Luxurious Table Feasts From Rome to Potemkin Banquets
A historical survey of lavish banquets across eras and nations. From Roman sea fish prices to Potemkin feasts in St. Petersburg, medieval caliphs, French court delicacies under Louis XIV, and Polish and Russian displays, with vivid descriptions of courses, perfumes, pavilions, and monumental costs.
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Boston Herald
Tiberius
Egypt
Potemkin
St. Petersburg
Gabryl
Haroun-al-Rashid
Europe
France
Danton
Prince Radziwell
Nstanislaw Augustin Warsaw
Hamburg
Prince Potemkin
Catherine
Moscow
Emerson and His Home Concord Letter to the Christian Union
A visitor describes Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Concord residence near the village ford. The room is plain yet homely with a bookcase, five volumes, and portraits including Charles Sumner. Emerson, aging and gentle, answers questions about the world outside while reaffirming his unchanged religious views and lifelong contemplations.
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Concord
The
Christian Union
Mr. Emerson
Boston
Charles Sumner
Boy Fred Erb Defeats Borgardus In Northwest Pigeon Match
In a $200 purse contest at Northwest grounds, 23 straight pigeons, 100 birds per shooter from five traps, Fred Erb Jr. of St. Joseph, Missouri defeats Captain A H Borgardus, world champion wing shot, amid cold winds and a tight score.
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Borgadus
2 Boy
Fred Erb, Jr
St. Joseph
A. H. Borgardus
Northwest
Missouri Valley
Southwest
Eric
St. Jo Bey
Erb
Young shooter Erb defeats Bogardus in dramatic shooting duel
Erb 93 Bogardus 83 after a dramatic semicircle bird shoot. The St. Joseph Herald notes the crowd surged forward to greet the winner as backers of both men reacted with astonishment and jubilation. The St. Jo boy, initially favored, had predicted victory from the start.
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Erb
Bogardus
St. Jo
St. Joseph
Grant
Our Navy in 1812 and 1860 in Harper's Magazine
The article argues early American naval limits and potential gains from a stronger navy. It credits John Adams with initiating six frigates and suggests a larger 380000000 investment could have prevented later wars, blockades, and devastations of ports, noting Jefferson and later leadersाकर.
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Harper’s Magazine
France
John Adams
Berlin
Milan
England
Europe
Jefferson
Jackson
Globe
Stevens
Black Sea
Turkey
Asia
South America
Norfolk
Wilmington
Savanah
Pensacola
New Orleans
Galveston
Sheep Planted On the Wind at Stark Street Ferry
A sheep man, returning from the Willamette River, described a dramatic wind event over the Stark street area. He claimed hundreds of sheep were lifted into the air and scattered across the valley, with over 400 reportedly counted later, while onlookers questioned the tale.
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Portland Bee
Stark Street
Roag
Evarts Declines Abrogation of Venezuelan Awards
Secretary Evarts reports to the President that the United States should not abrogate existing awards or form a new mixed commission for Venezuela claims. If compelled to pay all awards, coercive measures may be used. otherwise a judicial inquiry by a competent commission may be pursued. A later item notes Robertson’s canal proposal and Monroe Doctrine emphasis amid inter oceanic canal debate.
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Washington
Evarts
Congress
Venezuela
Department
Congressional Committee
Robertson
Louisiana
Gulf Stream
Atlantic
Great Britain
Labrador
Panama
Pacific
Committee On the
Gauge change on Atlantic and Great Western road planned
The Atlantic and Great Western road will change its gauge from six feet to the standard on June 22, the longest day of the year. After following the Ohio and Mississippi and the Erie, McHenry’s continental six foot gauge scheme will be buried, marking a costly undertaking.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Erie
McHenry
Grant denial sparks Indiana GOP support for presidential run
A top Indiana Republican allied with General Grant denies Boston and Washington claims that Grant will not seek the presidential nomination. He asserts Grant could win on the first ballot and would only withdraw if he cannot command full party strength. Indiana's 28 Blaine and 2 Sherman delegation could vote solid for Grant if advantageous. A New York Herald dispatch mocks third term chatter, saying ex-President unlikely to withdraw. In Bloomington a fire on the third floor of Gridley’s Bank Building is reported at 2:20 PM.
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Grant
Indianapolis
Republican Party of
Indiana
General Grant
Boston
Washington
Blaine
Sherman
New York
Herald
Washington Dispatch
Dispatch
Boston Advertiser
Chicago
Edison Finds Cure for Globe Cracking and Cuts Cost
Edison reports he has traced the cause of incandescent globe cracks and developed a fix that eliminates annealing. The change will keep production costs at twenty-five cents per globe.
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Edison Edison
Fraternity Hosts Noted Reception At Judge Livey Residence
Fraternity members were entertained by Messrs. Keator and Butler at Judge Livey’s home with Mrs Livey and other ladies assisting. Wabash and its citizens deserve credit for the initiatory step and, if the project succeeds, great honor will come to the city.
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Keator
Butler
Judge Livey
Wabash
The Virginia Colonels and newspaper appointing power
In a Richmond paper sketch, Virginia colonels are of two kinds: those earned by military service and those created by newspaper promotion. The piece satirizes the newspaper promoted colonel who boasts of Virginia’s water power brain power and mineral wealth while lamenting capital and blames African Americans for work resistance.
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Virginia
Richmond
Commonwealth
Walker
Skull skull capacity differences across races show notable variation
An article discusses skull capacity as a key racial measure, citing averages for groups from Laplanders to Australians. It notes large heads among Esquimaux, long flat headed Africans, and smaller averages for Andamanese, with a claimed male to female skull ratio of 1,000 to 864 in a mixed sample.
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Africa
Laplanders
Esquimaux
Canary Islands
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Naples
Benedetto Salutati
Florence
Ferante
Rome
Montaigne
Charles V
Italy
Louis XIV
Conde
Chantilly
Yatel
Ime
de Sevigny
Louis XVI
Paris
Grimod de la Reyniere, Jr
Carade
Louis Xe
Imperial Palace
la Pica
Cauziani
Emerson
His
Our
Bank
Soap
Iowa
Tackaberry
van Keuren & Floyd
Sioux City
Elizabeth
N. J
Thomas B. Leggett
Daniel W. Leeds
Bloomington
Gridley's Bank
Waite
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Wallstreet
Missouri Pacific
Ind
Messrs. Keator and Butler
Plain Dealer
Brush
Sre
Chas. F. Brush
Cleveland
Danville
New Court House
Andrew Wallace
Black Hills
Sanford Wallace
Wallace
Leap City
Rachel Wallace
Sanford
Drew Wallace
Lead City
Joseph M. Wallce
Joseph M. Wallace
William P. Wallace
Deadwood
D. T
Pennington
Lank
Sank
Joe
Andrew
Sauk
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