21 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Deming Headlight
Location
Deming, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1893
Page
1
A collage of curiosities from a New York and Washington press run includes a census of engagement ads and performers, a brief on a pocketbook thief, a cinnamon of concierges and tightrope walkers, a banana wagon incident with a boa constrictor, cheap quail in restaurants, a Clermont county man pawning a watch, coroner expenses in Watertown, a shark encounter in Rodio Harbor, and a record ride by Englishwoman Miss Thomason across the Tyrol.
Fragmented dispatch blends reports of General Dyrenforth amid a wild scene with rattlesnakes and jackrabbits, a ceremonial gesture, and a lethal explosion. It shifts to a romance near Jefferson where a long-missing suitor returns, then to religion studies and a bricklayer who halts work after a large inheritance rumor.
A survey of Lord Rosebery rising to power with Derby win and marriage to a rich heiress, his cabinet status, knighthood, and potential prime ministership. It also notes Syed Mohammed Rahim Khan visiting European courts, his multilingualism, modern court, substantial income, and orthodox Muslim ties.
The piece notes astrology growing in popularity in England, with Horoscopes increasingly common since 1886. It mentions the likely repeal of the Rogues and Vagabonds Act to permit paid horoscopes, and recalls a Bow Street case where a fortune teller was fined five pounds. It also notes three astrology periodicals now existing.
Inauguration timing debate centers on a Friday or Saturday ball with strict Sunday observance. reception ends by midnight and Monday night would hurt visitors. Also recounted are William Stevens’s whaling voyage on La Ninia yielding two whales and £5000 in value, and a Paris ironworker tragedy involving a 14-year-old boy.
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