What Is Success According To A Royal Engineer
The piece blends a poem by H. D. Hughes asking what constitutes success with a report from Tyne side industry. It notes Siamese royal nephews training at Gateshead and Elswick, Prince Beserver and Prince Bovardi exploring locomotive and armaments works under Wilson Worndell and Armstrong Whitworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyneside
Northeastern Railway Company
Arsenal
Elswick
Chulalongkorn
England
Newcastle
Leeds
Prince Lessers
Gateshead
Stephenson
Tyne
Wilson Worndell
Northwestern
Midland
Traffc
Great Britain
Prince Besvert
Siam
Prince Bovaradier
Besserl
Bovaradies
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Limited
Stead
London Mall
Divide Up the Day and Industrial Freedom in Early Union Themed Pieces
A long review of political songs and labor themes highlights a mayor described as generous to workers and a socialist advocate. It notes a labor anthem Stick to Your Union by Thomas West and outlines inventions and industry efforts. The piece transitions to a dramatic wartime anecdote about Lt Mason and the drunk bugler Larry McGregor during an Indian outbreak, ending with a clash where Larry bursts into action alongside his lieutenant.
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Georgia
Bia
Jones
Ita
Yanla
New York Herald
Golden Rule Pare
Golden Rose Hall
Brotherhood of Min
Thomas H. Weat
Midland Mechanic
Missouri State Federation of Labor
West
Boston
Ha Ban
Kansas City
Wort
American Federation of Labor
Tad
Larry
McGregor
Larry McGregor
Seventeenth Cavalry
Ula Young Aslcer
Leutenant
Liewtenant Mason
Mr Mason
Rutland
Vic
Mason
Jehot
oMeer
Father Reveals Soldier Roots Before Death in Battle
Larry lies wounded after a fierce skirmish as Lt Mason, the officer, helps him. In his last moments Larry learns the truth from Hugh Mason that he is the son of the man who sheltered him in the past. The scene ends with Larry fading as taps sounds.
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Larry
Mason
McGregor
Father
Ini
Hugh Mason
Polygamous Children Supposed in Mormon Church State
Rev J D Nutting reports to the New York Tribune that forty nine polygamous children have been born since Utah statehood to leaders and members of the Mormon church. He cites wives of Lorenge Show and Taberts with multiple offspring and notes denial from the church organ News on new marriages while stressing alleged immorality among church leaders.
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J.D. Nutting
New York City
Utah
Congregational Board
New York Tribune
Statehood
Lorenge
Mr. Nutting
Mormon Church
Taberts Iss
The First Atlantic Cable and Its Early Trials
The first Atlantic cable was laid by the British ship Agamemnon and the American Niagera. After repeated failures and dangerous snags, the 2500 mile cable finally linked Ireland and Newfoundland, carrying the queen's message to Washington before failing again. In 1866 the Great Eastern laid a newer cable used by John Bull and Uncle Sam for transatlantic messages.
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Atlantic
Agamemnon
Niagera
Ireland
Mid-Ocean
Newfoundland
Valentia
Cape Race
Washington
Great Eastern
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Crack in the teacup sparks gossip in Boston Journal
In a quip about gossip, Little Dot asks her mother about a crack in a teacup she says will shock visitors. The exchange highlights how rumors spread when tongues wag. The Boston Journal notes the stale joke that gossips would benefit from a rest and reflection.
Date palms in Arizona offer prospects for domestic cultivation
A special letter explains the Agricultural Experiment Station in Tucson rates and reviews imported date palms, noting arid Arizona climate and California’s southwest as favorable. It details propagation, flowering sexes, tree ages, yields, and risks from birds and insects while citing 12,000,000 pounds imported last year and 20,091,012 pounds valued at $601,596.31 in 1891.
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Agricultural Experiment Afation
Tucson
Ariz
Department of Agriculure
United States
Arizona
California
Africa
Maczaba
Palpatine
St. Sada
Algeria
Fexxen Ie
Barnum’s Advice to Youth From Final Letter
One of P T Barnum’s last letters urges young men to keep the brain free from alcohol and the blood clean, avoid tobacco’s poison, stay physically and morally clean, and treat the body like a machine needing reliable performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
P.T. Barnum
No Romanos Offer Hearts In Check on Love
The Revtan Journal quotes a humorous exchange where a man offers his heart while the woman asks what amount of fortune his hand can draw. The antiquated banter plays on aged romance and financial use of affection.
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Romanos
Han
Revtan
Emperor Charles V Rehearsed His Own Funeral and Died
The article recounts Emperor Charles V of Spain retiring in 1556 to a monastery, rehearsing his funeral in 1558 as urged by belief in divine favor. On August 30 he staged an elaborate ceremony, capping with laying in his bier and shroud, then died three weeks later on September 1, 1588, amid fever from damp grave cloths.
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Charles V
Spain
Netherlands
Philip
Charles
Yuate
Metremadura
de la Marek
Fife
Aberdeen Professor John Forbes Died At 97
The Aberdeen University Oriental languages professor John Forbes, who died in January at age 97, was likely the last notable living person to interview Wolfgang von Goethe. Forbes’ biography recounts a 1829 meeting where Goethe, despite age, greeted the visitors, discussed German knowledge in Britain, and introduced them to achwlegertochter.
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John Forbes
Aberdeen University
Wolfgang von Goethe
Forbes
Germany
Goethe
Scotland
England
Achwlegertochter
Self-Made Man Porter J. McCumber Seen as Rising Republican Leader
Senator Erect Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota is hailed as a plucky and talented self-made man who will enter national legislation on the near March 4. Little is known of his personal biography due to his brief political focus, yet he is viewed as one of the strongest Republicans in the West and many expect him to shape the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erect Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
McCumber
West
Feathered Angel Exposé Sheds Light on Cruelty in Art
The Academy notes a London exhibit titled a painting with a purpose showing an altar of feather heaps and an angel of compassion, condemning the slaughter of birds for fashion. Ruskin and Watta advocate humane treatment of birds, opposing plumage theft for Bond Street displays.
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Ruskin
England
Watta
R. A
Bond Street
Gay
Bea
London
Benda
Dante
God
The
Academy
Theater Scheme Prompted Hats Off Ruse in Portland
A theater manager in Portland Oregon staged a signaling scheme after the overture where a sign on the stage floor invited audience members to remove their hats. The sign’s wording urged hats to be removed at the proper time, coordinating with the orchestra’s timing.
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Portland
Ore
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Lotthalen
H. D. Hughes
Antioch, US
Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Ohio
Kate Labor
Illinois
Irry
St. Paul’s
Boston Journal
Law Goethe
Con Press
P. J. M'Cumber
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