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The Curious Weather Theory and Other News
A Philadelphia scientist Dr RB T Trall argues that rare planetary conjunctions trigger extreme weather and pestilence from 1880 to 1885, warning of dire effects on the dissipated and fashionable. The Detroit Tribune defends Beecher, noting lecturing under a bureau contract and the advertising method. The issue reports on the grayling fish in Michigan, urging protection, and mentions ships bound for Vienna with exhibits, plus legal cases in New York and England, counterfeit bonds in London, and a Boston bond mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. T. Trall
Philadelphia
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Lansen
Tabscop
The
Detroit Tribune
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
New York
Boecher
Tseir
Triune
Wilken
Spirit of the Times
United States
Michigan
Boardman River
Geaud ‘Kaverna Bay
James K. Gunton
Traverse City
Jim
Boardwell
Gunton House