Mutiny at Sea Aboard The Abilene Vessel
In a dramatic Mutiny at Sea tale from the Abilene Reflector, Coxon the captain and crew clash over food aboard the ship. The crew refuse to work until provisions improve, sparking a shore-out and a swift replacement with a new, rough crew brought from London. The mutiny ends with the ship staging and setting sail under a gray dawn. The narrator, Boyle, chronicles the tense exchanges, threats, and the crew’s departure, capturing the peril and stubborn policy behind the standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Theard
Thad
Tkate
Mr Duckling
Beston
Cuddy
Boyle
Bill Marling
Ave
Coxon
Duckling
Mr. Duckling
Ratclife
Mim
Valparaiso
Blackguard
Portugese
Ex-Financial Lions of Wall Street Falls From Grace
A Philadelphia Press piece recalls famed financiers of the 19th century. Hank Smith, once a Wall Street millionaire, lost over a million last year and disappeared from the scene after dragging down his brokers William Heath & Co. It contrasts him with James R. Keene, Daniel Drew, Jacob Little, and others, noting their rise, excesses, and fading influence in the brutal arena of speculative finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Cedar Street
Hank” Smith
William Heath
Henry N. Smith
J. Pierpont Morgan
Day Gould
Gould
Erie
William Heath & Co
Smith
James R. Keene
Knight of the Round Table
Daniel Drew
Erie Treasury
Jacob Little
Fort Wayne
William Street
Stock Exchange
O. W. Riggs
Philadelphia Press
Hiddenite: New Emeraldlike Stone Found in North Carolina
William Earl Hiddin discovers a rare emeraldlike mineral in Alexander County beside emerald mines. Named hiddinite by Dr J Lawrence Smith, it forms with emeralds but is not a beryl. The largest uncut specimen weighs about 1.5 ounces and valued around 1500 dollars. Also yields aqua marines, yellow spodumene, citrine, smoky topaz, and garnets. Paper bottles patented in 1883 promise lighter freight and better heat resistance. An Ohio reporter hires a bootblack to eavesdrop on a Cincinnati mayoral meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
William Earl Hiddin
Alexander County
J. Lawrence Smith
Louisville
Hiddin
Thomas A. Edison
Duke of Devonshire
N. F. Mail and Express
America
Boston Journal of Cakemerece
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Abilene
Bstrother & Litts
W. Clark Russell
London
Financial Lions
Cincinnati
Drs. Felty
Shollenberger
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Ofice
Buckese
Sarcelom
F. Garcelon, M. D
Faulkner
Broadway
Seventh Street
Buckeys Avenue
J. M. Gleissner
Kansas
Citizens’ Bank
iMalott & Company
A. W. Rice
D. R. Gorden
John Johntz
W. B. Giles
T. H. Malott
F. ¥. Close
Poland
China
Willowdale
Buckeye Avenue
Beemer
Shockey & Snider's
A. C. Spickler
Kalsomining
Abilene, Kansas
L. C. Vanscoyoc
Spruce and
Fourth Streets
Atilene
Kan
M. Kirsch
J. E. Bonebrake
Nathan Blevins
Theo, Mosher, Lee’s.& Treas
J. S. Drake
H.C. Orton
Theo, Mosher
City Bakery
T. S. Barton
R, Sar Hhe
Telene
Ki Stand
Third Street
Como & Lazare’s
Long & Wilson
W. P. Seeds
Attorneys AT Law
Kanwsasb
J. B. Boxgunaxe
Pres
Theo
Moswxn
Cash
First National Bank
Capital
Abilene Bank
Cmlebold, J. M. Mfisher, J. & Herbs , A
Cashier
Incorporated Banka
Lebold, Fisher &C., Bankers
Thomas Kirby
Banker
Rear First National Bank
Kansas Farm
Pew
Wishart, W
Foundry
Mac
Wishart
Stacker
Wishart, Williams & Knapp
Commission
W.G. Coles, Pres
G. W. Carpenter, Seg
M. L. Potter
Hope P. D
C. W. Liggett
Ari Midress
B. Wilson
W. Wilson
F. B. Wilson & Son
Dickinson
Russell
Lincoln
Ottawa
Morris
Reflector
CGO
Western Home Nursery
Detroit
Eigholtz
Detrott
M. P. Jolley
Marion
Saline
Clay Counties
Dickinson County
Palace Drug Store
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