Expedition to recover six million from sunken San Pedro Alcantara treasure
A New York expedition plans to locate the long hidden wealth from the 1815 wreck of the San Pedro Alcantara off Venezuela. Previous attempts recovered little despite huge potential value, with tales of divers, police halts, and competing ventures. The newest project, led by Captain Folingsby, seeks exclusive rights for six years and aims to dredge sixty feet deep for a possible treasure of four to five million more.
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New York
Kidd
Spanish Basin
Spain
San Pedro Alcantara
Fernando VII
Caribbean
la Guayra
Venezuela
Caracas
Goodrich
Newburyport
Mass
Dungua
Baltimore
Cuagua
Blumy
Blair
la Gusyro
Nicholas Town
Whipple
Providence
R. L
Baltimore Company
J. H. Foliogsby
San Francisco
Reekers
Folingsby
San Pedro
Burlington Rifle Range Aims for International Prize
The Burlington Amateur Rifle Club plans a next year defense of its title at an international contest. They have built a nine stretch rifle range on South Hill, featuring two inch gas pipes and trestle supports, enabling precise practice. The report notes near perfect marked improvement with rare misses, and predicts success at Creedmoor or Wimbledon if supplies allow.
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Burlington
South Hill
Wil
Creedmoor
Wimbledon
Bells and their early history in churches and cities
A brief outline of bell invention credited to Polonius the Bishop of Nola around 400, with early church use in Croyland Abbey by 945. The practice extended to baptisms in churches, curfew bells from 1078, and a London bellmen role from 1556 urging fires, candles, charity, and prayer.
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Polonius
Nola
Campania
Croyland Abbey
Lincolnshire
England
London
Vivid Fen Sketch of Dort in Morland
A writer in an English magazine extols Dort near Rotterdam as a medieval, canal lined treasure. Ancient houses lean, some propped with beams, wooden balconies creep over water, and narrow streets teem with life, creating a timeless, picturesque streetscape unlike anything in Holland.
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Dort
Morland
Rotterdam
Holland
Editors Salaries in Leading U S Newspapers
The New Orleans Zimes notes top editorial writers fair pay of 2000 guineas in London. In America Dr Connery earns 8000 dollars at New York Herald, Whitelaw Reid 12000 at Tribune, Charles A Dana 12000 at New York Sun, Hurlbut 10000 at World. Boston Hascal 10000, Chicago Times lead writer 35000, managing editor 6000, Watterson 7500, Sheehan 6000, Nordhoff 10000 at NY Herald. World fire losses estimated at 78000000 annually.
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New Orleans
London
America
Dr. Connery
New York Herald
Whitelaw Reid
The
Tribune
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Hurlbut
World
Boston
Has
Charles Nordhoff
Thirty Years Separated in California Divorce Action
In Twelfth district court San Francisco Martha Stevens sues Coleman Stevens for divorce and division of common property after a 33 year separation. She recounts desertion after a brief honeymoon, poverty, and reliance on minor land holdings and a milliner trade, with first knowledge of his whereabouts in December 1872.
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Twelfth District Court
San Francisco
Martha Stevens
Coleman Stevens
Stevens
Coleman Sevens
New York
Bushara
Coleman
Michigan
Goshen
Charter Station
Williamsburg
Camden Mills
California
Desperate Prisoner in Village Gunfight near Berea
Frank Peters, a four year resident near Berea Ohio, returning from the Black Hills, is arrested for trunk theft. In Mayor Hale's office he drew a revolver and a brief gun battle ensued with officers, including the marshal, with fourteen shots exchanged. Peters wounded in neck and thigh, jailed in Cleveland. Two pistol balls shattered a barber shop window. other bullets pierced plate glass.
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Berea
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Peters
Black Hills
Peters
Hale
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