Diamond Digging in South Africa Reveals Vast Kimberley Mines
A London Times correspondent chronicles Kimberley mining, detailing the diamond trade's vast scale. It explains the open-veld mining process from initial digging to washing and sorting, the shift to deep quarries, falling prices, and mounting thefts from crews and machines, with losses running into hundreds of thousands yearly.
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London Times
Kimberley
South Africa
Europe
United States
Brazil
Kerley
Vaal
Diamond Dells
Typhoid Fever Strikes Plymouth Penn With Filth-Fueled Outbreak
Wilkesbarre May 8 Plymouth a borough of about 10000 near Scranton faces a severe typhoid fever epidemic. Four weeks in, about 1200 sick and around 75 deaths. Water contamination from winter filth thawed into hydrant supply tied to outbreaks. Poor sanitation and no sewers blamed. a nurse corps and drug fund are being organized as relief struggles to reach the destitute and a worst period is feared.
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Plymouth
Penn
Wilkesparre
Wilkesbarre
Plymouth Water Company
Proportion of Error and Trespass in Communities
George Alfred Townsend reflects on society’s tolerance of private misdeeds and the fallout from divorce and blackmail. He cites Sallie Reber and Charles Thorne, critiques sensationalism, and warns that easy divorces corrode social bonds while urging a robust, issue driven American literature over decorative sensationalism.
Tariff Debate at New England Farmers Meeting
Josiah Quincy argues for tariff reform at a New England farmers discussion in the Ploughman building. Colonel Needham presided as speakers including Lamphrey White and Aldrich reinforced protectionist views while the gathering adjourned to continue next Saturday.
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Josiah Quincy
New England
Ploughman Building
Daniel Needham
England
United States
Charles Lamphrey
White
Aldrich
Needham
Saturda
Experiment on Language Sparks Debate and Tragic Death
A Paris society tested if a child would speak naturally without teaching. Two infants raised by a deaf mute in the Alps spoke only animal sounds. The experiment failed, contradicting scientific predictions. In Wheeling, Abraham Crites of Crites Mountain, known as the By skeleton, died at 40 pounds undernourished, his body gaunt and frail.
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New York
Sallie Reber
Shakespeare
Earl of Southampton
Charles Thorne
Daniel Rochat
Gambetta
Garret
Philadelphia
Thorne
Hfe
Nell Gwynne
Mr. Fish
Hor
Standard Theatre
Iolanthe
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Paris
Alps
Wheeling
Wa. V
Abraham Crites
Crites Mountain
Water Plow Aids Harbor Sand Bar Removal
A water plow, invented by Civil War general Joy Stone, is used to remove a giant sand bar blocking New York harbor. Tom Conkling, an experienced diver, tests the device by drilling into the reef eighteen to nineteen feet below the surface, remarking it will work if the water stays on. The report also mentions a tonic claim for Lie ig Co s Coca Beef Sonic and a physician’s endorsement.
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Harper's Weekly
New York Harbor
Joy Stone
Bucktail
Tom Conkling
China
Tom
Spring Hair Fashion in Boston Foretells a Fresh Look
A humorous Boston column notes that spring arrives with a rite of passage for men who crop beards and hair to suit summer styles. It recounts Mr Hair Enough’s beard saga, a wager in Chicago, and the family nickname Thomas the cat, ending with a child’s playful question about hair shears.
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Boston
General Observer
Brown
Mr. Hair
Chicago
Blaine
Hairenough
Hame
Mr. Hairenough
Little Johnnie
Johnnie
Homas
Thomas
Bac
LASHED TO THE RIGGING OF Harmonie Crew Trapped Two Days
The Harmonie crew abandoned in waterlogged conditions near 45 58 N 17 80 E were rescued by the Lucille of Belfast Me after drifting two days. Captain Larsen and six sailors were hauled to safety by longboat, then cared for aboard the Lucille. The Harmonie, a Norwegian bark bound Pensacola to London with lumber, was wrecked April 6 with its hull partially submerged and the crew lashed to the mizzen rigging. The rescuers reported all survivors in good condition on arrival. The Harmonie’s owner was listed as J. T. Jensen of Arendal.
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Harmonie
New York
Lucille
Belfast
Lawrence
Liverpool
Pensacola
London
Larsen
Norway
J. T. Jensen
Arendale
How Edgar Allan Poe Died Story of the Physician
Dr John J Moran of Falls Church Virginia recounts Poe death at Washington Hospital in 1849 1850. He disputes delirium tremens as the cause noting encephalitis and exhaustion from exposure. Poe was conscious for hours after admission and dictated letters before dying whispering a plea for a ransom for the deathless spirit.
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New York
John J. Moran
Falls Church
Edgar Allen Poe
Washington College University Hospital
Poe
Washington Hospital
Rufus R. Griswold
Sarah E. Shelton
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Townsend
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Mexico
Fish
Poeconaneas
Missouri
America
St. Louis
Globe
Washington
Sheridan
Beyer
Eugene Mann
George Cruikshank
Pierce Egan
Cruikshank
Hawthorne
Salem Sociable
George Alfred ‘Townsend
NEW England Grangers
Lie Ig Co
Sonic
H. Goulson
Grand Duke of
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Goldsmith
Milwaukes
Albert Hubbard
Ayer
C. A. Wheeler
Clifford
Mass
C. J. Bodemer
Columbia St
Cambridgeport
Ann H. Farnsworth
Woodstock
Henry H. Davis
Nashua
N. H
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk CO
Hudson Street
Voltaic Breet Co
Marshall
Mich
Norsk
Ucles
West Hoeven Manufacturing Works
West Haven
Coun
St Mylz
Winchester
Winchester & CO
Bey &T
Pearl 3
NEW York & Havana Cigar Company
NEW York & Wavasa Cigar ,Co
James A. Bliss
West
Concord St
Masa
H. Treskow
W. Lath St
J.H. Reeves
Chatham St
THE
Marston CO
Lth
Fowler
Moodus
Sudwig
Empire Copying Co
Canal Street
N.Y
Ve. Hathaway
Washington St
W. HL. Slocum
Butalo
N. Yuu
JONES
Reed & CO
Nassau, N. Y
Tatwyt
Liberty
George Cooper
A. Rothstein
France
New York City
Brooklyn Bridge
Randeur
Benjamin W. Hit
He Cock
Sun Building
Nassau St
F. B, Rich
Enat Pton
Conn
P. O
T. A. Slocum
Earl St
Kane
Mhs
Ward & CO
Louisiana
St. Phila. Pachao
San Luis Park
Col
Boma& Stead
Colorado Loan and Trust Co
Denver
Globe Bmfg. Co
Address Reliables Co
John H. McAlvid
Lowell
New England Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Aia
Grover Cleveland
Reform
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