Strange Tales From The Times Of Natural Oddities And Wonders
A collage of curious feats and oddities includes a golden eagle captured near Cadiz Ohio after a dramatic encounter with a fisherman and his frog spear. Other items cover a child prodigy who maps the world, a peculiar horseshoe trap, buried treasure near Southerland Springs, a London Parliament household reptile, a heroic life saver tale, a speaking horse, a child prodigy in China, Italian madness case, ritual execution in Tun gora, a Pompton meteor, a beheaded horsefly’s persistence, an Vienna marriage ad, and frog breathing mechanics revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynes
Moreso
Becatie
Magnes
Barquin
West
Yadiz
Ohio
W. H. Boyles
Cadiz
Edwards
Southerland Springs
Cal
Edwardo
San Antonio
Santa Anna
San Jacinto
London
Tungora
Pompton
N. J
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
Spinning wheels used valued in old cottages
Spinning wheels remain common in rural Britain with cottages in Cornwall Wales and the Scottish Highlands still using them as practical household items alongside brushes and brooms in this New York Journal excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Wales
Scotch Highlands
New York Journal
Soldiers of Christ Open International Sunday School Convention
Delegates from all parts of the world attend the opening session in St Louis of the seventh International Sunday School Convention. More than 1 000 delegates represent 130 197 Sunday schools with 1 372 4558 teachers and an enrolled attendance of 10 870 104 scholars. Foreign delegates number 2 000 000 Sunday schools and 18 000 000 scholars in the second world convention. Edward Towers of London marshals foreign delegates and calls for Ireland relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Exposition Buildings
St. Louis
Miller Ars
Seasion
Congress
Canada
Newfoundland
Edward Towers
London
Egypt
Palestine
Japan
China
Asia
Resolutions
Home Department
Pittsburg
Boston
Gladstone Triumph Sparks Irish Home Rule Victory
The English House of Commons passed the Irish home rule bill by 301 to 267 amid praise for Gladstone's campaign against conservatism. The measure moved to the Lords for first reading and adjournment as the long Home Rule movement, about twenty one years old, continues to shape Irish politics with leaders like Parnell rising after Dr. Butt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Gladstone
Commons
House of Lords
House of Commons
Patriotloe Trishmen
Ixmac Butt
Home Rule Party
Charles Stewart Parnell
Meath
Parnell
Dr. Butt
Meeting of Medical Men at Pan American Congress in Washington
The Pan American Medical Congress opened in Washington with President Cleveland presiding and Dr William Pepper as President of the congress. About three thousand delegates from most countries attended, discussing hygiene quarantine and public health, with calls for a unified international quarantine and a cabinet level Secretary of Public Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
William Pepr
Reed Kine
Pennsylvania University
Charles A. Reed
Cincinnati College of Medicine
Panama
Juan J. Ulloa
Costa Rica
Allea
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Niagra Falls
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Gold Arrives in New York from San Francisco and Europe
Crowds on New York streets witness three express wagons carrying 1594 pound boxes of gold coin totaling 44 000 000 from San Francisco and 6 000 000 from Europe. Gold shipped to the sub treasury and banks by steamships Campania Sturdge and New York supplements hotel Liabilities 147 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Furnpe
New York
United States
Gould
San Francisco Mint
Sub-Treasury Building
Europe
Campania
Sturgone
Gleens
Hotel de Logerot
Asaignes
Behring Sea arbitration yields mixed seal conservation gains
The Behring Sea decision rules the sea open and limits pelagic sealing, granting U S and Great Britain limited regulation. It bans firearms in seal capture, and restricts killing within sixty miles of Pribylof Islands from May through July, with August for U S and Britain only. Reparation for seizures and damages remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behring Sea
United States
Great Britain
Tibulov Islands
North Pacific Ocean
Scala
Pacific
Unite States
Alaska
Russia
United
Pribylov Islands
Recall of Mailed Letters Described With Procedures
Long excerpt recounts the complex process to recall a mailed letter, including blanks, handwriting checks, and possible interception. It also notes cases where recalling was needed to revoke a deed or contract and mentions a local Gamlingay insect shower and ancient Coliseum measurements. A Carolina woman preserves a growing hair lock over years despite doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gamlingay
Cambridgeshire
London Standard
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. Franx
Ligonier
Penn
Loyalhanna Creek
Indiana
Engand
Secretary of the Treasury
J. Luke Hunter
Fauvin County
Texas
Maine
Amexa
Kong Kong
Planyu Cherisien
Alfonso Carpentieri
Italy
Naples
Soldiers OF Christ
BT. Louis Exposition Building
B. F. Jacobs
W. A. Duncan
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
J. R. Caldwell
New Hamburg
G. W. Smith
Denver
William H. Hall
Connecticut
Timothy Nicholson
T. B. Sweet
Topeka
George R. Bird
Nevada
J. H. Babbitt
Vermont
Paris
McAll Mission
Signor Charanti
Bishop Vincent
DR. Masters
Gold
Ryman Coliseum
Coliseum
Rome
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