Telegraphic miscellany from The Progress notes events and opinions
A digest of diverse items from a Brevoort Dispatch style column: Russia and Europe tensions, the Corbett belt theft, a physician certification on poisoning, Vanderbilt divorce gossip, commentary on newspapers as advertising, torpedo boat reliability, a Boston bridge stunt, Chicago hazing policy, Dublin illness misidentification, England Russia peace, Hamburg cattle scare, czar banishments, Italian banditry, Kentucky marriage ages, lung disease book giveaway, New York fraud case, British navy economics, Philadelphia elm tree demise, and a bicycle shop scandal involving road tacks.
Ashantee Kings Wives Secret Quarters and 3333 Wives
A described Ashantee law limits the king to 3333 wives and forbids men from seeing any queen. Wives reside on two streets in Coomasie, in a district called heaven. A British officer cites Japanese as superior to Chinese troops, praising Japanese bravery and restraint while noting China lags by two centuries.
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Charcoal iron venture aims to revive Connaught production
A new company seeks to revive charcoal iron in Connaught Ireland using Rose retorts to produce charcoal cheaply from peat and salvage by products like sulphate of ammonia. Rich local ores support the project, overcoming prior peat charcoal cost barriers to profitability.
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