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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1891
Page
6
Covixeron Kentucky March 6 Bradford McGregor reports a method that bonds iron aluminum and glass into an air tight joint forming a durable vacuum compatible with electric lighting. The technique fuses aluminum with glass replacing plaster seals and prevents vacuum loss, promising long lasting lamps.
A New York summary details Protestant activity abroad. In Japan there are 527 missionaries serving 28 977 native adults with 5000 new members last year and 7000 projected for 1891. China shows slower progress with 1950 missionaries and 37287 new communicants. India and Ceylon report strong growth led by native Christians numbering 74576 in schools. In Britain and Canada the missionary totals reach 2965 and 8332 native communicants. The piece also notes US political curve and the Lincoln Washington holiday discussion.
Toronto reports Sir John MacDonald wins power after a heated campaign but with a reduced majority from fifty one to about fifteen. Liberal hopes in the Maritime provinces falter and other surprise results emerge including the defeat of Hon. John Darling in London and Hon. George Foster in finance.
In Committee of the Whole the senate recommends passage of a bill making it a misdemeanor for any woman on stage or in public venues to expose her legs clad in tights or similar attire in a manner visible to others. Conviction carries a fine between five and one hundred dollars or jail from five to thirty days.
Ex Senator Geo M Chillcott of Colorado dies in St Louis on a Friday following a January move for health reasons. Born 1828 in Pennsylvania, he held many posts from sheriff in Iowa to Colorado land office registrar under Lincoln, served in Congress and state legislature, and was a strong Republican figure.
Dr Easterday in Albuquerque reports removing an iron arrow point from Albino Contreras who was wounded in 1860 by Navajo Indians. Contreras, 46, was captured in 1857 and held for a year and a half before replacement to his family. The removal promises healing and resumption of work.
London reports say the German government is angered by Reichstag opposition to imperial naval expansion. The Kaiser favors navy growth over army spending, aiming to make the Baltic German and threaten Russia, with Italy Austria and possibly Britain complicating Mediterranean plans. Windthorst obstacles arise from broad public unease at rising military costs.
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