Failures of '95 and wild speculation hurt exports
New York news summary notes 1895 commercial failures totaling 13,197 with aggregate liabilities near 18.1 million dollars per failure averaging 18,124. Wild speculation reduced wheat and cotton exports, injuring growers as market prices fell and Atlantic exports shifted. Debt clearances and manufacturing price contrasts are discussed, alongside limited crop impacts and Bradstreet figures.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Ulus
Teather
Atlantic
Mente
Brief Bits of News from a Turbulent Era
Subscriptions are being raised for Boars wounded at Kregersdorf, 180000 umrks subscribed. New York building trades strike 2000 workers. A Milledgeville Ky boy shoots two 4 and 5 year old cousins and himself fatally. Three Indians escape Fort Leavenworth. Captain C J Green retires from Seventh Cavalry. Carter Harrison Jr supporters urge run for Congress. Sidney Clarke heads Oklahoma statehood drive in Washington. Court martial arguments wrap up. New York Chamber of Commerce passes peace resolution to Cleveland. Shelton killed victim. Mayor Chandler aims to broaden Interstate Commerce Commission. Venezuelan commission appointment unclear to appellate. Public sentiment bristles at President's actions.
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Kregersdorf
New Yorke
Mosaic Watile
Milledgeville
Walters
United States
Fort Leavenworth
C Ii. Green
Seventeenth Cavalry
Carter H. Harrison Jr
Congress
Sidney Clarke
Oklahoma
Washington
New York Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Senstatic Shelton
Myeor Chandler
Interstate Commerce
Venezuelan Commission
St Louis Explosion Claims Six Dead and Two Missing
A fireworks blast at the E. B. Grubbs Compassion building on North Second Street leaves six dead including Frank Niehaus and Paul Haueptmer, and two men missing from the Excelsior Wire and Manufacturing company. Names listed include Albert Camelli, Aloysius Schmetz, Normis Arthur, Lewis Lay, A S Williams, and Charles Erickson. The disaster occurs January 4 in St Louis Missouri.
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Siz
Missias St. Louis
E. B. Grubbs Compassion
North Second Street
Frank Niehaus
Paul Haueptmer
Albert Camelli
Aloysius Schmetz
Boundary survey shows near agreement between US and Canada
General Dutfield presented the joint report on the Alaskan boundary to the secretary of state. The map shows the two surveys nearly align, with the greatest line difference only six feet seven inches, suggesting a practical settlement may ease border tensions. In Chicago, a lottery draw yielded over $20,000 to winners of the 4 11 44 sequence. In Port Scot, Knapp’s park ice broke, and 11 youths narrowly escaped drowning with quick rescues by volunteers.
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Wasurxoros
Dutfield
Coast and Geodetic Survey
King
Chicago
Carcaco
Thim Tou Port Scot
Kin
Knapp’s Park
Streetcar Strike Fiasco Ends With Routine Rides
The street railway strike collapses after a few hours as most motormen and conductors report for duty at the regular hour. President Mahon and leaders protested, but lines largely run as usual. Gold commands a premium in New York with bond bidders active, while officials worry about drawing gold from the reserve as the price climbs.
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Pruapecrna
Mahon
New York
Waserworos
Freasbury Department
Mets
Treasury
Judge rules Chinese Americans are U S citizens
In San Francisco on January 4 Judge Morrow held Wong Kim Ark, born in Sacramento, a United States citizen, a ruling later to be appealed to the Supreme Court. Separately Topak Lodge No. 88 K of P. will install officers Saturday January 4 at their hall on Birth and Quincy streets.
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al Bore
Francisco
Morrow
United States District Court
United States
Wong Kim Ark
Sacramento
Cal
China
Supreme Court
Topak
K.of P
Quincy
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Proven Cures
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming it has relieved thousands from disease and despair, attributing its wide appeal to a long record of cures and the need for a large laboratory to produce it. The copy urges readers to try the medicine given its reputed benefits.
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Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Hinessewea Commerce Claim
A fragmented ad item mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla products and Hood's Pills in connection with Hinessewea. The readable bits imply a promotional claim or branding effort without full context or details of claims, dates, or pricing.
A P A Progress Measures Favored by the Order
Traynor of the American Protective Association outlines congressional measures favored by members across the nation. He denounces papal influence, endorses Monroe Doctrine stance, warns against war scare, and targets political figures tied to papal and partisan interests while urging anti military drill limits and public scrutiny of ecclesiastical bodies.
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United States
United States Army
Mr Tasner
President Leveland
Cleveland
Colonel Coppinger
Allison
Reed
Traynorelieves
W. & Linton
Michigan
John H. Gear
Town
W. (. Hradley
Kentucky
Harrison
A.P. A
Republican Party
Howe
Ream
Ageter
Republican National Committee
Harrity
National Committee
Traynor
Republic
Seenere
Praynor
England
Omaha's Cash Box Short A Discrepancy Found
City Treasurer Koln turned office to bondsmen after a defalcation of 256,600. A council committee begun an investigation with delays and has now found a new shortage risking over 77,000. Other items report a yacht party drowning rumor near Norfolk and Venezuela leader Lopes arrest amid alleged revolutionary correspondence.
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Acconnia
Quana
Neb
Koln
Commcil
Fugi
Fomentine Keroit Canacds
Genersl Hermogene Lopes
Venezuela
Guipaan Blance
Eee Hlance
Frank James as Colonel and a curious Indian Tale
In Louis the idea of Frank James as a possible high ranking colonel in case of war is discussed, noting his reform and family, including a son at Medford or Marine academy. The piece blends anecdotes of a boy’s misfortune with a distant, comic vignette of Abe and a stranger, set amid scattered remarks about a cold Iowa wave and a premature Cleveland interview.
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Missouri
Marmeduke Military Academy
Frank
Martial Law Declared as Gomez Advances Toward Havana
Havana faces martial law in Havana and Pinar Del Rio as Maximo Gomez moves to threaten Havana. Insurgent cavalry under La Crete nears La Paste, with Bandera commanding a wing, heightening city defenses and fears of uprisings. Destruction already seen near Gaines. authorities brace for possible raids.
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Havana
Hispana
Pinar del Rio
Maximo Gomez
Piaso del Rio
la Crete
la Paste
Gamalacon
Quintin Bandera
Bandera
Uainoa
Gomez
Gaines
Return to Love amid Poverty in a Great House
In a once prosperous couple’s decline, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Wayne face poverty after wealth vanishes. She rekindles memory by baking drop biscuits for him, and their renewed closeness revives hope as they share a simple morning together, rejecting despair. Their bond reclaims meaning beyond material wealth, centering on love and home.
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Jens
Tennyson
Bertram Wayne
Wayne
Lansing
Siow
Mr. Wayne
Buneath
Shso
Minnie W. Baines-Miller
Cincinnati Post
Harper's Bazaar 1895 fashion and publication notes
Harper's Bazar outlines its twenty ninth year as a weekly home reading periodical with Paris fashions New York styles and a pattern sheet for making gowns. It lists sections on fiction poetry departments music and departments for readers with questions answered by editors and notes on subscriptions and advertising partners.
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Aew Week
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BAZAR
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Bacos
Crarina
Paris
Barlia
New York
Gerald
Manta Louise Poot
England
Mariy I
Jerome
Questoun
Janusr
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Revenue Office
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Geare River
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