Diverse Miked Age Notes From Colonial Era Gazette
The column items cover topics from Liberia railway plans to a cotton mill for African American workers in Concord North Carolina. It also notes drought frog behavior in Australia, vegetarian population trends, and revised estimates on Niagara Falls age and height.
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Japan Sea
Concord
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W.C. Coleman
Columbia
S. C
So Dav
Central Australia
Spencer
Niagara Falls
Great Lakes
Charles Lyell
J. W. Spencer
Boston Neglect of Poe Highlighted in Atlantic Comment
A Boston neglect critique notes Poe as a world famous native of the city, lacks a public memorial, cites Baltimore grave unmarked and Poe’s cottage memorial cash. It mentions Poe’s laundry cottage sign near Fordham and Shaming protests plus Atlantic as source.
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Poe
Franklin
Baltimore
Fordham
New York
Atlantic
Alice Pierce a Child Actress Aims for Great Future
The Boston born child actress Alice Pierce, rising with stages from Little Lord Fauntleroy to Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, gains praise from critics for depth in roles under Richard Mansfield. Her mother guides her growth while Mansfield offers private training, pointing to a promising career ahead.
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Bernhardt
America
Miss Pierce
Boston
Alice
Vasta
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New York
Eleanora Duse
Duse
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Hoyt
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the Prince of Wales
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Camille
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Wichita Has Girl Bootblacks
Two young women appeared at the Wichita courthouse selling shoe polish and offered free shine to every man with court business. County officials quipped as the scene drew a stir among officeholders and attendees, with one clerk and county supervisor commenting on the bold act.
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Wichita
Kan
Mackey
Denny
Deacon Wilson
Grace
Mr. Mackey
Courier-Journal to Switch to Twice-Weekly Schedule in 1897
The Courier-Journal announces a 1897 change to a twice-weekly format with Wednesday and Saturday issues. The weekday edition will cover ovens and political topics, while Saturdays will feature stories and miscellany. Prices stay at 1 dollar per year and editorials by Henry Watterson will continue.
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Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
Curiosities in a stump found old coins and counterfeits
Marshfield Wisconsin boys Herman Decker and Anton Muellenbach chopped a stump and uncovered a coffee pot containing an 1850 Upper Bank of Canada copper coin a Spanish 1815 coin a Georgia state claim for nine pounds sterling dated 1786 and a Georgia claim for £25 for services as assemblyman counterfeit shin planters and four proof sheets of counterfeit engraving plates for US currency from one to twenty dollars were found
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Wis
Herman Decker
Anton Muellenbach
Upper Bank of Canada
David Dawson
State of Georgia
Abraham Barrett
Georgia
United States
Ancient Key and Lock at Temple Church in Lord-n
A seven pound key, 1 inch long, hangs on the door of Temple Church in Lord-n with a lock made for it. Both key and lock trace back to the crusades and the Knights Templar who built the church in 1485. The Queen's Household salaries total £131,260.
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Temple Church
Treet Street
Lord-n
Knights Templar
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