Terrace Builders of Old Mexico
American archaeologists report new class of prehistoric architects in Sonora Northern Mexico terraces on two main hills with walls and house circles but few arrowheads or pottery. Teams under W J McGee documented en trenchments at Caborca and Alimita sites, noting possible defensive use yet showing signs of peaceful agriculture and later depopulation by nomads.
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Hemisphere
Mexico
United States Bureau of Ethnology
Sonora
Old Mexico
New England
Babylon
Ohio
Mississippi
Major Powell
Frank Cushing
Manchos Canyon
Canyon du Chelly
Carl Lambolts
Bandallier
New Mexico
Arizona
Casa Grande
Quivira
Arizona Desert
California
Willard Johnson
United States Geological Survey
McGee
Caborca
Crabbe
Herfe
Waien
Trinchera
San Rafael Alimita
Alimita
Yucatan
Star shower coming with August meteors
The Times-Herald notes a predicted meteor shower around August 10 as Earth enters a belt of meteors. Observers may see daytime and nighttime shooting stars, with occasional bright displays, while one Mexican meteor caused significant local damage.
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W. Ft. Brookes
Smith Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
Mexico
Herbert A. Howe
Chamberlin University
Denver
Santos Reyes
Chihuahua
Honors Bestowed by Queen Victoria on Birth Day List
Queen Victoria’s annual birthday honors include three new peers the Marquis of Granby Mr Heneage and Colonel Malcolm. The marquis born 1852 son of the Duke of Rutland educated at Stow and Trinity Cambridge served as private secretary to Lord Salisbury and exiled to Ha ment. Mr Heneage aged 66 educated at Eton sat in Parliament as Liberal then Unionist representing Great Grimsby. Colonel Wingfield Malcolm C B son of Portobello educated at Eton and Christ Church sat for Boston 1860 74 later reseated in 1878. Robert Unfacke Penrose Fitzgerald received a baronetcy born 1839 educated Westminster Trinity Hall MP since 1874. Lewis McIver born 1846 retired East Indian civil servant Liberal MP 1885 86 now represents Edinburgh South division.
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Queen Victoria
England
Marquis of
Granby
Heneage
Malcolm
Duke of Rutland
Stow
Trinity College
Cambridge
Lord Salisbury
Hament
Milton
Leicesee
Heneages
G. Y. Taceseres
Hinton Hall
Wragby
Lincolnshire
Eton
Robert Unfacke Penrose Fitegerald
Fitegerald
Westminster School
Trinity Hall
Lewis McIver
Edinburgh
Land of Used-to-Be Dream Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse bids good night to a loved one in the Land of Used-to-Be. It conjures memory and yearning for happier days, urging rest and dream filled with spring and eternal peace.
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Land of
Used to-Be
Londén Fisle
Great meteoric showers and lead pencil making past and present
The article describes a 33 year meteoric shower with historic sightings and diversions about 1880s, including Burnham’s Chicago observatory and expectations for August events. It shifts to a detailed production flow of graphite pencils from mine to finished product, noting Ticonderoga graphite, clay blends, grinding, forming, drying, wood selection, assembly by workers, and a counting method for quality control.
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Ticonderoga
United States
Florida Key
Tampa
Fla
Anecdotes From Trains And English Hoards Of Humor
A collection of railway and social anecdotes recounts an Irish laborer arguing he is not smoking despite a pipe, a Norfolk family renaming to Howard after money, a doctor’s tobacco warning met with a sharp retort, Falas Australia tour quip, and Peter Mackenzie’s generous bribe and thrashing that led a robber to reform.
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Norfolk County
England
Westminster
Peter Mackenzie
London
Bunderland
Mr. Mackenzie
Strange Bedfellows in Politics and a Noted Pennsylvania Divorce Tale
Washington Post report notes a Pittsburgh paper shifts from gold standard to Bryan on free silver. It highlights Don Cameron's bold moments and Matthew Quay's rise, then recounts Quay’s early political deftness and a secret 1860s divorce case involving Governor Curtin’s aide and the Curtin family.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Bryan
Don Cameron
Pennsylvania
Simon Cameron
John F. Hartranft
Hartranft
Continental Hotel
Philadelphia
Gimon
Don
Wayne MacVeagh
Simon
Cincinnati
Matthew Stanley Quay
Republican National Committee
Major McKinley
Hanna
Quay
Henry Lord McConnell
Mary Wilson McConnell
Curtin
Harrisburg
Keystone
Andrew G. Curtir
Commonwealth
Captain McConnell
McConnell
Cnnital
Miss Curtin
Jarndyce Referenced Stirring Legal Anecdote
A Philadelphia lawyer recounts a chancery misadventure as a junior advocate misremembers Jarndyce v Jarndyce. The young clerk blaming faulty memory, exposes gaps in Pennsylvania law references. The tale unfolds amid a bookstore setting in New York.
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Philadelphia
Jarndyce Ve. Jarndyce
James
Pennsylvania
McClure Eyes New Era in Magazine Pictures
McClure plans a bold shift from black and white to illustrated features in his magazine. He aims to publish a life of Christ, possibly by Ian Maclaren or B R Crockett, with extensive photographs from Egypt and Palestine. The venture hinges on achieving high quality reproductions, prompting other publishers to follow.
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McClure
Magasine
Christ
Ian Maclaren
B. R. Crockett
Egypt
Paletine
Counting the Cost under free silver policy
From the Philadelphia Times a critique argues that free silver would halve purchasing power for wages and force workers to demand double wages to maintain current living standards. It warns employers could struggle to pay fair wages, while workers would bear the first and worst impact during economic downturns.
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J. W. Mitchell
New York Herald
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New Peer
RE. A. P. Fitzgerald
Lewis Miver
M. P
New Pear
Chicago Times-Mearld
H. H. Koblsast
Howe
8. W. Burnhams
Fitty-flrat Street
C. End O
Covington
Trishman
Son of
Brin
Fala
Australia
Parliament Street
Cameron
Washington Post
New York
Pepys
Eutremes
Markua
Rallus
Ballinger
Philadelphia Times
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