Monkeys Aboard a Ship Upends Liverpool Harbor Traditions
An American officer recalls a comic voyage tale where a ship owner’s ill kept order for two monkeys in Bombay led to a cargo of a hundred primates. The animals overran the ship then roamed Liverpool docks, making the crew’s life chaotic and drawing a buoyant crowd before being sold at a profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Liverpool
Bombay
Jack
Aden
Land's End
Hartford
Conn
Prospects for Agriculture Amid War and Exports
The text notes rising grain and animal exports and a shift in farming focus. It cites 12,250,600 pounds of cheese and 58,700,520 pounds last year, with grain exports up over 35 percent. War strains resources, famine drives English flour shipments, and the west, central, and eastern states are urged toward grain, pork, beef, and dairy production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Great Britain
Europe
Russia
Turkey
England
East Indian
Central
Prairies
Missouri
Courtesy in Recognition Across Social Circles
The piece discusses mutual recognition as people age and seek attention from younger generations. It notes that frequent social contact can blur faces, causing misidentification, and argues that only those with limited circles or royal aides can uniquely recall all introductions. It asserts that culture and self-respect demand polite salutations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Loup
Storms Threaten Boot's Canyon Post and Supplies
The article notes potential discontinuation of Boot's Canyon post office due to storms, fears for supplying Ouray with provisions, and orders for troops from Indian agencies to Camp Douglas Utah to rejoin their regiment. Also reported are smallpox outbreaks in Southern Colorado, cattle market growth, hay and grain conditions, and railroad policy actions.
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Boot's Canyon
Fourteenth Infantry
Burks
Tobey
Kennington
Camp Douglas
Utah
Colorado
Saguache County
Castills County
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Longmont
Yellowstone
Deadwood Times
the Times
Gunnison Valley
Gunnison City
Gunnison
Chaffee
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Executive Department
Congress
Messrs
Lacy & Coleman
Colfax County
New Mexico
el Moro
Denver
Anderson
Sleeper
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver Tribune
Julia Palmer
Our City
Opera House
Miss Palmer
Sognai
Robin Adair
Mahree
Soul and future life debated in scientific terms
The speaker discusses the concept of soul across pagan and Christian thought, admitting comfort with a future life for the just or the influence of actions beyond death. They insist on scientific clarity, arguing the brain's molecular basis ends at death and questioning the stone’s metaphorical future through ripple effects.
Cactus mill pulses at two tons daily in Soledad
The Los Angeles Express notes Captain Walker’s cactus paper mill in Soledad turns out two tons of pulp daily, sent to Santa Clara for Manila wrapping paper. About twenty men work cutting cactus and grinding pulp, with profits meeting project expectations amid a growing industry.
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Cactus
Captain Walker
Los Angeles Express
Soledad
Santa Clara
Local notes and oddments from Campbell county and beyond
A curtepaper note from Cincinnati thanks a roadmaster in Campbell county Kentucky for a posted auctice. A wag named Vihaber shows a hole in the paper as proof of genuineness. P H Mullen of Oriskany Falls opens a flour barrel factory at a new site with supplies to meet demand. An editorial aside reflects on fashion and vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Oihaber
Cincinnati
Campbell County
Kentucky
Vihaber
P. H. Mullen
Oriskany Falls
New York
J. K. Mullen
Star Mills
Democrat
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E. Marsh, M. D
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Sungeth
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Er Bank
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J. WM. Feermax
J.D. Beexley
Union Colony
Buckley
Union Bank
Exchange Hotel
Hotel DE Comfort
Main and
Jefferson Streets
Raiilroad
Greeley
Graham
K. Thompson
Entist
Main Street
Gressley
JT L. Dunham
Bay
Port Ofice
RS. J. Leavy
Mme Demorest
Mme. Smith
Sherman Streets
Rogers & Bartleson
Larimer
Rk. T. Ferguson
Creeley Tribune
Eli Hall
Tyall & Johnson
J. H. Johnson
Greeley, Colorado
Kobe
Emerson & West
Cameron & Benedict
N. B
Tartars
Abraham
America
Chicago Alliance
Gov. Thayer
Wyoming
Great American Desert
Middle
New Egland
HL. O. Ward
Home Journal
la Fontaine
Colorado and Vicinity
Huxley
ZED
Susan
Helen
Charley
Mari
Enteras Charley
Norris
Osavdian
Vallambrosa
Brooklyn
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