Victor Hugo Dies in Paris May 22 Aged Poet’s Death and State Funeral Planned
Victor Hugo died at 1 30 PM in Paris after a long illness. The government plans a civil funeral at the state's expense as ministers adjourn the chamber in tribute. Cardinals, family, and officials attended his deathbed as parliament and senate paused to honor the famed writer whose life spanned literature and politics.
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Paris
Victor Hugo
Chamber of Deputies
Cardinal Guidbert
Hugo
M. Lockrey
France
Bonnet
M. Leroye
Brisson
Senate
Chamber
Besancon
Tie
French Academy
Louis Philippi
Constituent Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Louis Napoleon
Jersey
Louis
Oleon
Guernsey
Pais
Seine
National Assembly
Hanging of Rhodes in Galveston May 22 1854
Jasper Rhodes was executed at Galveston on May 22. He stepped from his cell to the scaffold in the jail attic, a drop of eight feet. The sheriff read the death warrant as Rhodes remained calm, handed a ring to the sheriff and bid farewell to his brothers. About 50 inmates witnessed the execution inside, while around 2,000 onlookers gathered outside in the hot sun. The murder of his wife on October 21, 1854, is cited as the crime. The Times notes ongoing anxiety and stalled negotiations.
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Jasper Rhodes
Galveston
Yabout
Rhodes
How London is fed by global markets and paradoxes
A London correspondent surveys how the city is fed, arguing England alone cannot supply London’s needs. He cites vast imports and distribution networks, notes Billingsgate and Covent Garden markets, and details rising foreign meat and cheese arrivals. He also describes price, quality, and the role of American and French products.
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London
New York Sun
England
Europe
Asia
India
Dover
Billingsgate
Covent Garden
Smithfield
Elderslie
New Zealand
Leadenhall
Charles
Spain
United States
Australia
G&c
Smithfield Market
Canada
Lovell
Lovell & Christmas
West Smithfield
Messrs. Hudson
Ludgate Hill
Holland
Messrs. Lovell & Christmas
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Britain
States
Whittaker
Garibaldi
The Toy Bank Maker In His Chestnut Street Studio
The Philadelphia Times profiles a prolific toy bank inventor working by wax models and bronze chasings in a low studio at 722 Chestnut Street. He describes his Creedmoor bank and others like a monkey bank, detailing wax modeling, molds, casting, and final assembly before bronze pieces go to the foundry for marketable toy banks.
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Chestnut Street
Creedmoor’ Bank
Saaturday
Row Foundry
Monkey and Bank
Philadelphia Times
Curious Cane Returns to War Hero After 21 Years
John Carlisle of this precinct received a carved red cedar cane from Bloomington Illinois. The cane, three feet long with two serpents, was made during a hospital stay after a 1864 railway accident in which Carlisle was wounded. It disappeared, surfaced again in Mound City, and later moved to a Bloomington G A R post before Carlisle was found and reclaimed the keepsake.
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John Carlisle
Express
Bloomington
Carlisle
Ilinois Infantry
Mr. Carlisle
General Hospital
Mound City
Ohio River
Bjloomington
Dawson County
Neb
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