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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1894
Page
6
A mosaic of 19th century miscellany touches on an Italian organ grinder murder motive, British ship contracts with the Cramp firm, a 4,000,000 silver dollar vault incident, a record cut glass bowl in New York, Kentucky editor bonds, umbrella era forecasts, and calls for expanded education balancing scholarly routes with trades training for the masses.
Albany New York engineer James Donahoe, famed for a charmed life, survived fourteen wrecks with no injuries. The article recalls a collision with Engine Decker near Sing Sing, where Donahoe remained at his post as his engine plunged into the river. He later testified in a Hastings case blaming a signaling brakeman, while remaining a trusted veteran of the line.
The Bank of England, famed as the oldest central bank, faces public questions about recent irregularities. The resignation of cashier Frank May follows dissatisfaction with his conduct, while authorities withhold further details. The piece traces the bank’s origins in 1604, its government ties, and renewals of its charter, ending with the 1844 renewal and ongoing governance.
In Greenwood Cemetery lies Captain Samuel Chester Reid, designer of the American flag, forgotten in a weed covered plot at Cypress avenue and Zephyr path. The 1814 Fayal Roads battle defeated a British squadron, preserving New Orleans and sparking national honors. The grave, unmarked and within Plot 13,103, has drawn attention as Congress moves to fund a monument for this forgotten hero.
A discussion of a theory that granite glass and gemstones including diamonds are built from independent, rapidly moving particles. It explains how such motion accounts for solidity and impenetrability and why glass cutting erodes edges without yielding.
George W Drexel, publisher of Public Ledger, buys Wootton, the Bryn Mawr country seat of George W Childs. The 57 acre Pennsylvania railroad estate near Bryn Mawr station changes hands from Mrs Childs. price not disclosed. Wootton honors the Grenville line and Buckingham home in England where the Childs were entertained.
The piece recalls Prof. Tyndall's father as a shoe maker in an Irish village who lived behind his shop and possessed learning, wit, and sarcasm. It notes Tyndall's grammar school days and an old classmate saying he was an effeminate boy with little promise of living to seven.
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