Venezuelan Leader Rojas Polo Dies in 1800s Era Context
Reports note the death of former Venezuelan president Balringo Rojas Polo, born in 1800, who led Venezuela from 1888 to 1810. Other items include a fatal Arkansas printing plant fire at Little Rock causing $180,000 damage, and various crime, political, and local notes from the era.
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Marion Williame
Avene
Hinder
Bendelyn
Balringore
Palio Rojan Paul
Venezuela
Py Rojas Poaly
Ety
Fury
Fenruary
Flen
Arkansas Democrat Company
Litle Rock
Tan D. Taylor
Harry Norton
Shawnee
Okla
Kate James
Weatherford
Hily
Polvon
Storthing
Sweden
Blutor Johnson
Towanda
Margaret Johnson
Anete Benjamin
Nellie Yo Walker
Chicago
W. 8
Stratton
Colorado Springs
Independence
Teekhane
Kentucky
California
Wotl Buchanan
Loniaville
Redlands County
Joseph Myer
Detroi
le Kaye
Marois Branels
Mac Nutt
Clank
Rome
Tie
Mac
Sonal Keven
Arthu
Mikey
Niled
Aleve
Bennington disaster mirrors naval boiler failures in history
The San Diego harbor explosion of the gunboat Bennington, with sixty lives lost and many injured, is placed in a broader naval context. Testimony from Commander Young and Surgeon Pack describes the blast, collapsed boilers, and the ship's beached wreck as the crew and civilians mourn.
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Bennington
Young
Dore Stockton
San Pasqual
Army
Navy
Fort Rosverans
Coast Artillery
San Diego
Naval
Universit Brotherhood
Point Loma
United States
Bennington Ls
City Morgues
Axen
Litte
H Street
Navy Department
Washington
Port Martford
Wyoming
Mare Islan Navy Yard
Winder Lucieh Young
E. Pack
Coronado
Lucion
Ime
Fulton
Somers
North Carolina
Oneida
Yokohama
Japan
Bonbay
Jie Trenton
Vandalia
Aplin
Samoan Islands
Ronendorf
Maine
Havana Harbor
Fredericksted
St Croix
de Solo
Benojigton
Pinchot’s Forestry Career Driven by Love of Work
Gifford Pinchot, chief of the government forestry bureau, is described as a wealthy man who remains in his post through devotion to forestry. He is hailed as perhaps the first American to treat forestry as a profession, earning $8600 a year and dedicating himself beyond typical government clerks in energy and hours.
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Gifford Pinchot
Government Forestry Bureau
Quinine and the fever in India and Chicago
An overview notes quinine as an essential multi use drug during Indian fever outbreaks and describes Chicagoans reacting calmly after the New England disaster. A freak lightning event in Mont Rouge causes a fire in a police commissary, with no injuries reported.
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India
Nimlarad
Allpine
Eagland
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