Buried Cities of Britain and France Unearthed
Excavations in London reveal ancient relics beneath a 1840s foundation including Roman remains and Venetian glass with a boundary site of religious significance. Finds in Laussel France show three 3000-year-old bas-reliefs and animal friezes suggesting early civilization challenging evolution theories. Prince Roland Bonaparte noted for science and vast libraries is highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paternoster Row
London
Paterhoster Tow
British Archaeological Soviety
Laussel
Dordogne
France
Durban Leads Union in Telephone System Adoption
Durban has the only mantelpil telephone system in the Union of South Africa. The number of telephones in use is greater there in proportion to population than in any other town in the Union. Durban is also the only city in the Union using American telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durban
Union of South Africa
Pioneer Beale recounts a life of desert trails and sea deeds
Stephen Bonsal profiles Truxtun Beale, born in the navy, who aided Kearny at San Pasqual, carried dispatches with Kit Carson, surveyed western routes, and became California’s Indian affairs chief. The piece details his bravery, travels, clashes with Indians, governance under Stockton, land purchases, and his enduring legacy as a western pathfinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndward Fitzgerald Beale
Stephen Bonsal
Truxton
San Pasqual
Kit Carson
Stockton
San Diego
General Kearny
Beale
California
Bayard Taylor
Pacific
Reales
Nim
Kearny
San Vasequal
Benton
Iil Carson
San Bernardo
Alfarez
Don Andres
Senator Benton
Peter the Great
Commodore Stockton
Washington
Gila
Carson
Kit
Walter Colton
Congress
Colton
Alde
Monterey
Fillmore
Nevada
Texas
Arkansas
Culifornia
Felipe
Welipe
Chester
Pennsylvania
Canby
Chivington
Modoc
Captain Jack
United States
Charley
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Lincoln
General Beale
Joaquin Miller
William the Conqueror
Fremont
Archilete
Old Kit
Alexis Godey
Pathfinders
Bonsal
Parliament Reminiscences Recall 1863 Speech Mockery
A passage from William Jeans' Parliamentary Reminiscences recalls a 1863 debate on Exhibition building purchases. Sir Charles Wood spoke for the government while Grant Duff delivered acrid ridicule calling the speech a broken interjectionary jumble. No response from the Speaker is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jeans
Commons
Charles Wood
Grant Duff
Mr.Jeans
Nerviline credited by farmer for stomach relief
G J H Braun of Lethbridge asserts Nerviline cured his hiccoughs cramps and gas after indigestion from unripened fruit and vegetables. He reports rapid relief after half a teaspoon in hot water and endorses Nerviline as safe and effective for cramps diarrhoea and stomach disorders with dealers listed in Buffalo New York and Kingston Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J H. Braun
Lethbridge
Alta
Braun
Catarrhozone Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Kingston
Canada
Fort William
Port Arthur
Duluth
Palmerston Glances at Mr Grant Dutt in Mutual Remark
Lord Palmerston turned and gave Mr Grant Dutt a look that signals disapproval toward a mutinous or misbehaving supporter. The scene captures a prime minister’s stern rebuke in a parliamentary moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Palmerston
Mr. Grant Dutt
Stivenger Plans Electric Heat For City and Businesses
The Stivenger Norway electric plant seeks city council approval to contract up to 1000 horsepower for heating dwellings and commerce. Proposed price is 75 dollars per horsepower yearly. Government and city buildings would also be heated. Population 8000, water power capacity 25000 water horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stivenger
Norway
Stuyeneer
Prosperous County Farmer Builds Wealth with Fifty Years
Henry Johnson, a wealthy Tennessee farmer from a single county, began with little. By thrift and shrewd business, he acquired LT acres and divided them into seventeen farms. He grows cotton and owns balers, crushers, and sorghum mills. He is about fifty with limited education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Johnson
County
Tennessee
Johnson
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Zam Mone
Britain
Roland Bonaparte
Niapoleon I
Prince Toland
Roland
Suriname
Murine Eye Romendy Co
Kendall
Mr. Bricm
Icelandic River
Man
Kendall CO
Encoburg Falls
U.8
Mr. Heap
el Capitan Grande
Laglilitda
Mr. Braun
THE
Imperial Oil Company, Limited
Thompson, Sons & CO
Grain Commission Mhchants
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
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