Niagara Falls Blizzard Tour Ends with Humorous Jabs
Bill Nye recounts a Niagara Falls blizzard visit from Buffalo to Goat Island and the Whirlpool. He notes rain and wind, a white hat loss, and comic encounters with a John Darm driver and a Piute trader Poco moco. The piece blends travel, humor, and satirical remarks on commerce and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls
Reading
Niagara
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Drosby
John Darm
Goat Island
Horsa
America
Congress
John Darms
Cohoes
Mr. Blizzard
Connecticut
Monsieur Fool Heemself
Rue de Main Street
Nemesis
Bazar
Pocomoco
Tam
England
New York
Waterbury
Conn
Boston
Bowery
Chatham Square
Bill Nye
New York World
Whitechapel Murders and Global News Highlights
London reports another Jack the Ripper murder in Whitechapel with grisly mutilation, amid police inability to identify the killer. Across the world, a clash between smugglers and custom guards leaves several dead in Nuevo Leon, while other items note a Chillapa town destruction, U.S. political and legal developments, and various overseas dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitechapel
London
Jack the Ripper
Castle Alley
City of Mexico
Galveston
Puerto del Agua
State of
Nuevo Leon
Custom House
Chillapa
Guerrero
Cabling in Cipher and the Rise of Codes in Trade
A New York Sun piece explains how cipher codes emerged in cable messaging as merchants sought secrecy and efficiency. It recounts how early cables accepted varied codes, then imposed rules, and how competition eventually allowed selective use of proper names and personalized ciphers, transforming international trade communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
Nash
Thomas
Altrate
Ananias
Josephine
Bae
New York
Ates
Dynesia
Saapelion
New York Sun
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Arthur Bullock
Crescent
Spencer & Perkins
Hudson's Bay Cay
Victoria, B.C
Nanaimo
Haslem & Lees
A C
Taslem & Lees
Coughlan
MASON
Victoria
B. C
P. O. Box
A. R. Johnston & Co
Bastion Street
Gordon
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Veit Boi ' Fa
East Coast Steamship Company
NYE
Lowery
Pitepatrick
Patal
United States
Starrison
Washington
Deer Park
Halford
Cairo
Mich
Richard Chapman
Ile
Chapman
Chicago
Horton
von F. Beggs
Cronin
Sioux City
C. C. Gross
Newspaper Union
Robert Dalton
Oklahoma
Dalton
L. O. West
West
Arkansas River
Osage Indian Reservation
Apter
New Orleans
Fitzatrick
Sridge
Sullivan
Fitzpatrick
Duffy
Purvis
Wichita
Kas
Paul
Pacific Express Co
Cleveland
Frinteres
Vienna
Kladno
Bohemia
Egypt
Paris
Grenfell Ha
Lellana
Chamber of Deputies
Minister of Marine
M. Meline
Chamber
Senate
M. Humbert
Tierne
France
Humbert
London Corporation
Wimbledon
Wilson
Mitchell
General Boulanger
Charles Rusbem
Charles Russell
Parnell
Parnellites
the Commission
Lockwood
Reed
Special Commission
Parnell Commission
Chas, Russell
Asquith
Jas. Hannen
Loyal and Patriotic Union
Reid
Parnellite
Chas. Russell
Websters
Philadelphia
Gloucester
Brewster
Scott
Newhall
New Zealand
San Francisco
Australia
Oceanic Steamship Co
Seattle
Sound
J. H.pleace
Shipping News
Gregon
A. McCallum
Ellington
Robt
Wellington
Exom Victoria
Sahel
Jendrodt
Miss Green
Mr. Maxwell
Brightman
J. Maxwell
W. Dempsey
R. Watkins
J. B. Mercer
G. Cruickshank
Bank of B. C
J. Cruickshank
T. E. Peck
Bradford
John Hilbert
Portland
FE. Sage
Coburn
J. H. Planta
S. M
Mary Muckwachuck
Claigeu
Wegattan
Hardy
Court Ier
A. C. West
Central Hotel
Louisville Courier-Journa
Edna
Pet
Auntie
Nell
Clara
Featherly
Bobby
Harper’ S Bazar
Boston Courier
Garibaldi
Signor
Barton Courier
Texas
Vost
Bullock's
Pimbury’s
Tenga
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