Minor News Items From Across the Nation
The column notes trends and curiosities including rising marriage counts in Manhattan and Bronx, the 16th anniversary of Baltimore’s Ancient Mechanical Society, a Portchester woman’s self harm, New Hampshire’s old Congregational church, Sing Sing prison condemnation, Swiss coin auctions, superstitions on Oceanic, declining Connecticut crime rates, the Noah Webster Association library project, Ecuadorian palm nut ivory, New York’s Living History museum idea, and weather, science, and fashion snippets from various locales. It also mentions Krupp paper field pieces, a slag glass process, global trade facts, iron and steel byproducts, and notable obituaries and cultural items from Europe and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Connecticut
Noah Webster
Ecuador
Germany
United States
New York
Iowa
Sumatra
F. L. Stevens
University of Chicago
Denmark
Tycho Strahe
Prague
Jens Taggensen
Kiel
Krupp
Chicago
Federal Steel Trust
Happenings of 1899 Summary of a Year’s Events
A sweeping year in review covers the Philippine and South African wars the Dreyfus case Samoa fires floods and storms deaths of leaders and notable figures and major accidents. It lists January to December events including battles disasters political shifts and notable deaths across the globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
South Africa
Dreyfus
Samoa
Spain
Western Hemisphere
England
Transvaal Republic
United States
Philippines
Samoan Islands
Alfred Dreyfus
France
Kirksville
New Richmond
Wis
Felix Faure
Garret A. Hobart
Robert G. Ingersoll
Cleveland
Pana
Carterville
Lil
Grand Opers and Perleesh Force Folklore
A Detroit Free Press fragment portrays Mrs Mulvaney and Mrs O Hoolihan debating opera wages and grand productions. The dialect sketches a mock Serious talk on operatic performance and jokes about Dyago language and American culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missus Mulvaney
Detroit
Free Presa
A Remarkable Shawl Gift From Charles X to Duchess
The Duchess of Northumberland possesses a shawl given by Charles X of France. The fabric, made from Persian cat fur, is exquisitely fine and costly. Its creation required years of spinning and weaving and thousands of cat skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Northumberland
Charles X
France
Wall Street Dips Despite Record Business Climate
Dun and Co reports the worst day in years in a boom year as capital demand shifts from stocks to regular trade. Weekly ex changes rose 84.7 percent from last year and 50.4 percent from 1802, with farm receipts down and cotton and wheat movements easing. U S failures fell to 220 from 258, while Canada saw 26, down from 31. The note credits robust expansion and seasonal holiday activity for the overall favorable tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Wall Street
New York
United States
Canada
Pacific Coast Trade Markets Readout With Fresh Produce Prices
A dense listing of prices from Pacific Coast trade shows onions at $1.00 to $1.26 per sack, potatoes and beets by unit, apples and pears per box, butter and eggs by unit, various meats by weight, hay, grains, flour, and millstuffs with many regional notes across Portland and San Francisco markets. Notable items include Walla Walla and Valley wheat, Oregon wild hay, and Valencia oranges with price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Walla Walla
Oregon
Wool—Valley
San Francisco
Nevada
Valley
Fancy Ranch
Oregon Burbanks
River Burbanks
Salinas
Valencia
Treacle Jug Trick and Other Oddities From Old Papers
A vignette from an Alabama gate shows a father sending a boy with two jugs to fetch treacle and return the extra jug to prevent dipping fingers in the treacle. The passage is followed by brief notes from Detroit Free Press and San Francisco Examiner and a remark on Hitters Stomach Bitters and Russian language instruction in commercial schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihumble
Alabama
Julius
Gwan
Detroit Free Press
Deafness Cure Claim and Local Secrets
A newspaper item presents a mixed ad and health claim about deafness remedies and a claim offering 100 dollars for a cure of catarrh related deafness. It also includes a pharmaco ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure and a note about Laxative Bromo Quinine and New York fire department seachlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
New York
Opened lodging houses and rail improvements noted in city and region
The item lists Manchester opening city run lodging houses for 60 men and details rail upgrades by the O R N and Oregon Short Line including a buffet car dining service, through connections, and new equipment. It also mentions Cocoa shell content, a Wisconsin music college, Mothers using Mrs Winslow's syrup, and various ads and notes from 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Oregon Short Line
Portland-Chicago
Granger
Union Pacifico
Ogden
Rio Grande Line
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
W. H. Hurlburt
Portland
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Strength for Overworked
An advertisement urges readers not to exhaust themselves and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla enriches the blood to restore nerve, mental and digestive vitality. It presents the tonic as a remedy for overworked and tired people.
Prisoner Julia Bloom Found Disturbing The Peace
Julia Bloom a colored woman faced a charge of disturbing the peace after admitting she spoke loudly while her husband conversed in the language of the Black Hawks. She claimed the man spoke in his sleep and in an “Injun tongue” during the altercation and received a suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Bloom
Julia
Sheahan
Black Hawks
Thar
Meyer
Detroit Free Press
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Manhattan
Bronx
Ancient Mechanical Society of
Baltimore
Samuel Miller
Portchester
N. Y
New Hampshire
Congregational
Hampton
Sing Sing, N
New York State Prison Association
Keane
Frederick the Great
J. &. Gereme
Paria Exposition
Peter Gibson
Cincinnati
James 8
Galloway
Trilledale
Mich
Morgan County
Ontario
Marie Melma
Charles Melma
Milwaukee
Maila
Solon Borgiam
South Dakota
Crow Creek Agency
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
America
Ite Asia
Cuba
Macomb
Senate
Lunellea
N. J
McCoy
Sharkey
Memphis
Teen
Menkin & Co
Lingley
Malone
Anderson Sluke
Tacoma
John Sussell Young
Congresa
Apia
Sureme Court
Arthur
Dil
Peloponnesan
Penowula
Greece
Malubac
S’hilippines
Johnstown
Adelina Vatu
Baron Cederstrom
Brere
Tas
Kex
A. BH
Garland
Geo
Chow
Kagan
West
Sero
OM Cire
Muolla
Hothin
James A. Sexton
G. A. St. Diew
Span'ab
Count von Caprioi
German Empire
Mansfeld
Ohio
Kelly Wieck
Bartelows
Toronto
Caloocan
Gen
Miller
Manila
Silver Plume
Colo
McClurg’s
Yankton
New York City
Albany
Digby
N.S
Fre -Bilexard
Love
Brooklyn Navy Yard
M. Fella Foure
Emile Loubet
Miote
Paria
Thriee Bueed
Port Washington
Win
City of
Mantle
Lonl Herachell
Magnsta
Madrid
George Dewey Wade
McKinley
Congress and Journal
Tennessee
Terrine Pewser
la Gowbran
Slaty
T. DeWitt Talmage
Porcupine River
B.C
Maximo Gomes
Pasly
Aftaavy
Joseph Medill
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louie
P. Hutchinson
Lake Geneva
Repent
Toew
York
Marana
Mra
Martha Lace
Bingong
Little River County
Malotoa Tane
Port Arthur
Tysee
Armour
Kowenw Lee
Carutheraville
Stella
English Channel
Pall of Malolos
Wallace Andrews
J. Wield
Leore
Yellowstone River
Glendive
Ontana
Aberidan
Wye
Eilean Jost
Nagtucket
Ex Chow
Ugiewhy
LM. Pols
Deitieh Ehip Lochoy
Kangaroo
Dawson City
Alaska
Kirkeville
Newtown
Beldlee River Valley
Beores
Primote
Kentucky
Wardner
Nebraska
Colorado
Rteenth
Ute Reservation
Chickassinathon
W. C. Whitney
Wade Court of Lequiry
Given & Russell & Co
Thresher
Macsillon
Flower of
Istira
Aguinaldo
Tner
Manacles
Cornwall
Bngland
Aike Eods
Erath County
Texas
Don Emilio Castelar
Spaneh Stelewman
Bt. John
N. B
South Dapote
Waterloo
Grandview
Jemres
Fitesimons
Coney Island
Wise
Lupuy
Marks
Herman
Neb
Stettin
Gaveney
Marta
H. B. Mant
Margaret Olwill
Lake Erie
Brookyn
BR. A. Alger
Root
Clockmatt
Ulysses Heureaux
San Domingo
A. L. Luetgert
Joliet
Tupper Lake
Ellho Bo
Bridge Conn
Barr Mabon Me
Rennes
Paris
Victor
Tire
Chicago Collaeum Framework Collapece Kililog Cine Mena
Admiral Lewer
Olympia
Cincionati
Ceram
Molucca Islands
Columbia
Shamrock
Glencoe
Elandslangte
Charles Coghlan
Modder River
Philadelphia
Senator Hayward
Dick Coleman
Nenre
Mayaville
Stormberg
Carbonado
Wash
Hoersa
Magersfontein
Buller
Tugela River
Thos. M. Hramby
U. S
Congress
Henry W. Lawton
San Mateo
I. L
Portland Market
Flow
Town Hall
Pettyville Tavern
Eva
San Francisco Examiner
Ouaba
E. W. Grove
Swamson Rheumatic Cure CO
Dearborn St. Chicago
Wisconsin College of Music
Mrs. Winslow
Mia
Lucy Wallace
Marquette, Kansas
Vital Reviow
Kilne
Killne
Ol Arch St
Pounded Devi
Rockford
Illinois
CANDY
A. Bist Stowe Baby
Saya
Dtoods
Hinck Hawk
Hobbs
Dr. Bang
Tim
California Fig Syrup CO
Worthington
Atum & Bowen
Issor
P. Andrews
Montgomery St
Arter
Portland Directory
Portland Wire & Iron Works
Cawston & CO
First St
Portland, Or
Jonn Poole
Portuayp
Oncor
Balt Lake
Denver
Wl.worth
Omaha
Mallanaas City
Lewis
Duluth
Steamahipa
San Francico
Antoria _ Wa
M. Landin
Oregon City
New
Salem & Woy Andings
Willamette and Yam
Hill Rivers
Oregon Y
Willamette River
Oliver & Colcord
Newberg
Depot Fifth and Ints
Salem
Roseburg
Asland
Sacramento
Secon
San Francis
P.m
Independence Pass
Potland
Europe
Japan
Ching
Hawai
Australia
J.B. Kirkland
Third Street
R. Koehler
C. H. Markham
G.I. & Pass
Errys
Ferry
D. M. Ferry &C
Mick
Moore
Tate
DR. Wo
Mately
Ganger Weus
DR. Newkirk
Mountain Home, Ida
J. KO
Busines
Pialnig
Orthern Pacific RY
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Kalama Kelso
Castle Rock Lock
Chehalis
South Bend
M Sano
Aberdeen
Ocosta
Sae Tacoma
Seattle
Vstorie
Pt. Townsend
Ellensburgh
Roslyn
Aeakima
Cheney
Kane
Pullman
Garfield
Farmington
Moscow
Uniontown
Genesee
Rossland
B. C
Train
Nelson
Kaleo
Missoula
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kanees City
Omnaha
Couneil Bluffs
St. Louis
Boston
All Pointe East
Southeast
Eva Grewron Og
N. Pln
Kansas Ct
Milwaugee
A. D. Charlton
Pass
Morrison St
Cor
E. H. Woodward
Loral
Newlery
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