Consul General to Canada Felmore Knapp Born in Harrisburg NY
Felmore ino and Pr Charles L Knapp appointed consul-general to the Dominion of Canada. Born July 1 1848 in Harrisburg New York he graduated from Rutgers and Hamilton College law school and has practiced law since. He served in the New York state senate in 1884. Diplomatic relations with Canada run through the Foreign Office in London as our consul-general handles seizures of fishing vessels and criminal extraditions.
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Charles L. Knapp
Dominion of Canada
Harrisburg
N. Y
Rutger's College
Branewick
Law School
Hamilton College
New York State Senate
Canuin
Offoe
London
A Modern Cleopatra and the Bonaparte kin in Paris society
A Paris letter chronicles Marie Bonaparte Wyse, famed beauty and bohemian hostess, her salons near Alex palace, marriage history from Sols to Rute, funeral of Lola de Rute, and a reflective voice recalling Cleopatra like charm, glamorous life, and a long seafaring tattoo tale.
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Pauline Bonaparte
Paris
Lendon
Tarto
Florence
Rome
Marie Lertitia Bonaparte-Wyee
Comnteess de Sols
Signora Rattazel
Dean de Bute
Capitels
Hlse sLene
Imos
Venus
Rotsee
Ehulet
Alex
Company C
Bleasington
Napoleon
Mme. Rattazzi Ie
Piers
Dumas
Baron von Boust
de Lescens Castelor
Trourille
Rae Vate Picaine
Hotel d’Aquila
Naples
Mm. Rattazel
Cleopatra
Banaseerte
Facia
Ress
Don Lula de Rute
Rosas
Uberas
Madrid
Hwethan
Hiereth
Dolores
Lola
Rosy
Deaple
Aix
Lince
de Rote
Colones J
Grenada
Austria
Alfinen
Cowen Devirettio
Cieietina
Ireland policy shifts and Panama canal debate emerge
Conservative leaders show openness to Irish self government and broader Ashbourne reforms with substantial funding. The piece contrasts Irish land policy with tenant rights and notes Panama canal prospects, including Colombian concessions and potential new companies, amid uncertainties about US and European funding.
Vookleg Teaser Mies Jotlet Corson Writes at Desk
The noted teaser artist Mies Jotlet Corson uses a portable desk to craft her work, described as a well known figure in the field while a sense of struggle and time relates to a scene of preparation.
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Mies Jotlet Corson
Vookleg
Mark Nwaln on Watts and the poem of Journalism
Fragmentary note discusses Mark Nwaln and Watts, referencing journalism and a New Yorker walk, with unclear quotation about a walk the other day. The readable text is sparse and names no clear events, dates, or outcomes.
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Mark Nwaln
Watts
New Yorker
Going Out and Coming In at the Family Door
A Portland Transcript poem traces the daily grind of households as funds ebb and flow. It contrasts going out to pay taxes bills and prices with the slow return of money, schooling costs, bread, and family needs, highlighting parental weariness and hopeful moments in hard times.
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Ain
Portland Transcript
Death of Captain Kigto Ties Isle Legend to Lafitte Gang
A Grand Isle messenger reports the death of Captain Kigto a longtime island resident linked to the Lafitte pirate gang. The tale recalls treasure schemes involving the Lafittes and a rumored fortune used to buy an island orange grove. A local rumor suggests a Brigiote knew the treasure’s origin while the truth remains unspoken.
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Lafitte
Grand Isle
Gallet Mesiou
Kigto
Peat
Merve
Jean Lafitte
Gulf
Texas
Florida
Hie Wakover
Lafittes
Gulf of Mexico
Brigiote
Grant
Bus
New Orleans
Faces of murderers captured after execution in ghastly museum display
A fragment from a Victorian reminiscence discusses authorities displaying wax-like casts of executed criminals’ features at Newgate and other prisons. It names Franz Muller, Martha Brown ing, Greenacre, Bishop and Williams, and Mrs Brownrigg, noting the chilling, sensational public fascination with murdered lives.
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Marner
Briggs
London Sunday ‘Times
Newgate
Franz Muller
Martha Browning
Remeber
Park Lane
Greenacre
Leech
Burke
Clos
Estrligs
Deed
Marke
Edinburg
Bishop
Williams
Boomer Nellie Brace Defends Front With Fort of Chickens
In Kansas City Times letter, Nellie Brace, daughter of a longtime boomer, heads a makeshift fort near Ewing City Mississippi. After her father’s home was burned, she dug a cave on a hill, stockpiled arms, and keeps watch with revolvers while caring for a small troop of animals.
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Nellie Brace
Ewing City
Mies
Nellie Beace
Nellie
Brace
Neliie Bruce
Kanes City
Ukinhoton
Forglur Proof and Warnings From Old Notes
A fragmented historical note references warnings about handling wealth and women in perilous contexts. It mentions a person named Hushant Wile and discusses readiness, a baby’s presence, and a reference to Oronha World with a grandm id phrase.
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Hushant
Redelptee
Itan
Plolepoukods
Oronha World
Oklahoma Boom Town Tales From Guthrie and London
Clifford J. Gratin, an early arrival in Guthrie, describes Oklahoma land allure and the town turned rapidly to a desert of shacks and poker. He notes fresh wells scarce, water free but locals may charge, and street life shifting to a makeshift center as residents seek fortune amid a bubble. A London correspondent laments gastronomic fads and hints at evolving tastes in society.
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C.J. Graham
Minneapolis
Tuion Depot
Tuion Depot Festerlny Afternoon, Sys
Minneapolis Tribune
Clifford J. Gratin
Montana
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Larre
Oklahoma
Graham
London
Oxford
Rome
Florence
Humbert
Oxford Street
China
Lodia
Boston Post
Artificial coffee production in Cologne firms
In the Zeitschrift fur angewandt Chemie A Stulver notes that burnt four or mea based artificial coffee is manufactured by certain Cologne firms using specially devised machines. The product resembles real beans but dissolves in ether, unlike natural beans, and strong oxidizing agents do not degrade it as quickly. A New York Weekly quote mentions a fictional dialogue about Mr Greathell and a rainy day.
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A. Stulver
Zeitschrift Fur Angewandt Chemie
Cologne
England’s Trade Push in Africa Oversees Slavery Links
The Iron Age surveys Anglo Atlantic efforts to expand trade with Africa, noting Liberia’s decline, Zanzibar’s booming coast trade under British Indian control, and German competition via bogus treaties. It cautions Britain against entangling itself in slave blockade promises, while highlighting Livingstone and Stanley’s renewed interest in Africa’s interior and the Sudan.
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England
Africa
New York
Liberia
Republic
Liveria
Zanzi
Bar
Lagoy
Arch
Farrar
India
Germany
Zanzibar
Conzo Fres
Soudan
Livingstone
M. Stanley
Wishing Tree Mystery At White House Reveals Meridian Link
A young visitor asked an usher for the Wishing Tree near the White House, and authorities confirmed a real tree along the meridian line in front of Jackson’s statue. The column known as the meridian stone once marked the line, and the tree’s location now attracts curious visitors and likely many wishful touches. In other news, reports from New York describe the cash railroad craze and the fortunes tied to store devices and on-site stations in retail districts.
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White House
Plena
Quisiary
Juckeon
Meridian
Washington
Washington Monument
Jackson
Elvine
Killarney
New York
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