Week in politics and disaster highs and lows across the nation
A sweep of campaigns, court cases, and fires dominates the week. Flower and Hill campaign in multiple states. McKinley and Depew speak in major cities. acts of libel and malpractice reach courts. Fires devastate East St Louis and New York tenements while wrecks and weather complicate travel.
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Governor Flower
Senator Hill
Hill
Cleveland
Albany
McKinley
Chicago
Ha'e
Court of Appeals
John Y. McKane
Gresham
Germany
Ivan
Miracle Worker
Cronstadt
N. Y
New York
Mercier
Montreal
Nebraska
Colorado
South Dakota
Iowa
Steven Finzer
Angola
Pittsburg
Champagne
Scutola
Philadelphia
Africa
Ind
Princess of Wales
Livadia
Friederich Mertz
Senator Saxton
Gloversville
Amsterdam
Port Arthur
Crisp
German Empire
Alfred Merritt
J. D. Rockefeller
F. T. Gates
Lake Superior Iron Company
Memphis Passenger Association
Sarah B. Chase
Boston
Dock Committee
Count de Gibacca
Senor
Juan Pedro
Cuba
William M. Ivins
Elmira Reformatory
Hopkins
Tanner
Talley
Ripley, Tenn
Foster
Sweden
Chauncey M. Depew
Sheehan
Lexow Committee
Buffalo
Frederick R. Coudert
Brockway
Heatford
Wis
Cottrill
Russia
Crimea
Jefferson Davis
Winnie
Altgeld
Mattoon
Ills
Olney
John Kause
Evans City
Lexow
Poughkeepsie
Andrews
Morris Tekulsky
Matilda Hermann
Will Gipp
England
Corea
Port Hamilton
Wairapa
New Zealand
Schenectady
Chauncey Depew
Thanksgiving Day Antics Bring Grateful Ponto to Heel
A family returns from service to hear Ponto howling from the attic. Annie says she opened the attic door to give the dog a different Thanksgiving, by isolating him in the dark until freed. Ponto then reappears cheerful, showing his Thanksgiving gratitude.
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Ponto
Annie
Pumpkin Pie Craft from Old Time Recipe
A historical note details choosing dark yellow pumpkin flesh for rich pies. It describes peeling cutting into inch cubes, cooking briefly, pressing, and re simmering with molasses to a red amber marmalade. For a deep pie use cup pumpkin eggs milk sugar spices and bake slowly.
Blazing Steamers Fire Hits Multiple Savannah Vessels
Fire discovered in holds of the cotton ship Skiddy at Central Compress wharf and spread to the Baltimore City Castle Garth Stag Delgarth Petunia Armenia with about 2,500 bales in Skiddy and 100 bales in Castle Garth. Seven vessels listed as burning amid disputed origin among local longshoremen.
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Savannab
Central Compress
Baltimore City
Gordon Press Wharf
Stag
Gordon’s Wharf
Castle Garth
Gordon Wharf
Delgarth
Central Press Wharf
Skidby
Petunia
Armenia
Central Railroad
Chile Sells Esmeralda to Japan, Reports Say
News from Santiago de Chile says the Chilean government sold the cruiser Esmeralda to Japan. The report arrives in Buenos Aires on November 6 and confirms a transfer of a warship to a foreign power.
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Chili
Japan
Buenos Ayres
Santiago de Chili
Esmeralda
U. S. Gov’t
New York Money Market Report Nov. 5 1894
New York money market exhibits 1 percent on funds. Prime mercantile paper quoted 234 34 percent. Sterling exchange actual bank business at 4.8734 4.88 for demand and 4.8634 4.87 for 60 days. Posted rates 4.8754 4.88 and 4.8844 4.89. Commercial bills 4.854 4.8554. U.S. government bonds varied with United States 3s ret. at 1.13, 4s coupon at 1.14, 5s at 3gc. Pacific 6s of ’95 railroad bonds at 1.20. Silver 64c bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
New York Produce Market Prices for Flour to Potatoes
A condensed price listing for flour, rye, cornmeal, buckwheat, barley malt, wheat, corn, oats, hay, pork, butter, cheese, eggs and potatoes. Includes spot and delivery prices, futures options, and regional varieties across Minnesota New York Jersey and Western markets.
Buffalo Market Prices for Wheat Corn and More
Wheat No 1 hard old 69 34c No 2 red 55c No 1 northern 63 34c No 2 red 55c Corn No 2 yellow 56c No 2 56c Oats No 2 white 34 40c No 2 mixed 30 40c Flour spring best patent 3.80 4.10 low grades 1.75 2.00 Winter best family 3.00 3.50 Barley No 1 western 59 60c No 2 67 57c Minnesota 60 61c Canada 61 64c Rye No 2 54c in store track 53 54c Butter State creamery 23c western 23c Cheese fancy full cream 11c choice 10 10c light skims 8 9c skim 4 5c Eggs State 19 20c western 11 18c
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New York
City Mills
City
Minnesota
Jersey
Milwaukee
Canada
F.o.b
Hay—Shipping
Western Dairy
Elgins
State
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Buffalo
Graham
Western and Southern
East Buffalo Market Prices Reported for Cattle Sheep and Hogs
East Buffalo November 5 market report lists extra export steers at 5.15 to 5.25, good to choice heavy butchers 2.90 to 3.75, light handy do 3.35 to 3.65, cows and heifers 2.50 to 3.25, calves 2.00 to 4.50, veals 6.50 to 7.00. Sheep and lambs show weth ers 3.25 to 3.35, good to choice sheep 2.65 to 3.00, common to fair 2.00 to 2.25, spring lambs 3.90 to 4.10, common to fair 3.10 to 3.40. Hogs listed heavy 4.75 to 5.8, medium and mixed 4.65 to 4.70, Yorker 4.70, stags 3.25 to 3.50.
Prices for Timothy and straw in Buffalo market
Buffalo market notes list No 1 timothy at 13.00 per ton No 2 at 12.00 common mixed 10.50 baled hay 12.00 loose straw 10.00 baled hay 7.00 per ton Local prices reflect market rates for feed and bedding materials observed November 5.
Invention of Paper Across Ancient Civilizations
The piece surveys early writing materials from stone to papyrus and bark, noting Egyptians’ papyrus method and Chinese bark-pulp process. It contrasts the simplicity of papyrus with the iterative, long-term development of paper making in China, suggesting China refined the craft after initial Egyptian origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
China
Louisiana sugar school opens near New Orleans
A sugar school and experimental station near New Orleans, funded by sugar planters and Hatch bill funds, opened in 1890 with a nine roller mill, laboratories, and a corps of professors led by W. C. Stubbs. Forty pupils enrolled from Louisiana and abroad, with tuition set at 100 dollars for locals and 200 for outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Planters
Louisiana Scientific and Agricultural Association
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Hatchbill
Sugar Planter Fund
New Orleans
The
State University
Baton Rouge
Calhoun
Audubon Park
de Bore
W. C. Stubbs
State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Louisiana
Sugar
Cuba
United States of Colombia
Island of
St. Croix
Hawaii
California
Kansas City
Chicago
Nebraska
Harper’s Weekly
Nations and Territories List Global Rail Lengths
The excerpt lists rail miles by country and region. England and Wales total 14 034 miles. Germany about 21 840 miles. Austria nearly 2 000. Belgium about 2 000. France about 2 000 mostly leased. Scotland state 3 118. Denmark about 1 000. United States of Colombia 218. Bavaria 1 806. Ceylon 181. Ireland 2 691. Chile 670. Baden 829. Bavaria 1 806. CuIna operates all rail. U S of A rail length not specified beyond totals given.
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Chili
Baden
Ireland
CuIna
Ceylon
Belgium
England and
Wales
German Empire
Scotland
Austria
Bavaria
United States
Colombia
Denmark
France
Looked Upon by Time A Poet's Portrait of a Man
A poem recalls a man in youth with a Roman nose and rosy cheek then contrasts aged features with a thin nose resting to his chin a crook in his back and a melancholy laugh as time prunes him. Grandmother recalls the subject as dead and long forgotten by the town crier.
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Warren
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Gilbert F. McNitt
Third Street
J W. Dunkle
Warren Savings Ban Building
Geo. Ball’s
Warren, Pa
Judge Scofield
Liberty Street
J. H. Donly
R. M’calmont
Allen & Sons
Allen Block
Second and
Liberty Streets
Samuel G. Allen
Orren C. Allen
Harrison Allen
K. F. W. Whitcomb
M. E
le G. Ball
Hoffman Block
Room
Attorneys At Law
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Chas. Dinsmoor
Chas. A. Peterson
J T. Donly
Diamond St
Several Courts of Allegheny Co
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Allegheny
Toseph T. Danforth
Second
Perry
Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer
Water Street
Woodard & .Esser
J Norman Davies
M. D. We
A Cc. McAlpin, E
R. W. Stuart
Hazeltine Building
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
Freeman
Hazeltine
Ww. Greaves
BAL & Thompson
Beaty Block
D. I. Ball, Co
C. Thompson
Tindsey & Parmlee
Johnson’s Exchange
M. Lindsey
J. O. Parmlee
H. S. Thomas
Land
Hemlock
East St
J.J. Ronne
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St
W. P. Harrison
Columbua
Vitalis
Man of
Address Remedy Company
Chicago, Il
Siegfried & Co
Quik
Philadelphia Weekly Press
Citizens Nat'l Bank
Mayron Waters
EE. T. Hazeltine
David L. Gerould
L. W. Dennison
M. Waters
P. J. Bayer
C. A. Corwen
P. Hall
E. T. Hazeltin
F. Hoffman
J. M. Siegfried
W. Parshall
N. Greenland
New York Weekly Tribune
Matt. Warren, Pa
Geo. W. Best
Tribune Building
Newark City
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Thomas H. Wickes
Pullen Palace Car Company
Mississippi
Benjamin Harrison
Czarewitch
Alexander III
Robert J
Josh R. Gentry
Jim Daly
Jack Slavin
New York State
W. H. Hale
Patrick
Paris
Democratic State Committee
Saratoga
Europe
Civil Service
George M. Irwin & Co
New York City
Vealing
Elmira
Harrison
Indiana
Porter
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
William Gipp
Dallas
Tex
Thomas B. Reed
Troy
Indianapolis
George Kirk
Florence Schultz
Morton
Washington
Ellerslie
Eugene Oudin
London
Tammany Hall
Wesleyan College
Cardinal Gibbons
Union of All Churches
Mary Walker
Michele Carra Puto
Scott
Denver
Thomas C. Platt
Bill Cook
Red Fork
Moukden
Alix
Nicholas
Ohio River
Owensboro
Cloakmakers' Union
Hartford
Conn
Louisville
San Francisco
Lockhaven
Ogdensburg
Doe
T. W. McNetti
Second St
Liberty
Short Street
Agener
Oxford St
Brooklyn
CanLos Martyn
D. C
Castoria
Epwim F. Parpee
125Th Street
7Th Ave
Tae Centaur Company
Murray Street
New
WM. Spinner
Diamond
Iris
Fpen Jonson
Buffalo Provision Market
East Buffalo
Katie Rosengrant
Ulster
Penn
Hood
Q. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Pitcher’s Castoria
Algernon
Connecticut
Glencog
Norway
Kossuth
Lattte Kine Alfonso
Spain
San Sebastian
Tower Bridge
London Bridge
Bologna
Bible Society
Katholikos
Mount Ararat
Manuel Garcia
Malibran
Mme. Viardot Garcia
GEMS
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Atlanta Constitution
Wagner
James Duffy
Oliver
Bluebeard
Andrew
Sweetheart
Eden
Daniel O'Connell
Dryden
Bryant
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