Gold of Africa and Mashonaland ruins discussed
Dispatch correspondent Harley Hills reports Mashonaland holds old gold workings near Hartley Hills and Mazoe with reefs and shafts, while the Zimbali ruins on a granite hill raise questions of Ophir. Natives live in kraals under chiefs, quiet after Matabele raids, and white traders promise peace and plunder potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Hills
Mashoxanand
Mashonaland
Zimbali
Umyuli
Nacoy
Mazoe
Umvuili
Bartley
Tmvall
8. A. Company
Hartley Hills
Ophir
Sheba
Solomon
Josephus
Milton
Sofala
Africa
Tomats
Matabeleland
Gubuluwaro
Indian family debts and Mashonaland trade customs in Natal
An 19th century account discusses Zulu debt practices where a man may owe cattle for an ancestor's betrothal. It notes Mashona marriage payments in blankets, general trading norms, and introduces Mashonaland pests like Tre tre thy horse sickness. It describes wages in cloth and beads, and the local impact of disease on horses and cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Colony
Natal
Mashonaland
South Africa
Africa
Fere
Claire A
Silent Soldier Story Of Kelley And A Brave Boy
A veteran tale recounts General B F Kelley keeping Stonewall Jackson from Pittsburg via a loyal Virginia caregiver and her ten year old son who warned of a Confederate plot. The boy’s message led to a night-time withdrawal and a near-encounter with Early’s forces. The son later became a cadet and then a successful Berkeley Springs publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Kelley
Davis
Kelley
Iscanic
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Davia
Stonewall Jackson
Loving
McCausland
Upper Potomac
Shenandoah
Jackson
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Pennsylvania
Kela Valley
Loring
Romney
W. Va
Winchester
Jefferson Davis
Lee
Letcher
Big Bethel Church
Virinia
B. I. Butler
A. P. Hill
Big Bethel
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Porterfield
Phillippi
W. V
Simms
Lincoln
Cumberland
Swan Meadows
Oakland
President Grant
Meade
Gettysburg
North
Halleck
Washington
Potomac
South Mountain
Mulligan
Ringgold Cavalry
E. Boyd Pendleton
Faulkner
Dr. Pendleton
Ewell
Mra Pendleton
Nathaniel
Nat
Baker's Gap
Early
Tomahawk Springs
Back Creek
Maryland
Grant
Military Academy
Berkeley Springs
Epson Bracs
Dark Secret of the Elder Booth and His Wife
A Baltimore writer reveals a contested tale about Junius Brutus Booth and his marriage to a Belgian wife. The piece recounts abandonment, remittances for the couple’s son, and graveyard discoveries in London, with letters allegedly from Colonel Frank A. Burr and a promise to set the record straight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Baltimore
London
Frank A. Burr
Booth
Eden Street
God's Acre
Graveyard mystery and Booth family letters unfold
A paper excerpt tells of Sirs Booths resting place and a stranger who guides the narrator to a sequence of letters between Junius Brutus Booth and his Brussels wife. The correspondence, 1815 to 1817, reveals elopement plans, a Davenport painting, marriage certificates, an early stage career, and financial struggles shaping Booths dramatic life.
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Apted
Booth
Brussels
Belgium
Waterloo
Junius Brutus Booth
London
Ostend
Miss Delannoy
Arthur Jones
Belde
Mr. Booth
United Kingdom
Mr. Boothshed
Restlera
Smiley
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Zimbati
Thor
Mazee River
Flora
Mashensland
Mashemalaod
Sowe
Comor
Slandauny
Anytor
Mashonas
Dispatch
BE. F. Kelley
Willi Ort
Carrie
Cherry Run
North Mountain
Hedgesville
B. F. Kelley
Charles James Faulkner
France
Buchanan
Boydville
Martinsburg
Jubal Early
Neral Kelley
Sexton
Tosephe
Scnotue Bris Boots
Botaenove Moech
AG Ycuce
Sam
J. E. Boows
Minnia
Moruun
George
Bloomsbury
Junius Bratus
Maurie Christina Adelaide Delannoy
Burns
Nathaniel Forth
J. B. Booth
M.C
Nathanret
Innie
Covent Garden Theater
Mme. Delannoy
Rue Des Fripiers
Bruxelles
Moffy IY
Adler
Mr Dear Morven
Minnie
Dean Mornzin
Julia
Rmain
Meer
Mary Christine Hooth
Pet Ae
Covent Garden
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