A Widow's Might and the Yankee Gambler's Fall
A Connecticut man arrives in the South as a schoolteacher and rises to oversee a planter's estate. He drains profits for years, marries the widow Porter, then flees after she uncovers his frauds and bruises. She later confesses she harmed herself to expose him, illustrating that appearances can hide danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Tennessee
Georgia
Connecticut
Abner Smith
Chattanooga
Porter
Smith
Mr. Smith
French Colony in Moore county and Acme Manufacturing noted
M des Lauriers a French silk colonist plans thirty families near Keysers in Moore county with 200000 mulberry trees and grape vineyards. New York silk expert Williams buys 1000 acres nearby to start a French settlement. The Fayetteville Observer highlights the Acme Manufacturing Company at Crowley Wilmington with fiber from pine straw, cot ton seed oil, and fertilizer factories, employing hundreds and signaling strong industrial growth in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Virion Des Lauriers
Moore County
Keysers
North Carolina
M. Des Lauriers
United States Department of Agriculture
Ier
Carolina
Williams
New York
Manly
Moore
Fayetteville
N. C
Wil-lington
Only
Messrs
Cronly i Morris
Wilmington
Carolina Central Railroad
Wilington
Carolina Central
Crowly
Wilmington, Columbia
Augusta
Brinkley
Livingston Creek
Cape Fear
Crealy
Cromry
Messrs. Latimer
Philadelphia
Chicago
Thomas Radcliffe
University
Drought Forecast Tied to Himalayan Snow and Comets
Scientific miscellany notes eighteen years of observations linking heavy or late snow in the northwestern Himalayas to droughts in northwestern and western India. It cites July and August rainfall deficits in 1883 and cites Prof. Tucker on comets and solar system encounters since the Christian era. The piece also covers vine frost protection, automatic ignition ideas, ozone from flowering plants, elephant myths, storm mitigation by lightning rods, earthquake shocks, and aims for global photographic astronomy progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Himalayas
R. H. Tucker, Jr
Castle Garden A Pillar of Immigrant Aid in 1882
The Castle Garden station, led by Dr. Friedrich Kapp, oversees emigration with nine commissioners for six years. In May 1882, 6,730 emigrants arrived on seven steamers. records include names, arrival dates, origins, families, and destinations, ensuring oversight against abuse. Emigration services cover interpreters, lodging, employment, funds exchange, tickets, and medical aid, with extensive financial impact from ticket sales, money exchanged, and specie drafts. The piece urges Castle Garden as a national institution and notes common sprains treated by hot water therapy.
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Harper's Magazine
Castle Garden
Friedrich Kapp
Imperial German Reichsrath
New York
Senate
Thither
Ward's Island
Information Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indes
W. P. Small
Opera House Block
East Water Street
Washington, N.C
H. Snell
Brown’s Bank
Banking House
C. M. Brown
Main Street
Washington, N. C
K&s Exchange
S. H. Williams
Main Street, Washington, C
Merchants’ Hotel
Frank Credle
Armer
Second Street
Court
P. P. Wilkinson
Bonwyd
Edenton,v. C
D G Bond
Bryan House
Tarboro,n. C
Lie Bryan
Bethel
Bethel House
WA James, Jr
Livestock Insurance
Washington
N. Cc
Scalin CG
Mutual Livestock Insurance CO. of
L Hyatt
Dr. S . Nicholson
Brnid Holson
W. M. Tankard
Main St
Washington, NC
Cronly
Alex. Scott
John S. Watters
James Most
James Moran
William A. Wright
Henry Savage
S. Jewett
Ouses
Scientific American
R. C. Kedzie
Michigan Tile Makers
Vermont
J. M. Anders
G. P. Sanderson
Bengal
French Academy of Sciences
Mons. Minard
England
British Isles
Lockyer
Common
Orion
North Pole
Mence
E. L. Trouvelet
New Marine Biological Association
United Kingdom
Zoological Station of
Naples
Newport and
Chenagpeake
America
Meteorological Society
Germany
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