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Various Odds and Notes From Transcontinental Pages
A mosaic of brief items notes figures, places, and people. Mentions Blondin rope walking in India, Governor-elect Taylor of Wisconsin at 36, Kansas population estimate, trains halted by snow on Maine Central, and gas works talks in Yankton. References to Reade managing a London theater, Sothern's acting tally, and Beecher's London sermon mission. Diverse curiosities fill the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondin
India
Stanton
Cracker
California
Taylor
Wisconsin
Baltimore
Japan
Welsh
Iowa College
Maretzek
Heintzleman
Army
Maine Central
New York
Charles Reade
London
Guatemala
Peru
Connecticut
Kaiser
Boston
Jeverdy Johnson
Raleigh
Pioche
Cal
Gen. Schenck
Vance
Brittany
Pierce
Sothern
Owens
Seth Green
Sacramento
Calliopes
Queensland
Bedford County
Madame Ristoii
Lucretia Borgia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Gerald Massey
Michigan
Berlin
Jervis Island
Superior
New Orleans
Iwakura
Herz
San Francisco
Henry Ward Beecher
London Missionary Society
Scientific American
Palen ii
Serendith American
Alessis, Musx & Co
Srientive American
Munn & CO
Park Row
N.Y
Cor. F and
7Th Sts
Washington, D.C