Army of Hicks Pasha destroyed by Elmahdi forces
Cairo dispatch notes Hicks Pasha’s army annihilated near Elobeid by Elmahdi’s 800000 strong forces including Dervisches and regulars. Only a European artist escaped. Hicks Pasha commanded about 25000 troops with ten British officers. Evacuation orders countermanded. Khartoum to be defended.
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Somersby and Tennyson's Lincolnshire Home described
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Nutmegs Grow on Small Trees in Jamaica Then Trade Wars
Article describes nutmeg trees in Jamaica bearing fragrant pale flowers and large fruit. It notes trees 20 feet tall, a Jamaica plantation with thousands of nutmegs, Dutch control of Banda Islands, trade disruption, and burning of nutmeg stores to keep prices high.
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Hastings Journal reports coal famine and rail activity
The Hastings Journal notes four rail lines converging on a coal region, a coal shortage, and halted supplies. It reports accidents near Omaha and Florence, a large immigration to Holt county, court activity in Papillion, and local business and building booms in Hastings Grafton and Greeley areas.
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Hicks Pasha and El Mahdi Emissary Clash at Waterless Defile
The prompt fragment describes a historical clash where Hicks Pasha reportedly accepted guidance from an emissary of El Mahdi, leading forces into a waterless defile where they were annihilated. It frames a decisive battle context with a controversial strategic decision and catastrophic outcome.
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el Mahdi
Magnetic sense explored by Sir William Thomson in Birmingham
The University of Glasgow mathematician, Sir William Thomson, in his Midland Institute inaugural address in Birmingham, proposed a possible seventh sense for magnetism. He rejected animal magnetism and clairvoyance, but noted Faraday’s findings and Foucauld’s experiments, suggesting a magnetic effect on living bodies could exist and merit further study.
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Umbrella for Buenos Ayres proposed by German engineers
Two German engineers submit a plan to cover Buenos Ayres with a massive umbrella. Base at Plaza de Lorca, extends to pier and city borders, 670 foot diameter foot, 1500 feet high ribs, glazed lining, canal around the umbrella to divert rainwater, project cost 5,750,000 dollars with completion in 30 months.
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No Mystery to Him. Farmer Foils Oyster Bullet
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