Overland Mail and the Rise of Transcontinental Communication
A historical survey traces the overland mail from the Butterfield route to the Pony Express, noting how 40 cent rates dropped to six and then ten cents, the 23 day voyage to San Francisco, and the telegraph's rise ending the era. It highlights leaders like Russell, Holladay, and Wells Fargo, and the social glow surrounding mail arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
New York
San Francisco
Overland
Leroy R. Hafey
State Historical Society of
Colorado
Overland Mail
Arthur H. Clark Company
Cleveland
Trans- Mississippi West
St. Louis
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Great Britain
Oregon Country
Polk
Rocky Mountains
Oregon
Charleston
S. C
Chagres
Panama
Astoria
Ore
California
Casey
Telegraph Hill
Pacific Coast
Kit Carson
United States
Utah
Oregon Trail
California Diggings
Great Plains
John Butterfield
Fort Smith
Ark
el Paso
Texas
Tucson
Ariz
Fort Yuma
Los Angeles
Saint Louis
Pioneer Stage
Butherfield
Buchanan
Butterfield
West
William H. Russell
Russell, Majors and Waddell
Plains
Leavenworth and
Pikes Peak
Central Overland California and
Pikes Peak Express Company
Rocky Mountain
Russell
Pony Express
Central Overland Stage Lines
Hafey
Ben Holladay
Holladay
Mark Twain
Holy Land
Moses
Jack
Egypt
Israel
Wells Fargo Company
Promontory Point
Concord
Origins of boxing from ancient days to early modern rules
The piece traces boxing from its brutal origins in Roman and Greek arenas to the eight eenth century in England. It highlights the cestus era, the Greek Boxer statue as a depicting study, and Jack Broughton’s invention of gloves and a rules code that curbed savagery, shaping future boxing standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Greece
England
Jack Broughton
Philadelphia Ledger
Bohemian Glass Noted for Engraved Decorations
Valuable Bohemian glass, made of 2 potash lime glass, is prized for receiving cut and engraved decorations. Most old Bohemian pieces command value due to the beauty of their decorations.
Memorized Speech Draws Attention in Toledo Blade
A sales agent delivers a lengthy pitch while observers wonder how long it took her to memorize the speech as reported by the Toledo Blade.
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Toledo Blade
Manchuria Looms Large in a World of Empires
A National Geographic survey describes Manchuria as a vast land where Chinese Russians Japanese and Koreans mingle under a complex power balance. It details port cities Dairen Port Arthur Harbin Mukden and the rail links forming a cross between Tokyo Peiping Port Arthur and the Trans-Siberian line. The piece notes Manchuria's climate rail economics soy bean boom and immigrant flows shaping regional politics and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miser
China
Russia
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Manchuria
New Jersey
Japan
Amur
Mongolia
Japanese Korea
Sea of Japan
Portsmouth
Port Arthur
Dairen
Harbin
Sungari
Peiping
Tokyo
Mukden
Chosen
Korea
Imperial
Great Britain
Genghis Khan
Trans-Siberian Railway
Chicago
Boston
North China
New England
Liaotung Peninsula
United States
Tsitsikhar
Kirin
Liaotung
Shantung
Irregular Fighters and the Foreign Legion
The Foreign Legion term refers to irregular volunteers allied with states at war and is commonly misapplied to the Regimental Etrangers in French service. These raiders are a mix of adventurous spirits from many nations, used in various colonial campaigns.
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Foreign Legion
Japanese Lacquer Craft Secrets Revealed in Practice
Popular Mechanics explains lacquering as a centuries old Japanese art with hidden techniques known to few craftsmen. It notes lacquer varnish uses gum from the arashi tree and that up to fifty coats may be applied over pine or cherry bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Arashi
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a universal sweetener that soothes sour stomachs in both children and adults. It claims the product neutralizes acid, is pleasant to take, and endorsed by physicians as a genuine prescription product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
Shopping in the South Seas Cooks Up Grass Skirt Quips
A humorous exchange in the South Seas features a shopper asking if a product is all grass skirt. The vendor replies that it is indeed all grass with no weeds in the mix, delivering a period novelty line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Te Overland Mail
Waliam H. Russell
THE
Poivy Expess
ST Louis
PONY
Abraham Lincoln
Overland Stage Cines
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
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Aeroxon
Tume
Pat
Sony
Graef & Sandkmop
Cai
Teva Ema
India
Pinkham’s
A. O. Leonards
Fifth Ave
New York City
W.N. U
Lincoln
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