Spain Farm Population Surpasses Three Quarters on Farms
The article notes that over 75 percent of Spain’s population lives on farms. It discusses Kansas farmers planning to plant over 400,000 trees this spring and cites various reflections on agriculture and trade, including cotton crops, Switzerland’s exports, and Georgia’s cotton acreage and sea island output. It mentions a Baltimore judge ruling on faith care doctors’ remuneration and a Lisbon story of a prosperous man building a 125‑foot henhouse.
Voice of Freedom Across Seas and Time
A fragmentary ode attributed to Alfred Austin echoes calls for reconciliation and enduring friendship among nations. It invokes shared roots, the scars of old wrongs, and a pledge to defy tyranny as banners of Shamrock, thistle, and rose rise with the Star Spangled Banner in a defiant message to friend and foe alike.
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Lond
Alfred Austin
England
Stowaway Dick Harley Foils Shipboard Robbery Plan
Dick Harley, a hungry stowaway from England, is captured aboard the Only Son bound for Cape Town. He thwarts a mutiny led by first mate Billings, warns Captain and Lancelot, and exposure leads to Billings’s arrest while the treasure remains secure. The stowaway’s courage earns him a reward and a trusted position with the Chartered Company.
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Capetown
Dick Harley
Tenterden Grammar School
England
South Africa
Matabeleland
Portsmouth
Choy
Billings
Lancelot
London
Tom Billings
Sam Bowers
Billy Reid
South America
Bill
Dark van Tey
Mr Billngs
Jeweled Buttons And Fashion Notes Of The Era
A miscellany on jeweled buttons adorning silk and velvet gowns contrasts with fashion guidance for women and men. The piece cites education statistics for Swiss universities, then covers cleaning, packing, fans, and social topics. It includes gossip on educators, nurses, female clergy, and local civic appointments, plus fashion trends, materials, colors, and silhouettes.
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Directoire
Berthas
Marie Antoinette Fichus
Fields of Adventure Heroic Ride at Fort Phil Kearny Tale
A long feature recounts John Phillips riding from Fort Phil Kearny to Fort Laramie in December 1866 to save Fort Kearny’s garrison after Fetterman’s massacre. The tale notes his perilous, snowbound journey, the relief of the garrison, and his widow’s forthcoming $5000 pension request, with additional vivid vignettes of other frontier rescues and dramatic escapes.
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Congress
Fort Phil Kearny
Fort Laramie
H. B. Carrington
Big Horn Mountain
Red Cloud
Tongue River
Fetterman
Bronx
Phillips
Hardy
Hattie A. Phillips
United States
John Phillipa
New York World
Relics of Roman Paris Unearthed in Lutetia Foundations
On digging sixteen foot deep foundations for a house in Rue du Cloitre Notre Dame, relics of Roman Paris were found. A nearly 200 foot wall nine feet thick, built of rudely chiseled blocks bearing Latin names, is believed to be part of an amphitheater once occupying the site. Additional amphitheater stones were found in 1847 near Notre Dame and in Rua Monge.
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Paris
Rue du Cloitre-Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Rua Monge
St. James
Oldest Bank Note and 15th Century Forgeries
A fragmentary account notes the oldest known bank note preserved in the Asiatic Museum, St. Petersburg, dating to 1399 B C and tied to the Imperial Bank with 18ane, signature of mindorin, and a list of forgery punishments. It mentions printing from wooden tablets in China around 160 A D and cites methods for cleaning lenses and pith brushes, plus a brief note on a new carpet caster using metal blocks and edge supports.
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Asiatic Museum
St. Petersburg
Imperial Bank
China
Washington items show broad war revenue moves
The report outlines tax plans aiming for about 225 million dollars yearly, with the Ways and Means Committee backing a tax on beer. Navy shifts include procurement holds and new command postings, while security measures protect the White House. Cuban aid and broader naval actions color the era's pressure points.
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J. ©. Breckinridgeay
United States Army
Miles
Navy Department
Cuban
Gage
Treasury
White House
Navy
Howell
House
Ways and Means
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