Fourth Congressional Democratic Primary Rules Detailed
The Democratic Executive Committee of Louisiana's Fourth District adopts primary rules for selecting the 56th Congress candidate. It sets polling times, voter eligibility, commissioner appointments, voting procedures, tallying, and returns. Second primary possible if no majority, with October dates and city duties centered in Shreveport.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Firat
Dimo Walle Ganvidates
Congress
Alexwerla
Shreveport
Democratic Party
Loxeler
Democratic Parish Executive Committee
Balloo
Este
A. Leonard
Ely
Fhreveport
Electric Love Alarm Claims Hungry Lovers Sofa Scheme
A jealous father in Sheffeld devised a hidden electric alarm to deter a young couple. A pressure plate on the sofa toppled a circuit to a bell in the bedroom, tipping off the man as he and the girl cuddled on the sofa. The girl is reportedly jailed on bread and water as a consequence.
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Shefheld
Pearsons
Ventieman
Asittinar
Mexico and the Philippines study in historical trade ties
The Contemporary Review states that from 1571 to 1519 Manila formed a Mexican dependency with all goods routed through Mexico before independence. It notes 51 years of indirect contact via the Cape, and describes trade conflicts where Spain limited Manila's commerce with Mexico and China to protect silver flows and restrict options, with galleons linking Acapulco and Manila as the sole connection.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Philippines
Cape of Good Hope
China
Spain
Mexico Acapulco
Jack Pot Inherits Long Life Amid Creek Family Tale
A Canadian exchange reports an Indian of the Creek nation named Jack Pot living in peace with his wives after the deaths of 22 predecessors. At 108 years old he is said to have a third set of sound teeth, prompting disbelief that such a pot could be won multiple times.
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Jack Pot
Funeral payments for senators since 1826 rise sharply
Benign financial record details public funeral expenses for U S senators from John Gaillard’s 1826 death through 1894. It lists deaths, burial costs, and averages per period, noting 54 senate interments with total outlays of 100 thousand dollars and an overall average of 1856 dollars.
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John Gaillard
South Carolina
Nicholas van Dyke
Delaware
Joseph McIlvaine
New Jersey
The
North American Review
Senate
World's oldest engine moved to preserve historic relic
The Birmingham canal navigations possess the world’s oldest engine built by Boulton and Watt in 1777. A single acting beam engine with a 32 inch steam cylinder and eight foot stroke, it was at Rolfe Street Smethwick before being moved this year to the Ocker Hill station in Tipton for preservation.
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Birmingham Canal Navigations
Boulton & Watt
Say
London Engineering
Canal Company
Rolfe Street
Smethwick
Ocker Hill
Tipton
Birmingham Canal
Walsall Pumping Station to Use Watt & Co Engines
The firm James Watt & Co of Soho Smethwick is entrusted with making two modern triple expansion vertical engines for the Walsall pumping station. Each engine is rated at 240 horsepower and a daily pumping capacity of 12 713 600 gallons.
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James Watt & Co
Soho
Smethhwick
Walsall
Ame
Island customs and marriage norms in Fiji discussed
A Chicago Times Herald piece describes Fiji courtship as tame in theory yet lively in practice. It notes lovers often in infancy arranging unions, offbeat adornments of affection such as kissing in breadfruit trees, and unique child discipline through biting and biting related marks observed by travelers.
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Fiji
The
Chicago Times-Herald
Jubilee of Anviriats Emperor signals imperial jubilee year
The Austrian emperor reaches fifty years on December 4 with a series of events beginning November 30 a procession from the Hofburg to St Stephen s cathedral will mark the gala. On December 1 a court dinner and a generals dinner will be held followed by a opera performance at the imperial theatre.
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Hofburg
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Imperial Opera
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