EXTRA SESSION CALLED BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Washington declares an extraordinary session of Congress convening August seventh at noon to address financial distress nationwide. The proclamation notes risk to commerce banking and farms and signals potential repeal of the Sherman silver purchase law as negotiations continue in both houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
India
Mississippi
Ohio
New York
New York City
Cleveland
House
Senate
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Grover Cleveland
United States
Capitol
Fifty-Third Congress
Silver Mines Close Dishearten Local Owners
Dispatches from Salt Suske Utah report a drop in silver prices has alarmed regional mine owners. Daly West mine at Park City ordered shut down, followed by Diamond at Eureka Nevada and Old Jordan and Galena at Bingham Utah. Several other mines including Sampson at Bingham Cresceny at Park City and Bullion Beck Champion at Tinti and Caroline at Yosemite are planning closures, all noting they were strong buyers prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Suske
Utah
Daly- West
Park City
Eureka
Nevada
Old Jordan
Galena
Bingham
Sampson
Bullion
Beck &Champion
Tinti
Caroline
Yosemite
Cresceny
Astor Mansion Sells in New York City Real Estate
Real estate sales in New York City include the Astor mansion sold for 290000 dollars. Mrs. J Coleman Drayton, Astor's sister, bought the house that long served as her family home. A past scandal involving Borrowe is noted, and it is expected Mrs Drayton will resume occupancy of the old home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Astor Mansion
J. Coleman Drayton
Mr. Astor
Throughout the South Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity
Atlanta waterworks christened with Chattahoochee river supply. Reservoir holds 156 million gallons. plant cost $500,000. State Treasurer Tate says New Hanover bank deposits total $15,000 with 50 to 60 cents on the dollar to creditors and stockholders at risk. Resignation of A F Fee as Mississippi senator to become US district attorney noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Chattahoochee
Great
Tate
North Carolina
Bank of New Hanover
Unusual Court Case Involves Eating A Money Order
A BuffelonIan prisoner reportedly ate a money order during arraignment claiming it as evidence of guilt. The judge ordered an emetic to reverse the act, but the attempt failed and digestion could not be suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whaley
Weekly Dun and Co. Review of Past Week's Trade
Dun and Co reports a subdued week as New York clearing certificates failed to legalize credit relief. Western cities follow suit while interior demand remains strong yet constrained by monetary stringency. Bank clearings shrink, orders are deferred, and employment cuts rise as forecasts brighten only with rain in the northwest. Cotton, wheat, corn, and hog markets falter or stabilize. exports lag, and foreign prices slip. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit show mixed trade. St Louis freight improves while banks curb speculation. Overall, failures reach 287 this week versus 347 last year, with July disbursements and grain shipments hoped to improve outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Omaha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Denver
St. Louis
Atlanta
Mobile
Hollins Plan to Reorganize Central Railroad Fails
A Savannah special reports the Hollins plan to reorganize the Central railroad has exploded. There is no hope for junior security holders. The company notified Mr. Comer there is no longer any hope for the plan. The decision stems from opposition and a tight money market, with the true reason being the lack of funds to carry out the proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Hollins
Central Railroad
Hollins Company
Comer
DRAWING THEIR DUCATS. Depositors of Gate City Bank Happy
Depositors at Gate City Bank in Atlanta began receiving funds Thursday at the Atlanta National Bank. About one hundred sixty five thousand dollars paid out that day. Crowds were large but orderly as many checks covered ordinary balances. The cash outflow signals improved business conditions. An unrelated note mentions seventy thousand pounds of maple sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate City Bank
Atlanta
Gate City National Bank
Atlanta National
Telegraphic Gleanings from Across The Globe
Mecca reports forty five cholera deaths with Monday notes. Paris dispatches two new cholera cases at Touls Hy eras Layne and two deaths at Catte. Kinnekamp Brothers furniture firm assigns assets 100000 liabilities 40000. Army of the Potomac meeting held in Faneuil Hall Boston. Augusta Michigan fire destroys sixteen business houses and four dwellings totaling 500 inhabitants with losses 50000 and insured 15000. NYC to pay Mrs Homer Baldwin 50000 for Hastings disaster injuries. Knights of the Golden Eagle meet in Baltimore with large veteran attendance and favorable finance reports. Gettysburg monument commission urges NY veterans to avoid violence toward the trolley, no contributions to the trolley treasury. Berlin reports Germany expects Russia to declare commercial war. negotiations hindered by Francophile and Pan Slavist influences. London says Admiral Markham to be court martialed for Tripoli accident. St Paul Minneapolis Trust announces assets exceed liabilities 200000. resume likely. Tremont House at Fort Scott collapses trapping many. death toll uncertain but over twenty expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinnekamp Brothers
Cincinnati
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Augusta
Kalamazoo County
Mich
New York Dispatch
New York Central
Homer Baldwin
Yonkers
Hastings
Supreme Castle of the Knights of the Golden Eagle
Baltimore
Koch
New York
Board of Gettysburg Monument Commission
State of New York
Berlin
Russia
Germany
St. Petersburg
London
Albert H. Markham
George Tyron
Tripoli
Victoria
Portsmouth
St. Paul and Minneapolis Trust Company
Minneapolis
Governor McGill
Loren Fletcher
Capital
Tremont House
Fort Scott
Kas
Another Drop in Silver Causes Mines to Close
A further sharp break in silver at New York and London and reports Congress may not convene before September spurred market demoralization. London silver fell 23.5 pence to 311.5, with silver stocks and railroad shares weak. Export duty on Mexican dollars discussed in Mexico City. Major plants like Grant smelting in Omaha and Mollie Gibson mine at Aspen halted operations as ore buying stops. St Louis Smelting and Refining and Woodriver mines in Idaho suspended work amid falling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Washington
Congress
Stock Exchange
St. Louis Republic
Mexico
Dows
Big Grant Smelting and Refining Works
Omaha
Neb
Denver
Col
Mollie Gibson
Aspen
ST. Louis
Idaho
Boise City
Woodriver
Julia Force Not Guilty In Atlanta Sister Murders Trial
The state tried Julia Force in Atlanta for the murders of her sisters Minnie and Florence Force. After testimonies claiming monomania and mental decline, the jury found her not guilty for Florence’s death, with consent verdicts to follow for Minnie, likely sending her to an asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Miss Julia Force
Misses Minnie
Florence Force
Miss Minnie Foree
Miss Florence Force
Miss Minnie Force
Miss Force
Hill
Minnie Force
High & Co
Clark
Borden
Lizzie Borden
Julia Force
Florence
Minnie
Mise Force
Anarchist Monument Unveiled at Waldheim Cemetery
A Chicago special reports the unveiling of a monument to Spies Parsons Fischer Lingg and Engel at Waldheim cemetery. More than 2500 Germans Poles and Bohemians gathered as police kept order amid largely foreign language proceedings. Nearly 1000 London children born in workhouses yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spies
Parsons
Fischer
Lingg
Engel
Chicago
Waldheim
London
Household Tips For Cleaning Bottles And Cyclamen Plants
Household tips describe cleaning coarse glass bottles with half a cup of coarse sand and shaking to avoid scratches. A raw potato diced small can also scour bottles without damage. The piece notes a Cyclamen plant’s charm, growing on a perforated shelf behind the stove where heat and steam aid propagation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Calves feet jelly and kitchen maintenance tips
Calves feet are easier to clean than pigs feet with cold water boil method, then ready for use. The note covers pickled feet, shelf books in the kitchen, dry line care, and several simple recipes including mushrooms, mutton broth, a Charlotte russe dessert, cucumber sauce, and almond filling for layer cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharlot M. Hall
Detroit Free Press
Monarch Saluted by Workman in Lisbon Trope
In Lisbon a workman greeted the King of Portugal with a friendly shout as he left the ore works. The moment sparked confusion about propriety, reflecting battle stress and the cost of lives. The remark plays on the theme that a soldier loses weight in lead for each life lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Lisbon
Workman
New York Advertiser
Record time for making kid button shoes in Lynn factory
A Lynn factory completed a pair of kid button shoes in fifteen minutes and forty five seconds beating the previous record of twenty five minutes. The feat shows remarkable speed and efficiency in sewing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
New York Licensed Drinking Places 7282 Count World War II Era
At year end April 30 there were 7282 licensed drinking places in New York excluding hotels and restaurants serving liquor only at table. Brown's Tron Bitters touted as cure for dyspepsia malaria biliousness and debility. Claims strength digestion appetite and tonic benefits for nursing mothers and children. Official decree bans Uncle Tom's Cabin from Russian theatres. Includes assorted health and cleansing claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEWS
Astor
A. F. Fee
West Point
Miss
Alabama Lumber Association
Montgomery
Ohio River
Georgia
Trinity Episcopal Church
Columbia
D. C
W. A. Guerry
Capers
Trinity Church
Weed
Florida
Lyman
Jackson
Alabama
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
United States Court
Charleston
S. C
Simonton
Richmond and
Danville
Rock Hill
Greenville
Louisville
Louisville Southern
Richmond Terminal
Columbia Trust Company
Florida Agricultural College
Lake City
Experiment Station
Weather Bureau of
South Carolina
Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Raleigh
B. R. Lacey Havin
Thomas McMillan
Wilmington
Carr
Lacey
McMillan
Johnson City
Tenn
Winnebago Reservation
Nebraska
Lost Wolf
John Adams
Indian Affairs
Browning
Clayton
N. C
W. R. Poole
Poole
Hannibal Smith
Smith
Weekly Trade Review
Richmond Terminal Reorganization Committee
Mecca
Monilay
Paris
Touls
Hyeras
Layne
Catte
Times
Julia
Court House
Ains
St. Louis Star
Hood
Herman Hicks
Ba Street
Rochester
Loire
Diamond Market of the Future
Europe
Brazil
Africa
Philadelphia Ledger
Norfolk
Brown
S. J. Hollensworth &Co
Owego
Toga Co
N. Yu
K. Coburn
Mgr
Clark Scott
Hall
Beecham
U. S
Midway
Swift Specific CO
Emeline Hawley
Mary A. Stacey
Trumbull
Conn
Silefeans
D.f. Smith & CO
Ador
Aumicot & Bellincrath Co
Ceorcia
An, U
Sampage
John P. Lovell Arms Co
Masi
Wren
Machelor
E. Re Bldridge
Troy
Thomson
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham
Homes For the
Lars
T. J. Felder
Atlanta, Ga
BIG Money
Ee Peekecces
Itre Gured 5
Bsc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!