What Pearls are Made of
The pearl oyster is a distinct species whose shells are more valuable than the pearls. Gulf of California fisheries yield rare gems. an 1881 black pearl sold for 10 000 dollars, yet most pearls are of little value. Mother of pearl is nacre from the shell, and pearls form accidentally around foreign matter, often an undeveloped oyster eye. The largest Gulf pearl is about an inch and a quarter, with pink varieties highly prized.
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Gulf of California
California Gulf
Europe
England
California
Harper’s
Hauling Down the Flag and a Young Office Boy Tale
Recount of Kansas House Speaker P P Elder during 1861 deaths Windom and General Sherman, urging flag at half mast then full descent after Windom news. In another item a downtown firm hires a 15 year old office boy, offering two dollars weekly with a condition to handle reading writing spelling while ensuring honesty until a raise.
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P. P. Elder
House of Representatives
Kansas
Windom
General Sherman
Sherman
Statehouse
Elder
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Congress in Session Briefly Epitomized In Senate and House
The Daily Routine shows a busy congress with Cameron and Hill returning to the Senate, petitions on silver and labor backed money, and a Reed-style push for bimetallic plans. In the House, prayers for Mrs Cleveland, South Carolina relief aid, and debates on treasury information and the centennial ceremonies mark daily action.
Yellow fever returns to Brunswick as deaths rise
Two deaths from yellow fever occurred in Brunswick on Tuesday night triggering panic and mass fear. A German shoemaker Charles Killian and a Swede Ballinger were identified, with autopsy confirming yellow fever. A Cox child and a harbor tug boat case raised alarm as quarantines were reimposed by Savannah and Waycross. Governor Northen urged aid, camp Haines to launch, and Brunswick faced renewed epidemic fears amid cautious official reports.
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Brunswick
Charles Killian
Oglethorpe Bank
Guiteras
Ballinger
Dunwoody
Cox
City Sanitary Board of
Savannah
Gnuiteras
Brunner
Waycross
Northen
T. W. Lamb
Lamb
Str
W. J. Nogrsen
Camp Haines
MaGruder
Board of Health
S. C. Lirrterrenn
C.C. Bover
Resolution Adopted After Debate and Adjournment
The question was ordered and a half hour of debate held. Mr. Turner's resolution was adopted and the house adjourned at 2 45 o'clock.
Growth of the South Reports Industrial Recovery
The week shows no major change but growing confidence and belief that the worst is over. Factories resume work, receive orders, and banks extend accommodations. Fifteen new industries started or incorporated, three factory enlargements, and twelve new buildings noted. The Byron Trerice steamer burned at Leamington dock, Ontario, with Captain Cook and the purser drowned and two deckhands killed.
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Byron Trerice
Erie and Huron Railroad
Leamington
Ont
Cook
Happenings of a Day Across War, Finance and Rail
Dispatches report Detroit sailing from Fort Monroe for Rio de Janeiro to protect U S interests as Admiral Weaver nears retirement. El Cid sets maiden voyage record New Orleans to New York in four days two hours twenty five minutes. Tennessee opens to women. Wilmington quarantines Brunsw ick as others face strict enforcement. Spencer Mass fire destroys six acres and $250000. Winston Salem bank restarts. Lawrence Cement case argues for protection. Sugar shortage hits Pitt sburg area. refined product scarcity. Luna tic asylum wiring row threatens insurance. Jack son Miss ex postmaster Gibbs arrested on warrant for embezzlement. Obb s bond set for upcoming term.
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Washington
A. W. Weaver
Navy
George Brown
Norfolk Navy Yard
el Cid
New Orleans
New York
South Pass Bar
Mississippi River
Sanday Hook
Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Board of Inland Quarantine
Wilmington
N. C
Brunswick
Spencer
Mass
Boston and Albany Railroad
First National Bank
Winston
J. C. Buxton
John G. Miller
Danville
People’s Bank
Lawrence Cement Company
Ways and Means Committee
Pittsburg
Columbia
8. C
Board of Regents
State Lunatic Asylum
Southeastern Tariff Associations
Rogers
Farmers National Congress Delegates Named for Georgia
The Farmers National Congress meets in Savannah on December 13 and 14 1893. At the request of Hon B F Clayton of Indianola secretary of the congress Governor Northern appoints Georgia delegates from each district and at large including R B Kester Sparta T Nesbitt Athol G M Byars Savannah W A Wilkins Waves and others from the tenth and eleventh districts.
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Farmers’ National Congress
Savannah
Hn. B. F. Clayton
Indianola
Inn
Congress
Northen
R.b.kester
Sparta
R. T. Nesbitt
Athata
G. M. Byals
Sa ®Nah
W. A. Wilkins
Waves
J. L. Harti
Elham
O. A. Barry
Cuthbert
Harper Black
Americus
Dudley Hughes
Danville
W. OC. jVisday
Wisdom’s Store
J. A. Thrash
Jones' Mills
Joseph Kingsbery
Atlanta
Sam H. Broadway
Walnut Grove
J. H. Mitchell
Zebulon
R. N. Lamar
The Cotton Crop Report September 1892 Figures
The September report from the department of agriculture shows a seven point drop in cotton crop condition from August to 74.3, lowest for September since 1881. State figures include Virginia 93, North Carolina 76, South Carolina 6, Georgia 77, Florida 85, Mississippi 4, Louisiana 81, Texas 63, with broad variation across regions.
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Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Girolina
South Carolin
Suffering Boomers on Cherokee Strip Rush
Reports from Orlando Oklahoma Territory describe eight thousand certificates issued for Cherokee Strip homesteads, with thirty seven hundred in line and thousands more near booths. Heat and water shortages cause illness and fatalities amid mass rushes where up to two hundred thousand may attempt to claim land, water scarcity varying by town.
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Cherokee Strip
Orlando
Oklahoma Territory
Stillwater
Strip
Kirk
Perry
Eneids
Uthrie
International and domestic news digest from the era
Private advices report the insurgent fleet bombarding Rio Janeiro. The Yucatan arrived with 5,000 in Spanish gold, while the Colombia brought 17,888 in gold and bullion from Colon. Suspected train robbers in Oswego, Kansas, were identified by railroad workers. Steamer Alvo, overdue at Kingston, Jamaica, is presumed lost in a hurricane. The U.S. board of trade convened in Washington with 1,500 delegates. The old Standard Oil trustees concluded their affairs in New York. Charles T. Thayer of United States Express downplayed reported train-robbery losses. Charles de Lesseps was released from prison after a partial sentence. Cholera deaths continued in England, including Rotherham and Delford.
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Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Yucatan
New York
Havana
Oraig
Colombia
Colon
Thi
Oswego
Kas
Alvo
Kington
Jamaica
Consignes
Convention of the Representatives of Board of Trade of the United State
Washington
Nom
Congress
Senuor
Standard Oil
United States Express Company
Indiana
Paris
M. Charles de Lesseps
London
Rotherham
West Riding of
Yorkshire
Delford
Nottingham
Gansborough
Liecester
White House Welcomes First Child Of President Cleveland
A Washington special reports the birth of a baby girl to President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland on Saturday. The newborn is described as bright eyed and healthy. Dr. Bryant attended, and news spread quickly through Congress and departments. Cabinet members and wives called to congratulate, with telegrams from across the country.
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Washington
Cleveland
White House
Congress
Marine Band
Bryant
Prince Bismarck In Serious Condition In Berlin
The prince remains confined to bed as his illness worsens with sciatica reaching his arms. Dr Schweninger travels to Berlin to consult eminent physicians on whether to move him to a milder climate due to the harsh winter. The condition of Bismarck alarms those around him.
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Bismarck
Schweninger
Berlin
Ren
National Capital Affairs Mount Utah Nevada Territory Plan
A Congress member Yates of Alabama proposes adding Utah to Nevada to form a larger state. A Washington dispatch reports the White House weighs a baby at nine pounds four ounces, with mother and child healthy despite damp weather. Senate filibusters challenge election law repeal as House members flee to cloak room amid yeas and nays. Representative Cooper of Florida seeks impeachment inquiry into Judge Swain over appointment issues in his court, spurred by Florida legislature resolutions. Patent Commissioner Seymour faces mandamus effort to force Palmetto trademark registration by South Carolina, with Townsend as States' Attorney. Judge Turner introduces a judiciary bill affecting Georgia receivers, allowing lawsuits without court leave. The Cherokee Strip opening is hailed as a major event, Oklahoma’s fertile land described as ideal for growth. General Grosvenor proposes a Chickamauga Chattanooga national military park dedication with $10,000, inviting national leaders and governors for October 17–18, 1894.
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Senate
Cameron
Hill
Potter
Pennsylvania
College of Science
Washington
Dolph
Methodist Conference
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Stewart
Mitchell
Oregon
Harris
Peffer
Finance Committee
United States Treasury
Faulkner
Wilson
Daniel
Virginia
Taretiera Daxy
Cleveland
Murray
South Carolina
Committee On Appropriations
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Hepburn
Iowa
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Hanner
Burrows
Committee On
Cooper
Florida
Swain
Seymour
District Supreme Court
Townsend
Turner
Georgia
Cherokee Strip
Great West
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Atlantic Coast
Chickamauga
Grosvenor
Ohio
Chattanooga National Military Park
Secretary of War
Congress
Supreme Court
Army
New Camps Form Under United Confederate Veterans
The general commanding announces the fellowship of listed camps within the United Confederate Veterans. Camps include J. B. Johnson No. 377 Grand View Texas Camp Stewart No. 378 Piedmont Alabama Confederate Veterans Association No. 379 Farmersville Louisiana Ozark No. 380 Newton Alabama Colonel Garrett No. 381 Summerfield Alabama Mecklenburg No. 382 Charlotte North Carolina Friendship No. 383 Hartzell Alabama Prairie Grove No. 384 Prairie Grove Arkansas J. Miller No. 385 Albertville Alabama Jeff Davis No. 386 San Augustine Texas Leonidas J. Merritt No. 387 Pittsboro North Carolina.
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J. B. Johnson
Grand View
Tex
Stewart
Piedmont
Ala
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Farmersville
Ozark
Newton
Garrett
Summerfield
Als
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Shelling Rio Revolution Divides Harbor Fort
Secretary Gresham receives a Rio cablegram reporting a morning assault by revolutionary forces on the fort guarding the harbor entrance. A city center wharf and shipyard area are referenced, with civilian casualties including a woman killed in her residence amid disrupted telegraph service and confusion over naval pursuit of the cruiser Cheristen.
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Washington
Gresham
Thompson
Rio
Hel
Gre
Navy Department
Cheristen
Emergency Medicines for Home Use Advises Caution
A physician counsels mothers on drugs to keep at home for emergencies. He notes wine or syrup of ipecac as the safest emetic for ingestion of indigestible items, and castor oil as a top mild purgative. Cough remedies without medical advice are not advised. flaxseed tea and small doses of syrup of ipecac may help a cough, with gargles of alum or tannin solutions for sore throat while awaiting diagnosis.
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New York Times
Counterfeit Dollars and Health Remedies Adrift
A discussion on counterfeit currency notes matching the government issue due to silver value, noting past methods and moral questions. Then a health advert warns against minor ailments, endorsing Hosetter's Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia and nervous conditions followed by Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic for anemia and weakness. The text ends with a curious claim about the distance to the pole being ten miles.
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Scientific American
Hosetter
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Pure Laxative Remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, effective laxative beneficial to kidneys, liver and bowels. It claims cleansing action, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and lasting constipation cure. Sold by druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Humorous Anecdotes From Boston Globe and Harper’s Bazaar
A Boston Globe piece recalls a sales trip where a boastful traveler reveals that six cashiers and three bookkeepers absconded, with the punchline about being “fissed.” Harper’s Bazaar features a clumsy clergyman and Miss Ruth misinterpretations about sermons, plus a playful note on writing a letter with an unfinished postscript.
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Boston Globe
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