Snapshot facts on religion, race, and aging across nations
The notes cite Massachusetts with 579 congregations and 105943 members, Madagascar's 1370 Christian congregations and vanished Roman Catholic efforts since 1616, and global trivia on height and aging. It mentions Kamchatka fox value, Chin size variance, and age ranges for talent development. Also notes Fostoria Ohio church liturgy change and home stain removal tips with ammonia, turpentine, oils, and solvents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Congregational
Kamchatka
Madagascar
Sir Morell Maeckenzie
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fostoria
Complex Indian Society and Emigrant Fortunes Note
A fragmented passage contrasts Indian society with Europe, noting diverse social classes. It also sparsely advertises tonics and tonics brands like Hosetetter's Bitters Brown's Iron Bitters and Hall's Catarrh Cure, claiming benefits for digestion malaria and general debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
J. ©. Simpson
Marquess
W. Ya
Hall
London
Georgia Bank Notes and State Rail Prospects
Georgia notes reveal plans to reopen Brunswick bank after inspection, a Savannah bankers convention in June, and rewards offered for lynchers of Bill Dennis and J. J. Brown. Rail extensions loom from Waycross to Abbeville and possibly Fort Valley and St Marys, with a new Atlanta and Florida Railway Company forming after court action. Attorney General safeguards state deposits, and U. S. Marshal Samuel Dunlap, from Gwinnett, rises through legal career to appointment. Justice Jackson signals swift finalization of the Central railroad case to aid thousands harmed by delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dennis
J. J. Brown
Brown
Eph. Walker
Coffee County
Dennis
Atlanta and Florida Railway Company
T. W. Garrett
Atlanta and Florida Railroad
Superior Court of
Falton County
Y. W. Garrett
Marshal Dunlap
Samuel C. Dunlap
United States
Georgia
Gwinnett County
Lawrenceville
Monroe
Gainesville
Richmond and
Danville
Renfroe
Dismmke
Carter Tate
Dunlap
Howard Thompson
Jackson
Central Railroad
Polnitz Sentence Commuted and Georgia Education Census
Governor Northen commuted Dr. Von Polnitz’s death sentence to life imprisonment after appeals from petitioners and a county grand jury who urged clemency. The census shows Georgia making gains in school population, with Savannah excelling in literacy and several southern counties showing notable improvements amid new railroads and migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
Savannah
Chatham County
Dooly County
Tattnall
Montgomery
Tatnall County
Hancock County
Rockdale
Cusseta
Chathoochee County
Habersham County
Towns
Utah
Texas
Georgia
South
Bradwell
Comptroller cites plan to loan to institutions and inflate bank stock
The comptroller notes that the plan appears to have been to make loans to various institutions, with subscriptions to stock in two national banks in some cases exceeding the amounts subscribed by those institutions.
Trade Talk Report on Past Week’s Business Conditions
R G Dun reports general improvement from better weather boosting retail trade and brisk jobbing, with reduced monetary anxieties but no major change in overall conditions. Demand for rediscounts remains above eastern bank capacity. gold flows expect continuation. Stocks high, but active trade varies by region. Wheat, corn, and cotton show mixed moves with large western receipts and exports. Pig iron firmer. Detroit and Chicago show mixed signals. money tight in several cities. Shipments and imports remain strong, while exports edge up. Business failures rise to 273 in seven days, up from 261 last week and 198 year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
New York
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St. Louis
Omaha
Denver
Nashville
Savannah
South
Mobile
New Orleans
Louisiana
Seaboard
Wind On A Frolic Topples Circus Tent In Missouri
Severe wind and hail Thursday afternoon shattered a Gurgling Brothers circus tent near Sedalia Missouri burying about 2000 spectators. The crowd was rescued with several bruises reported while telegraph lines failed in surrounding areas. In Brookfield Missouri a railroad roundhouse was partially demolished with engines damaged but no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Sedalia
Brookfield
Hannibal and St. Jo
Presbyterian Assembly Suspends Dr Briggs from Ministry
The Presbyterian general assembly voted 388 to 116 to suspend Dr Briggs from the ministry after a committee verdict was adopted. WV Christie Murray defends himself against critics, asserting a real historical basis for a scene in a Murray novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Briggs
Presbyterian General Assembly
Assembly
Christie Murray
London
Murray
Progress and Prosperity Notes Across the South
A roundup of incidents from Atlanta to Tennessee notes a forger captured in Chicago, a major fire in New Orleans harming Home Brewing and Tal mage Sons rice mills, a Dubose impeachment case nearing committee review in Nashville, and a loan foreclosure suit in Atlanta. Bank closures hit Gulf National in Tampa and Brunswick’s bank, with trust deeds backing $600000 in bonds. Naval stores prices rise in Savannah as crops shrink. Wesleyan Female College at Murfreesboro burns, but students are saved. Depositors sue Bank of Commerce in Berton for mismanagement. Wake Forest College commencement reports 22 graduates and a $250000 endowment. A fatal train collision near Milner kills an elderly couple. East Carroll parish endures severe flooding with hundreds homeless. Big Stone Gap Land Co liquidation forced by Philadelphia stockholders. Receivers appointed to wind up the company.
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Harry Hill
Atlanta
Chicago
New Orleans
Home Brewing Company
Daniel Talmage Sons
Luke E. Wright
Dubose
Nashville
United States
Manhattan Trust Company
Augusta, Gas, Mining and Investment Company
Augusta Mining Company
Charles W. Haskins
Gulf National Bank
Tampa
Fla
C. B. Floyd
Brunswick, Ga
Gulf National
Brunswick
Lloyd
Seaboard Air Line Belt Company
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company
Baltimore
Savannah
Wesleyan Female College
Murfreesboro
N. C
E. P. Troy
Bank of Commerce
Berton, Tenn
Wake Forest College
Raleigh
Chief Baptist Male College
North Carolina
Royal Chair
England
William Royal
Genoa
Milner
William Graham
Nancy Hanks
Central Railroad
Vicksburg
Miss
East Carroll
Morehouse
West Carroll
Madison Parishes
Swan Lake
East Carroll Parish
Bristol
Tennessee
Big Stone Gap Land Company
United States District Court
Abingdon
Philadelphia
Goff
United States District Court of
West Virginia
Messrs. H. Clint Wood
J. K. Taggart
Stone Gap
Decoration Day Observed in New York City Parade and Services
Memoral Day events drew thousands to Riverside Park for services at General Grant's tomb. The tomb site was decorated by United States post No 327 with florals, and gifts arrived from Mrs. Grant, the Loyal Legion, President Cleveland, and veterans groups from New York City and Philadelphia. A separate Montreal dispatch reports English painter Lee Stanton buying a Grand Trunk baggage valise for $2 containing 107 shares of Western Gas Improvement Co worth 107000, formerly belonging to Louis Halberstadt who died in Brockville in 1891.
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New York City
Riverside Park
General Grant
United States Post No. 327
Grant
Loyal Legion
Cleveland
Sons of Veterans of
Chinese Legation
General Meade Post
Philadelphia
Montreal
Canada
Lee Stanton
Grand Trunk Railroad
Western Gas Improvement Company
Chicago
Louis Halberstadt
Brockville
Ont
Flesh Eating Plants
A California Magazine description of the carnivorous drosera depicts a vivid, tiny plant trap in damp grass. Red tentacles cradle dewy drops while a trapped insect dies, described with octopus like motion and cephalopod imagery to convey the plant’s eerie beauty and lethality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Magazine
Wanton Slaughter of Buffalo and a Harsh Brow
The piece recalls the rapid collapse of the buffalo herds after the Union Pacific’s completion in 1869 and widespread slaughter by hunters, soldiers, and sport fans. It notes two major herds, the southern and northern, with the southern extinct by 1872. It ends with a portrait of an anxious brow as a sign of an American’s aggressive mindset.
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Union Pacific
Kansas and
Nebraska Plains
Buffalo Bill
Hamlin Russell
Harper's
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the People of India
Europe
Hawaii
London Spectator
Bank of Magland
Bettier
Teerharm's
Hood
C. H. Power
Hanover Street
Scott & Bowne
Bobthy Groets
Everse Hore YS
Georgia News Notes
Marsh
Brandon
State Bankers’ Association
Bankers of
Troup, Harris
Meriwether
Chipley
Order of the Three Counties
Warm Springs Camp Ground
Col. H. R. Harris
Tom Watson
Peter Smith
M. D. Irwin
Abbeville
Waycross
Fort Valley
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s
Justice of the Peace
Montgomery County
John D. Brown
Elkanah Harrelson
Northen
Harrelson
G. M
Joe Ferrell
State Bank of
Terrell
B. Lloyd
Bank
W. E. Burbage
W. E. Kay
M. J. Colson
M. Kaiser
W. A. Cunningham
Thos
W. Lamb
H. 8. McCrary
A. T. Putnam
M. Nicholson
J. E. duBignon
J. J. Spears
Atlanta Constitution
Satterlee
Capitol
Griffin
News of the World
Mary Nevins Blaine
W.T. Bull
Nash
Jenkins
Hamburg
Germany
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Texas Pacific
Austin
Teutonic
Liverpool
Fuerst Bismarck
Echols
Chemical National Bank
Capital National Bank
Ind
Bay of Bengal
Germania
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
George J. Gould
C. P. Huntington
K. W. Brown
Ames
J. C. Reid
Delta
Muthieison & Coy
St. Joseph
Louisville and Nashville
Newport News and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Williams
Sanitary Board of
Paris
M. Monod
Morbihan
France
Eleventh and
Thirteenth Avenues
W. W. Belknap
W. C. Doxbury
Col
Busk-Ivanhoe
Diamond Plate Glass Company
Kokomo
Elwood
Georgia Pacific
Richmond Terminal
Plankington Bank
Wis
Lappen & Co
Victoria Cordage Company
W. H. Billings
Dayton
National Company
National Bank
Fargo
N. D
First National
Lakota
Mr. Eckels
E. Ashley Mears
Royal Baking Powder Company
Wall Street
Boschee
W. H. Haggerty
Martinsville
N.J
Swift
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Silefeans
J.F. Smith & CO
pEoNah Diamond
John P. Lovell Arms Co
Boston
Mass
Cowen & Lugenbeel
Senia
Wribans
Spinston
Cai
Warren Street
Hamilton Place
Atlas Tack Corporation
San Francisco
Lynn
Taunton
Fairhaven
Whitman, Mass
Duxbury
Plymouth
W. LL
Jclas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Thomson’s
Eather
Barr
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham, Asa
Alabama
South Carolina
T. J. Felder
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