Southern Notes on Prosperity and Disasters
A Gulf South and Atlantic roundup reports Moses Brothers in Montgomery paying another bank dividend, a slave family fire near Aberdeen leaves three children dead, and a Wilmington fire damaging stores and an armory. Also covered are a rail receiver petition in Atlanta, Kelso fire casualties, cyclone relief drive in Jackson, Miss., and Southern political and legal skirmishes including tax, rail, and tariff battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Wilmington
N. C
Stevenson & Taylor
R. W. Hicks
North Carolina Naval Reserve
Atlanta and Chattahoochee River Railway Company
Atlanta
Short Electric Railway Company
Kelso
Tenn
Benjamin Thompson
Elijah Husbands
Tracy City
Bon Air Mines
Turney
Nashville
New Berne
James City
James Bryant
Carr
John Schardt
Merchant’s Bank
Montgomery
Ala
Southeastern Tariff Association
Alabama
Carroll County
Duke
United States Court
City liquor petition plan stirs steady opposition
Property holders weigh the situation as liquor dealers counsel says resisting the law would be useless. Representatives from nearly every society in the city attend a meeting that decides to circulate notices to freeholders urging them not to sign any petition for a state liquor dispenser.
Trade Review Shows Monetary Doubts Dampening Confidence
R G Dun and Co reports New York monetary concerns overshadowing other factors while trade holds largely steady. Wheat and corn prices fall, imports rise, and cotton liquidation continues. Building demand remains robust for lumber though retail buying softens. currency pressures and cautious banking persist amid widespread regional slowdowns and 208 business failures in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
New York
Atlantic
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Little Rock
Columbus
Atlanta Fair
Mobile
New Orleans
Growth of the South Sees Surge in New Industries
A weekly review notes the organization of The Southern Leather Manufacturing Company in New Orleans with 250000 capital and the Fearls Oil Company in Sistersville WV with 300000 capital. It lists numerous new mills, factories, and buildings across the South, including a 100000 cotton mill at Opelika Alabama and a 75500 oil firm at Groesbeck Texas, plus many expansions and forthcoming plants from Natchez Mississippi to Thomasville Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Southern Leather Manufacturing Comany
New Orleans
Fearls Oil Company
Sistersville
W. Va
Opelika
Ala
Groesbeck
Tex
Harmony Grove
Smithville
Texas
West Point
Petersburg
Winston
N.C
Clarendon
Arkansas
Houston
Augusta
Georgia
Elizabethton
Tenn
Crowley
Beaufort
N. C
Greensboro
Little Ttock
Ark
Rural Hall
Gilmore
Kerrvile
Ovevington
Dickson
Thomasville
Natchez
Miss
Chattandogs
Paradise
Fla
Dublin
Cumberland
Flintstone
Rome
Rock Hill
Fort Smith
Humboldt, Tenn
East Point
Court House
Clintwood
Griffin
Hempstead
Mumfordsvill
Bunbright
Lewisburg
Charlottsville
2Nd Nagleville
Cleveland
Roanoke
Montgomery
Nashville
Louisville
Humbold, Tenn
Tallshassee
Chattanooga
Rumors of an Attempt to Shoot Gladstone
London dispatch reports Pall Mall Gazette alleging an attempt to shoot Prime Minister Gladstone in St James Park, midnight. The paper questions accuracy, noting a handgun suspect in custody with Gladstone movement notes. arraignment expected to reveal motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Cable Dispatch
Pall Mall Gazette
Gladstone
St. James’ Park
Iis
Downing Street
Comer Relieved as Port Royal and Augusta Railway Receiver
A Savannah special reports Judge Pardie discharged H. M. Comer from the role of receiver of the Port Royal and Augusta Railway. The lengthy Saturday night decision outlines arguments, answers, and petitions, concluding with why Comer should be discharged and not addressing Averill's appointment confirmation. The opinion notes Richmond County circuit court's jurisdiction was not required to be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
United States
Charleston
Simonton
Comer
The
Central Railroad
Port Royal
Savannah
H. M. Comer
Pardie
Washington Gossip and Appointments From the Nation’s Capital
Hon James G Blount of Georgia may be minister to Hawaii and handle duties if needed. Washington hosts naval exhibit interest while many depart for Chicago. New Georgia postmasters named. White House announces envoys consuls and commissioners to Colombia Brazil Portugal Bordeaŭ Worlds Fair. An extra congressional session likely by mid month. Post Office funding pressures rise with growing clerical needs across 65000 offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Blount
Georgia
Hawaii
Washington
New York
Chicago
E. M. Carter
Carter's
Murray County
C. D. Harper
Chelsea
Chattooga County
W. N. Russell
Crow
Whitfield County
C. ©. Landers
Livingston
Floyd County
Francis C. Peeples
Oakwell
Camden County
William Touchton
Pearson
Coffee County
A. F. Elrod
Somersville
Gordon County
B. L. Hargrave
Spivey
Putnam County
Union Pacific Railway Company
Henry F. Dimick
Don. M. Dickinson
Michigan
J. W. Dean
Illinois
Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia
Joseph W. Paddock
Nebraska
Otto Debederlein
United States
Lei
White House
L. F. McKinney
New Hampshire
Columbia
Thomas L. Thompson
California
Brazil
George William Caruth
Arkansas
Portugal
John W. Wiley
Bordeau
Harvey Meyers
Kentucky
J. ©. Sanders
Congress
Buck Kilgore
Texas
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
Bissell
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cyclone in Oklahoma Leaves Many Dead and Injured
A brutal Oklahoma weather outbreak struck Oklahoma City and nearby towns with two hailstorms, cyclones, and a waterspout. At least forty killed, many injured, and Norman and nearby towns including Downs and Keokuk Falls severely damaged. Oklahoma City residents rallied crews to aid victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Norman
Downs
Keokuk Falls
St Norman
Instinct in a Cat Makes Man Question Human Hours
A St Louis Globe Democrat excerpt recounts Fran cis Estey pondering instinct from an office cat tale. The patient study tracks the cat’s timing change from 9 am to 3 pm after meals shifted, suggesting instinct guides animals and perhaps humans, though the mystery remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Estey
the St. James
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Street Urchin Pleads For Spare Change
In a vignette from Street & Smith's Good News a penniless child appeals to a passerby saying his mother is ill and his father out of work. He asks for fifteen cents to buy papers and mentions he lacks money for the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street & Smith
Horrid Nuisance Diet Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement describes a flour batter recipe and promotes Ho ters Stomach Bitters Brown s Iron Bitters as remedies. It links nervous disorders to dyspepsia and malaria while touting broad claims of health benefits and vitality across ages.
Telegraphic Gleanings Condensed News Bits
The News of the World condensed into short paragraphs covers Arbor day by an agricultural department employee, a fake five dollar bill in Springfield Illinois, Kansas City ministers planning a baseball day, a banquet for Envoy Ewing in Bloomington, a bronze Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago, a potential shortfall at a San Francisco Veterans Home, tin deposits found near Guyancato Mexico, a Cassville Missouri fire destroying much of the town, and a centenary Mass of Catholics in New Orleans with many US clerics listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbor Day
National Agricultural Department
Lagonda Bank
Springfield
Evangelical Ministers of
Kansas City
Ministers’ Alliance
J. M. Cromer
Bloomington
James E. Ewing
United States
Belgium
Bloomington Bar Association
Chicago
Christopher Columbus
Congress Street
San Francisco
Clark E. Boyce
Veteran’s Home Association
Veteran’s Home
Youngsville
Napa County
Guyanjuato
Mexico
Cassville
Barry County
Missouri
New Orleans
Cardinal Gibbon
Baltimore
Ryan
New York
Cincinnati
Keane
Washington
Kaun
Wheeling
Meerschert
Indian Territory
Verdaguer
Brownsville
Vandervier
Richmond
Gallagher
Galveston
O'Sullivan
Mobile
Heslin
Natchez
Nevaso
San Antonio
Wall Street pushes bonds as gold drains threaten panic
A Washington report notes ongoing gold outflow with Tuesday’s 3.2 million dollars, including two million from the sub treasury. Boston and western banks lent six million to preserve the reserve, leaving about four million in free gold. They demand fifty million in bonds for a set period, with half to Europe to reclaim gold, and the other half held by New York banks. Public confidence has improved but danger lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Roanoke
Carlisle
Wall Street
Washington
Cleveland
Jordan
National Banks of
Western
Europe
Georgia Names W S Yeates State Geologist
Governor Northen appoints W S Yeates to succeed Spencer as Georgia state geologist. Yeates, connected with the Smithsonian for 12 years, curates 36 000 mineral specimens and is a geology professor at Columbian University. He will report for duty at once as the department is reformed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northen
W. S. Yeates
Professor Spencer
Geological Board
Geological Department
Spencer
Smithsonian Institute
Georgia
Yates
North Carolina
Columbian University
Washington
Word Puzzle Free Trip Offer Near World’s Fair
An old advertisement promises a free trip to Chicago and cash prizes for submitting word lists created from the letters in “World’s Fair.” It details prize amounts, the need to write words using letter counts, and requests a stamped reply with word lists to a Toronto company to start a seed business campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wordquaking
U.S
Scort Serp Company
Toronto
Canada
Ring Found After Train Circles London Underground
A South Kensington man traveling with his son on the underground lost a valuable ring between carriage and platform at Gloucester Road to Mark Lane. The station inspector tried to recover it but failed. Hours later, the same train returned and the ring was found on the lower footboard, having traveled the full distance on the open board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Kensington
Gloucester Road
Mark Lane
London
Syrup of Figs Promises Health and Comfort
Widely praised remedy touts pure liquid laxative virtues for cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. Marketed by the California Fig Syrup Co with guaranteed branding on each bottle, warns buyers to avoid substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
August Flower Promises Relief From Longstanding Biliousness
A Humboldt Kansas reader credits August Flower with restoring vitality after fifteen years of biliousness and chronic constipation. Despite trials of several preparations, a friend’s recommendation led to a dramatic improvement, and the writer urges broader knowledge of the product’s merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Flower
Barker
Humboldt
Waterproofing Shoes With Paraffin-Benzine Mixture
A short note describes making shoes waterproof and snow resistant by brushing a paraffin benzine solution on uppers and soles. The preparation dries quickly, leaves a soft pliable surface, and resists wet conditions though it dulls shine. It applies to patent leather as well, but reduces gloss until worn off.
A Little Management
A quip about a thief servant prompts a plan to misdirect suspicion. Minks and Winks discuss a ruse to reassure a wife while hinting at deception within a household. The humorous exchange appears in the New York Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minks
Humorous House Party Gossip and Patent Medicines
A rowdy exchange at a social gathering features Mrs Strongmind and a male guest exchanging jibes about aging women and streetcar seating while advertising patent medicines. The dialogue hints at remedies Brown’s Iron Bitters Beech Pills and BeeChamm’s eye-water with claims of health benefits and cures.
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Business Review
Bun & Co
Port Royal and Augusta Railway
Washington Gossip
Oklahoma
Hood’s
Grant W. Barnes
Richford
N. Y
Hood
Mada Iys
Bradfield Regulator Co
Cardus
Chattanooga Fed. CO
Waled, Freon Cook Rextor Co
Chicsco
Exouann, Pa
Elizabeth Ned
J.&. Stevens & Bro
Whitehall St
Atlanta, Ga
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Sandice
al Eines
Uemenee
Tyo
Peachtree
Das Stephens
Lebanon
New York Weekly
Isaac Thison
Beecham
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, O
Hall
Hausweden
Lake City, Minn
Piso’s
Ste
ATLAS
X Corporation
Lynn
FacToRigs
Taunton
Fairhaven
Whitman
Duxbury
Plymouth
Thomson's
Uss al Ae
Homes For the
South Carol
T. J. Felder
E. T. Hazeltine
Warren
A, M. UL
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