Antonio Flaccomio
Briggs
Rochester
J.B. McClure
Hugh Flannigan
McFadden
Wilkesbarre
Peru
Mathe
Axworthy
Sante Barbara
Cal
Henry W. King, Jr
Neb
Libbie Beichler
J. E. Bedell
Shoden
Crawford
Ay Capony
Faoun
Iynel William Tasheriff
Texas
Marper
Fidelity Bann
Waite Cap
Ohio
James White
Mrs. Anderson
Portland
Ore
Anarchists
Mitchell
Kilrain-Mitchell
England
Boston
H. M. Dufur
Duncan C. Ross
Howard Athenaeum
Gordon
Louxpen
Grenfell
Queenstown
Hans Kuhni
Lord Gough
Iie
Topeka
J. M. Jones
Ranchitien
Cheyenne
the Players' Club
International Copyright Association
Young’s Hotel
Charles W. Eliot
Joseph Cook
W. E. Griffin
Col. Tinson
Gladstone
Napres
New England Society
Ebenezer Elliott
Miltain
Jackson
Charley Mitchell
Fulda
California Athletic Club
Peter Jackson
Jake Milrain
Sullivan
Railways
Curiaco
Railway Age
Rhode Island
Nevada
Kansas
California
Nebraska
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Washington
Louis Aldrich
Harley Merry
Louis M. Sanger
Actors’ Order of Friendship
Ford Immigration Committee
New England Medical Journal
Wales
H. H. Wales
Bridgeport
Asan & Hamlin
Atheing
Font Thah & Harlin Organ and Piano CO
Bolvgu
NEW Nor
Parker
Eppa
Grace Libel
Sames Epps
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