Riots in New Orleans recall past outbreaks of turmoil
The article chronicles a history of New Orleans riots tied to race and politics since the Civil War. It notes 1866 clashes around a constitutional convention, 1873 street warfare during the Pinchbeck era, 1890 riots that strained U S Italy relations, and the 1891 violence surrounding Sicilian lynching and police chief Hennessy’s murder, with tensions fed by Mafia influence and public mobs.
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South
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Supreme Court
Mechanics’ Institute
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Canal Street
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United States Army
New Orléans
Pinchbeck
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McHnery
United States
Italy
Washington
David C. Hennessy
Hennessy
Esposito
Hworkige
Elevetah Hours and a Golden Veil of Fate
Barbara Bessinger faces pressure to marry Giles Ferguson as her father’s finances strain. A chance encounter with Robin Ferguson from California shifts the balance. Barbara rejects the forced match, sparking a reconciliation between father and son and sealing a wedding with renewed family ties.
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Chicago Tribune
Bove
Tennyson
Pape
Barbara Bessinger
Quintus Bessinger
Barbara
Giles Ferguson
Stern Firm
Ferguson
Bessinger
Bapa
Miss Barbara
Quintus
State’ Street
Masonic Temple
Irl
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Robin Ferguson
California
Lily Barbara
Rob
Elasticity Experiments on Marble by P Gamba
An article summarizes Gamba's experiments on marble elasticity. Marble plates soaked in liquids deform more, with water allowing recovery, while glycerin gives the strongest effect though residual changes remain. Petroleum shows no change.
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Nuova Cimento
P. Gamba
Rats Gnaw Elephant Feet At New York Zoo
Central Park zoo keepers in New York search for a solution to protect elephants from rats gnawing their feet. The damage leaves the feet lacerated and no effective preventive method has been found to date.
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Central Park Zoo
New York
Liverpool School To Study Yellow Fever In Amazon Expedition
The Liverpool School of Tropical Diseases will send an expedition to the Amazon to study yellow fever at an added date. This will be the third expedition they have organized within the past nine months.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Diseases
Amazon
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