Frontier Slayer Captain Fitzwaters Made Famous in Mexico
Captain Jonathan Fitzwaters gained fame on the Mexican frontier after murdering a Pennsylvania man in 1840 and fleeing to Mexico. He drove a government stage between Mexico City and Vera Cruz, surviving multiple bandit ambushes and killing several raiders. He cut off bandits ears as proof of his kills, earned an eight-horse elegant stage, and later aided General Scott in the Mexican War before returning to the United States.
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John Ferris
Jonathan Fitzwaters
New Mexico
Arizona
Ferris
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
el Paso
Fitzwaters
Mexico
City of
Vera Cruz
Uigin
Puebla
Pedro Salazar
Scott
United States Army
Interior
General Scott
Pennsylvania
United States
Hcvil
N. M
St. Louis Globeemocrat
The Case for Permanent Stone Roads and Better Highways
W. H. Ballinger argues that after winter mud the rural road improves isolation from weather with macadam and stone roads. He cites Ontario county New York as proof that investment raises property values and speeds market access, noting Canandaigua miles of good roads and legislative support for funding.
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Telford
Roy Stone
Ontario County
N. Y
Canandaigua
W. H. Ballinger
Demand for National Aid to Build Better Roads
The passage argues for federal support to improve highways into principal towns to help farmers transport crops to stations. It notes farmers have a deep stake, acknowledges constitutional objections, and cites the Washington to St Louis national road as a model of a beneficial, state impacting roadway.
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Washington
St. Louis
Improving Rural Roads to Boost Prosperity
An Exchange note argues for landscaping country roadsides. Maintain a three foot margin from the ditch, clearing weeds and sowing grass to improve appearance, invite travelers, and raise nearby property values.
Clarion on Wagon Ways Demand for Road Improvement
The piece argues that neglect of wagon paths worsens daily and will trigger growing calls for action to remove hindrances to progress, emphasizing the need for decisive infrastructure upgrades.
Good Roads Bonded for Gogebic County Michigan
Gogebic county supervisors approved bonds totaling seventy five thousand dollars to improve local roads and provide work for unemployed miners after an appeal. A separate article notes etiquette study at El mira Female college and shifts in young women's names reflecting social norms. London report finds women doctors trusted but women surgeons still faced hesitation due to limited surgical practice and institutional support.
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Gogebic
Board of Supervisors
Gogebic County
Mich
London
Mrs Stanton Blatch visits to receive MA at Vassar
New York Letter reports Mrs Stanton Blatch visiting the United States to take a second degree at Vassar College, where she earned a Master of Arts. She lectured in New York on women’s suffrage and attended a Cooper Institute mass meeting, praising the American movement and its impact on England.
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Cooper Institute
Mrs. Stanton
England
New York
Miss Rye Advertises for Canadian Child Emigrants
The article notes Miss Rye must now seek Protestant girls aged 10 to 16 who are healthy to aid Canada as child emigrants. It suggests a shift in policy or supply and questions the cause of slowed inflow.
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Miss Rye
Canada
Dominion
London
Taking Her Life In Her Hands
Miss Hamilton a lady doctor leaves India for Cabul to serve the Ameer Abdurrahman's household for six months. She will be guarded by six soldiers with three accompanying her outdoors. An Indian servant joins her as the Indian government disclaims responsibility for her safety. Concurrently Mr Clemence, superintendent of the ameer's stud, travels to Cabal with his wife and a European nurse under the ameer's personal guarantee.
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Miss Hamilton
India
Cabul
Ameer Abdurrahman
Afghanistan
Ameer
Clemence
Ameer’s Stud
Cabal
Amceer
London
Madam Crozy Canna Brings Old Fashioned Reds and Yellows
Mme Crozy introduces a French canna praised for rich color and steady bloom. Outdoors it needs rich soil water and partial shade while its brittle blossoms struggle in high winds, making it best as a conservatory or window plant.
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Mme. Crozy
Mme. Crazy
Profitable Pistillate Varieties in Commercial Cultivation
The most profitable varieties for commercial growers resist soil and climate differences and perform well over wide areas. Pistillate varieties, when properly fertilized, outperform perfect flower types. The value lies in pollen potency, not quantity, and pistillate flowers resist frost better than those with perfect flowers.
Bordeaux spray advises thorough treatment of lower branches
The article stresses applying the bordeaux mixture to the lower branches of low headed trees as they stay moister and more prone to fungous disease. It also notes the scarcity and high price of the yellow flowered calla Richardia elliottii.
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Richardia Elliottii
Miss Catherine H. Spence Tours for Proportional Representation
Miss Catherine H. Spence of Adelaide has left the United States after a year of speaking on proportional representation. She gathered warm supporters during her stay and gave many addresses, with one of her last speeches in Toronto before the Ladies' Political Study club.
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Catherine H. Spence
Adelaide
South Australia
Glasgow
United States
Ladies’ Political Study Club
Toronto
Exchange
Stylish season gowns in black satin moire with lace trim
A description of dress fabrics for the season notes black satin moire and jet trimmed gowns. A spinster aged 82 recently married in Manchester declares no one will call her an old maid. Lady Leconfield to host Rosebery parties during the London season. she is his sister.
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Manchester
Lady Leconfield
London
Lord Rosebery
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