Poverty in Europe and Naples Tenement Dread
The article surveys tenement life in London New York and Naples detailing brutal squalor disease and crowding. It contrasts European and American slums noting Naples as a worst example and calling for government housing and health measures to prevent a broader peril. It also touches on global bride prices and social practices.
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London
New York
Naples
Great Britain
France
Germany
Paris
Italy
Acre
Horrible tortures in China brutal punishments exposed
A detailed report describes legal and illegal torture methods used in China against prisoners, including the cage, snake coils, suspending torment, and finger squeezing. It notes these practices occur often for confessions and extortion, with broader implications if reforms follow Japanese victory. It then shifts to English education costs, citing millions of children and varying tuition subsidies in voluntary and public schools.
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China
Celestial Empire
England
Where Wild Bill Rests Monument in Deadwood Cemetery
In Deadwood South Lakota a red sandstone monument marks the grave of Wild Bill. The shaft bears a heroic bust of a man with long hair and a fierce mustache, inscribed Wild Bill on the pediment. At the top two crossed revolver barrels appear, with an inscription beneath them.
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Deadwood Cemetery
South Lakota
Wild Bill
No The Custer Referred To In Deadwood Monument Tale
The text notes that the Custer mentioned is the town of Deadwood not General Custer. It states the monument, carved by local sculptor Riordan, was funded by Deadwood gamblers and saloonkeepers who contributed to Bastes funeral costs and the tomb’s erection after his death.
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Custer
Mr. Hickok
Riordan
Deadwood
Prince Edward's tangled royal kinship explained
The Infant Prince Edward faces a complex family web. He is the third cousin of his father and second cousin of his mother, making him effectively his own double third cousin. Both parents descend from George III, linking to Mary, Duchess of Teck, and the Princess May, tying to the Duke of York. European royal intermarriage creates many such ties.
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Prince Edward
Royal House of
England
Duke of York
George III
Adolphus
Duke of Cambridge
Mary
Duke of Teck
May
Prince of Wales
Europe
Wealth in a River Bed of Genoa Hidden Treasure Found
A carter digging in the bed of the Polcavera near Genoa uncovered coins valued at about 60,000 francs, with many rare gold pieces from 1460 to 1550. Italian law awards half to the state and half to the finder, and the collection is under police supervision as treasure hunting continues.
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Genoa
Polcavera
Louis XI
Charles VIII
Louis XII
Francis I
Adams Denied Appearance Forges Letter to Delay Trial
John Quincy Adams recently deceased was fond of fishing and not of his legal work. In a Boston court a case he counseled was set for trial. he sent a letter to the judge, who postponed it announcing Adams is detained on important business. The note pleads to continue until Friday, claiming the fish are biting. The piece also notes early wood cuts painted by hand after printing.
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Naples
Italy
Europe
John Quincy Adams
Boston
Adams
Saak Walton
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Tra
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Rachel
Leah
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Oregon
California
Africa
Uganda
Asia
Tartary
Fiji
Bunsen
Lion Punishment
Hickok
B. Hickok
J. H. Riordan
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