Madagascar Lecture Reveals Lieutenant Shufeldt Journey
Lieutenant Shufeldt of the U S Navy shared his Madagascar crossing from east to west at Chickering Hall under the American Geographical Society. He described the island’s size climate tribes and the Queen’s court detailing his four month trek and the royal procession.
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United States Navy
Madagascar
Chickering
American Geographical Society
Great Britain
Ohio
el Dorado
New England
Barra
Barre
Shhofeldt
Schofeldt
Shufeldt
Possible Norse Relic in Boston Sparks Viking Theories
A heavy brass bell with an old inscription, once on Castle Island near Fort Independence, was moved to Major C. W. Raymond’s office. The Danish consul reads the inscription as Belonging to the Patriot, prompting debate on Norsemen in Boston Harbor and Lief Erikson statues once planned for Post Office Square. The tale ties to Vineland legends and various claimed sites around Massachusetts Bay, though no conclusive evidence remains.
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Boston
Castle Island
Fort Independence
C. W. Raymond
United States Corps of Engineers
Winthrop
Boston Harbor
Lief
Postoffice Square
Historical Society
Sopetagen
Vineland
J. Q. A. Ward
Massachusetts Bay
Thorfinn
Hellaland
Labrador
Newfoundland
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Krossaness
Point Allerton
Garnet Point
Thorvald
Leif
Hull
New England
A Wife Murderer Sentenced in Missouri
St. Louis reports Green Thorn hill a Black man who killed his wife in Troy Missouri a week ago pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to life in the penitentiary.
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St. Louis
Green Thornhill
Troy
Notable Figures and Artifacts Featured in Notes of the Day
The notes recount diverse historical figures and items including a celebrated French painter who died shortly after, a Black juror and community organizer in California, Mrs. Berenice Bishop linked to Hawaiian royal lineage, a 90 plus year old chaplain-general of the British Army from Wellington, and a London exhibition showing Queen Elizabeth I’s black knit silk hose dated 1560.
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Basa. Tae
Henri Philippotesnx
Wei
Barney Fletcher
Maryland
San Francisco
Intel
United States
Masonic Lodge
Ladies’ Beneficial Society of
California
Berenice Bishop
Honolulu
Kamehamehas
Wellington
Eng
Bladensburg
Washington
London
Queen Elizabeth
Bess
Montague
Arquis of
Salis
Bishop Elect Paret Suffers Eye Injury After Convention
Rev Dr Wm Paret rector of Epiphany Washington and newly elected Bishop of Maryland sustained a cinder lodge in his eye returning from a convention. He required glasses and a dark room but is improving and hopes to resume duties soon. He plans to live in the Baltimore Episcopal residence, now occupied by the widow of Air Whittingham who recently marked her 90th birthday.
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Maryland
Wm. Paret
Washington, D.C
Paret
Baltimore
Air Rhittingham
Not Far From The Truth From The Tribune Commentary
A Chinese pamphlet issued in Hong Kong claims Europeans are not human but wild animals. It accuses them of lacking reverence and hypocritically spreading vice in China. Also reports John Maxwell of South Argyle, NY, burned to death in a fire that destroyed an old out-house where he resided while insane.
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New York Tribune
Hong Kong
China
Troy
N. Y
John Maxwell
South Argyle
Washington County
Sre
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