Emous cigar stories reveal royal smoke in the Diet era
A fragment recounts Rechberg and others sharing cigars amid a Military Commission session. The Prussia Austria dynamic fuels interest as Schrenich Nostitz and Others join in smoking while Darmstadt and Wartenberg abstain. The scene mingles humor with political ceremony.
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Rechberg
Military Commission
Rochow
Austris
Gelgar
Austria
Prussia
Schrenich
Nostitz
Bothmer
Wertenberg
Darmstadt
Wartenberg
Early Railways and Locomotives Chronicle
A historical sketch traces rail transport evolution from wooden tramways of 1600s England to the advent of steam power. It covers key figures such as Trevethick Stephenson and Seguin, notable locomotives like the Rocket and Ironside, and the rise of American rail engineering including Charleston and Savannah lines. The narrative notes technical advances, wagon design, and the spread of locomotive use across Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
England
Elizabeth
Newcattie-on-Tyne
Liverpool
Richard Trevethick
London
South Weer
Georege Stephensor
Killingworth Iery
M. Seguin
Nouen
St. Edenne
St. Euenne
Lyone
Hoslea
Robert Stephenson
Steem
Liverpool and Manchester Ralway Company
Stephenson
America
Delaware and
Hedsom
Lazerde County
Hasesdale
Stuckridge
New
D. Hotlisver
Lackawanons Valley
Hanesda'e
Lackawanna
Actus
Horatie Pillens
Pacaed
Asfety
Ener ‘Atcoag
Maj. Alles
E. S. Miller
Charleston
Messer. Kemble
New York
South Carolina Railroad
Savannah River
T Ie
Horatio Aflea
Faropa
Iren
Charleston and
Enited
Okarleston and
Hamburg
South Carolina
Rai
Matthias W. Baldwin
Philadelphia
Germantown
Oib
Freeman
Legendary Norwegian Runner Mensa Menaen Pushed Limits Across Europe
The article chronicles the extraordinary endurance feats of Mejnsen Men se, a Norwegian shipping runner famed for long distance sprints. From London to Portsmouth in nine hours to Paris to Moscow, his journeys under royal patronage and through deserts, with minimal sustenance, are recounted. He died near a palm tree outside a village in Upper Egypt after a Nile expedition bid.
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Mani
Bergen
Norway
Rece
London
Ab Inst & Leary
Hin Abip
Menwea
Portsmouth
Liverpool
Mensen
Navaring
Paria
Moscow
Kremlin
Europe
Ros
Munich
Jane
Bavaris
Otto
Greece
Nauplia
Daly L
Kitch Beet India Company
Mensea
Oslenttz
Constantinople
Ada
Nile
Prince Puckler, Moskan
Egypt
Menaen Handso Mely
Muskan
Silesia
Jerusalem
Cairo
The
Upper
Byane
Fragmentary note on a Roma brief tour and audience reactions
A manager who had just retained a Roma brief tour with an improvised opera troupe reflects on Italy. He contrasts audiences in Rome where locals are quick to react with lines and noise to the audience in other places. He notes the differing reception and staging styles, praising lively engagement while criticizing cold, silent crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roma
Italy
Rome
Peril and Progress in Rail Work and Naples Street Scene
Before the February Car Builders meeting, D A Hopkins warned of winter dangers to railway workers who must traverse icy running boards between cars. He urged closer car spacing and iron handholds to reduce deaths, and cautioned that cheap contract cars spurn better iron and wood. In Naples, an aging widow scavenged for coins on Via Toledo, then a municipal guard haul revealed a Cinderella-like wards of a fallen streetworker while the city faced harsher conditions and an exhausted railway project with raging ice and sinking water during freight operations for the Northern Pacific Railway construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mastarget
Guanes
Rio Grande
Laredo Dowr
Tan
Actiog
Larassey
Car Builders' Association
D. A. Hopkins
Tia Catena
Iris
Toledo
Naples
Mendicants
Pacffc
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Cafere Belt
Peck
Apc Soc
Bitrin
A Feners
Sonteerser Ped
Texas
Pequantanse
Corpus Chinet
Laredo
Palo Alto
Tagana
Trinidad
Texas Frontier Fire
Frontier
Paris
Lisbet
Atoll
Parla
Casaland
Thiesa Exploration
Equatorial Regions
Cadasette
Peruse Walcomo Ligut
Ronan “Do
Dr. Bellay
France
Equatorial Africa
Gaboon
Gala
Savorghan de Brasza
Br. Bellay
Weat
Senegal
Hamon
de Brases
Bellay
Lope
Ogowal
Atlantic
Pung
Doame
M. de Braces
Dubme
Abava
Panbara
Godle
N'yambo
E Lane
SS de Crazza
Dr. Belley
Berex
Quartermaster Hamen
Poubara
Mi de Brazza
Belgium
Mexico
Dangera
Morse
Ste
Hepra
Scar Druggist
Stockwell Steam Mills
Galt
Ontario
Femilles
Viirdieg
Chetek Vorhood
Binger
Saeed Pod Gane
the Singer Mfg Co
Pillow, Hersey & Co
Montreal
Shay
Poninlor
Canada
Mse Coyne
Fér
Coyms
Hudson
Pacrorit Bacsaw
Sii
Yonge &T
Toronto
Fife
Rpeta Urce
Ck. Wirong
Jane Mast
Desiers
Oshawa Cabinet Co
Yonge
Tuosert
Winder
Moottea
Farmara
John St. South
Hamiltgg
Vilage
Dominion
Macosuzae
P.O
Tupob
Orr Messas
Mencus
Brrrczy
Pesasos
Bodhia
Cary Ae
Business Directory
James Filaon
Sherbourne Street
Adelaide
Waton & Hapgart
J.B. Wedd
King
Rossin’ House
Palace Hote
Mort
Fei
ARK Brahmas
Teror
Pry
Fame Wao
Matthews & Bro
Tonge Street
Toronto Bay
Casino
Poser
Masofactory
oSuary
Doan & Bon
Draston
Ryker
Vienna
Haliburton
F. E. Dixon &C
Rey
Ene
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