Savings Banks In Newfoundland Government Run System
The Newfoundland savings bank is government supervised with deposits guaranteed by law. The governor appoints the cashier and eight governors from the Assembly and council who elect three directors to manage the bank. Deposits up to 250 dollars are allowed without special permission, three percent interest is paid, and last year 29 083 dollars in interest was added to the reserve. The bank holds 1 011 880 dollars in deposits with 2 160 depositors, most under 200 dollars.
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NewFoundland
Assembly
Council
Senate
Ballooning at the Pole and Polar Balloon Expeditions
Captain Howgate reports a letter from M de Fonvielle of Le Tempa Paris stating the Geographical Society has adopted resolutions approving the Polar expedition. Fonvielle, expert balloonist and author, expects summer experiments in steering balloons via the Gifford system and predicts aerial expeditions toward the Polar colony in 1879. The Florence meteorologist unit backs small balloons for meteorology and exploration.
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Captain Howgate
M. de Fonvielle
le Tempa
Paris
Geographical Society
M.de Fonvielle
Polar
Florence
Imperial Observatory
Crete Island Conquests and Uprisings Through History
The text traces Crete from its 160 mile length and 10 to 35 mile width to population details. It notes Turkish sieges starting 1645 with Candia’s 20 year defense ending in 1669, then Turkish domination until 1830 after European intervention. It mentions Crete joining Greek revolutionaries in 1821 and later revolts in 1859 and 1866 led by Sfakiots mountaineers seeking union with Greece.
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Crete
Mediterranean
Hizem Sea
Candia
France
England
Russia
Greece
Fall of Garsoppa Fourfold Cataracts Awe Readers
A writer extols the Fall of Garsoppa in India as one of the world’s wonders. The mighty river carves a deep canyon where four separate cataracts named Rajah Roarer Rocket and Dame Blanche plunge 830 feet into a dark pool, each described with vivid, lace like spray and dramatic height.
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Garsoppa
India
Honore
St. Paul's Cathedral
Dame Blanche
Arithmetic riddle by a Sacramento teacher yields 45 brothers
A Sacramento teacher posed an original problem to her class. Charles has 150 dollars, buys items at specified prices, and divides the remainder among his brothers, giving each $2. The class solved it to reveal he had forty five brothers and two ninths of a brother, provoking laughter.
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Sacramento
Cal
Charles
Newark Youth Discusses Marriage Plans in Quick Talk
A brisk Newark youth told a stuttering friend he planned to marry and settle down. The friend, struggling over words, urged him to stay single and settle up instead.
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Newark
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