Fall of Khartoum Report Reaches British War Office
Telegram from Gen Wolseley via the Sta inst describes Khartoum fell at daybreak on January 2. Rebel riflemen killed Gen Gordon near the Austrian consulate. Austrian consul slain, Greek consul captured. Parag allegedly admitted rebels to Khartoum. cavass Ibrahim Bey Ruddi recounts Gordon and Mahommed Mustapha killed after meeting rebels.
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Naval affairs probe finds Collins charges unfounded
The Committee on Naval Affairs reports Dr. Collins of Minneapolis failed to prove charges that his brother Jerome J. Collins was mistreated during the Jeannette expedition. Evidence shows Jerome Collins was sensitive and clashed with naval discipline, but the committee concludes the accusations are not sustained.
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New York Herald
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Chicago
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New York
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Jeannette
Legislature Passes Several Bills as Session Pauses
The house spent the day in committee on the whole approving many measures including a high school establishment lienau bill and a revised divorce act while indefinitely postponing the county commissioners service bill. Heating issues prompted coats and a temporary adjournment for a legislative reception.
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Senate and House Debate on State Bills and Finances
Senate and House sessions debated education, railroad, and tax bills amid long discussions. Bills proposed new deaf and blind building funds, state census, rail line changes, and various appropriations. A projected two year budget shows 1886 and 1887 needs with tax levy rise to 1.5 mills to cover deficits.
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Wilson
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State Reform School
Lamsey
Reception for legislators crowds state house in St Paul
A reception for the legislature hosted by the common count of St Paul at the state house drew a large, democratic crowd. Invitations numbered about three thousand, with attendance estimates ranging from 4,000 to over 5,000 as people crowded corridors halls galleries and rooms to watch and take part in the festivities amid some discomfort and broad enjoyment.
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Supreme Court Room
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Sledding Prank Turns Kind Deed for Widow Bradley
On a moonlit evening Charlie persuades seven boys to saw and stack wood for Widow Bradley. They haul, pile, and shovel a path to the woodpile then gather shavings from a carpenter shop. The next morning the grateful widow learns of the anonymous kindness and blesses the boys.
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Fred
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Town of Lisbon Ga Lost to Tide of Traffic
An illustration shows Lisbon Ga once a bustling Savannah river port with 30 stores now erased, a town vanished. The text then contrasts rising suicide rates in Saxony and England, and notes an anesthetic variant of cocaine used historically to dull throat pain.
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Savannah River
Minnesota News Condensed: a mix of crimes deaths and trials
Minnesota items report Mormon missionaries expelled from Leroy, deaths of Susan Jordan and Rev Dr Parker, acquittal in a rape case, an arson attempt at Eagle Bend, robberies and lawsuits in multiple counties, railroad tax receipts, and a long list of local incidents including accidents, fires, and legal actions affecting towns like Morris Austin and St Paul.
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Eagle Bend
Todd County
Austin
J L Parker
Riverside
Cal
Elder Parker
Mower County
Beloit Contest Winners Named In State Oratorical Event
Speakers from Beloit Ripon and Milton College competed at the First Congregational Church Beloit with W. J. Gray of Beloit first and G. S. Weiss of Ripon second.
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G.S. Weiss
Billings Library Building at Vermont University Dedicated
The new Billings Library Building at Vermont University will be dedicated at June commencement. It is spacious and fire proof and was erected by a gift of $100000 from Hon. Frederick Billings.
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Samuel Cardwell
Miller
Omaha
Cleveland
Billings
Vermont University
Frederick Billings
Evolution of artillery power through the ages
The article notes a historical jump in artillery capability over twenty five years. It cites a 68 pounder as the most powerful piece previously, with a 1600 feet per second projectile velocity. It then details modern advances: weapon weights rise from five to 100 tons, velocities reach 2000 feet per second, energies exceed 25,000 foot tons, and projectiles expand from 68 to 2000 pounds.
Eggs From the Old World Drive Growing Imports
A World reporter finds a significant share of eggs sold in America are imported from Europe. Since September New York has received over 1.5 million dozen eggs, with Denmark supplying the largest share at the highest prices. Imports from Belgium Germany Hungary and Poland also contribute, and lime cured eggs from Europe sell near or above domestic prices, especially as Lent approaches and domestic supply tightens.
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America
New York World
Europe
United States
New York
England
Belgium
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Atlantic
Washingtons Religion and the Washington Prayer Myth
A writer in The Episcopal Recorder reflects on Rev. Richard M. Abercrombie and Washingtons religious habits. He recalls Washington and his wife attending St. Marys in Philadelphia, notes Washington later avoided communion, and questions reports of him praying aloud in the woods at Valley Forge as possibly mythic. The piece traces family links through John Potts and discusses credibility of sources and Morgan L. Weems.
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Richard M. Abercrombie
St. Matthew’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Jersey City
Philadelphia
James Abercrombie
Samuel Johnson
Christ's
St. Peter’s
George Washington
Washington
Philadelhia
Ambercrombie
Sprague
Valley Forge
Morgan L. Weems
John Potts
Pottsgrove
James
Temple
London
Court of Common Pleas
Halifax
Jonathan
Edinburgh
Middle Department
Surplus Mines of Sicily Unearth Hidden Sulphur Riches
In Sicily during the end of the Middle Miocene the sulphur bearing area rose and lakes formed, depositing sulphur with gypsum tripoli and silicious limestone. Seams reach up to twenty eight feet with black marl layers, total thickness about one hundred feet in rare cases. Surface workings use boys to haul ore, below four hundred feet requires machinery, remaining beds remain largely untapped. Estimates place remaining life from fifty to two hundred years with about 250 mines and 4367 calcaroni reported fifteen years prior.
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C. G. Warnford
Popular Science Monthly
Scientific Education Promotes Truth and Integrity
A February Popular Science Monthly article argues scientific education trains mental integrity. It asserts culture’s history is driven by imagined standards later tested against unrelenting facts, and true science rejects sacred opinions, embracing doubt, error examination, and probable conclusions.
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Popular Science Monthly
The Snow Angel Christmas Dream Carved in Marble
A Brattleboro tale unfolds of a boy who carves a Snow Angel from snow and dreams of stone. He toils through years, seeking lasting craft in a distant land, while the vision guides his life and work, culminating in a marble Angel. Wallace Bruce, Harper's Magazine.
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Wallace Bruce
Harper's Magazine
The Boy Who Won Himself on the River Steamer
On a Mississippi steamship in 1848 a poker game turns into a moral drama as a cotton planter auctions a girl and boy, Ninette and Tommy, to raise money. Judge Underwood uses a dice contest to grant the boy a chance at freedom, sparking a public plea and a dramatic final roll that seals their fate. Ninette later becomes the judge’s housekeeper and Tommy his trusted aide.
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Kentucky
Henry Clay
Natchez
Wackman
Clay
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Women of wealth in dresses spark fashion debate
A Washington Post writer recalls actresses noted for costly wardrobes led by Mrs Florence and Mme Theo. She describes Mrs Florence's expensive gowns in detail and mentions Mme Theo praising French dressmakers. The piece laments dress-writing and notes the writer destroyed an earlier article.
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Rhea
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Virat
Paris
Virgin of the Napkin and Murillo’s Capuchin paintings
The article recounts Murillo painting twenty life size pictures for Capuchins over nearly three years while in their convent. Seventeen moved to Cadiz for safety during Napoleonic wars, later returned to Seville. The Madonna known as La Virgen dela Servilleta or Virgin of the Napkin owes its origin to a napkin given by a convent cook, who asked Murillo for a keepsake. The painting shows the Virgin with child Jesus leaning forward toward viewers and is famed for its brilliant color.
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Royal carriage ride in Paris draws notices of guests
Lord Malmesbury's Memoirs recount a royal journey to Paris in a large omnibus. Morny and Walewski accompany Morny’s duchess and American maid in waiting amid a critique of the ladies’ fashion and behavior. The empress faces the procession with amused restraint.
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Lord Malmesbury
Austin Dosson Edits Volume of Selections from Steele
Austin Dosson is editing a new volume titled Selections from Steele, compiling notable excerpts and scholarly notes. The project aims to illuminate Steele shared themes and historical context through curated passages and commentary.
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Steele
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