Juneist History Highlights from 1593 to 1881
A compact chronicle lists notable events and births across centuries. It notes Christopher Marlowe’s 1593 death, Lord Howe’s 1794 victory over the French, John Buchanan Floyd’s birth in 1807 and death in 1862, Thomas Ferry’s life dates, Thomas Sumter’s passing, 1832, Canada’s first postage, 1871, Louis Napoleon’s death, the Tranby Croft trial in 1891, and Senator Redfield Proctor’s Vermont lineage and career from 1867 onward including his role in wartime defense and Vermont senate service.
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Christopher Marlowe
Lord Howe
Bay of Biscay
John Buchanan Floyd
Thomas W. Ferry
United States
Michigan
Thomas Sumter
South Carolina
Virginia
Sir M. Seymour
Commodore Keppel
Lincoln
James Buchanan
Canada
Prince Louis Napoleon
South Africa
Redfield Proctor
United States Senate
Vermont
Proctorsville
Vermont House of Representatives
W. F. Smith
Harrison
Watervliet
Senate
Barringer Chosen President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute
At Blacksburg a meeting of the board elected Dr. Paul Barringer of the University of Virginia as president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute to succeed Dr. J. M. McBryde. Barringer, unanimously chosen, will assume duties September 1, with McBryde remaining until then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Visitors
Blacksburg
Paul Barringer
University of Virginia
J. M. McBryde
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Barringer
Dr. McBryde
J. Thompson Brown
Messrs
H. M. Smith
P. F. St. Clair
C. G. Kizer
Man Tried to Kill Sister by Feeding Pins
Paris reports Gersaint attempted to murder his sister at Tassin by forcing pins and needles into her food. Neighbors heard pleading as doctors later extracted 72 pins from her body. The siblings, co heirs to a shared estate, faced arrest for the brother after the alarming incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gersaint
Tassin
Department
Rhone
Mile
Japanese Prince Sadanaru Fushimi Leaves Liverpool for Canada
Ottawa reports a London cable dispatch stating Prince Sadanaru Fushimi of Japan, who has spent time with English royalty, is sailing from Liverpool to Canada as part of his state visit itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
A_ cable
London
Sadanaru Fushimi
Neat on Tobacco Improves i Like Roasting Improves Green Coffee
Farmers use sun sun air and flue curing for tobacco. Flue curing heats barns to develop stimulating aroma like roasting coffee. Piedmont tobacco shows less sweetness and stronger flavor. Schnapps chewing tobacco is advertised as more economical and popular, sold at 50 cents per pound and smaller 5 and 10 15 cent plugs.
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Piedmont Region
United States
Bluefield
Prince Fushimi To Visit Canada En Route To Japan
A Japanese prince, born 1858 and cousin to the mikado, sails from Liverpool for Canada then Japan. He plans brief stops in major cities across Canada, may receive honors of a sovereign, and has a history including battles against China, the Port Arthur campaign, and representation at the St. Louis exposition.
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Liverpool
Canada
Japan
Vancouver
Prince Fushimi
China
St. Petersburg
Yar
Port Arthur
Nanshan
Supreme Council of War
St. Louis Exposition
National Dairy Exposition at Stockyards in Chicago
Farmers stockmen and dairymen from across the United States will attend the National Dairy Exposition at Union Stock Yards Chicago in October. The event, affiliated with the national corn show at the Coliseum, will showcase dairy sanitation, machinery demonstrations, herd displays, and lectures by leading agricultural college experts. Cash prizes totaling ten thousand dollars plus medals will be awarded, with multiple conventions for dairymen creamery men and dairy stock raisers held during the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Union Stock Yards
Coliseum
United States Department of Agriculture
National Association of Dairy Instructors
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Heals Chronic Sore for North Carolina Man
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina reports a decades long sore healed after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The ad guarantees relief for piles burns and related conditions and promotes a 25 cent price at all druggists. Also notes a week of polite vaudeville Bright Lights opening Monday at the Red Lot.
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John Garrett
North Mills
N. C
Red Lot
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed as Cough Remedy
A. A. Herren of Finch Ark praises Foley's Honey and Tar as best for coughs colds and lung trouble claiming it cured consumption in early stages. Sold by G. H. Wade.
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A. A. Herren
Finch, Ark
Foley
G. H. Wade
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Rayo
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Getlemen
W. H. Cunningham
Pittman
Bluefield Normal and Business Institute
Tyler Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Bluefield Water Works
WM. McCarthy
Eng’r & Supt. CO
G. Betelle
Gaskier
Bluefield Ice Cream Company
Bluefield Ave
Holimiboe & Lafferty
Architects
Bluefield Permanentey
M.R. Emmons Real Estate
Agen
W. 8. Crockett, F. D
Princeton Avenue
Crockett and
Graham Block
M. S. Thompson & Co
W. Va
Dr. Barringer
Prince
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
Orino
Grocer’s Quickly
Gingerville
National Biscuit
Poktatge
Theo. Dilger
Jeweler
GleaningiVainspring
Dilger
D. B. Baldwin
THE
Pioneer Real Estates
First National Bank
Votary Publio
E. L. Shufflebarger
Sohn Building
Hetherington, Garter & Co
Biofield
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