Notable Miscellany of Prominent Figures and Arts
The marchioness of Lorne remains a veteran cigarette smoker. Sir Henry Bessemer recently celebrated his seventy second birthday. Mrs Vanderbilt travels from Mobile toward New Orleans with a party of ten. Grantor M Pullman’s subscriptions for the New Orleans exposition total five thousand sixty dollars. Justice Waldris in Florida plans a lazy month. King Humbert of Italy aims to reconcile Plon Plon Bonaparte and wife. Loop and Mackay plan two San Francisco blocks costing each one and a half million. Princess Louise models a bronze statue of her mother for Lincoln Cathedral. Sergeant Mason, who shot at Guiteau, lives quietly in Virginia with his family. his museum earnings near twenty five thousand dollars. Victor Hugo tale circulates about James Parton’s four year old son kissing hedge roses to coax them open. Gustave Doré left many plates for Shakespeare illustrations. spent about sixty thousand pounds. Miss Alger of Boston notes Italians show no drunkenness and the French are fastidious and economical. Mrs Huxley, idle from writing, and his daughter illustrate a children’s book, keeping the family in letters.
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Ellis
Wilson
McManus
Scott County
Dubuque Third Ward
Col
Fred Welker
Muscatine
Battle of Shiloh
Paul Lameraux
United States
Iowa
Richard Long
D. Pryce
Iowa City
Adelbert FE. Parker
Dubuque
George W. Siddons
Chariton
Peter van Lackum
Waterloo
Burlington
Frugh’s
Key West
Crudelli
Rome
Private operetta at Konigswart château features Metternich
Prince Metternich writes the libretto and a Rothschild provides the music for a private stage operetta at Konigswart, Bohemia. Princess Metternich and her daughters perform, showcasing a high society musical project. Marquis de Blacas relocates to Canada near Toronto and farms on a large scale after Union Generale bankruptcy. Henry M Stanley advances his Africa labor memoir Congo, or the Founding of a State, two volumes, manuscript near completion for the printer within a month.
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Prince Metternich
Konigswart
Bohemia
Princess Metternich
Marquis de Blacas
France
Union Generale
Canada
Toronto
Henry M. Stanley
Congo
Moody Evangelist Clarifies Theater and Faith Question
In Philadelphia Mr Moody relates a woman seeking Christian faith while keeping theater. He asks if she can attend theater as a Christian. He replies yes but requires giving Christ first place.
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Philadelphia
Henry O' Rsmy: Veteran Historian at St Marys Hospital
Henry O'Remury longtime editor of The New York Patriot and prolific local historian remains in comfortable quarters at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. He says he lives there for quiet and placid surroundings rather than as an invalid.
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Henry O’remury
New York Patriot
King Victor Emmanuel Shakes Hands With Milan Mayor
King Victor Emmanuel on his way to Venice halted in Milan where he greeted Mayor Count Beretta by name. The mayor resisted the aristocratic title but the king reminded him that a king cannot err and later the mayor was made a count.
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Victor Emmanuel
Venice
Italy
Milan
Beretta
Count Beretta
Hastings Heir Marries Betsey Warner After Fifty Year Promise
An English paper recounts how Hastings, heir to the Hunt ington estate, who long ago vowed to wed Betsy Warner upon gaining the family living, finally fulfilled the pledge after decades. Betsy remained steadfast, and the aging pastor, after discovering her exemplary conduct, presided at their marriage in his church.
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Mr. Hastings
Earl of Huntington
Betsy Warner
Hastings
Miss Warner
Iowa News Items Reflecting Local Happenings
Cedar Rapids eyes bid for next republican convention while Davenport plans an 80 000 opera house. Ottumwa reports 419 pct tax assessment and Moody launches Davenport meetings. Linn County seeks direct railway outlet amid regional transport shifts.
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Davenport Turners
Ottumwa
Wesley Jones
Burlington
the Evangelist
Moody
Davenport
Weekly Review of Disastrous Fires and Murders in 1885
A compiled listing reports multiple fires in Williamantic Connecticut Irwin Pennsylvania and Washington District of Columbia on February 26 1885 causing losses up to 100000. It notes suicides murders robberies and accidents in Kentucky Ohio Illinois Indiana and Pennsylvania with names of victims suspects and authorities, plus brief foreign items from Europe Egypt Russia and Canada.
Congress Behind the Scenes in Exposition and Indian Bills
The Senate and House debated and passed multiple measures, including a post office appropriation, a Keokuk public building bill, and an Oklahoma homestead opening. Indian affairs and Cherokee claims were reviewed, with votes on titles, pensions, and river and harbor funding amid extended sessions and adjournments.
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Washington
Plumb
House
Keokuk
Wasaixdion
Ingalls
Committee On Indian Affairs
Des Moines
Lapham
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Randall
Apne
Payson
Hopkins
Perkins
Oklahoma
Yeas
Talbot
District of Columbia
Hale
Ericson
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Mshone
Committee On Public Lands
Wichita
Kan
Calendar van Wyck
Nebraska
Kansas
Cameron
Wisconsin
Morgan
Letitie Tyler Semle
President Tyler
Hoar
Willis
Townshend
Committee On Appropriations
Post Office
Curious Global Facts From A Late 19th Century Column
A compilation notes Los Angeles sheep numbers, a large prune orchard near Gilroy, wood prices in Tombstone, Cuban sugar plantations run by Jesuits, and 533 boys aboard the U S training ship New Hampshire. It covers diverse items from opera glove etiquette to New Orleans exposition plans and a Chicago area malaria remedy.
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Los Angeles
California
Gilroy
Cal
Tombstone
Arizona
Cuba
United States
New Hampshire
Newport R. L
Lord Garmosle
New York
Caribon
Prisoner Seeks Bartender Trade at Penitentiary
In Huntsville Texas a prisoner newly arrived asks for work as a bartender. He is placed at the foundry bars as the nearest accommodation. Earlier, a man named Anderson jumped from a moving train at Middletown and was badly injured. he was transported to Burlington hospital.
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Huntsville (Tex
Anderson
Middletown
Burlington
Congo Conference Ends Amid Formalities and Diplomatic Tensions
The Congo Conference held its final sitting on February 26 with Bismarck presiding. Delegates exchanged congratulations and signed documents while discussions touched on the Duke of Cumberlane’s potential Brunswick throne recognition in exchange for renouncing Hanover. England warned France over rice as contraband, straining Franco British ties. A dispute at La France between its editor and Mr Knubley led to a pistol drawn but no bloodshed and Knubley’s arrest.
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Congo
Bismarck
Germany
Cumberlane
Brunswick
Hanover
House of Commons
Lord Fitzmaurice
Foreign Department
France
England
China
la France
Knubley
Knabley
Stinlers
Kabley
Lords Debate Vote Censure on Egyptian Policy Stirs Applause
In the House of Lords on February 26 the Marquis of Salisbury moved to censure the government's Egyptian policy, a motion met with loud applause. England refused to recognize the French declaration on contraband of war for ships bound to or from Chinese ports. Henry Labouchere argued that Gladstone will resign soon, saying his age tells against him and he favors expedients over statesmanship. A Dubuque Herald note mentions Postmaster Brown of Nashville Iowa obtaining a divorce and shortly remarrying his ex-wife, with an amicable settlement. Weather items report Savannah Georgia at 80 degrees in a blizzard and Pierre Dakota at zero amid an January thaw.
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Marquis of Salisbury
England
Henry Labouchere
Gladstone
Dubuque
Brown
Nashville
Iowa
Maquoketa
Savannah
Pierre
Dakota
Gastronomic Picks and Tea Across Cultures
The article notes General Scott praising terrapin as supreme food and cites only three cooks who can prepare it well. It describes Asian hospitality with tea served multiple times daily in Chinese and Japanese hotels and native states. It also mentions Modia coffee as a Levantine beverage substitute.
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Scott
Orient
China
Japan
Levant
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