Death roll of 1886 honors long list of nobles and statesmen
The year ends with a crowded toll of rulers, diplomats, and leaders from Europe, the United States, and abroad. Monarchs, nobles, politicians, and notable professionals died across nations, including Alfonso of Spain, Barrios, Orloff, Hendricks, Colfax, and Hugo, among many others, marking a historic annus mirabilis of loss.
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Alfonso
Spain
Ferdinand
Saxe
Comte
Portugal
Prince Orloff
Orloff
Barrios
Earnest Vane Tempest
Dudley Francis North
Earl of Guilford
Lord Houghton
Earl Anglesford
Lord Avonmore
Duke of Abercorn
Reputaton
James Chestnut
South Carolina
W. M. Gwin
California
Robert Toombs
Georgia
Abbe Coburn
G. C. Walker
Virginia
Reuben E. Fenton
New York
Thomas Talbot
Massachusetts
Isaiah Rynders
Gunther
Conrad Baker
Kansas
Gordon W. Burnham
Profession of
Gordor
Khartoum
Capron
Charles R. Vee
Wagner as a Boy
A biographical sketch of Wilhelm Richard Wagner born in 1813 in Leipzig. The piece traces his early musical fascination with Der Freischutz and Beethoven, his poetry talent, rapid Shakespearean studies, and the shift from poet to composer as he discovers music as his life devotion. It notes his plays and struggles in school and how Mozart influenced his later path.
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Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Leipzig
Deepair
Terpo
Mozart
Agatha Tunis
Nicholas
Rise in Raw Silks Boosts European Markets and American Trade
A European silk price surge spreads from Milan to Lyons and beyond, with an Italian syndicate controlling markets and prices rising from 2 to 8 francs per kilo. Ex consul Peixotto notes declines in France, Spain, and Italy since 1868 and 1876, while demand and fashion favors pure silk goods, and U.S. imports reach multi‑million levels as American producers face a volatile yet active silk trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Peixotto
Lyons
United States
Tribune
Broadway
Milan
Turin
Bergamo
Venice
Messina
Florence
Verona
Italy
Marseilles
St. Etienne
Crefeld
Elberfeld
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Basle
Zurich
Switzerland
Paris
London
China
Spain
Campan
Western Ghost Story Told From Burlington Hotel Room Mixup
A Burlington Iowa tale tells of merchant Jones who checks into a hotel with room 34 but, after late night bed Sharing with a preacher, discovers a dead woman in a neighboring room. A mistaken room number leads to a dawn discovery and eerie speculation about a ghostly entanglement.
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Burlington
Iowa
Jones
Lee
Clock Mint
Charles II and the Guthrie Manse Incident
The narrative recalls Charles II during exile in 1651 stirring Presbyterian support in Scotland. At Stirling Guthrie's manse a hostess offers him a chair but Guthrie’s husband stops her saying the king must fetch his own seat. The tale notes Charles later hanged the minister after inheritance.
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Charles II
Charles
Mr. Guthrie
Ingle
Paid His Own Price in Rondout Wood Sale
A Rochester man sent by his father to sell a wood load at Rondout refused a low offer, insisting on at least twenty shillings as instructed. Another buyer offered twenty shillings to prevent dumping the wood into the creek, and the deal was made. The Mombaccus man returned home with payment industriously earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Rondout
Kingston Freeman
Impressions of Teheran Streets and Customs
The article notes Teheran life unfolds in open streets where bakers, merchants, barbers, and carpenters work outside. It describes Persian hair dyeing, weekly baths, women sewing in public baths, tea houses,禁 drinking and gambling at home, and the unique Persian bread baked leather-thick sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. W. Benjamin
Court of
Teheran
Constantinople
Munich
Persia
Ameria Pang
Ced
When all the world is old and trees are brown
A fragmentary verse fragment attributed to Charles Knightay notes aging, worn sport, and a plea to return home to a loved face after youthful days pass. The poem references boot and horse, round the world, spent and maimed in the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kinghtay
Quintessence of Snobbery in Ambitious Society
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt mocks shallow snobbery among budding upper society, citing a remark about avoiding events because the best seats cost only $1. The piece criticizes the pretentious mindset and claims the snobbery of the era is evident in such attitudes.
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Embryo Society
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Ltor
Salisbury
George Moberly
Stephen Tyng
J R. Woodford
Ely
Marcus Beresford
Armagh
Ireland
T. S. Arthur
Susan Warner
Richard Grant White
Victor Hugo
Alfred Meisner
Helen Hunt Jackson
H. H
Henry W. Shaw
Josh Billings
Stanley Huntley
Neons
George D. Bennett
Brooklyn Times
W. M. Connely
Baltimore Herald
Franz Abt
Brinley Richards
Max
Damerson
Jules Benedict
Col. Geo. Nichols
Louis Haye
John J. Jenkins
Alphonse de Neuville
Richard T. Merrick
Dimmoel G. Courtney
Emory A. Storrs
Chicago
Charles Downing
Charles A. Renier
John C. Draper
le Broste
Carpenter
Myra Clark Gaines
New Orleans
S. S. Merrill
F. A. Drexel
Philadelphia
Cornelius B. Garrison
J. H. Ritter
H. B. Claflin
Morc Phillips
Moses Montefiore
Ferdinand Hiller
Dan Mace
W. A. Pond
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Charles Foster
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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