Notable 19th Century Figures Exposed In Chaotic Gossip Column
A sprawling gossip item catalogs various public figures and events from social pages. Names include George Francis Train Rubenstein Miss Claxton and Ex Senator Platt, with notes on travels, marriages, legal cases, and odd curios like a giant ice chunk exhibited at Salina. Numerous brief vignettes reference actors managers and politicians amid a flurry of speculative anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Francis Train
Rubenstein
Pirty No Mors
Viscountess da Rio Novo
Brazil
London
Professor Swing
Deep Blue Sea
Europe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Ferry Beach
George Goodin
Philadelphia
Boston
Robert Callyer
Orental Hotel
Coney Island
Conkling and
Plat
New York
Perry Belmont
Arabi Pasha
Senator Platt
Mfe
Teo
Miss Claxton
Dublin Dispatch
Anna Parnell
E. M. Bruce
The
Dmurth
Montreal
Eighty Pound Hail Stone Report Near Salina
Journal describes a hail storm west of Salina near the railroad. Railroad section men witness hail stones growing from four to five pounds to an estimated eighty pounds as they return toward town, leaving ground covered with ice and snow after the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kony
Martin Elwood
Texas Woman Sues for One Half of Syracuse Land
A Texas widow, Ann Eliza Ives, claims undivided one half of a Forman's Park tract in Syracuse, seeking dower rights and damages. The suit targets a disputed estate once valued at $1,000 an acre, now worth far more, with a court battle expected to be pivotal and potentially contentious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Syracuse
Myra Gaines Annt
New Orleans
John B. Ives
Forman’s Park
Ann Eliza Ives
James A. Noxon
Supreme Court
Ives
Sai
Clarkeville
Red River County
Fotestate
Chas
Johnson
Almond
East Genessee
Mr. Johnson
Syracuse Standard
Memoir Snippet Links Beresford to Alexandria Sailor Reputation
The excerpt recalls Sir Charles Beresford praised by an officer who knew him fifteen years ago, noting his wild yet capable nature aboard ship and his readiness in danger. It also mentions Admiral Beauchamp Seymour’s nickname The Swell of the Ocean and Philip A White’s NYC ties, ending with a garbled remark about a colored mea d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charies Beresford
Alexandria
Bereaford
Beauchamp Seymour
Sir Beauchmoy
Suez Canat
Virsva
Sues Cacus
England
Acatrian
Turkey
Suez Canal
ABARL
Arabi Pasha
Ramleh
Wmafiondas Canal
Cairo
Camip
Mejor Pringle
Massacre reports emerge from Tantah and Meballa
Two Cadastral survey inspectors testified about the Tantah and Meballa massacres. They described crowds looting, dismembering bodies, and using viscera to assault European homes. A looting policeman confessed theft of money and valuables amid the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avexanmeta
Cadastral
Tantah
Meballa
Intelligence Department
Alexandria Forte
Alexandria
Pilgrimage at Tantah described amid Cairo Delta mayhem
A verbose travelogue details Tantah a delta capital 35 miles north of Cairo on the Careg and Alesan line. It notes population ranges 66 000 to 109 000. describes the great religious festival of Seysid Ahmad El Badawar drawing tens of thousands of pilgrims. portrays disorder including alcohol fueled crowds, crimes, and riots. It casts the pilgrimage as a major conduit for disease spreading to Cairo Alexandria and Suez, with medical provisions supplied by Dr. Grape the English physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tantoh
Sean
Noweore
Tans Aperce
Aluxunuris
Gurbocyon
Cairoy
Careg and Alesandria
Egypt
Paxiah
Arabi
Grimages Ce
Monaca
Hugh
Tantal
Tantah
Aya
Delts
Cairo
Alexandria
Suez
Nortala
America
Grape
Ho Khedive
Lt Waddly
Endesyure
Medina
Moycoa
Tentah
Archer
Europa
Paris
Fortress Monroe Rivaled As World’s Largest Fort
Fortress Monroe, the largest single fortress in the world, has cost over five million dollars. The water battery is praised as a top military construction. Colonel Lodor, artillery instructor, developed electric devices to fire all fort guns simultaneously and measure ship distance, wind, ballistics, and impact point. Senator Ben Hill is reported severely ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortreva
Monroe
Lodor
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Williems
Wiesbeden
Judge Hoadley
Cincinnati
British Islands
Henry Clay McDowell
Henry Clay
Ashland
Kentucky
Statesman
Liing
BR. B. Garland
Joseph Addison
Virginia
Colonel Cash
Shannon
South Carolina
Congress
Fock
George P. Rowell
North Pond
Starkwater
Lancaster
N. H
Laten Kendall
Corinth
Saratoga County
Irom
Schwatke
Arctic
Senate
Logan
Far West
K Ane
Henry G. Vennor
Old Orchard Beach
Ellwood
W.J. Huogar
North Santa Fe
Wandustabbie
Anth Minvy
Myraenn
Philip A. White
Brooklyn Board of Education
the Nile
Ahmet Bey
Menshevi Bey
Tayta
Aheika
Shobra
Vilage
Menshovi Bey
Yen
Mehalla
el Keat
APENT
Lexpos
Tres
Porte
Onderihere
Rubia
Constantinople
Russia
Samison
Legation
Lord Dufferin
Arab
Arexandris
Th Khedive
Mariett
Sutke Pasha
Refout Pasha
Kofer
Masourstrr
Gidatian
Seymour
Prench
Grevy
Chambere
Say
Ferry
Curtis
Coldetream Quante
Maptep
Spain
Sul Canal
Count Courti
Italisn
Italy
Germany
Austria
Coveran Tivorce
Portsnouri
Eng
Palmyra
Rumleb
Aoid
Tantro
the Times
Chalmers
Kafr-el-Dewar
Allison
Amua
Port Baid
Shiekh
Soudan
Wahed Dakkel
Adda
Ministry of Way
Osiro
Alexandeta
Waa B
Mahmoudieh Canal
South Stafordshire Regiment
Allsop
Farr-e-Dewar
Sout Sauffordshire Regiment
Rifles
Fortress Monroe
Sen
Ben Hillia
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