Brit ish Museum doubts carbon diamonds and Afghan woes in 1879 dispatches
An 1879 summary reports Maske lyne of the British Museum rejecting crystallized carbon forms as diamonds, noting other world events: Tay Bridge reconstruction near Edinburgh, Afghan insurrection, famine in Persia, and political turmoil in the United States and Europe.
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Maskelyne
British Museum
Edinburgh
Scotland
Pispatcu
Cabul
London
Teheran
Persia
Great Britain
United States
India
Eugenie
South Africa
Prince Imperial
Str. Petersburg
Volga
Don
James McLean
London Times
Maprip
The
Cortes
Cuba
Turin
Italy
Maritius
Paris
Bavaria
Loban
Danube
Maine Supreme Court Answers on Governor and Council Interrogatories
A unanimous Maine Supreme Court opinion rejects the Governor and Council’s authority to order new elections absent proper returns. It holds returns must be regular and true, allows corrections via duplicate records, and sets rules for signatures, de facto officials, marked ballots, ditto marks, and duplicated returns with emphasis on public duty and practical interpretation.
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Maine Supreme Court
Garedon
Appleton
Walton
Barrows
Danforth
Peters
Libbey
Tymonds
Counecil
Boards of Aldermen
Secretary of
Selectman
Maine Democratic fraud and ballot ruling clash over election
The article denounces Governor and Council actions in Maine accusing them of arbitrary rulings to disenfranchise Republicans and empower Fusion candidates. It cites Skowhegan ballots marked by column orientation, claims law violations, disenfranchises 16 000 voters, and notes withholding of investigative review beyond twenty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Senate
House
Skowhegan
Supreme Court
Congressional counting and bulldozing threats in 19th century politics
The Indianapolis Journal quotes a Cincinnati Enquirer claim that a Democratic Congress will count electoral votes next time, while arguing constitutional rules require the Senate president to open and the houses to count. The piece condemns attempts at fraud or intimidation as cowardly and warns Congress will act only under a lawful election process.
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Congress
Cincinnati Enquirer
Enquirer
Conss
Senate
Kent
Electoral Commission
United States
Chisolm
Democratic Congress
Cronin
Oregon
Garcelon
Maine
Indianapolis Journal
National Republican Convention Call Issued for Chicago Meeting
On December 31 Chairman Cameron of the National Republican Committee issued a call for a National Republican Convention in Chicago on the Wednesday next June for nominating candidates for President and Vice-President. It invites Republicans and supporters to choose delegates: two from each Congressional District, four at large from each state, two from each territory, and two from the District of Columbia.
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Supreme Court For
District of Columbia
Treasury
Treasury Department
Miss Horton
Washington
Morgan
Joan H. Morgan
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Lucy W. R. Horton
United States
Cornell
New York
Albany
Grocers’ Bank
New York City
J. Lloyd Haigh
Texas Pacific
Fort Worth
el Paso
General Horton
Indian Creek
J. D. Cameron
National Republican Committee
Republican Party
Chicago
Louisiana
Uniteparates
Houston
Athens
Emily
Leavenworth
Kansas
D. K. Anthony
Mexico
New York Produce Exchange
Cameron
Promises Kept and Crumbled in Distant Talks
A London correspondent recounts an 11 year delay in a promised lecture by Disraeli to a Leeds institution. The Premier refused, then offered no fulfillment as time passed. He reflects on public faith in his word. Also noted are tales of Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs surrendering tribe members, and a Paris Bois de Boulogne duel with fatal wounds without seconds.
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Alexandria
Gordon Pasha
Abyssinia
John
Theodore
Russia
Auguste Herrter
Gilbert Haven
Methodist Episcopal Church
Malden
Mass
New York Produce Exchange
Board of Managers
Newark
N. J
George E. Locke
Lowell
Turner Hall
New York
Augusta
Garcelon
State Supreme Court
Pillsbury
Standard
State House
Joan Taywor
Salt Lake
Toledo Blade
Pitrssurcu
Pennsylvany
Bascom
Deekin Pogram
Issaker Gavitt
Ohio
Columbus
Pernoleum V. Nassy
Disraeli
Leeds
London
London Cor
Manchester Examiner
War Department
Billy Bowlegs
Twiggs
Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Where's the Baby in a Nursery Rhyme Lullaby
Poem narration depicts a mother searching for her missed infant turning into a wider reflection as the baby grows into a little man. The speaker longs for the soft cradle image while accepting the new reality of a child who loves to splash play and explore. The verse ends hopeful for reunion at story time.
The Silk Dress and Dragon Fan Tale from China
Aunt Maggie tells a legend of Su Ling shi and her moth er La See as the Emperors guests. The story details how mulberry worms silk cocoons and moths led to a silk dress and imperial honors in an ancient Chinese court. The Great Dragon marks the empire and a bridal promise follows the tale.
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Maggie
China
Ho-ang-ti
Su-ling-shi
Son
Heaven
Earth
La-See
la- See
Ler
Su-lingshi
Silk secret changed centuries by empress and monk
The passage notes the Empress educated court ladies to rear silkworms and shared the secret with weavers who funded the husband’s treasury. A European monk later traveled to China, stole cocoons, hid them in a hollow reed cane, and exposed silk production to Europe, sparking widespread wonder.
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China
Europe
St. Nicholas
Work is the engine of success in youth and craft
In a warmly lit room a fourteen year old recalls a pair of men, one a famed elder, the other a hopeful youth. The elder insists that success comes from work, not genius, and the dialogue repeats that only diligent effort drives achievement. The piece cites Reynolds and Burke to reinforce the theme.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Edmund Burke
Frances C. Sparhawk
California olives promise to outshine France and Spain
The article notes California olives are growing in value and flavor, with expert Italian growers predicting eventual superiority to French or Spanish olive oils. It highlights a shift in agricultural prospects and mentions strong demand for related processing capacity.
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Cor. Clinton and
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Business Directory
Selwyn N.owen
Jacob J. Greene Gos D. Lamb
B. F. Enos
Bunry Schmick
E.W. Ee
Slough
Adam Minsel
E.C Penter
Wight
F.N. Horton
Levi Colby
Lewisend Newton
WM. Willeman
John P. Frederick John Dowe
B. W. Slagle
H. Schoonover
F. M. Thompson
Tu-En-Da-Wie
F. and A. Masons
R. A. Masons
R and &. Masons
Defiance Commandery
Masonic Hall
Corner
Clinton
Defiance Lodge
Knights of Honor
Defiance
Srd
Defiance Council
Stone Front
ST. John's
Corner Fifth and
Jackson Streets
J. B. Young
ST. Mary's Catholic Church
Jefferson and
Arabella Streets
Rev
P. M. Kinkead
Grace Episcopal Church
2Nd and
Washington Streets
A. V. Gorrel
A. M
M.E
Corner Third
Wayne Sts
A. J. Fish
First Baptist Church
Third Streets
W. V. Thomas
ST. Paul's Lutheran Church
Arabella
Ev. J. Deindoerfer
First Presbyterian Church
Wayne and
Second Streets
T. John’s Lutheran Church
Washington and
Dele A. Rohn
D. Office Corner Court
Waynee Streets
Defance
Ae L. G. Thacker
Snyder's
T. H. Ashton
M. D. Ffice
Jefferson Street
Defiance, Ohio
S.S. Hoffman
FFICE
Zeller & Bruner
Rinaldo Evans
River Road
W. S. Powell
G. W. Bechel
Jackson Street
Taird
D. P. Aldrich
M. D
Colby & Scott's
H. W. Myers
Buffington , Co
Defiance Ohio
G. L. Myers, W. c. Travis
Myers & Travis
Keynee, Ohio
William Carter
Clinton and
Latty & Peaslee
Court Street
Court House
Newbegin & Harris
Hardy & Johnson
Wolsifer
Attorneys AT Law
S. W. Rohn
J. F. Deatrick
Ttorney
France
Killey & Heacock
Eagle Block
S. T. Sutphen
Wolsiffer
Milton E. Orcutt
LAW
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Ralston’s Block
Charles E. Bronson
Harley Bro’s
Enos & Cameron
Ttorneys
Securitg of Claims
Clinton Street
Defiance Post Office
Efiame Cn. Express
PACE
C. Diehl
Stoney
Mechanic’s Tools
Fremont Harvester Company
Rakestraw’s Steel Plows
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St. and Wabash Railway
Hills &Son
Northwestern
Zephyrs and
Germantown Yarns
W. Groweg
Boots & Shoes
Neflance, Ohio
San
Adam Daub
Sayin
Purchasa Dam Daur
Texas
David Bastrop
Bastrop
Boston Post
Parnell
Detroit Free Press
the News
Aurora
Leo XIII
Rome
Charles Stewart Parnell
Lyons
N. Y
Fanny Hovey
NicoLes de PreRoLa
Peru
Hatch
Lake City
Fort Garland
White River
Ouray
Colorado
New England
Barron
Supreme Court of the United States
Waite
Edmunds
Smrra
Wisconsin
New Orleans
Morris Marks
Martin
Ascension Parish
Senator Houston
Committee On Indian Affairs
White River Agency
Committee On
Thomas B. Swann
Moses Harriman
Assembly
Coryet
California
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General Hatch
Interior Department
Star List
Meeker
Douglas
Johnnie
Schurz Ouray
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Taft
Stanley Matthews
Dennison
Cass
United States Senate
Luke l’Pryor
Pryor
Lewis
NASBY
Mr. Nasby
Detroit Post and Tribune
NEW World
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Logan
Boston Transcript
America
Thomas B. Kevan
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Industrial
New York Times
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Republic
Spain
Holyoke
Illinois
Crossman & Grovener
Richman
Northern Cross Railroad
Naples
Jacksonville
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Quincy
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