South Africa gold fields seen as new El Dorado
A San Francisco Call analysis notes a revived gold prospect in the South Africa Republic near Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand. It projects 200,000 ounces monthly at times, valuing the output around 4.4 million dollars monthly, while acknowledging labor costs and political risks including potential war with Britain.
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California
Australia
South Africa
South African Republic
San Francisco
Ophira
Arabia
Egypt
Palestine
Rameses
Solomon
Delagoa Bay
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Natal
South Africa Republic
Johannesburg
Witte Water Rand
Nevada
el Dorado
Great Britain
Ita
Indian Ocean
England
Electricity from the Stars and early stellar influence
The piece traces the shift from astrology to science in understanding star influence. It notes gravity’s universal pull, the undetectable but real stellar attractions, and questions whether starlight and heat affect Earthly instruments, with mention of recent experiments. The tone mirrors a historic science column.
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Earth
England
United States
Leprosy in North America and New Brunswick cases
A Fort nightly Review writer notes leprosy’s small foothold in North America with cited cases in Maryland from 1878, including Brown and a neighbor wife, and a 1860 New Brunswick cluster traceable to Ursule Landry. The account highlights transmission after sleeping with lepers and a later 1884 labretto with twenty four patients.
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North America
Robe
Maryland
Brown
Baltimore
Louisiana
Mme. Ourblanc
France
New Brunswick
Ursule Landry
Labretto
What can you do asks a curious job seeker
An employer interviews applicants asking what they can do. The first tries to boast and is told to wait for the foreman, while the second openly says he can’t do anything. A bystander notes the employer prefers the teachable over the know-it-alls.
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Cob
Poem Ad Outshines Editor In Advertising Scheme
A Detroit Free Press note tells of a young man touting a poem to a newspaper editor as a novel advertising angle for a new pew brand of cologne. The editor rejects poetry as unsuitable, but the man leaves with two cigars a concert ticket and many apologies.
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Detroit Free, Press
Significance of flags and British ensigns in naval history
A historical overview of flag symbolism and duties in warfare. The piece recalls color guards and honor tied to flags, cites naval feats guarding ensigns, and explains Britain’s union flag and the royal naval ensigns including white, blue, and red varieties. It notes ship practices and a Trafalgar era color question.
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Paul Jones
Bonhommie Richard
Halliards
Lieut
Stafford
Cumberland
Hampton Roads
Roncador Reef
Caribbean
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Ireland
Navy
Royal Yacht Club
Red Cross of St. George
Naval Reserve
Trafalgar
The Fox and Hare Fable on Truth and Survival
A pursuing fox hides his crime by asking a hare to lie or race to judge snow. The hare refuses to lie and runs, drawing the hounds after her. The fox laughs at the hare’s fate, proclaiming the value of cunning over honesty.
Count and Pork Packer Romance in Eccentric Exchange
A comical scene unfolds as a foreign suitor boasts of European status while a pork-packer's daughter, heiress to a thriving business employing thousands and famed for hog slaughter, contemplates an unlikely match. The russet dialogue ends with mutual interest and playful bravado amid social contrast.
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Europe
Chicago River
Women Station Masters Take Charge in Victoria
The Railway Commissioners of Victoria have placed 200 women in charge of railway stations across the state, claiming annual savings exceed 10,000 pounds. Officials note women perform station master duties at small stations most satisfactorily.
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Australia
Railway Commissioners of
Victoria
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