Editorial Summary From a Fragmented 19th Century Ledger
A sprawling column of assorted references to political figures and events. Mentions Anthony Gardner as Liberia president elect, Prince of Wales and General Grant in Britain, Turkish and Russian fronts, and various U.S. political moves. Includes editorials on journalism, civil notices, and organizational efforts in Wyoming Crook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
Anthony Gardner
Liberia
Sornra Prepericka Matilda
Holland
Chinawan
Europe
Joan Laturnop Morey
Kensal Green
Dean Stanley
Duke of Wellington
Apsley House
Grant
Brooklyn
Thayer
Corlett
Crook County
Wyoming Territory
Legislative Assembly
Wyoming
Far West
Messrs
Steele
Jonors
England
United Service Club
London
William
George the
The
Unitedtates
English dinners and after-dinner speeches in Birmingham
The Birmingham mayor hosted a dinner for two eminent English statesmen Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright with city officials in attendance. The event featured aldermanic bowls of turtle soup and excellent port wine, followed by after-dinner speeches reflecting on English tradition and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Gladstone
Mr. Bright
Earthquakes Past and Present Across the World
A vintage article explains how earthquakes originate, their heralding signs, and notable historic quakes. It surveys Lisbon 1755, New Madrid 1811, Chile 1822, Jamaica 1692, and Caracas 1812, noting tsunamis, land elevation, and urban ruin along global coastlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Pacific Ocean
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Antioch
Syria
Justinian
Sea Board
Lisbon
New Madrid
Chile
Port Royal
Jamaica
St. Louis
Mississippi
Caracas
Water spouts and distant storms weather lore
The article explains waterspouts as cloud or water columns forming between cloud masses and the sea or land, describing their cone shapes and rotating motion, notable historical sightings from the Azores in 1811 and England in 1817, and a Calcutta event in 1829. It discusses the whirling wind as the primary cause and notes ongoing questions warranting further study. It also covers related topics including the French thirds estate and current geopolitical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Sabrina
St. Michael’s
Azores
Lancashire
England
Sherwin
Dumdum
Calcutta
Himalaya
Earthquake Links Cause To Shaking Across Distances
The piece notes Quito’s near total ruin from the 1859 quake and the vast loss of life. It explains that the exact cause and rapid distant transmission of earthquake shocks have been debated, with internal earth processes driving the violent movements and resulting vibrations in solid layers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ontology on irregulars in English families and ancestral traits
The speaker reflects on being one of those irregulars who appear in families and are said by physiologists to recall a forgotten ancestral type. Eminent ontologists claim English lineages sometimes trace generations with an unremarked trait surfacing in a son or daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasson
Spain
Caleb Cushing
Washington
Georgia
Atlanta
Ages
Gen
Grant
Apsley House
London
Lehigh Valley
J. McMillan
United States
McEnery
Pinchback
Republican Party
New Orleans
J. Madison Wells
Louisiana Returning Board
McMillan
Ohio
Crook County
Black Hills
Deadwood
Wyoming
Bernard
Bear Gulch
Thayer
Steele
Corlett
Potato Creek
African Gulch
Speirfish Valley
Cheyenne Stage Company
Turkey
Adrianople
Richmond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Constantinople
Hubert Pasha
Stayes
Boston
Harvard Law School
International Typographical Union
Louisville
Joan M. Fannapay
Hirper’s Ferry
Susquehanna
Manhattan Club
New York
Hendricks
San Francisco Morning Chronicle
Senator Sargent
Chronicle
Senator
Ellen Rizpah
Stars and Stripes
Peter H. Penwell
Peter
San Francisco Bulletin
Sargent
South Carolina
Gordon
Wade Hampton
Tts
Northern Central
Baltimore and Potomac Railways
Prince of Wales
General Grant
America
Tre
Brussels
le Nord
St. Petersburg
Danube
Russia
Sultam Kaleh
Causasus
Tax Court of Claims
Senate
Ofice
Grn
Sneripan
Utah
Wappell
Shenandoah
San Francisco
Mexican
H. H. Osaoop
Norwich
Conn
Dially
Old England
Victoria
Radical
Radical Party
M. Fourtien
MacMahon
France
Rustchuk
John Bull
Hobart Pasha
Punch
Atlantic City
Green River
Bryan
Julia
Crook
N. Y. Herald
Maljat
Tks
Ontario
Gren. von Motake
Jerome Park
Fugitive
Red Cloud
Dauntless
Parr A. Wilcox
Granger
Douglass Co
U.S
Ton Svorr
Chicago
Solic
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