Portraits of Italian Swiss and Brazilian Arbitrators at Geneva
Geneva dispatch describes Count Sclopis di Salerano of Italy as an eminent, liberal-leaning jurist and diplomat, M Staempfli as a Swiss head of state figure, and Brazil’s representative as Paris envoy. It notes probable reliance on written arbitration and multilingual understanding among judges, with limited oral debate possible.
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Geneva
London Times
Peninsula
Sclopis di Salerano
Count Cavour
Count Revel
Count Scropis
Piedmont
Italy
Rome
Turin
Massimo d’Azeslio
Count Balbo
Holy See
Turin Academy
House of Savoy
Count Sclopis
M. Staempfli
Brazil
Paris
Frightful London tragedy near Maida Vale shocks era
A father in Edgeware Road near Maida Mill murdered four of his children and killed himself after losing his job over a boot trade mistake. The report contrasts English and American women and includes agricultural notes on dairy farming and linoleum manufacture.
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The
London Standard
London
Maida Mill
Edgeware Road
Nichelle
Plymouth
Capland Street
Church Street
Advancing Exotic Showman Peddling Oddities in Sonora
A Sonora narrative describes a traveling agent Ball with a cartlike vehicle pitching a grand menagerie tale. He boasts six elephants and bizarre prehistoric creatures, plus a learned monkey trained as a Mohammedan priest who could recite the ten commandments and Lincoln’s message. A passing girl exclaims, Mother, ask him why the monkey travels ahead of the animals.
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Sonora
Oregon
Frank Ball
Ball
Satan
Sahara
Lincoln
Washington
Secretaries of State Carpozos Rough Rail Journey
Carpozo, the colored Secretary of State of South Carolina, took a trip to New Orleans that devolved into a sequence of ejections from trains cars and repeated assaults. He endured slights including being forced from a sleeping car and a day car, and incitements to murder. The voyage failed to amuse or benefit him financially.
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Carpozo
South Carolina
New Orleans
New York March Imports Hit Historic Value
The port of New York recorded total foreign imports in March at 39,218,268 dollars, valued at foreign gold cost with freight and duty excluded. The closest prior month was March 1871 with 38,696,064 dollars in imports, marking a record pace.
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New York
Terrifying Proposed Punishment for Indian Assassins
The Delhi Gazette reports a plan to punish assassins who kill public officials in British India. Convicts would lose both arms, bear an M brands, be shipped to England for 21 years in an iron cage, then displayed in the Tower and disfigured before being disposed of by religion and empire.
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Benson Baker
Louisa
Rosina
James Henry
Eliza
M. L. Goodell
New England
India
N. FY. Tribune
Delhi Gazette
Asia
England
Cape of Good Hope
London
Tower
What I Know about Gardening by a Local Contributor
Mr Eorror writes to readers about popular and domestic plants. Morning Glory and Trumpet Flower are described with blooming times and care notes. Wall Flowers thrive by lamp light while Lady Slipper favors wet clay soil. Virginia Creepers are hardy and fragrant. Yours MANGLEWURTZEL.
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Virginia
Cesar
South
Manglewurtzel
Roasted Alive in Cologne Court Case
In Cologne Prussia an elderly rheumatic peasant Franza’s home housed Bucher who slept in a bread oven. A servant later found him baked nearly to death as the oven operated. The servant claimed forgetfulness and received a 24 hour prison sentence after trial.
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Cologne
Prussia
Franza
Bucher
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Great Britain
Marchioness of Landsdowne
Hunter
C. Thomas
Oxford, Mich
West Point
Lady Slipper
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