Numerous 19th century notices roll in from markets and officials
The itemized report lists bond issues for canal improvements, a San Francisco issuance and exile to Australia, wealth of an Annecy heir, a Washington death, and a long scroll of political and legal notes. It notes stock trades in American Sugar Trust, job losses at Lorillard Brick Works, and retirements and reinstatements in the military. It covers a Wounded Knee inquiry, coal mine fatalities, an Anneke Jans inheritance claim, Indian enlistment plans, bank closures in Ayer, Hearst litigation, a murder at Arthur North Dakota, diphtheria in Ableman Wisconsin, whisky trust inquiries, and Lincoln era political dinners in New York.
Political turmoil and fires mark a busy legislative week
The article reviews Senate and House actions including the Eight Hour law, copyrights, District of Columbia appropriations, naval and land bills, and a Dallas public building bill veto issue. It notes concurrent items: a Roanoke naval project cost reduction, the death of Admiral Porter, and a large fire destroying the Tri-State Can Company plant at Keokuk with 900 workers affected. It also reports Hungarian wolf depredations, a Washington wedding, a monomaniac Dougherty case, and various legal notices and accidents nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dencarnate
Voorhees
Henry* Mansbrough
Indiana
North Dakota
United States
Brant
Blair
Education
Labor
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Barrundia
Waller
Missouri
Alles
Port Orchard
Puget Sound
Telfer
Sherman
Select Committee On
Canada
Admiral Porter
Tri-State Can Company
Keokuk
Saandu
Hungary
W. F. Wiarton
Susan Lay
Washington
Dr. McKim
Epiphany Episcopal Church
James M. Dougherty
Mary Anderson
Dr. Lloyd
Flatbush
Dougherty
N. M
Tme
Romero
New York City
Iowa Assembly of the Knights of Labor
Gevenas
E. EF. Brace
Fond du Lac
Wis
St. Paul Railroad Company
Bragg
W. WH. Apaws
Citizens’ Bank of
Minneapolis
West la Fayette, Inc
Frank Suir
Ohio
Adams
Urbana
Smith
Athens
George
India
Mississippilands and crimes in Mississippi notes
Brooks Story, Eugene Story's brother, is jailed in the penitentiary after a governor ordered sheriff Harding to arrest him on Holmes County indictment for aiding Eugene's jail escape. A Carrollton train collision narrowly avoided thanks to a passenger engineer's quick actions. Knights Templar, Masonic Grand Lodge, and various local officials are listed with recent elections and appointments. Obituaries, tax, and financial notes. a Yazoo City veteran’s death. and legal notices on medical licensing and code revisions are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Brooks Story
Eugene Story
Eugene
Harding
Brooks
Holmes County
Attalla
Lexington
Treasury rules broaden tax on imported tobacco and seed wheat
Treasury decisions tax tobacco entering bonded warehouses by weight at withdrawal, tax seed wheat, and free duty on mahogany and abong imported as rough or log. Treasury surplus grows to 50 million, bonds to be bought sparingly for pension payments as of midmonth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Treasury
Minneapolis
Minn
Ignatius Donnelly
Robert Ingersoll
Donnelly
Ingersoll
Bisbee
Maine
Central Trust Company
John E. Burton
Lake Geneva
Wis
Alabama State Senate
London Chronicle
St. Petersburg
Russia
Staycer
Europe
Brxp
Paris
M. Mace
Newson Pecor
Dubuque
Rosa Weber
Pecor
Hosband
Various Telegram Items From 1890s Proceedings and Local News
Reports show Hollingsworth defalcation updated to 26000 from 12000 at the Texas General Land Office. A Medina Tennessee well shifts to mineral sulphur after a decade of limestone. Lecy Freeway dies at 103, leaving 27 children of whom all but one survive. A Seattle fire in Washtenaw destroys about 800000 in property. Iowa chiefs at Tahoe urge treaty ratification and land allotment before spring for crops. Kansas debates alien land ownership with ten year sale mandate. Carrie B Foster, Texas, becomes the first woman voter in Houston charter vote. Pension Office deficiency revised to 24678332 from 340000000. Arkansas Senate passes constitutional convention bill with December 1891 outset and 35000 funding. Woodard combine sale in Lexington begins with 54 horses totaling 25790 dollars average 532.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Hollingsworth
General Land Office
Austin
Texas
Medina
Tenn
Lecy Freeway
Helena
Ark
Seattie
Wasn
Tahoe
Iowa
Harrison
United States
Kansas
Carrie B. Foster
Houston
Congress
Arkansas Senate
Trade Review Shows Mixed Western Outlook amid Strikes
R J Dan and Co report mixed signals from February trade with improvement in the East and hopeful Chicago tone, but declines in Western output. Coal and iron markets soften while copper and wool demand stay firm. regional activity varies from dull to active, and overall business failures rise modestly. An express robber, Frank Smith, pleads guilty in Urbana after a Bellefontaine capture, revealing accomplice names with lighter potential sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weekly Review of Trade
East
Chicago
Connellsville
Boston
New Orleans
Nashville
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Srauxermip
Frank Smith
Adams
Urbana
Smith
Kansas
Bellefontaine
Messenger Scudder
Dress in Burmah details traditional garments and styles
The cloth dress of Burma is a single colored cotton strip worn by poorer women, wrapped around the chest and waist with the front opening. Higher class women wear short silk or cotton jackets, with bright silks among the superior. Men wear waist bindings, bright head coverings, long hair, and ear ornaments. both sexes favor elaborate attire and long hair.
Women Medical College class picks black gown and Oxford cap
The 1800 graduating class plans a formal May commencement wearing a full length black gown with angel sleeves and a square Oxford mortar-board. Some oppose the uniform but the majority favor the distinctive attire, while the faculty leaves the final choice to the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Medical College
Philadelphia
Oxford College
German chemist discovers coconut milk batter trade in India
Within the last year a new trade has grown in India, with Dr. Schlunk in 1489 discovering a batter from coconut milk. The product is praised for taste and odor, bright whitish color, and absence of acids. A German firm processes 3000 to 4000 kilograms daily, importing coconuts from Bombay to Germany to boost imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Schlunk
Germany
Ini
Bombay
Courtroom Farce and Wartime Anecdotes Featured
A fragmented chunk mixes courtroom dialogue with snippets about German officers and a Texas humor column. The legal exchange dissolves into legal citations and mock objections, followed by a wartime anecdote about a German general tasting dishwater and a preacher in a Western town silenced by a whispering suitor.
Odd Encounters and Curiosities From Daily Life
A collection of colorful anecdotes from newspapers shows a man ousted from a West Street saloon over money issues, a courteous clerk story at a Washington hotel, and a note on nail furrows linked to illness. Also recounted is a punny exchange about learning languages.
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. Te
Seez
Raort
Dick” Mandelbaum
San Francisco
Australia
Mandelbaum & Sons
Agnes Pratt
Annecy
France
Apuman Davin D. Porter
A. H. WM. Stewart
Staunton
Filmore
Rio de Janeiro
American Sugar Trust
New York Stock Exchange
Lorillard Brick Works
Keyport
N. J
Cotouer H. M. Nace
Twenty-third Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
J. W. Forsythe
Miles
Wounded Knee
L’ennsylvania Anthracite
Silas Covart
Muncie
Ind
Anneke Jans
Indianapolis
War Department
First National
Orth Middlesex Savings Banks
Ayer
L. Spaulding
Itation
Lright
Supreme Court of New York
Matten
George Hearst
Allen
J. F. Fett
Northwest Elevator Company
Arthur, N
Ableman
Gibson
Hashmat Hamars
Lincoln
Whisky Trust
United States Metals
Caicase
Schufeldt
Federal
Law
J. 8
Runnels
Stuart
Steuart
Milchrist
William Barry
Marshal Mitchcock
Hart
Gilson
Ife
Crond
Iibson
Mississipp
Weer Porst
Carrollton
Georgia Pacific
Miesigvippi Masone
Onetoxa
Knights Templar
J. E. Leigh
Columbus
W. A. Bodenheimer
W. Ferguson
J. C. French
RE. B. Brannin
Aberdeen
C. N. Simpson
W. K. West
Meridian
John Y. Murray
Joan H. Hontomas
Clay County
J. 8. Holloman
Dr. Payne
Vicksburg
State Board of Dental Examiners
Strate Treaswagen Evans
Carr. C. F. Exony
Yazoo City
Yazoo County
William Haye Leaver
Mississippi Synod
Brive Moustarm Joz
Alcorn
Prentiss
Booneville
Mesars
Dillard
Campbell
Thompson
Collexs
United States Senate
Mississippi
Suggs Mathews
United States Court
Mississippi City
Money and Business
KH. G. Dem & Co
Burmah
Justice Triumphant
Bénoflit
Def
Haring
Kent
Counse
Ros
Riggs
Miller Vinton
Sam Jones
Mr. Jones
Toledo Blade
Alire
West Street
Detroit Free Press
Washington Post
Wilks
Dullpate
Pucle
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