Train Robberies, Politics, and Whaling in a Patchwork Era
A column of varied notices and observations cites rising train robberies, the Monroe doctrine as a possible issue for 1896, and Japan’s imperial moves. It notes empress dowager hopes, Turkish missionary straits, displaced Mexican land myths, and Alabama migrants returning home. A Nahant whale tale ends with an 1853 harpoon inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Alabama
Georgia
South
Africa
Nahant
Mass
Swampscott
Hiram K. Swain
Johnson's Inauguration Drunken Baptism in Lincoln Era Tale
Noah Brooks recounts Andrew Johnson's visibly intoxicated entrance at Lincoln's inauguration. Johnson, red faced, drank to brace himself before the oath, misaddressed officials, while Hamlin prompted him from the galleries as the scene unsettled cabinet members and judges alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Brooks
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Hannibal Hamlin
Hamlin
Senate
Mr. Stanton
Mr. Seward
Mr. Welles
Col. Forney
Secretary of the Navy
Johnson
Seward
Stanton
Welles
Speed Cat
Dennison
Union
Henry Wilson
Sumner
Supreme Bench
Judge Wilson
Chase
Nelson
United States
Sea Vegetation and Ocean Life Highlighted in London Talk
Mr George Murray of the British Museum spoke at the Imperial Institute on The Pastures of the Sea outlining seaweed types by color red green olive brown and their depth limits He noted light determines color and chlorophyll formation while plankton and floating seaweed sustain marine life The Sargasso weed mystery and need for further ocean study were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Institute
London
George Murray
British Museum
Red Sea
Kensington Gardens
Sargassa Sea
Antilles
Oldest New York Attorney Marbury Remembered
The late Mr. Marbury, likely New York’s oldest practicing attorney, helped found the Bar association and led his field for decades. His tales rivaled William Travers in fame, with witty quips about Cockney legal minds and the “hen tail” versus “cocktail” joke reflecting his enduring wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Marbury
New York
Bar Association
William Travers
Legal Profession
Marbury
Leslie
Phenomenal Utah placer beds spark mining chatter
In Utah's mining world excitement centers on reported placer beds in Harkers Canon near Salt Lake City. Miner C B Durst claims a nugget and a pan yield valued at 0.36 per yard, prompting 500 acres to be staked for placer filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harker's Canon
Little Cottonwood Canon
Captain de Lamar
Golden Gate
Telegraph
Bingham
Mercur
Park City
Eureka
Payson
Ogden
Utah
Qreeley Snyder
Park
Cache County
Snyder
Chicago
New Mexico Mines Report on Cochiti District Ore Potential
F A Blake analyzes Cochiti district in the Cerrillos Rustler noting irregular surface distribution of rich ore within quartz veins but confirms districts like Crown Point Lone Star and Albemarle show ample vein richness. Smelter returns average 25 to 35 percent gold with silver, ore worth $80 to $100 per ton from principal prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
F. A. Blake
Cochiti
Cerrillos
Crown Point
Lone Star
Washington
Albemarle
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Townsend Amessenger
Stout & Watt
Montana
Spain
China
St. Louis
Suba
New Orleans
Mafia
Morocco
Nicaragua Canal
Japan
Dana
Turkey
Mussulman
le Comte Et la Comtesse de Castellane
Associer Les Paxyres de
Paris
Straits Settlement
Malay Peninsula
Dutch East Indies
Banka
Hood’s
Hood
Lioup B
Cuase
Swansea
May Manton
Coupon Pattern Company
New York, N. Y
Avor
DE Laval Separator CO
Elgin, Ill
Cortlandt ST
On Hamlin
Hamlin’s Wizard Oil CO
Chicago, Ill
Walter Baker & GO
Hich Grantis
Industrial
Europe and
America
Walter Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
EWIS
PENNA
F’g CO
Gen. Agents
Phila. Pa
Parker
Balsam
Flo
Douglas
Cordovan
Catal
Leesverka
W. L. Douglas
Ceed ME
T Lio& Central Tailroad
Matchester
Iowa
J F. Merly
Taternall
Syke
Caxton
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