Tower project and memorial urns in Melbourne and Naples notes
A bustling Victorian era item describes a proposed steel tower in a city to be lit by Phas, plus a novel malleable glass material for printing lines. It mentions cremation costs and memorial urns in Melbourne, and recounts Count di Trapani’s modest garret lodging in Paris. It also notes Mr. Charles Mitchell’s offer to fund university expansion for science classes for artisans and an engineering hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copennia- S
Melbourne
Her Society of Victoria
Count di Trapani
Charles Mitchell
Sir
William Amstrong
Mitchell, ’&Co
Elswick
Land purchases reshape Water Street after fire
Messrs Marshall and Rodger bought a lot on Water Street formerly occupied by B. Steele's airy goods. The parcel fronts twenty feet and extends back 180 feet with a new street line reducing front by fifteen feet. The land, part of the Tasker estate, was purchased after the fire and will suit a mammoth building by McMurdo and Co. Completion plans include a permanent Sacetead site and new stores by various firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs, Marlial, & Rodger
Water-street
Steele
Stott
Fox's
Tasker
Bain
Johna
R, McMurdo& Co
Sacet Ead
Rchaut
Messrs
Ind
Chaplin
Mare
Nevith
John W. Foran
Uckworth-Stree
the Howe
Rapid Growth of Botwoodville Lumber Trade
The Botwoodville Exploits Bay region experiences a strong lumber export season with steamers from Great Britain carrying vast pine and deal logs. The Rydal Holme transported 28 440 pine pieces and 42 664 three inch deal pieces totaling 1 500 047 feet. About thirty four cargoes have reached St John’s and other colonies since spring navigation. Over 300 men will be employed this winter cutting and preparing logs for spring, with Botwoodville rapidly expanding infrastructure under manager Mr. Neilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botwoodville
Exploits Bay
Great Britain
Rydal Holme
Exploits Wood Co
St. John’s
Neilson
Conviction for Counterfeit Note in Fogo Shop Case
Thomas Willis confessed to presenting a counterfeit $3.50 credit note at Owen & Earle. Magistrate S. Baird ordered a fine and eighteen days imprisonment with hard labor, noting poverty cannot excuse dishonesty and Willis chose magistrate trial over jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Willis
Messrs
Owen & Earle
Earle
S. Baird, Esq
Supreme Court
Outrage and Death Reported in Newfoundland Port
A harmful assault is noted with a wounded person found bleeding and unable to aid police. The incident occurred the same day as the disorder, while authorities seek suspects. The paper also records the death of Samuel Wella of Back Harbor Twillingate after a stomach ailment worsened ashore. he left a large family and his passing prompts condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mérning
Samuel Wella
Back Harbor
Twillingate
Cholera Germs and Their Ways of Spreading
A discussion of cholera origins and prevention notes that disease spread is linked to dirty habits and poor sanitation. It cites the Ganges delta as origin, the bacillus shape, and the role of decaying matter, with references to Koch and Keech on germ behavior and persistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Edwin Arnold
Ganges
Edwin Arnold
Koch
India
Egypt
Dexter
Bacilli
Riga
Lady Blandford Arrives from St John s at Herring Neck
The Lady Blandford captained by Klaw Blandford reached Herring Neck from St John s on Thursday night. Typhoid cases rise at Herring Neck with no deaths yet. Diphtheria resurges in Change Islands. Mrs. John Taylor and three children die there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Blandford
Capt
Klaw Blandford
Herring Neck
St. John’s
G. 8. Chamberlain
Change Islands
John Taylor
Death of Samuel Wells at Back Harbor a Sudden Loss
Samuel Wells of Back Harbor died suddenly at Fogo on Sunday morning while aboard a small craft owned by James Hodder. He had left the previous Monday and fell ill the night before his death. His remains were transported home and interred in the Church of England cemetery yesterday afternoon. He was a widower with several children left to mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Wells
Back Harbor
Fogo
James Hodder
Phareda
Englang
Gumetery
Whits
British and World News On November Reports From Halifax
Telegraphed notes from Halifax and London report on Earl Kimberley’s India remarks, Thanksgiving in Quebec, and weather across North America. Other items include US House Democrats likely majority, Ugandan policy, Canada revenue, a French capture of a rifle liner, and cholera cases in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Earl Kimberley
India
Pamirs
Qeunda
Eavy Gale
Quebec
House of Representatives
Cleveland
Atlantic
Uganda
East African Company
Bank of Montreal
Holly
Dahomey
Duke of Marlborough
Achr Knight Tempsey
Auptonpher
Whitney
Prince Edward Island
Cosl
Wells City
Valencia
Trafalgar Square
London
Consecative Association
Pclmursy
New Castle
Aeason
Imperial Council
Holland
France
Hungary
Tokio
Japan
Dominion
Newfoundland
Dublin
Blake
Tormnto
Ine
Bebring Sea
Mitchell
Charlottetown
Coleridge
Russia
Europe
Marriage notice from Joeville Tilt Cove parish records
Fragmented notice reports a marriage on the seventeenth at Joeville Tilt Cove officiated by Reverend R. M. Shean. It lists grooms J O Rourke of Gonce a Bay and Alice Gordon of Gnde Qn, with other clerical and location details partially readable.
Death of Young Daughter In Distant Parish
The notice reports the death of a young girl aged eight months in a distant parish. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. Phomaa Ashbourn and had a short illness with bed confinement before passing away calmly on Friday night. Her school friends and acquaintances remember her as a bright, gentle child who suffered much pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titt Cove
Twitlingate Sun
Christ Church
John Antle
Annie Boon
W. R. Tous
Tilt Cove
Cunningham
Samuels
Arthur Pittman
Collin
Hawthorn Villa
Tam
Derek Sannonay Ore
Wand
Phomaa Ashbourn
Nis
Virginia Lake Steamer Schedule Confusion Noted
A garbled note indicates the coastal steamer Virginia Lake may run in the morning and is uncertain for the evening or Monday schedule. Jett St John’s is mentioned, but details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lake
Walsh
Messrs
Andrew Roberts, Jr
John Curtis
C. Emerson
W. G. Smith
St. John's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ubad Ch
Worthern Weekly
Truvertiseh
Burin
James Winter
Crow Head
Philpot
Loyalty Lodge
T.C.A
Mutch
Ragged Harbor
Friday's Bay
Holein
Ellis
Gibraltar
E. Dnnder, Esq
Samuel Moss
Mably
Lisbon
Pid-L. Tessier
John Phillips
Fortune Harbor
Foley
Scott
Presertbad
Telegraph
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