Eclipse tracking across Siberia to Japan observers
The article describes an extensive, coordinated international effort to observe a total solar eclipse on August 18. It notes Russian telegraph privileges for scientists from the US, Prussia, Britain, and others, with multiple parties from Amherst College, Princeton, and Moscow joining Japanese and Russian stations to photograph the sun’s corona and study its atmospheric envelope.
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Asia
North Pacific
Siberia
Prof
Young
Japan
Berlin
Russia
Sea of Japan
Vladivostock
Pacific
Tokio
Lake Baikal
India
National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Nautical Almanac Office
Simon Newcomb
United States Navy
Bache Fund
David P. Todd
Amherst College Observatory
W. J. Holland
Pennsylvania
Chandler
Moscow
Charles A. Young
Princeton
N. J
Hingo
Brackett and McNeill
Otto von Struve
Imperial Observatory
Pultowa
Rear Admiral Greer Selected to Command European Squadron
Rear Admiral James Augustin Greer, born February 28, 1868 in Cincinnati, has been designated by President Cleveland to command the European Squadron ad interim. The Washington appointment follows a distinguished Civil War record including at Vicksburg and Grand Gulf, with prior commands and Arctic expedition service. He will relieve Rear Admiral Samuel K.R. Franklin at Leghorn, Italy.
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James Augustin Greer
United States Navy
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Board of Admirals
Vicksburg
Grand Gulf
Navy
Dayton
Philadelphia
St. Mary’s
Pacific
Columbia
Paraguay
Africa
Naval Academy
San Jacinto
Wilkes
Mason and Slidell
Eustis
Trentas
Greer
Blue Jackets
Donald McNair Fairfax
Mr. Greer
Mississippi
David D. Porter
Benton
Admiral
Admiral Porter
Bell
Washington
Arctic
New York
Upernavik
Greenland
Lyttleton Island
Cape Sabine
Navy Department
Leghorn
Italy
Samuel KR. Franklin
Trophies For Yachtsmen Trophy and Cup For Canadians
Boston Herald offers a $1000 silver punch bowl trophy for New York and Boston yachts racing in Massachusetts waters. The bowl, 250 ounces, 16 inches diameter, 7.5 inches deep, rests on three shell feet and bears Neptune and mermaid motifs. The Volunteer won the first class sloops race under Eastern Yacht Club at Marblehead. A separate silver cup, 2 feet high, with an eagle, is planned for the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht squadron to honor Queen Victoria’s jubilee, with donors including Curtis Holmes Rice Butler and others.
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Boston Herald
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
The
L. E. Jenks
Neptune
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Canada
United States
Nova
Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
Royal Nova Scotis
Halifax
Queen Victoria
George M. Curtis
Oliver W. Holmes
Alien Thorndike Rice
Benjamin F. Butler
Revolutionary widows Mary Casey and Abigail Tilton Pensioned
Two remaining Revolutionary War widows are Mary Casey of Washington DC and Abigail Tilton of New Hampshire. Casey, widow of John Casey, earned a government pension after her husband served in Virginia and Kanawha County doting on family with a son in the regular army. Tilton receives both state and national pensions totaling 300 dollars yearly.
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Mary Casey
Washington D. H
John Casey
Virginia
Kanawha County
Jackson County
The Ladder of Life and The Cost of Beverages
The passage emphasizes labor as the foundation of prosperity and urges thrift from youth. It argues for disciplined spending, prioritizing essential needs, and postponing nonessential purchases to secure independence. It notes beverages as a costly, often harmful expense harming small earners.
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England
Victoria
Spithead
Victoria and Albert
Review
Prince of Wales
Osborne
Bio
Nelson
Rear Admiral
Jnat
Sumner
Scandal
Emerson
Tin
Arnold Burges Johnson
Cosmopolitan
Bankers
City and Farm Loans
Curtis St
Denver, CoLo
Portland and Loniville Cement
Plaster OF Paris
Red Cross Paints
Marshall and Welch
Oya
Roya Bakixe Powno#R Co
Wall St
N. Y
J. H. McLean
J, Kk, Thomipson
East Greeley
Taylor's
H. C. Watson & CO
Gale, Lee & Wilson
W. A. Nichols
Greeley
Walnut Street
Madison Avenue
H. A
A. Z. Salomon & Company
A. L. Welch & CO
Weld County
City
Sixteenth and
Champa Streets
E. Brooks
Greenlee & C9
Denver, Colorado
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley Colorado
Bart
Castoria
TL. A. Aucnen
M.D
Oxford
Brooklyn, N. Y
Tas Cavraus Company
Fulton Street, N. Y
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