Rothschilds and their great wealth and guiding maxims
A historical sketch outlines Mayer Anselm Rothschild born in Frankfurt 1748 and his rise from a clerk to founding a banking house. It notes his 1806 dealings with Hesse Cassel and the family’s expansion across Frankfurt Vienna London Naples and Paris, with Lionel Nathan Rothschild later head of the London firm and a list of guiding maxims attributed to him.
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Rothchild
Mayer Anselm Rothchild
Frankfort
Germany
Hanover
Hesse-Cassel
William I
Rothschild
William
Anselm
Solomon
Nathan
Charles
James
Vienna
London
Naples
Paris
Francis
Lionel Nathan
George Francis Train
Temperance Meeting Scenes Ireland England and Holy Land
The Herald of the Ist reports a Haverly's Theater gathering under the American Temperance Union. Eli Johnson spoke, tracing Irish, Scottish, English, French, Belgian, and German scenes, urging that only the Holy Spirit can cast out whiskey. He described squalor and vice in those lands and urged church reform as the path to temperance.
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Herald of the Ist
Haverly’s
American Temperance Union
Eli Johnson
Tie
Ireland
Scotland
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Rhine
Italy
Holy Land
Desbrook
Edmunds bill on electoral reform urged in crisis era
The Galveston News argues the Edmunds bill to extend electors meeting to January and refine electoral counting is necessary to prevent a repeat of the near civil war crisis. It condemns congressional inaction and partisan manipulation and warns of potential disputes over returns if the next election is close.
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Galveston News
Edmunds
Select Committee
Congress
United States
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A philosophical quotation questions nobility of labor and contrasts self-wrought work with hiring others to toil, while one remains passive and oversees the effort. The speaker notes a preference for outsourcing labor over personal involvement, signaling critique of passivity in work.
Mississippi River Backup Floods Arkansas Bayous
Flooding from the Mississippi River backs up through bayous and inundates low lands in Arkansas causing rising water in affected regions and prompting potential evacuation or warnings for residents along riverside areas.
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Arkansas
Call to farm and skilled trades over urban professions
A Youth's Companion editorial urges young men to avoid urban offices and professional traps. It praises agriculture as West’s future money maker and urges picking a skilled trade or farming, arguing overcrowded professions and the value of hands on labor over half learned careers.
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Tennessee
Colorado
West
Balloon Expedition to North Pole Planned by Commander Cheyne
The plan envisions steam sledges to March 20, 1881, then balloons inflated with hydrogen to reach the Pole by air. Three balloons of one to one and a half ton lift, seven explorers with 51 days of supplies, aiming for a 30 to 40 hour balloon leg and a week of scientific work. News sent to Russia and London within three days via St Petersburg.
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John Cheyne
Royal English Navy
North Pole
Cheyne
Lord Derby
M. P's
Russia
England
St. Petersburg
London
Arctic
Fierce 1851 Comanche assault near Nueces River
Lieutenant Burleson and eight rangers chased three Comanche riders and met eleven on foot in a brutal close-quarters fight across an open prairie. Jem Carr and Baker Barton distinguished themselves amid arrows and gunfire, with two rangers killed and eight Indians wounded or dead. the field remained littered with arrows after the clash near the Nueces.
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Texas
Ed. Burleson
San Antonio
Camp Los Ojuelos
Nueces River
Tudmans
Burleson
Colt
Jem Carr
Jem
Baker Barton
Leach
Roving Farmers and the Vastness of Space
The piece counsels roving farmers to settle and cultivate a home for family, then contrasts with an expansive meditation on space. It notes the futility of measuring progress in space, asserting that vastness lacks direction and that staying put is wiser. The tone blends practical advice with philosophical musing.
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