Legion to convene in November and free dispensary
The article reports the Quebec Legislature being summoned for November 9, steps to establish a free dispensary in Hamilton for the sick poor, plus various provincial and national business items including trades, loans, and trade notices. It notes appointments, resignations, and numerous international events from elections to coal strikes.
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Quebec
Tometé
Hamilton
Thomas Kilvington
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba
Ontario
Victoria and
New South Wales
London
British Columbia
Four and a Quarter Miles Deep Atlantic Ocean Floor
The Atlantic floor’s general contour is largely known with depths not exceeding about three and a quarter miles. An exception is a deep sink near 10 miles north of St Thomas in the Gulf of Guinea. The Challenger expedition traced its run, finding depths over a thousand miles long and more than a mile deeper than the surrounding ocean, reaching about four and a quarter miles.
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Atlantic Ocean
Hydrographic Bureaus
Greenland
Spitzbergern
Antarctic Circle
Prof
Forbes
Atlantic
St. Thomas
Africa
Gulf of Guinea
Cavalry Types Described by Alexander the Great
The passage lists four kinds of cavalry used by Alexander the Great, detailing the cataphrati as heavy armed horse, the light cavalry with spears and light armor, the acrobalistae as mounted archers for outposts and patrols, and the climachee who could fight as cavalry or infantry.
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Alexander
Potlatch customs among British Columbia Indians detailed
A historical account describes the potlatch in Pacific Northwest tribes as a ritual of notoriety. It recounts lavish three day feasts, gifts of blankets and goods, and a cash payout that ends with the host impoverished. It contrasts this with a harsh note on parental neglect of aging parents among some bands.
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British Columbia
Pacific
Cock Lane ghost tale linked to Alaskan outpost folklore
Fort Yukon in Alaska, early 1860s trading post, reports strange arctic night noises, moving utensils, and a voice from Jones the commander. Visitors recall raps and a mysterious familiar, with accounts spreading among Northwest posts until Jones departs. A library find confirms the Cock Lane ghost connection.
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Cock Lane
Fort Yukon
Hudson Bay Company
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Scotland
Strachan Jones
Rat River
la Pierre's
Porcupine River
York
Jones
Dovis
la Pierre
Fort Macpherson
Northwest Territory
Gold bounty grows as Transvaal fields surge
In the Transvaal republic of South Africa over 136000 ounces of gold were produced in August, the largest monthly output yet. Experts forecast annual production could reach about 32.5 million dollars, with possible 1893 output near 30 million and 1894 around 40 million. Gold reserves underlie hundreds of square miles, with total regional yield not likely to fall below 1.5 billion.
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Transvaal Republic
South Africa
United States
Australia
Transvaal
Conflicting Evidence in Irish Shooting Case
In a recent Irish shooting case counsel pressed a witness about where the man was shot. The witness replied in dialect that it was in the park, while others said the Rotunda. The question centered on whether the shot struck the target and where the incident occurred.
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Hivins
World’s Merchant Navies Show Rising Steam Fleets
Lloyd’s Register data reveals the United Kingdom leading with 6,035 steam vessels and 8,601,679 tons, followed by Germany and British colonies in tonnage. Sailing fleets place Britain ahead, with 3,285 sailing ships totaling over two and a half million tons, while the United States and Norway trail in numbers and capacity. Loss rates show the United Kingdom at 2.59 percent, Italy 2.79, Germany 3.46, and the United States 3.82, with Russia an outlier at 1.25 percent due to winter port closures reducing wrecks.
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Lloyd’s Register
United Kingdom
Germany
France
United States
Spain
Norway
Italy
Great Britain
Ireland
Sweden
Russia
Holland
A Dog of France: Mustache the Napoleonic Hero
The dog Mustache follows Napoleon’s army from Italy to Egypt and beyond. He warns of a night attack, earns rations and a barber’s care, fights bravely at Marengo and Austerlitz, and saves the tricolor before dying in 1811 pierced by a bullet. Soldiers honor him with arms, a medal, and lasting legend.
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France
Napoleon
Mustache
Italy
Alexandria
Marengo
Austerlitz
Mareshal Lannes
Legion of Honor
Fragmented Quotations and Snippets on Love and Life
A collage of brief dialogues and wry lines features Barber andVic tim exchanges about haircuts, a cry of love’s blindness, a solemn stranger musing on grass and mortality, a deaf man’s puzzled reply, and a note on autumn leaves. Other snippets touch on suicide temptations, marital quirks, hairdressing mishaps, and a book agent’s grim joke.
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Willie
Ethel Knox
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Hector Fabre
Paris
Northwest
Societe Fonciere du Cana
Michael J. Daly
Waterbury
Conn
Longue Pointe Lunatic Asylum
Olmstead
Hamilton City Hospital
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Worman
Medical College of
Kingston
Toronto
Montreal
Edward Beauvais
Rouville
Grailton
British
M. Emile Zola
England
Stephenson Blackwood
Imperial Post Office Department
Lord Dufferin
Canada
Miners’ Federation
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Evelyn Wood
Imperial Forces
R. Biddulph
Gibraltar
Nelson
Portsmouth
Polton
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Coventry
Warwickshire
Springfield
Til
Milo Wilson
Williamsburg
Ohio
Attracte Seg
Briggs
Union Theological Seminary
New York Training School
Episcopal Church
Mansfield Mine
Crystal Falls
Mich
Niagara Falls
Miss Weller
Alleghany City
Walter S. Stewart
Pittsburg
Department of Electricity
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Mary Garrett
New Orleans
Ripon
Wis
Minnesota
Knights of Pythias
Supreme Court
St. Paul
George W. Childs
John M. Marian
United States Supreme Court
Behring Sea Tribun
Buffalo
Jennie Mcdlroy
McKinley
de Barry
Cadiz
Lens
Samil
Gulf of Siam
Golden Dragon
Drachefels
Caarleroi
Borinage
Brussels
George S
Montevideo
Peixoto
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Vienna
Fand Pasha
Faud Pasha
Melilla
Morocco
Prince Bismarck
Kissingen
Friedrichsruhe
M. de Giers
Austria-Hungary
Toulon
Cronstadt
Mounted Police
Phui-pok-sok-sat
John Smith
Tatoosh
John
Hyas Tyhee
Captain John
Arctic
Austerlia
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