Time Topics Reflect On Africa, Stage, Riots And Inventions
Dr Schweinfurth argues elephants curb Central Africa trade for toy making goods. Anna Dickenson plans San Francisco stage debut. Riots light Antwerp and East Prussia. drugstore blast probe. hydrophobia hoax death. Early theater origins note Tarquin era and ancient instruments. Cotton mills flourish in the South.
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Anna Dickenson
Springfield Republican
San Francisco
The
Republican
Kate Field
Border raids spark American naval response
Officials warn continued Texas border raids may embroil the U S and Mexico prompting prompt action by the army aided by naval assets. Plymouth sails to Rio Grande mouth to deploy armed launches as General Ord assumes border command.
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Texas
United States
Mexico
Plymouth
Russell
Rio Grande
General Ord
Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Farragut
Navy Pension Fund
Eccentric Count Demidoff’s Odd Habits in St Petersburg
Paris letter to the Pittsburgh Chronicle recalls Comte Paul Demidoff famed for huge wealth and strange rituals. He kept servants in gloves, washed banknotes in a golden vase, and his attache once discarded tea service after a sugar mishap. A Western Philosopher praises learning from oddities in Terre Haute.
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Paris
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Comte Paul Demidoff
St. Petersburg
Comte
England
Advertising Rates In Clermont Courier
Legal and transient advertisements priced at 1.00 per square for ten lines, 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly advertisers enjoy liberal reductions. Business cards up to six lines 6.00 per year.
Political disputes in Ohio platform and temperance stance
Milwaukee and Baltimore papers frame the Ohio convention platform as a blank, arguing it hides ideas while criticizing contraction policy and currency. They note Democratic hopes to appease temperance factions, with Sam Cary nominated for Lieutenant Governor amid mixed voter reactions.
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Ohio
South
Semmes
Vincennes
Ind
Evansville
The
Courier
Democrat
Minneapolis
Tribune
Clark County
Kentucky
Bristow
Archibald Bristow
Francis Bristow
Congress
New York Tribune
Ohio Democrats
W. D. Kelley
George H. Pendleton
Ohe
New Orleans
Picayune
Indianapolis
Thurman
New York Times
William Allen
Samuel F. Cary
Allen
Cary
New York Herald
Columbus
Selden Connor
Maine
United States
Milwaukee
Republican Party
Baltimore
Gen
Pennel Coombe
Maryland
Coombe
Democratic Party
Sam Cary
Gen. Cary
Humbuz
Ohio Democrats Renominate Wm Allen For Governor
The Ohio Democratic convention renominated William Allen for governor as expected. The platform committee faced difficulty crafting a currency plank, signaling a vague stance on using gold or paper currency. Overall delegates avoided clear issues, risking a weak campaign against Republicans.
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Philadelphia
Wm. Allen
Oldest American social club Schuylkill Fishing Company founded in 1732
The Tue Schuylkill Fishing Company is described as America's oldest social club, formed in May 1732. It owns two acres on the river with a large kitchen and dining hall, keeps chairs and utensils over a century old, and displays a pewter platter bearing William Penn’s arms and motto. Members include a Governor, Council and Coroner, with strict limits and quirky customs.
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Miravez
Ebro
Campos
Bradford
Ontario
Kingston
Pandora
Portsmouth
Eng
Arctic
Esquimaux Joe
Hall
Disco
Greenland
Lloyds
London
MacMahon
France
Garonne
Department
Lot-et-Garonne
Haut-Garonne
Mullato Rios
Cuba
Rios
Esperanza
San Francisco
la Paz
Mazatlan
Tue Schuylkill Fishing Company
America
William Penn
Lafayette
Garnet tale from Arizona Territory ant guardians
L G Feliner recalls large red wats in Arizona Territory where dwellings are adorned with stones and shells. He describes disturbing ant piles to reveal garnets and a guard ant summoning miniature warriors. After stirring a pile, the ant returns a large garnet rolled toward him, then five in total, humorously noting the creature’s tax on the intrusion.
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L.G. FeLiner
Arizona
Hearts and Changeful Hearts at Janet’s Wedding Day
A speaker reflects on changing hearts since a past love, then watches Janet's wedding with mixed emotion. He wishes her well though his own feelings shift as the bridal scene unfolds. The narrative voices a gentle reconciliation with love's fluctuation and the bridal beauty surrounding Janet.
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Janet
Prose Bits and Witty Observations From an Era
A collection of aphorisms and humorous snippets on life, health, travel, work, and manners. Includes quips about luck, charity, education, and the ironies of daily existence with references to places like Nevada and Paris, plus light social commentary.
Rye and Indian Fruit Loaf and Railroad Earnings
The article describes a bread recipe for Rye and Indian Fruit Loaf using corn meal rye meal raisins currants and steaming then baking. It also reports the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad year end figures with gross earnings 7 388 634 interest on loans 11 000 operating expenses 3 856 828 net earnings 3 548 284 and a surplus 1 109 899.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
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Livingstone
King
Boston
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Brooklyn
Rhein
East Prussia
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Tarquin
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Socrates
Sophocles
Homer
Hayaginus
Archimedes
Nero
Augusta
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Butt
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Canada
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John Gartnell
James Weber
Stockton
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Cal
Thomas
John Daly
Sevastopol Rock Gang
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Friends of the
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Jacob Suter
Belleville
Patrick Mulligan
Suter
Mulligan
Charles Born
Born
George F. Seymour
General Theological Seminary
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Seymour
John Decamp
Burlington
New Jersey
Omaha
William B. Powell
N. P. Banks
James Park
Memphis
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Empire
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Hollenback
Riverside Coal Company
Younger
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Edward Smith
William B. Curtis
Chicago
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Yates
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Mail Publishing Company
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Sheridan
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House of Lords
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Eton College
Lord Overstone
Earl of Shaftesbury
Ylause of Commons
Baillie Cochrane
Mr. Gladstone
Moody
Sankey
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Toulouse
Amazon
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Tarn
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Arriege
Foix
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Grand Lodge of Masons
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Portugal
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Fulton
Dalymount
Hell
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Tron
Diana
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Xenophonon
Delphos
Apam Grimm
Jefferson
Wis
Palmedes
Greece
Smith
Bud Powell
Tur
Richmond Whig
Virginia
Tur Press
Coll. Wielnam M. Grosvenor
Terre Haute
Che Clermont Courier
Artful Dodgers
Pencil
Yale College
Tie
Nevada
St. Louis
Boston Advertiser
St. Louis Republican
Coxrucrus
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