United States and Britain Investments and French Honors Scrutiny
The Ledger reports in 1888 Warren Pennsylvania that the U S has 240 million dollars invested in Mexico in mines railroads and ranches while Britain holds 80 million. It notes a labor market issue as many young ladies seek employment and that France has removed 157 people from the Legion of Honor list for fraudulent crosses and suspended 66 others for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mexico
England
Legion of Honor
Rail line opens direct travel from Mexico City to British Columbia
The California and Oregon railway completion enables a traveler to go 6000 miles directly by rail from the City of Mexico to British Columbia. A Humboldt Colorado redwood stump measures 16 feet by 20 feet and 200 feet long, with vast timber potential. Dr William A Hammond argues death is not physiologically necessary, claiming ignorance of natural laws leads to mortality. Confederate money and bonds sell in Nashville and Southern cities, bought by relic seekers and investors hoping for redemption.
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City of
Mexico
British Columbia
California and Oregon
Humboldt, Col
William A. Hammond
New York
Nashville
Population density snapshot from late 19th century census
The fragment notes the 1887 census figures for China and the Empire, citing 319,383 population with 500 per square mile for China proper and 382,429 for the Empire. It lists state densities such as Rhode Island 255, Massachusetts 221, and England near 500 per square mile, remarking China as sparsely settled.
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China
Empire
Whode Island
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
England
British Viceroy Rules More Subjects Than Opponents
The St James Gazette notes the British Viceroy of India governs more subjects than the combined totals of the Russian Emperor, the U S president, and the French president. It asserts the Viceroy has greater usefulness than Carnot or Cleveland and that his state in the dominions rivals the Czar. The piece also cites Nussbaum on surgical safety advising counting instruments and sponges before and after operations to prevent death from retained items.
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St. James
India
Russia
United States
French Republic
Carnot
Cleveland
Nussbaum
Growth of Hotels and Fire Loss in the United States
The piece notes that about forty hotels burn monthly in the United States while five are elected, claiming a net gain in hotels. It points to two hundred seventy three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars spent yearly by hotels on provisions and supplies and asserts that the country has the best hotels in the world.
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United States
France to feature savage Africa at coming world fair
For the first time savage Africa is to retire next year in an International Ex position. France plans a large exhibit in Western Sudan area and assigns explorers Colin and Chollet to collect native wares, woods, medicinal plants, artifacts, and a recreated village, promising a tropical Africa display transplanted to Paris.
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Africa
France
Soudon
Colin
Chollet
French Congo
Paris
Distinguishing honesty from crime in finance and life
A sermon by Dr. Talmage denounces bank failures and embezzlement, condemning directors who neglect oversight. He warns young men not to borrow to speculate, urges integrity in business, and comforts honest victims while urging repentance and the divine balance of fortunes.
City Missionary Freas Reports Liquor Blamed For Immorality
Freas of Trenton New Jersey in his 1657 report says the liquor traffic remains the fruitful cause of most evils in the city, hindering moral improvement and prosperity after ten years of local work. The chairman notes liquor as the chief drawback to communal progress.
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Freas
Trenton
X. J
Cty
Corn and whiskey profits cited by Waterloo Observer
The Waterloo Observer explains that a bushel of corn yields four gallons of whiskey at four dollars per gallon, totaling sixteen dollars. Of this, the farmer receives 25 cents, the government two dollars, the manufacturer thirty four cents, the vendor one dollar twenty nine cents, while the user bears the rest and the producer and taxpayer bear the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
N.Y
Jay-Eye
Prison admission drink habits at Clinton State Prison
Of 1,545 men and boys admitted to Clinton State Prison between August 1880 and July 25, 1887, 3,020 acknowledged they had been habitual drunkards, 221 claimed to be strictly temperate, and others evaded or refused to reply.
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Clinton State Prison
Ash
Great Captain of Salvation religious reading note
Religious reading excerpt praising the Great Captain of Salvation urges spreading the Gospel across nations and seas. The verse appeals to South and North to spread mandates, with imagery of stars, waters, and victorious note breaking forth. Attributed to J. E. Rankin in Independent.
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Stanford
Salvation
J. E. Rankin, D. D
Independent
Light in the Cabin Saves a Sailor at Sea
During a voyage to India a sick sailor fell overboard as the ship battled a rising sea. The narrator lit a lamp near the bull's eye window and, though fearing to hinder the crew, his light guided the rescuer rope to the drowning man. The next day it was learned the lamp alone saved his life. The tale ends with a moral urging Christian workers to shine their light.
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India
Jesus
Praying a Substitute for Obeying
A sermon argues that prayers without submission to God are unheard. Genuine prayer begins with submission, not adoration, and only with a loyal, unguided life can true prayer follow. The writer cites biblical verses to show that affections like thanksgiving and confession must rest on submission to divine will.
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Iregard
Markox
John xv
John
Translating the Untranslatable in Scripture
Professor Marcus D Buell argues that scripture carries life like music and light. He notes fleeting Greek nuances and emotional shifts in biblical scenes such as Peters look, Marys lament, and the sisters at their brothers grave. Each tiny word swap reveals deep character and spiritual truth.
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Bethoven
Christ
Peter
Mary
Martha
Professor Marcus D. Buell
Fourth of July in the Rocky Mountains 1843 tale
The first Fourth of July celebration in the Rocky Mountain country centered on the St. Vrain around 1843. Fremont, Gilpin, Lieut. Marwell, Jim Baker, and Kit Carson helped hoist the American flag, fire a howitzer salute, and share a feast including a fruit cake baked by Mrs. Fremont. Ice cream and goat milk were noted in Gov. Gilpin’s reminiscence of the event.
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Rockies
Rocky Mountain Country
St. Vrain
Amin
Fremort
Gilpin
Lieut. Marwell
Jim Baker
Kit Carson
Framont
Fremont
Tom Lenton
St. Louis
Wild Turkeys Imported to Stock German Forests
The Konitz hunting society imported wild turkeys to the forests of the region and will not disturb the birds for three years to aid acclimatization. A Lower Austria trial shows rapid growth, ninefold since 1882 with five birds increasing to 250 by June 1886, per Laris Amerian Register.
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Germany
Hunting Society of
Konitz
Lower Austria
Laris Amerian
Temperance Reading Is It a Crime The Liquor Traffic
A temperance piece denounces liquor selling as a crime harming family church and state. It cites Milton Webster and Worcester quotes and argues alcohol fuels vice and crime, citing Drunkenness as a cause of prisons courts and lunatic asylums and urging citizens to reject the saloon.
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T. W. Fgginson
Webster
Worcester
Milton
John B. Gough
United and Universal
Rav
L. P. Bickford
Deimorest
Temperance News and Notes on Intemperance
The column discusses temperance matters in 19th century Britain and the United States. It cites Queen Victoria banning intoxicants at People's Palace in London, mentions a will leaving 3100 to prize essays on total abstinence, notes Lord Onslow's statement on a failed international prohibition pact, and reports brewing companies faced insurance policy refusals due to brewer mortality statistics.
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Temperance
People’s Palace
London
Ram
British National Temperance Society
Pall Mall Gazette
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
United States
Lord Onslow
House of Lords
New York
Milwaukea
Northwestern Tate Insurance Company
The Sign Manual of Poverty tale
A physician visits Harper Brothers and refuses to mend a torn coat sleeve, saying a tear may be a daily accident while a darn is the sign of mutual penury, illustrating pride and poverty in the Loslan Herald.
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Harper Brothers
Loslan Herald
Mispronounced Names Spark Formal Etiquette Tale
Edward Everett insists on calling Mr Winthrop by the full form while others use Winthrop. A politeness clash emerges when a caller meets Mr Chumley who humorously refuses to bow to Prussian style names. The piece satirizes Puritanic rigidity in a small social exchange.
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Edward Everett
Mr. Winthrop
Wintrop
Winthrop
Mr. Everett
Mr. Chumley
Unclear Greeting Exchange Between Mrs Sacville and Mrs Dudley
Fragmented dialogue shows Mrs Sacville greeting Mrs Dudley and discussing Mr Dudley's business troubles. Dudley reportedly failed for half a million, with remarks on appreciating cash payments amid hardship.
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Sacville
Mrs. Dudley
Just the Place in the Coal Bin
A humorous exchange describes a wife finding an egg in the coal bin this morning. The husband jokes about the odd nesting spot and the futility of worrying over rising prices, insisting the “place” is right for hens to lay.
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Hesband
Ion Cae
Proverbial Wit and Warnings From Quoted Aphorisms
A garbled column of maxims on virtue patience and self restraint offers fragmented reflections. It juggles ideas about temper control kindness courage and jealousy while noting limits of human strength and the impact of personal influence.
The Silversmith Plot in Pekin and a Trickster Minister
A British minister to China within Pekin paid a silversmith to craft solid silver candelabra for three hundred Mexican dollars. The candelabra contained no silver, sparking a dispute when the minister discovered the fraud. The silversmith returned with the money after a brief, sharp exchange, leaving both men with a lesson in bargaining.
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China
Pekin
Giada
Prson
Millionaire Andrew Caroccio Telegraphed Navy
Pitts Lure magnate Andrew Caroccio visited the Capitol telegraph office and offered to send a message to the Navy Secretary. He entrusted his key to receive a reply, bragging he could telegraph from memory after a decade in the business. The Navy Department operated the line, and Caroccio conducted the exchange.
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Andrew Caroccio
Capitol
Secretary of the Navy
Carnegie
Navy Department
Tor
Carnewi Tshoulkk
Leould
United States
Reid
Indiiona Reat
York Pribeane
Acrostic on Merchant Success Prompts Public Spirit
Columbus Dispatch notes an acrostic device praising merchants and thrift. Each letter spells a banner of virtue from energy to industry and sales to patience, advising prudent advertising and debt avoidance to achieve success. The piece uses a playful, didactic tone typical of early 20th century promotions.
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Columbus Dispatch
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