Reading list of topics in 19th century American notes
A survey of varied items notes American education and religion shaping careers with ministers, insurance, and journalism. It cites Philadelphia Mint, New York doctors, Danbury Newsman ethos, and railroad logistics in Jersey City and New York. It also contrasts wheat futures, farm methods, and rising national debts across Europe and the United States, highlighting debt trends from 1865 to 1890.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
New York
New York Independent
United States
Great Britain
Denmark
Europe
Russia
Turkey
Asia
Domestic Life in China Described in 19th Century Text
A travelogue portrays Chinese households as dirty and disorderly by Western standards. Cats roam kitchens, tables go unwashed, and domestic animals freely share living spaces. Water disinfection and lack of soap are noted, with households using minimal cleaning tools and improvised routines.
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Rustiucis
Congress Debates State Bank Tax Repeal and Indian Bill
The House renews debate on repealing the state bank tax with speakers including Dazzell and Reed criticizing tactics. Holman moves Indian appropriation next. The Senate passes a joint resolution for investigations and tightens sugar bounty timing as tariff talks continue.
Battle With Miners Over Ill Mine Closure
A deadly clash in the Peoria district of Tazewell County Illinois left one man dead and several others near death. Many were seriously injured as miners attempted to shut the Little Bros mine, causing $30,000 in property destruction and leaving numerous homes desolate.
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Peoria
Little Bros
Tazewell County
Ill
Strikes at Wheeling Creek Warn Public and Reporters
Notices posted warn the public to stay away and threaten to throw newspaper reporters into the river. The group claims 100 pounds of dynamite and small arms, signaling a volatile local labor dispute with dangerous threats amid broader national telegrams.
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Wheeling Creek
Kansas
Topeka
J. A. Troutman
Shawnee County
W. G. Edwards
Pawnee County
George C. Cole
Crawford County
James R. Chalmers
Congress
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
People's Party
Morgan Line
el Rio
Robert B. Quick
New York
New Orleans
Ohio
Columbus
R. G. McCasline
Kent
Supreme Court
John Roseborough
Elmore
F. Y. Trish
Board of Public Works
H. S. Earles
Ironton
South Carolina
Columbia
San Francisco
United States Revenue Cutter
Bear
Sitka
Chattanooga
L. & C. Hardmuth
Budweis
Austria
Indianapolis
Ind
Theodore Haughey
Indianapolis Nations Bank
Growth of the South industrial review week by Tradesman
The weekly industrial review for the southern states notes no major improvement, with coal strikes causing tension though no closures. New industries totaling 31 include Loudon National Brick in Lynchburg, West Virginia Artificial Stone in Fairmount, and others across Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, and Louisiana. Multiple plants, mills, and facilities are planned or expanded, from brickworks and electric plants to paper mills and sugar refineries, reflecting widespread activity despite ongoing labor tensions.
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Loudon National Brick, Paint and Manufacting Company
Lynchburg
Capital
West Virginia Artifical Stone Company
Fairmount
Big Birch River Lumber
Sutton
W. Va
G. A. Dueler Manufacturing Company
San Antonio
Texas
Paris
Tenn
Broadway
Jerrell
Lexington
Water Valley
Mis
Ronda
N. C
Pulaski
Houston
Galveston
Greenville
D. C
Suffolk
Morgan City
Cordelo
Baton Rouge
Broussard
Terrell
Calhoun
Buena Vista
Bell's
Russellville
Charlotte Harbor
Fla
Cuthbert
Ronceverte
W. Ta
Starke
Jeffrson
Rush Point
San Marcos
West Point
Through a Burning Trestle Near Patton Fatal Train Fire
A west bound Georgia Pacific freight crashed into a burning trestle near Patton sixty miles west of Birmingham. The engine and eight cars burned. several crew members were injured. Investigators consider possible incendiary origin given ten hour road gap and loaded coal cars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Georgia Pacific Railroad
Patton
Here
Goodman
Charles Berry
Joe Mabry
Joe Scott
Unseasonal Frost Reported Near Nashville
A light frost occurred Friday morning in the vicinity of Nashville Tennessee with no record of such a frost in any prior year up to June 1. The unusual late frost surprised observers and prompted checks for potential damage.
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Nashville, Tenn
Northern Democrats Defeat Repeal of State Bank Tax
In a 102 to 170 vote the house rejected unconditionally repealing the state bank tax amid party splits. Northern Democrats abandoned the platform, Amos Tummins of New York voted with a half dozen others for the bill, while Republicans and Populists solidly opposed. The Cox amendment and the committee substitute also failed, ending ten days of debate with a defeated bill and surprised, confused applause.
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House
Dazzell
Holman
Committee On Rules
Reed
Catchings
Cox
Tennessee
Turner
Georgia
Meiklejohn
Nebraska
Bingham
Pennsylvania
Hall
Missouri
Robinson
Cockranm
New York
Lynch
Wisconsin
Linton
Michigan
Bureau
Amos Tummings
Yeas
Committee On Banking and Currency
Brawley
Trade Notes. Dun & Co. reviews weekly trade outlook
R G Dun & Co reports mixed signals from the week. Finished business shows smaller declines since the strike, while new orders and corporate purchases fade, causing longer lead times and occasional cancellations. Iron production stalls between the Alleghenies and Mississippi, steel output drops, and iron prices edge up on July delivery. Gold exports drain treasury, with about 77 million left, as Bank of England holds large reserves. Failures total 183 in the U S and 27 in Canada for the period, with four weeks ending May 24 at 11.392 million.
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Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Treasury Reserve
Alleghany Mountains
Mississippi River
Bessemer
Troy
Duluth
Carnegie Works
Pittsburg
Austria
Bank of England
United States
Canada
Big steel plant proposed by Montgomery interest
The Bessemer Land Company stockholders at their annual meeting resolved to build a one million dollar steel plant with 300 tons daily capacity and employ 1000 men. Half a million cash and half a million in thirty year bonds will fund it. H F DeBardeleben elected president to push the project. A committee including DeBardeleben, David Roberts and A T Smythe will oversee erection and proceed at once.
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Montgomery
National Capital Flight and Senate Confirmations
Mrs Cleveland and two children traveled from Washington to Gray Gables in a special train as the Senate confirmed nominees including Charles Nelson for second assistant postmaster general and William Roberts for consul at Victoria. The sugar investigation pendings, industrial protest hearings, and the Stanford estate claim also feature amidBudget and postal policy shifts.
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Birney
Hank
Tennessee
Toledo
Cincinnati
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Orleans
Senate
Peffer
Allen
Vilas
Smith
Blackburn
Gallinger
Patton
Governor McKinley redeploys troops to Belmont county
McKinley sends the Second regiment from Columbus to Belmont county to reinforce Adjutant General Howe. Howe currently camps at Barnesville with two infantry regiments and an artillery battery. The combined force of about two thousand men will move to St. Clairville Junction where clashes with thousands of striking workers are anticipated.
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McKinley
Columbus
Ohio
Belmont County
Howe
Barnesville
St. Clairville Junction
Servian Cabinet Goes Under Resigns Over Friction
A Sofia cable report states M. Stambuloff's cabinet resigned due to personal friction among members. M. Giekoff refused to lead a reconstruction and urged Ferdinand to appoint an opposition representative. The ministry change will not alter Bulgaria's foreign relations.
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Sofia
M. Stambuloff
M. Giekoff
Prince Ferdinand
Captain Berry Arranges Direct Trade Links From Augusta
Washington dispatch reports Captain J M Berry returned from Great Britain and the continent where he visited Liverpool London Vanburg Bremen and Amsterdam to promote direct trade from Augusta Georgia He appointed agents in those cities for his four mill product with shipments to be made directly from Port Royal Savannah and Charleston
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Washington
J. M. Berry
Great Britain
Continent
Liverpool
London
Vanburg
Bremen
Amsterdam
Augusta
Berry
Port Royal
Savanush
Charleston
Steel & Walker Co. Makes Assignment in St. Joseph
The Steel and Walker Company, a major wholesale dealer in St. Joseph Missouri, has made an assignment. Liabilities amount to seven hundred thousand dollars while assets range from nine hundred thousand to one million dollars.
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The
Steel & Walker Co
St. Joseph, Mo
Wheat crop in Dallas county tops last year by 600000 bushels
The Wheat crop in Dallas county Texas is harvest underway and will total about 600000 bushels more than 1893 with a commercial value around 400000. It is hailed as the finest crop in forty years across the region.
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Dallas County
Texes
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Greensboro
N.C
Fitzgerald
Atlanta
Memphis
Louisville and Nashville
Ohio
Southwest
Tillman
South Carolina
New York
Butler
Railway Employes’ Protective Association
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Birmingham
State Organization of Georgia
South Georgia
Florida
Purvis
Miss
Columbia
James Plunkett
J. F. Glover
Savannah
George Johnson
Houston
Tex
Texas
Fatal wreck leaves eight dead at Marshfield Wisconsin
An eight killed and fifteen to twenty injured wreck occurred on Wisconsin Central Train No 26 at an open switch near Marshfield. Cars burned after the crash, four bodies recovered, four more missing presumed crushed. Among the dead are the engineer, fireman, and one Tweedy brother. A second report notes ten charcoal burners drowned in a Sierra Madre cloudburst. A South ern correspondent recalls Judge Catron’s deer Frank, an elk with affection for his keeper, whose jealousy led to fatal injuries to a pet deer.
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Marshfield
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway
Tweedy Brothers
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mexico
Catron
Supreme Court of Illinois
S.C Beckwith
Ottawa
Frank
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Topeka convention selects Morrill for governor
A sweeping news digest notes the Kansas Republican state convention in Topeka nominated E N Morrill for governor and W A Johnson of Minneapolis for associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Also covered are coal shortages disrupting railroads, layoffs, and strikes shaping labor unrest.
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Kansas Republican State Convention
Topeka
E. N. Morrill
W. A. Johnson
Minneapolis
Supreme Court
Ohio Central Railroad
Lake Shore Road
Scottdale
Standard and Central Works
Frick Coke Company
National Tube Works
McKeesport
Quanah Parker Comanche Chief Helps Civilize Tribe
Quanah Parker, noted as chief of the Comanches, is credited with guiding his people toward peace and civilization. The account recalls a white captive girl raised among the Comanches, her marriage to Parker’s son, and Parker’s long efforts for allotment in severalty, sale of surplus lands, and closer ties with the government and white society.
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Quanah Parker
Little Rock Gazette
Texas
Rangers
Quanah
Greatly Surprised Lieutenant Blanks Short Encounter
Lieutenant Blank of the army, tall and heavy, long associated with a Washington scientific bureau, carries books home and back to work. On one walk a tiny black boy blocks his path and asks in a scaled tone if the officer is going to school, a moment captured as a humorous moral aside.
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Blank
Army
Washington
Picvaninny
Nister
Wit and whimsy from an era of quips and puns
A collage of humorous snippets and witticisms drawn from multiple papers. Jokes touch on love, fashion, travel, and daily life with playful swaps of language and light satire, featuring lines about clothing, agents, pets, and social behavior.
Remarkable Dwarfed Humesback Father of Forty-One
Hiram Heffner of Reading Pennsylvania died recently leaving forty-one children. He was a dwarfed hunchback and married in 1840. His wife bore twelve children in eight years, including one set of triplets and four sets of twins. Heffner was a notable Berks County character, cheerful and popular among neighbors despite his deformity.
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Hiram Heffner
Reading
Penn
Heffner
Berks County
St. Louis Republic
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News OF the South
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
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Terre Haute
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Emo
Aga
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Detroit Free Press
Boston Courier
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Puck
New York Herald
Indianapolis Journal
Twickenham
Brooklyn
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Nature
Aembeea Dade
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Chicago Tribune
Effie
Mummy
Paneh
Young Fogg
Old Fogg
Boston Transcript
Mrs. Nextdoor
Philadelphia Record
Heloise
Atlantic
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