Omaha Real Estate Boom Drives City Growth and Prospect
Special correspondence from Omaha describes a bustling 1880s West city, led by a Paxton block nearing half a million dollars, new bank buildings, and a planned ten story NY Life Insurance building. It notes Omaha’s rise in clearinghouse receipts to the 14th among U.S. cities and a lumber trade rivaling Kansas City, with packing industry growth and hog slaughter increasing markedly.
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Mississippi
Omaha
Kansas City
Hayes
Nebraska
Paxton
New York Life Insurance Company
United States
Minneapolis
Omaha Post Office Area Booms Amid High Rents and Packers
The Omaha region shows large scale manufacturing and meat packing activity with 5,000 workers. Rents are high near the post office, six to eight blocks away, and near St Marys Avenue furnished rooms fetch 35 dollars monthly. Council Bluffs bridge completion may ease prices. In packing, Omaha aligns with Chicago and Kansas City trends, with plants killing thousands daily and expansion plans by Armour. Thomas J. Topp notes a 300,000 dollar expansion and shared profits from hog and beef processing.
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Omaha
St. Mary’s Avenuue
Council Bluffs
Brooklyn
Hera
Europe
Kansas City
Chicago
United States
Glasgow
Puil Armour
Tuouas J. Topp
Bridge Across the Missouri and Omaha Growth
Ex President Hayes sold a property once linked to a saloon amid local chatter. The site is now home to brick business blocks, while Hayes reportedly had no renting role. Omaha highlights include a $710,000 block for United States Senator Paddock, extensive public improvements over $2,000,000, two viaducts, and a $1,500,000 Missouri crossing to Council Bluffs capable of four tons per linear foot.
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Missouri
Hayes
Chicago
Haye
Sam
United States
Paddock
Omaha
Kansas City
Omabia
Council Bluffs
Exposition Building island tale and Omaha Kansas City rivalry
In a talk at Exposition Building the speaker warns that uncertain river fortunes mirror a past pest house island near Omaha washed away by a freshet with coffins of small pox drifting to St. Louis. He notes fierce Kansas City Omaha rivalry and praises Omaha’s growth in manufacturing pork and beef packing, with a vast smelting works producing blue vitriol for Western Union.
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St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
United States
Western Union Telegraph Company
Old Traveler’s Athens Forfeit Lesson Reveals Local Trade Custom
An Old Traveler recalls a Greek car hire practice in Athens where a forfeit of 3 to 5 dollars is required to secure a carriage. A failed initial attempt led to the discipline being applied, the carriage arriving on time on the second try, with the forfeit folded into the bill as a receipt and souvenir.
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Athens
Greece
An Old Man's Kind Deed
A Boston Post column describes a warm scene where a stout old man fans a sweltering cabby's horse, praised as a disinterested act that echoes classic comic memories and suggests a place in horse heaven for kindness to animals.
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Harvard
Boston Post
Scandinavian Thrift in Minnesota A North Western Saga
Frank Wilkeson argues that sixteen years after Scandinavian settlers faced poverty and danger in northwestern Minnesota, they now prosper. The piece compares them with neighboring Americans, noting improved dwellings, credit, farming, and industry, while disputing claims that Scandinavians export most crops or live poorly. The transformation is attributed to discipline, education, and adaptation.
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Minnesota
Red Wing
White Earth
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Lake Superior
Puget Sound
Saskatchewan
Rio Grande
Rocky
Salmon River
Vermilion Iron Range
Dakota
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West
Chicago
Frank Wikeson
New York Times
A Brave Girl Faces Danger Over Ice Cream
A New York Sun excerpt recalls a brave girl declaring ice cream delicious and refusing to be a coward when warned of danger. The dialogue frames courage and reassurance in a light historical tone.
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George
New York Sun
Marriage Between Cousins Across Science and Opinion
An inquiry reports mixed scientific views on cousin marriages and offspring, citing Lubbock, Darwin, Mantegazza, and others as weighing risks. It notes that opinions vary on whether close kinship increases hereditary problems, with cautious assessments and debates across studies and surgeons. Also included is a New York Letter about Gyrus Field and his ailing daughter, detailing his devotion, finances, and emotional strain.
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Oregon
John Lubbock
Playfair
George H. Darwin
Darwin
Signor
Paolo Mantegazza
Pavia
Crichton Browne
West Riding
Lander Lindsay
Arthur Mitchell
Scotland
New York
San
Gyrus Field
Mr. Field
Jim
Europe
America
Gibraltar
How Frogs Are Caught in a Night Light Method
This excerpt explains simple frog catching using a gig light or red flannel lure. Frogs are drawn to light, approach land with heads toward destination, and can be caught by head. Methods include three hooks on a line, or four hooks on two-feet lines around a cork, plus a clover head to attract. A bag holding 150 frogs and frogs reaching eighteen inches are noted.
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Zoelock
Philadelphia Times
Artemus Ward Will From Paris Maine Noted for Printer’s Home
The Paris Oxford county Maine copy of Artemus Ward’s will notes his burial in Waterford ten miles from Paris. After a few bequests he left the balance to found a home for worn out printers with Horace Greeley as sole trustee, but no balance remained and the will was not established.
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Artemus Ward
Paris
Oxford County
Hannibal Hamlin
The
Oxford Observer
Waterford
Horace Greeley
Oime
Argonaut
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