Hoar Plan on Anarchists Echoes Cecilia Colony History
Felix Dubois recounts Senator Hoars proposal to deport anarchists to a penal colony for experiments, citing Cecilia Brazil as failed proof. He notes Rossi and others built a self governing, laboring community that collapsed amid money, laziness, and internal divisions. Dubois parries the idea with a prison-deportation alternative and argues reform over punishment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Paris
Dec. C
Hoar
France
Nantes
Orde de Mufti
Rede
Palmeira
Porane
Brazil
St. Cecilia
Cecilia
Senate
Congress
United States
Giovanni Rossi
Genoa
Rossi
Europe
Prince Kropotkin
Cecuia
Senator Hoar
Siberia
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Lombroso
Australia
Sachalin
Felix Dubois
Hall Caine on Leo XIII A Catholic Pilgrim’s View
Hall Caine writes on Pope Leo XIII for Household Words, contrasting reactions to the Pontiff in Rome. He portrays the Pope as a simple, tender man in private audiences and recalls a kinship anecdote from 1870 involving Cardinal Pecci and Leo XIII, ending with the Cardinal’s death after a late-night visit by the Pope.
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Hall Caine
Goethe
Rome
Zola
Map
Holy of Holies
Heaven
Mr. Hall Caine
Leo XIII
Vatican
St. Peter's
Humbert
Lfe
Barberini Palace
Pecci
Palazzo
Barberini
Leo Xi
Tiber
Pope
Cardinal Pecel
A Novelist's Scheme Revealed in Philadelphia Record
A publisher's reader recalls George Horton using real names of friends in early drafts. He keeps their identities visible in initial writing, then renames them in revision. The manuscript reportedly included real names, leading to sharp, unflattering depictions of acquaintances.
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Philadelphia Record
George Horton
Horton
England’s Christmas under the new reign offers restrained joy
London dispatch notes England’s Christmas will be milder than last year and less merry than two years ago. Queen Alexandra’s birthday passes as the royal household stays at Sandringham. Boxing Day brings pantomimes and public houses, while Boxing Day customs and mistletoe engagements continue amid a labor market strained by poverty, inflation, and war weariness.
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Indianapolis Journal
London
England
Buller
Pretoria
Mafeking
Sandringham
Alexandra
Royal Household
Princess of Wales
Army
Navy
Edward
Princess of
Wales
America
Isles
Old England
Publc
Henry Tuckley
Foote's Grave Pond and the Yale graduate who died in the West
The story recounts Ziba Foote of Yale College who came to the Northwest surveys, endured malaria and harsh travel, and perished crossing Foote's Pond in Gibson County Indiana. His burial by the pond inspired local lore, with his grave and a companion limestone tomb carved by his brother Winthrop in Bedford.
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Indiana
Gibson County
Foote
Ziba Foote
Connecticut
Yale College
Cincinnati
New West
Jared Mansfield
David Sanford
Maumee River
Ohio
Sanford
William Rector
Wabash
Rector
Jacob
Ziba
Winthrop Foote
Bedford
Ind
E. T. Cox
Indiana Oil Fields Growth and Early Discoveries
An historical review of Indiana oil development highlights 1862 discoveries in Crawford county, the Terre Haute Phoenicia wells, and the Phoenix gusher. It notes the Trenton limestone reservoirs across multiple counties, the gas and oil field extending into Ohio, and the economic impact with land value rises and numerous company formations.
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Indiana
Gaspar de Portala
Godfrey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Otter Fork
West Fork
Hollows
Crawford County
J. J. Clark
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Phoenix
Genesee
Trenton
Wells
Blackford
Jay, Adama
Grant
Huntington
Madison
Marion
Miami
Delaware
Randolph
Hamilton
Wabash
Niagara
Ohio Trenton
Wood
Hancock
Eaton
Delaware County
Jasper County
Martin County
Vigoes
Trenton Rock
Yale graduate drowned during government survey work
A young man who graduated with high honors from Yale College at twenty was drowned in Foote's Grave Pond in Gibson county Indiana while conducting government surveys. His death ends a brief, promising career and raises questions about safety during field projects.
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Rossi
Acre
Cecilia
Polee
Yale College
Foote
Gibson County
Indiana
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Wrench
Cecula
Goodwill and Jollity
Reign
Indiana Oil Fields
Ziba Foote, A. B
Newtown, Conn
July 4
GEO
Cottman
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