Vast 1891 World Headlines and French Postal Bank Growth
A digest of late 19th century notes covers global wealth, resources, and curiosities including Boston millionaires, US mining, sea yields, Penobscot Bay scenery, tiger hunting, earthquakes vs cyclones, Indian warfare, mutton shift in sheep farming, nitrate ownership disputes between Chile and Peru, Seminole Army company history, and a glow for France’s 1882 postal savings banks with 1890 deposits and demographics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Danka
Sims
Jess Winn
England
Canada
Theao Banke
The Umbrella Episode of Love and Charity
In a New York Weekly magazine excerpt, a rainbound encounter misleads Lucy Dean and Richard Ransome over an umbrella. He retrieves a claim through a mistaken exchange, pursues romance, and later learns of the swap as their feelings deepen, ending with a vow to reunite amid lingering shy stalemates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Blue
Ming
Ale
Richard Ransome
Hal
Lucy Dean
Lucy
Sam
Hoptil
Mr. Sansome
Dominic
Myra
Donn
Indy
Mr. Ransome
Alesso
Ransome
Deane
Jove
Uey
Miss Dean
Sho
Tee
Waversly Magazine
New York World
Odd Ceremony and Power of the Speaker in Parliament
An 18th or 19th century reflection describes the speaker’s election as a ceremonial surge of pageantry and royal accord. It notes the chair, the coronation-like procession, the queen’s confirmation, and the speaker’s final authority in order and procedure. The piece highlights funding, privileges, and pensions, plus the speaker’s shielding from arrest and the patronage he wields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ois
Arina
Questu
House of Commons
Hfe
London
House of Lords
United Kingdom
Philadelphia Inquirer
Trade and markets along the Asian coast and palm oil trade
The narrative describes bustling coastal markets with diverse goods and people, notes palm oil exports from Africa to England, including key ports like Lagos and Fernando Po, and mentions the use of palm oil in soap, candy, and iron preservation. It also references fashion and social commentary sections from contemporary era publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Africa
Cape Bianco
St. Paul di Loando
Cape Palmas
Limniun
Fernando Po
Lagos
South Wales
United Kingdom
Scientific American
Scientific Scraps and Oddities From Early Reports
A collage of notes covers apes sleep patterns, nail growth on amputated stumps, Washington borax finds, Gulf Stream speeds, star sizes, Liberty statue lighting, Jaffa line engines, canary plume theory, mercury dangers, sawdust air blasts, a rare surgical birth case in New York, and observations on how gunshot impacts vary, with a closing note on the largest tin shipments from San Diego Temescal mines.
Bridge Collapse on Kentucky River Spans Kills and Injures
A false-work bridge over the Licking River between Covington and Newport, Kentucky, collapsed during construction. Fifty two workers on the span were involved. many drowned or injured as the river flooded with debris. Recovery operations began as officials blamed high water and inadequate bracing for the disaster. The accident halted business in Newport and Covington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Licking River
Kentucky
Betsween Covington
Newport
Kenton and
Campbell County Land Company
Ing, Iron Bridge Company
Bogan
Tyre
Falco
Asventeen
Carroll Imms
Covington
Baird
Inspector Wilson
Newport Pier
Clebrig
Banka
Baird Brothers
Corington
Carroll
Notable Figures and Quick Biographies From an Old Ledger
A collage of brief notices lists Jay Gouth’s bloom interest Pere Lxo still writing Latin poetry at eighty two Beysaulx Hannison and Whitelaw Reid born in Ohio Oa Newman Haut famed London diver aged seventy six Taz King of Siam thirty nine eldest of eighty four children A son of the late President Arthur among Paris coach drivers Justice Stephen J Frevo takes a Newport cottage Rockefeller gives 5000 to Vassar College Quess Victoria carpets from patterns of the Prince Consort Thomas A Enisox claims deafness from a train assist Edwin Goon son of a founder crack shot at Irvington Two Williams Stones in the pecan Congress native to Kentucky Tur sale of German Kaiser photo negatives forbidden Fowaro ATKINGOY Boston publicist to write Nuretto in Munich Jacos Gounp Senun Cornell president under forty once a grocery clerk on Prince Edward Island
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gouth
Pere Lxo
Beysaulx Hannison
Whitelaw Reid
Ohio
Oa Newman Haut
London
Taz King of Siam
Arthur
Paris
Stephen J. Frevo
United States Supreme Court
Newport
Edwin Goon
Grant Floander
Irvington
William.y
Bof
Kentucky
Missouri
Kaiser
Fowaro Atkingoy
Boston
Galaz
Munich
Vacanax
Canlinal Manning
Westminster
Jacos Gounp Senun May
Cornell
Prince Edward Island
Death of Father Mollinger Faith Curio Priest in Pittsburg
Rev Father Mollinger a renowned priest from Holland died in Pittsburg after illness and surgery on St Anthony Day. He studied at St Vincent's College and Mount Troy and became known for miraculous cures using medicine and a relic of St Anthony. Crowds from across the country once gathered at his infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mollinger
Pittsburg
Penn
St Anthony's
Holland
St. Vincent's College
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
St. Vincent's
Alaine
California
Connecticut
Washington
Wyoming
Florida
Drought in Poltava Reports Suffering in South Russia
Government reports severe drought in Poltava as priests lead crowds to fields seeking rain. Peasants kneel in groups while prayers are offered for relief amid fodder shortages and blighted crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poltava
South Russia
Ecopr
Flere
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Professor Agassiz
Penobscot Bay
Maine
White Head
Isle
Haui
Earth
Prince Vokhatsingji
San Francisco Chronicle
Far West
USA
Boston Transcript
Chile
Peru
Chicago Sun
United States Army
Scminole Company
Europe
Vestal Tire
Rome
Labor
Land of
Liberty
G. W. Cutter
New York Weekly
Baby Sue
Jim
Don
Sue
Chiat
Tim
New York
Korea
Wenesan
Puk-d’eng
Kora
Poplar Science
Aanin
Tian
Optra
Westeln
Central Asia
South Seas
Orlewne-Piesy
Unc
Talon
New York News
Surah
Art Fats
Argonaut
de Trafford
Hate
Lear
Ono
Laco
Chicago Herald
Dresden
China
Exmoor
Flanders
Point de Venlce
Chantilly
Washington Star
Gulf Stream
Sirolis
Bemini
Capella
Arcturus
Sirius
Vega
Aldebaran
Goddess of Liberty
New York Harbor
Congress
Lighthouse Board
Jaffa
Jeruanium
Palestine
Mao
Binca
Wall
New York City
Trenton
N. J
San Diego
Cal
Temescal
The
Faith Curiot
Russia
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