Indian mutiny pistol duel and portable houses review
A historical fragment discusses an officer killed during an Indian mutiny duel after using a long range navy pistol. It then surveys portable houses and accessories, noting costs, setup methods, and transportability for seashore or mountain locations. Also included are humorous vignettes on hygienic bread and Rabbinical theology about male and female origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Sesberg
Atalwart
Navy
United Service Gazette
Li Hung Chang Education and Origins
Li Hung Chang came of worthy parentage and showed early promise. He passed all exams, excelled in the Peking Grail contest among 20,000, studied at Haalo College, and earned high scholarly regard though Western standards would rate him lower. John Hardy, inventor of the vacuum brake, born 1820 in Gateshead, apprenticed under Jack Smith, moved to France, then Austria, and later retired in 1885 after his invention.
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Li Hung Chang
Peking
Wastuude
Haalo College
John W. Foster
John Hardy
Vienna
Gateshead
England
Jack Smith
George Stephenson
Pogland
France
Austria
Southern Railage
Stephenson
Week in History Briefs and Local Losses
A sketchy digest notes a bicycle accident injuring Anguata Miller at Mohawk New York and reports on absinthe opposition in England. It lists business failures including C and L Nyos in Chicago and the Columbus Buggy Co. with assets around 18,000 and liabilities over 1 million. The U.S. and Britain seek a Venezuela settlement, plus missing State Senator Adolph Pluemer of Cincinnati. Other items cover broker Whitney and Son, a Chicago food show, and various deaths, elections, and disasters across North America and Europe.
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Anguata Miller
Warner Miller
Mohawk
England
United Kingdom
C. and
L. Nyo
Island Avenue
Chisago
Columbus, O
United States
Great Britain
Adolph Pluemer
Cincinnati
Whitney & Son
Bankers
Atlantic
Mabilldes
Chicago
Pamarama
Lake Front
Robert Hutchinson
Alliance, D
H. C. Sherman
Washington
Olney
John Sherman
Ohio
Sagne
Czar and Salis-Dury pact on key policy in royal sultan crisis
The Londo Chronicle cites a policy agreement between the czar and Lord Salis-Dury on the ultimate deposition of the Turkish sultan. Reports from Matanzas claim Lopez the insurgent leader was killed at the reserve plantation, not Serafin Sanchez. The Leadville shaft disaster is blamed on strikers amid labor unrest. Upcoming Brotherhood of St Andrew convention in Pletsburg draws attention. Foreign visitors include the shah of Perala. Raffel named German municipal resident candidate for Apia. Browning uncovers a grandfather’s canoe in Deep Creek, Garrod County Md.
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Londo
Salis- Dury
Turkey
Leadville
Matanzas
Cuba
Lopez
Serafin Sanchez
Reserve
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Pletsburg
Europe
Shah of Perala
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Raffel
East Africa
Apia
Suinop
Richard T. Browning
Deep Creek
Garrud County
Florida Holds Election Shows Democratic State Gain
Florida voters completed a statewide and county election with three tickets for officers. Democrats expected to carry the state by a large margin under the Australian ballot, used for the first time in the city, with returns indicating Democratic majorities in most counties though unclear governor plurality. Superintendent race candidate Sheath trailed Bloxham in many precincts.
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Democrata
Pensacula
Florida
Bloxham
Sheath
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tramps Murdered by Rail Brakemen in New Haven
Police in New Haven believe Consolidated railroad brakemen murder tramps found riding on cars. Ten bodies mangled by trains have been found on the line in six months. Morony of Brooklyn survived after being shot and hacked from a train, naming brakeman Bean who allegedly led the killings.
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New York
New Haven
Evening World
Consolidated Railroad
Consolidated
Morony
Brooklyn
Bean
Blackburn to Fight Carlisle in Dustup Rumor
Washington dispatch reports rumors Senator Blackburn may challenge Logan Carlisle to a fight over Carlisle’s printed card. No challenge has arrived yet. Blackburn left town Saturday and officials at headquarters are annoyed by his silence amid speculation he is preparing for a duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Republic
Washington
Blackburn
Logan Carlisle
Logan Car- Usle
Jane
A.D
Martin L. Beals
Mary
J. Beale
Marshall
Calhoun County
Michigan
John Houston
Office
the Register of Deeds
Calhoun
Susan B. Jones
Chicago
State of
Illinois
Register of Deede
State of Michigan
Towit
Turner
Susan E. Jones
Porter
14 Year Old Boy Slays Woman Over 25 Cents
Abbeville South Carolina October 1 14 year old Willedge Ma Jones shot a colored woman Mattie Hellman after she refused to pay 25 cents. He fired both barrels into her head killing her and is now in jail.
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Abbeville
S. C
Ma Jone
Mattie Hellman
Wood
Fights in Cuba Reported by Havana Dispatch
Late yesterday details emerged of engagements in Pinar del Rio province between General Betumi and Colonel Granados forces and Antonio Maceo insurgents. Cantabria battalion relieved at Guam, and major combat drove insurgents beyond Loma Blanco with eighty killed. Cuban royalist troops suffered twelve killed and ninety-two wounded. Bernal battled near Lomas dota Teja with about 700 troops, reporting one aide killed and multiple officers wounded. Also mortgage foreclosure notice filed in Michigan with details of the Rebecca H Miller and Lincoln Coleman transaction.
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Ars
Havana
Betumi
Granados
Grotydos
Antonio Jeont Gusme
Province
Pinar del Rin
Iuonal Granados
Cantabria
Guam
Guamo
Antonio Maceo
Lonin Blanco
Colonal Granados
Cantabrie
Guama
Loma Bianco
Bernal
Lomas Dota Teja
Cherry Stone Curiosities and Miscellaneous Facts
Oddities and facts from Salem Massachusetts and beyond include a cherry stone with one dozen silver spoons, a Prussian carved wherry with 124 heads, a note on snakes stating 657 varieties with 490 harmless, details on the Great Eastern’s 12,000 ton weight and four 1,000 horsepower engines, and notes on Mohammedan lunar years behind Turkey and Arabia. Also state court notices from Michigan discuss attachments, probate hearings, and administrator appointments with public notices in Marshall Statesman.
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Salem
Mass
Oliver
Prussia
England
Michigan
Calhoun
Marshall
George Ingersoll
Charles D. Holmes
Eva K. Howaton
de Bonis
Vaid
Marshall Statesman
Sai County
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Hind
South America
South Africa
Artima Ward
Lionard Paul
Oxford Street
London
Ward
Paul
Artemus
Clevelander
Sho
Carnegioh
Wayres
Boones, Tn
John Hornstein
Columbina
Allen G. Thurmain
J. H. Switzer
North Chicago
Boston
Turkestan
Lightys
Cuzro
Bombay
Rate
Hong Kong
J. M. Barrie
Canada
Lady Aberdeen
Tien Talon
China
Connecticut
London Board of Trade
Jestler
Reserva
Echo Mountain Range
California
Echo Mountain Hotel
Mount Lowe
D. Knowles
Franklin
Tex
Knowles
May Trecover
House of the Good Shepherd
Pus
Allegheny
Nic
Mazatlin
Mex
Sinaloa
Bohs
Express
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Bright
Opel
Carlisle
Hood
AU Druggists
Columbus Buggy CO
Potenti
Mich
HH. B. Edwards
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Rebecca H. Miller
Robert Nillery
Eannett
Ineola Coleman
Winsor
Morteage
Deeda
Michi¢ga Central Railroad Co
Varter
Michigan Central Railroad Co
Bald Aale
Robert Miller
Lincoln Coleman
Mien & Miller, Altorneys
Poiaonous Serpenta
Naturalista
Great Eastern
India
Arabia
County of
Clara M. Hewitt
Nettle McCracken
Neltie McCracken
Wrirtas H. Portir
Plaintif
Said
Cleorge Ingersoll
Wancy Holmes
Eva E. Houston
Asid Court
Holden
City of
George Ingervgll
Jonathan M. Weed
Emmett
Roderick Melbop
Matthias Stroble
Gnonce Ingersoll
Treditora
Elizabeth B. Warner
Salt County
Marshal
Slomans
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Utah
Sasioman & C. We
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