Illiadic notes and European scenes in a crowded page
The column surveys a mix of cultural events and public notes including lectures by Madame Anna Bishop and scholars, engineering reports from the Suez Canal, and political commentary. It recounts exhibitions, magic apparatus claims, court cases, and tributes to Lord Derby and other figures, with international news from New Zealand to Baltimore and Lahore.
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Pathet
America
Vine Maore Lawrens
Copenhagen
Lopes
Trafalgar
Manelakes
Fangteas
Nta
Thompson
Aish
Paraguay
G. F. Masterman
Anna Bishop
Watson
New York
China
Japan
British India
California
Sandwich Islands
Society Islands
Asia Minor
Africa
England
Ireland
Scotland
Walca
Shmr
Atasra
W. O. Faulkner
William Broadhead
Shefford
Broadhead
Susicion
Attase Enapeer Acuts
Guildhall
Bir
Eardley Gideon Culling
Frederick Humpheireid
Letters on Dr Livingstone Reach Zanzibar Agent
Government dispatch from De Kirk acting political agent at Zanzibar dated Sept 7, 1869 reports Dr Livingstone’s July 8 1888 letter from Bangweloo. Livingstone claims sources of the Nile lie between 10 and 12 degrees south with large lakes feeding rivers, possibly Nyasa Nyapza or Nyanzambwe, near mountain slopes. He is described as in good health and spirits.
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DR Livingstone
Recoivmil
Bombay
de Kirk
Zanzibar
Livingstone
Bangweloo
de Livingstone
Ile
Ptolemy
Dr Kirk
Tre
Paes la
Branes
Bangwaloo
Darwinian ideas and humorous family jest in Tolph snippet
A quirky excerpt references Darwin and naturalists, contrasting claims of human progress with a comical tale of a banker and a poor relation. The piece mixes speculative science with light satire on human ancestry and social ties, ending with notes on kinship and acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bat
Darwin
Wakefield
Wessinge
Government to subsidize mail steamer to Melbourne
Wellington reports by Melbourne that the government plans a subsidy for a mail steamer to Melbourne with December dates noted. No further war news is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Melbourne
Wellington
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Southall
Chater
London
Messrs Jackson and Graham
Oxford-street
London and County
Peterborough
Colonel Lafevre
H. C. Lefevre
Walter Moss Walter
London County Bank
Midland Bank
Finnis
Quzexsrasp
Gladstone
Edinburgh University
Phin
Galashiels
Andrew Wood
Musson
Bennet
Tord Byron
Gnicetoli
Iaiy
M. de Boinsy
Stowe
Hartford
Connecticut
Our
Friends of Justice and Fair Dealing
Tay Byron
Fox
Isis
Jocelyn
M. Harel
Suez Canal
Powell
Abyssinia
Newport
Barnsbury Church
Paris
Patrick Coleman
Rome
Copeanca
Johan
Palestine Exploration Fund
Wing
Warren
Bethesda
Mit
Walla
S. W
S. E
N. E
Maram
Lebanon
Stonewall
St Louis
New Orleans
Cairo
Boate
Mr Boutwell
the Treasury
Philadelphia
General Grant
Houtwell
Jefferson Davis
Baltimore
Peabody
Peabody Institute
Beneft
Grant
George H. Butler
General Butler
United Piste
British East Indies
Lord Derby
Tyer
Lancashire
Bone
Tanesshire
Lacvsshire
Lend Derby
Stanley
Caroline
North
Cla
Braun
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Astura
Stanlay
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