Textile distress and German industry crisis analyzed
The Ostdeutsche Presse excerpt describes severe hardship in German labor and textile sectors as foreign markets shrink and coal costs rise. Weavers and spinners face reduced wages and layoffs while iron and steel pace fluctuates. Consular notes warn of a turning point with rising unemployment, higher living costs, and fading export markets reducing German industrial momentum.
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Germany
Erzgebirge
Euurope
United States
John F. Winter
Annaberge
South Africa
Transvaal
China
England
The
Orient
South America
Balkan States
Greiz
ASB Abapwas
Hans Ceee
Germany’s Needle Trade Slows as Imports Plummet
Germany imported needles worth 30720 during the first half of this year while exporting 16929660 in sewing and knitting needles, showing a 30 percent rise from 1899. China led buyers at 56.7 percent, with France, Austria Hungary and British India each around 4 percent.
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Germany
China
France
Austria-Hungary
British East India
Finest New York pulpit installed at All Angels Church
All Angels Episcopal Church at West End Avenue and Eighty First Street has acquired what is described as the finest pulpit in America. Designed by Karl Bitter and donated by Mrs. Sarah Cornell in memory of her husband and two sons, the Italian Renaissance style features Moses with the law tablets and prophets on the foundations, a surrounding choir rail, and an angelic canopy above. A first use altar and reredos, funded by the Hoffman family in memory of the most herald Petron, is installed in the same church.
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West End Avenue
Eighty-first Street
America
Karl Bitter
Sarah Cornell
New York Herald
Moses
Hoffman
Herald
Petron
Wave Learns to Rainbow: A Spofford Poem Moment
A small wave resists hush orders and declares a desire to become a rainbow. The sun and wind collide as the wave leaps to catch light, flashing seven colors for a glorious minute. The verse consoles workers by urging them to recall that rainbow when labor grows hard.
A Boy's Composition and Choppie the Traveler
A boy recalls a crash of a turkey gobbler in Ohio and fall memories of Thanksgiving traditions from early settlers with wild turkeys and pumpkins. Choppie the Traveler, a white whiskered cat, travels Atlantic routes with a mistress and hums to piano music in hotels and on ships.
Noiseless Ring Game Promises Household Fun
A short note describes using small rubber rings from preserve jars as a simple game accessory for lively amusement, suggesting their versatile use beyond sealing jars. The item hints at household ingenuity and playfulness with common objects.
Interesting Pub Game Matches Ring Toss On Board
A group crafts a circular board with ten numbered coat hooks and a hanging hole. Players throw rubber rings from about ten feet, aiming to hook them on the board scoring points. The winner must reach exactly 100 points, using strategic choices such as aiming for No.4 when near the target.
Choppie the Tortie Cat Follows Louise Across Lands
A half starved little kitten named Choppie wandered onto a hotel window ledge in London one foggy night. Louise and her mother took it in, fed it warm milk, and the cat became Louise’s constant companion on travels through Italy Switzerland and the British Isles.
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Louise
Secon
Chappie
Italy
Switzerland
British Isles
Wizard Hess swindled Indianapolis women in palmistry scam
In Indianapolis a 50 year old healer known as Dr Herman Hess used a slate to claim spirit messages and offered marriage proposals while taking cash and valuables from over a hundred victims. He and a younger woman presented as his sister were said to have left the city ahead by about 1000 before disappearing.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Herman Hess
Mary Stewart
Lottie Milburn
Anna Cole
Lillie E. Carpenter
Hess
Dr. Hess
Pony San Jose Slays Rattlesnake During Nutting Trip
California farmer’s pony San Jose defends three children by stomping a rattlesnake. The animal kicked hoofs together and leaped the coil twice, breaking the serpent into pieces and saving the kids during a nutting expedition. The grateful family treats the pony as a pet.
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California
San Jose
Gold in Indiana Sparks Prospecting Boom in Warwick County
Reports from Boonville say northern Warwick county near Lynnville yields placer gold. Dr. G O Wilde found ore float on his farm, quartz assay showed gold and silver in paying quantities. Boonville and Lynnville attract many prospectors as Wilde forms a mining company with 100.60 dollars capital and Indianapolis leaders join the venture.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Boonville
Warwick County
Lynnville
G. O. Wilde
Little Hoosier Village
Nature kind in California and the drought era
The International Monthly contrasts New England farming with California living. It argues Californians enjoy leisure during drought, with ample horses and fruit crops, fewer purchases, and a flexible lifestyle. Summer hospitality, reading, hunting, and camping define the free-dweller’s routine as weather is largely predictable.
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New England
International Monthly
Wary Engineer Slows Train on Repaired Bridge
Delphi Ind Nov 23 A south bound Monon passenger train was saved from wreck on the Wabash bridge when Engineer O fern instinctively slowed as the bridge gave way. The recently reinforced bridge with iron trestles settled three stringers broke the engine and carriages remained near the ground keeping the train from disaster.
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Delphi
Ind
O'fern
Wabash
Mystery defalcation at Sedalia elevator firm
Flora Indiana reports Thomas J. Chissom, two years manager of the Kerlin and Ryan elevator, has disappeared. Thomas Ryan says Chissom is short in accounts but the amount is unknown. Ryan offers no further comment beyond Chissom’s disappearance and misaccounted funds.
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Flora
Ind
Thomas J. Chissom
Kerlin & Ryan
Sedalia
Thomas Ryan
Chissom
Ryan
Grand Trunk Western Railway Incorporation Records
The Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. was incorporated under Indiana laws in Indianapolis on Thursday. Capital stock is $6,000,000. The railroad consolidates Port, Huron & Indiana and Indiana & Illinois lines, connecting in St. Joseph county on the Michigan-Indiana line. Incorporators reside outside Indiana. Incorporation fee was $300.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Trunk Western Railway Co
Port, Huron & Indiana
Indiana & Illinois
St. Joseph County
Michigan
Prominent Indiana Farmer Dies After Fear of Hydrophobia
Warsaw Indiana November 22 William George a well known farmer died from insanity attributed to hydrophobia fear. He believed a bite in September from a mad dog caused the illness and his broodings led to the fatal end. He had come here from Payne Ohio two years ago.
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Warsaw
Ind
William George
Payne, C
Mishawaka Man Fatally Struck by Switch Post on Train
Mishawaka Indiana November 23 J N Fetterly of Elkhart riding toward Chicago leaned from a Lake Shore train platform and his head struck a switch post knocking him from the train. He will probably die.
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Mishawaka
Ind
J. N. Fetterly
Elkhart
Chicago
Lake Shore
Deserter Charles Backman Arrested in Evansville
Charles F. Backman 23 a U S deserter was arrested in Evansville Indiana He says he left Leavenworth Kansas because he did not get enough to eat He was stationed there and was 23 years old.
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Evansville
Ind
Charles F. Backman
United States
Leavenworth
Kan
Guilty of Soliciting a Bribe
A court found an individual guilty of soliciting a bribe in a noon session. The defendant, linked to a local case, faced charges arising from alleged improper conduct involving a bribe offer.
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Higgins
Guilety
de M
Death After Polling Ride Hears Final Rally Cry
Adam White a former slave of Jeff Davis in Jeffersonville Indiana dies from lockjaw after being transported to a polling place to vote. He had supported the Republican ticket and reportedly planned to salute with a gun but the hammer struck carpet causing a discharge. He spoke of four more years of prosperity before dying.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Adam White
White
Jeff Davis
Beveridge
Clumsy Robbery Unfolds in Indiana Town
In Sullivan on November 24 a U S Express package from Debearbo to Farmersburg was opened after arrival. The Farmersburg seal was used and $146 in paper money stolen. Constable W S McGlone arrested Robert Angell, a junior clerk at the E and T A office, who confessed. Five years earlier the Farmersburg office was robbed by agent George McCammon who took $5,000 and fled to Texas.
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Angell
Farmersburg
George McCammon
Texas
Boy Baby Found Dead Near Vandalia Tracks
Charles Ackery, while hunting near the Vandalia tracks in Brazil Indiana, found a dead boy baby. He buried the child and notified Coroner Mershon who, with two detectives, is seeking the mother. It is believed the infant was thrown from a through passenger train during the night.
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Brazil
Ind
Charles Ackery
Ackery
Mershon
Anderson honors brave Mrs Vanpetten with police medal
In Anderson Indiana on November 23 the city presented Mrs S L Vanpetten with a police bravery medal for catching a burglar at her home and keeping him there until officers arrived two weeks earlier.
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Anderson, Ind
Anderson
Dunlap
S. L. Vanpetten
Burglary Suspect Shot By Homeowner In Knightstown
Herbert Holland surprised a burglar in his Knightstown home on Friday night. The intruder struck him and fled. Holland pursued and shot the thief in the back, possibly fatally injuring him.
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Knightstown
Ind
Herbert Holland
Holland
Manhunt in Verre Waute After Farm Killing
J Wes ley Beatty who shot and killed David A Nine Tuesday morning remains at large. A well laid plan is expected to lead to capture as authorities believe he has returned to his farm in Verre Waute Indiana.
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Verre Waute
Ind
J. Wesley Beatty
David A
Capitalists pursue gas lamp plant near Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on November 24 capitalists from Indianapolis are negotiating over a gas making plant site near Muncie. The plant would produce lamps and chimneys exclusively. Promoter names are not yet obtainable.
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Muncie
Ind
Indianapolis
Old Gabe and the Turkey Gift on Thanksgiving
In a poor cabin Old Gabe seeks food as Thanksgiving nears. He finds turkeys perched in a dead tree and fires, bringing home a bounty to feed his wife and children. He credits the Lord and a whispered blessing for the sudden harvest.
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Gabe
Two Men Injure Each Other in Factory Fight Fatally
In Kekomo Indiana Jas Orne and Omar Wilson employees of the American Strawboard Co clashed with a knife and a scale weight Friday night. Orne died from his injuries after the altercation at the factory.
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Kekomo
Ind
Jas. Orne
Omar Wilson
American Strawboard Co
Thanksgiving Feast Turns to Turkey Wreck in Verse
A succinct poem recalls a Thanksgiving feast on a frugal board. Each person gives thanks to the Lord as they enjoy unwonted fare. After the meal, the once proud bird is left a wreck, its beauty gone.
Quicksliver Flasks Description in 19th Century Text
The passage describes flasks for transporting quicksilver made of boiler iron. They are cylindrical and about 32 inches in length.
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