Speculative Interest Eases at Lending Centers in July
Bradstreet's dispatches show general merchandise volume large but shrinking with seasonal effects and hot weather. Iron and steel steady while coal demand improves. cattle dull and grain stocks forecast a 270 million bushel wheat crop for 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brainstreet's
San Francisco
Kansas City
Memphis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
West
California
Melbourne
Australia
New Zealand
Bradstreet
York City
Enduring Thoroughbreds Replaced by Sprinters
The article laments a shift to sprint racing over longer distances. It argues current horses lack staying power, cites the absence of four mile heat racers and classic long-distance dashing, and warns that breeding may favor speed over endurance, producing very fast but short-lived horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Samoa’s Natives Lured From Crops by English Cricket
A colonial correspondent notes Samoan cricket mania as natives neglect food crops to play long ten day matches with up to 150 players per side. The piece mentions Robert Louis Stevenson’s name and suggests King Malidon may ban the game. The report frames cricket as a nui sance and threatens famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
Pal Mall
Sunny Isles
Robert Louis Stevenson
Malidon
National Bank Shares Fall as Dividends Suspended
Stock activity shows London speculators buying after Na tional Bank suspended dividend payments. Shares traded near par with a 45 cent rise noted yesterday as market reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BvEsos Avues
National Bank
London
Market Notes Show Slower Season Yet Strong Demand for Frogs
The Market Basket reports a backward season with limited home vegetables but steady trade at stalls. Raspberry supply rises as cabbage and tomatoes near, while frogs and soft shell crabs fetch rising prices. fish demand remains higher in Port Huron and Lake Erie nets are out under Ohio laws. Florists report strong demand for patriotic floral offerings and higher prices.
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Pew
Bradstreet
Pennsylvania
Diamond Market
Ohio
Lake Erie
Port Huron
Iron and steel market steady amid May quiet season
Observes slight shifts in iron and steel, noting mill downtime for repairs and stocktaking. With Amalgamated Association’s scale settled, a confident market tone persists though midsummer quiet remains. mills to restart soon and year outlook remains active with potential price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Domestic Markets Hold Steady Amid Holiday Quiet
Markets reported few items of importance as national birthday celebrations paused activity. Produce dealers moved limited perishables such as raspberries and blackberries, with demand steady and prices sustained. Grain Exchange and wholesale grocers observed the holiday with no notable reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Produce Commission
Grain Exchange
Republic
Local business report repeats prior trends amid heat and holiday lull
St Louis July 4 report notes business repetition with weak iron demand as hot weather and holiday shut-ins cut consumption. Alabama strikes are unlikely due to disorganization among miners, but Southern producers keep prices firm with fall outlook. Quotes given for coke and charcoal products from Southern and Missouri sources.
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St. Louis
Rogers
Missouri
Theodore Moss and the pet spider in his hat
Theodore Moss manager of the Star Theatre and electrical control board member carries a spider in his hat as a good luck charm. He claims the spider’s presence coincided with a sudden debt repayment of 1900 dollars, despite not being superstitious, drawing puzzled reactions from a reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Moss
Star Theatre
Board of Electrical Control
Moss
York Times
Seabright
New York Club Scandals Over Ham Sandwiches and Cherries
The New York World reports Calumet and Knickerbocker Club members facing discipline for public snack excesses. A ham sandwich at a club window leads to suspension, while a cherry fling in a brown paper funnel spurs potential prison for life if the vendor is traced. A Union City governor disturbance contrasts with a member obsessed by dried herring, snack in vest pocket amid juleps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Calumet Club
Knickerbocker Club
Barrow
Union Citiv
Warrant Issued in Linepensel Case for Defrauding Creditors
C F Linepensel Jr formerly of 48 Federal Street Allegheny faces a charge before Alderman McMasters for secreting personal property to defraud creditors. W C Erskine Jr of the Hunt Manufacturing Company prosecutes. A warrant is out for Linepensel as suits seek £152 50.
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C. F. Linepensel, Jr
Alderman McMasters
W. C. Erskine
Esa
M. A. Hunt Manufacturing Company
Linepeasel
Federal Stree Allegheny
The
Hunt Manufacturing Company
Linepensel
McKown Farm Forest Grove Celebrates Fourth With Water Flow
The McKown Farm at Forest Grove celebrated the Fourth by bringing in a new well that yielded a promising flow though the exact caliber was not measured. The well, northeast of the original gusher on the A. B. Young farm, showed substantial output during a dry Fourth.
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McKown
Forest Grove
Burg
McKown No. 3
A. B. Young
Accomplice of Burke Traced From Winnipeg to West
Detective McKenzie uncovers evidence tying Burke to a mysterious companion who left Winnipeg shortly after Burke’s arrest. The man, identified as James McCarron in Chicago records, lingered six days, met a Westbound party, and may have carried Burke’s trunk or baggage via the Surellos Pacific route.
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Burke
Winsipeg
Hoe
Wissiors
McKenzie
Martin Burke
Crosin
Cronin
Chicago
Winnipeg
Dr. Cronin
Evanston Avenue
West
Montreal
James McCarron
Street
Atlantic Express
Main Street
McCarron
German Census Method Counts People in One Day
In Germany a five year census covers the entire empire in one day. An enumerator visits districts days before December 1, records house occupancy, and leaves question cards with each person listing domicile name sex age and social position. A duplicate is kept at the central station to ensure every house is counted before collection on December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
German Empire
Duel With Howitzers in Sonora Kill Fatal Lieutenant
In sparsely settled Sonora a captain and a lieutenant from a light artillery battery settled a dispute over marksmanship with a duel at 500 yards. They fired explosive shells from hilltops without seconds. The captain was wounded by a shell fragment, but after ten shots the captain landed a shell under the lieutenant's gun. The explosion mangled the lieutenant, who died before help could reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Mexico
Villanueva
Pittsburg Growth From Frontier Village to Premier Manufacturing City
A historical survey traces Pittsburg from a frontier village at the forks of the Ohio to a leading manufacturing hub. It notes population growth from 1,555 in 1800 to an estimated 250,000 by 1890, extensive industrial expansion, railroad and telegraph development, rising bank activity, and sharp real estate gains. Other figures include 1790 census data, 1889 industrial capital around $200 million, iron and steel output near $250 million, and mortgage activity in the East End.
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Pittsburg
Atlantic
Ohio River
Northwest Territory
Great Central States
The
Union
Ohio
United States
Quincy
Mauch Chunk
Pennsylvania
Washington
Baltimore
Ular
Philadelphia
First Bank
Bank of Pennnsylvania
Smithfield Street
Diamond
Fourth Avenue
Penns
Fifth Avenue
James W. Drape & Co
East End
Washington Street
Mck
Esport
Duquesne
Pess Avenue
Whittier
Penn Avenue
Roel
A New Breakwater System for Harbors
An article outlines a proposed breakwater method using vertical iron rods braced with cross ties and rack rings, forming an iron basket filled with stones. It argues cost efficiency about one quarter of the talus system and notes potential sites in the Bristol Channel and Mombasa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle Chronicle
Famagusta
Cyprus
Portland
Plymouth
Bristol Channel
Mombasa
Zanzibar
The Queen’s Organ Blowers Report for Duty Regularly
Pall Mall Budget notes royal tradition of organ blowers at Windsor and St Petersburg. The Russian sentinel guarded wet paint for 60 years. Windsor once required two men to pump the organ, now hydratic pressure handles the task. The men remain at their post each day at the same hour, honoring Mr Parratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall
St. Petersburg
Windsor Castle
Mr. Parratt
Toilet Table Covers from Fayal Islands Featured
The New York Tribune highlights the finest toilet table covers made from lince and henn stitched borders with drawn work. Fayal Islands produce the thin work while Indian women add pretty needlework. Spachtel German cutwork is also noted.
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New York Tribune
Fayal Islands
Stage and the Lepers at Madras Hospital
A leprosy charity theatre in a Madras hospital featured a play titled A Side Splitting Farce. Lepers performed for fellow patients, with a curtain painted by a worker missing a thumb and part of a finger. The piece argues lepers deserve normal pleasures and criticizes romantic nursing motives as insufficient without true humanity.
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Madras
Photographs In Mid Air By Rocket Camera
A French inventor M. Denesse develops a photographic device with a camera attached to a rocket and an umbrella parachute. The camera, cylindrical with twelve lenses around a central plate, opens its shutter on descent and is reeled back to the operator by a cord.
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M. Denesse
River News Quiet Amid Holiday Amid Rain Dampening Excursion
The river area saw minimal business as a holiday cooled activity. Crowds visited the wharf and boats while coal barges prepared for upstream shipments. The river rose to 4 feet 6 inches with a two inch gain and forecasts hint at higher water within 21 hours.
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Crown
National Holiday Observed in Montreal Markets
The American holiday July 4 was noted with increased booting activity and more flags from American owned businesses in Montreal. The streets showed a busier scene and many shops displayed Canadian dollars, reflecting cross border celebrations.
Juror J W McCreedy Orders Detention in Larceny Case
Justice J W McCreedy at Mansfield sent George Willise to jail in default of bail for a hearing on a larceny from the person charge. Prosecutor Daniel Yager led the case.
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J. W. McCreedy
the Pesce
Mansfield
George Willise
Daniel Yager
Bishop Walfuigh Sails to Found Leprosy Hospital in New Guinea
Bishop Walfuigh of Surinam sails from New York on the Rotterdam to study leprosy and establish a hospital for the disease in New Guinea. He plans to travel tomorrow and aims to set up a care facility there.
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Sanden
Broadway
New York
Walfuigh
Surinam
Rotterdam
New Guinea
Molasses Cake Ad From Mervin’s Shops
An old advertisement extols Mervin’s Cartwhrois and Mervin’s Carivypheclas offering the finest molasses cake. It urges readers to try it, noting the grocer keeps it in stock.
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Mervin
WORKINGMEN MARRIAGES AND ECONOMIC FATE
In debate on sweating Lord Derby spoke against early marriage among workers. The piece argues that for a workingman delaying marriage harms finances, as earnings often peak earlier and decline as children grow, making late marriage economically risky.
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Lord Derby
Pall Mall
Goldenrod Beaten as America's National Flower Vote
City children favored the goldenrod while rural districts support the rose. Interior and rural returns show the rose leads, and country cousins deem goldenrod a common weed that can harm crops. The rose is celebrated as the country maiden's favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
America
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Stressed by Headache Slogans
Fragmentary ad copy mentions Carter’s Little Liver Pills and phrases about sick headache and liver pills. The readable text presents advertising slogans with typographic errors and mixed casing. No clear event or person names beyond the brand.
Monoliths of Human Shape on Easter Island Described
The article notes Walter Hough's discussion in American Naturalista about Easter Island monoliths. It mentions a large statue in the National Museum, obsidian eyes, and half finished quarry monoliths. It describes islander tools, architecture, and peculiar carved writing on wooden slabs.
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Walter Hough
Naturalista
Easter Island
South Pacific
National Museum
Twilight Arrives at Cincinnati Amid River Traffic Report
Boats and excursions move along the Ohio River with vessels such as the Germania, Hawk, Elizabeth, and Keystone State leaving Cincinnati for Brownsville Morgantown Pitssburg and elsewhere. A brass band aboard the Keystone State and a large crowd on the Adam Jacobs mark holiday river activity.
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Cincinnati
Germania
Brownsville
Pomeroy
Hudson
Cincinati
Elizabeth
Homestead
Morgantown
Tom Heese
Samuel Clark
Middleport
Adam Jacobs
Andes
Pitssburg
Ek. B. Cooper
A. J. Slaven
Jane A. Hanram
Louisville
Keystone State
Scotia
BK. Huster
Marietta
Beuter
Bedford
Wheeling
Liverpool
Pittdburg
Medford
Wheellyne
Color of Hot Steel and Annealing Color Evolution
The article reports Schwerkers experiments showing harder steel needs higher heat for the same annealing color and that composition strongly alters color appearance. Tempering durations yield colors from pink red to purple, with distinct times and temperatures noted.
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Messrs. Schwerkers
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Bradstreet's
Timore
Deygoods
Sprinimore
Wmnmrat
Pratt
Shane
Ocean Products
N.Y
la France
Bennetts
Madame Jantier
Gabrielle Luizet
Iron Trade Review
Tagiz W
Ralis, New
Oians Ae
Bartron
Ats. Louis
NEW York Club
Alleghenian
Joseph Horne & CO
St. Gall
Denen
Sest
Chantile
Gea
Toil du Norda
Heather & Renfrew
Vistpor
Gat Dees
Miss Lez Z18
Roneers
Sanny Hook
Madres
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
Louisville, KY
York
A. Bery
Sande Electric
Detroit
Mich
Pitaber
Son
Namond
Ain
Chichester
ED Cross Diamond
Sindinon Sq
Phila
Joseph Fieming
Wilcox
Nitkos
Nerve Bean Co
Tulia
Joseph Fleming & Sco
Aa Market St
Lion Drug
Gg & x
JUG
Fleming
EEN
Emil G
Stucky
Penn
Fritonst
Wylis
S Avisgvaneoa
Dorgans
Erie Medical CO
Buffalo
Mayss-TiSsu
Peru Chemical CO
Milwaukee
mylHiL-rissu
Leclasche Institute
Nepatisr i
River Intelligence
Ali-Woool
Dhucus & Hick
Carter
Sca
Ano E
Ikae Si
Wolff & Randolph
Mbhaa
Trssv
Setsa Leon
Gatress Lote
Swayne
A. Pilletrinhia
Brokers— Financial
Myl
George H. Lincoln
Beaver AT
New York Stock Exchange
Ard Oil Trust
John M. Oakley & CO
Bankehs and Brokers
Sixth St, Pinburg
Ib Hee
Laden
New South Wales
Tasmania
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