Venice and Milan Memories From a Traveling Correspondent
Special correspondence from Minay Italy recounts Venice with Byron's echoes, the Lion of St Mark, campaniles, and gondoliers, then shifts to Milan praising the modern city and its grand cathedral while criticizing the Cadaver tomb tour in St Borromeo’s silver vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minay
Italy
Aus
Venice
Lord Byron
Childe Harold
Bridge of Sighs
Byron
Venica
Hundred Isles
Fortissimo
St. Mark’s Square
London Times
London
New York
Harp Monthly
Times
Harpers
Harper’s
Morocco
Rialto
St. Mark’s
St. Mark's Cathedral
Colorado climate and farming in Denver era
The Denver observer extols Colorado as having superior climate and roads, with affluent business folk and high goods demand. Farms around Denver, Greeley, and northern areas range 80 to 200 acres, some up to 8,000, with alfalfa yielding three crops yearly on well watered land. Governor Eaton notes rich soil once a sea bed, needing only water. land costs high and farming yields uncertain versus eastern states.
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Colorado
Denver
Washington
Greeley
Eaton
Kansas
Nebraska
Wichita's Rise as a Western Trade and Manufacturing Hub
Western Leiter portrays Wichita Kansas as a rapidly settling, richly endowed region with growing schools and rail connections. He sees Wichita aiming to be a regional supply and manufacturing center, rivaling Kansas City for surrounding trade, while noting fuel and mineral shortages and forecasting steady growth rather than a second Chicago. He compares future prospects to Toledo and Columbus and envisions expansion with the nation’s westward growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas City
Texas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Chicago
Toledo
Columbus
Leiter
The Public Debt Decline Since 1943
The public debt reached 2,581,530,295 in August 1943 and now stands at 1,002,076,850 excluding Pacific railroad bonds. Over twenty two years, more than half the debt has been paid, at an average rate of 62,706,975 per year, 39,225,581 per month, 174,186 per day, 7,258 per hour, and 120.47 per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Railroad
Mark Twains Youth A Chat With Capt Bixby On the Mississippi
St. Louis cor respondent recalls Horace Bixby the pilot who mentored Samuel Clemens later known as Mark Twain. Clemens learned river life on the Mississippi in the 1850s, earned a pilot license, worked on the Alonzo Child, served briefly for the Confederacy, then wrote vivid river reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bixby
Baton Rouge
Bixby
Mark Twain
Sam Clemens
Sit
St. Louis
New Orleans
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Clemens
Paul Jones
Island No. 85
Mississippi River
Ine
Bowens
Judge Clemens
Hannibal, Mo
Hannibal
South America
Tennessee
Alonzo Child
de Haven
South
Confederacy
Sterling Price
Missouri
Orrin Clemens
Territory of
Nevada
Sam
Capt. Bixby
Mississippi
Chicago Tribune
Ingenious Roulette Scheme Foiled by Cylinder Checks
A small group of players once exploited slight dicey bias in roulette wheels to win large sums. An inventive mechanic proved certain numbers favored at specific tables, leading to repeated wins until proprietors uncovered the method. After quarrels, the secret arose and now cylinders are removed and tested daily to prevent further thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Welman
The
Cosmopolitan
Lager beer witness boast leads to acquittal in police court
Frank Keim of Syracuse faced a jury in a Warren police court trial for selling lager beer on Sunday. The defense admitted sale but argued lager is not intoxicating, calling G. E. Claus of a German brewery as expert. Claus claimed he drinks 250 glasses daily for seven years. The prosecutor accused him of lying or gluttony. the jury acquitted Keim. Also included are several property deeds and farm listings in Warren and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Keim
Syracuse
G. E. Claus
German Brewing Company
Claus
Youngsville
Brokenstraw Township
Pittsfield Township
Mead Run
Limestone
Warren
Yankee Bush Road
Chas. A. Livermore
Hickory Street
Terife
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Warren Borough
Dan
High Street
Nelsyn Moore
Hind
Myron Waters
George, Musworth
Willum
N. O. Levens
Jeavel Levens
W. Levens
Warre Savings Bane
R.A. Love
Sheri
Sherill
Ofice
Warren, Pa
Insurance and medical “cure” ads from a late 19th century paper
An old newspaper page advertises life fire and accident insurance offered by a firm with capital over a hundred million dollars, urging protection for families and orphans. It also promotes Drunkenness cures with Golden Specific sold from Cincinnati and offers a free clairvoyant examination and disease diagnosis services. Basic contact details include offices in Exchange Block and Syracuse addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haines
Golden Specific Co
Race Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Jane
Dickey
Milan
Tam
Turin
St. Borromeo
Great River
Jas. C. Boyd
John Johnson
Jeed
John Rowland
Julia A. Rowland
Glade
Nathan Branch
Charles Utica
Deed Glade
Tompkins Loucks
Merritt RB
Loucks
Farmington
Geo. W. Green
Mary Ben Fullerton
Kinga
Wm. English
Ellen Fullerton
Kinzua
Samuel Kidder
Wm. Babcock
Conewango
J. Grandin
Mary Ann Beluup
Tidioute
Ball
Bachap
Elk
Sido
R. BH
Kline
L. R. Freeman
Orange Noble
L. F. Watson
Stephen G. Wade
Chas. Slater
Ailiam L. Phillips
Rachie L. Curtis
O. While
W. W. Thompson
John M. Clapp
J. W. Kinnear
Roberts
L. B. Wood
Eldred
August Scott
Christine J. Swanson
Sugar Grove
I. C. Dalrymple
C. M. Dalrymple
Pittsfield
Francis Henry
Geo
D. Shear
David Shehar
Warren, Penny A
Lts
SILL
Freep E. Sia
B. FB. Borrerreyp
Meadville Conservatory OF Music
Yorntanl Instrumentas
Allegheny College
Thorugh
Ce. A. Reynolds
Meadville, PA
Mary J | Porter
Porter
Tidioute Sayings Bank Association
James Kinnear
Jennette Kinnear
Lottie K. Thompson
Jahu Hunter
Midioute
AL AL
General Insurance Ets Wnder
Mitchell & Messner
Theodore Messner
Cushing
W. A. Mires
Theodore Slessse
F. M. Knapp
Que
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Charles W. Stone
ASE Brothers
ROCY
Washington and
Jefesson Colle
Pathe
Adolph Schinita
J. K. Ronne
Liberty Street
Postoffice
Lee
Warner & Reis
Urs
ficKee Ganatin
Anil
Clay Greene
Golden Giant
Atch Avenue
Nibie
York
Milmlovitch, Fletcher & Co
Cine Eimiti, O
M. Mead, Acent, Corry
Ell
Catarrh Ely
Heam
Euene Ely
Bros
Vanever
Encerinn Business College
Cleveland
Richard B. Stewart
Physicians and Surgeons
Third Street
Keverdy B. Stewart
Stewart
Freeman
Hoffman Block
HH. M. Rounds
Spring Creek
Eldredge B
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