Liberia’s Promise and People in a Storied Land
Special correspondence from Wasarvarox surveys Liberia’s fertile soil and rapid sugar cane and coffee potential. It describes climate, tribes such as the Velis and Galas, trade with Senegal and Europeans, missions by Catholics and Muslims, Monrovia life, and a government modeled on the United States with elections and real estate requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberia
Wasarvarox
Charles Hi. J. Taylor
Taylor
Jevis
America
Congal
John H. Smyth
Con. Smyth
Washington
Jndie
Jong
Interior
Fne
Africa
Pere Blanchet
Monrovia
Thomas J. Todd
United States
Republic
Legislative Assembly
H. W. R. Johnson
Rev Dr Paxton Portrait Of A Modern New York Minister
Special correspondent describes Rev Dr J R Paxton, detailing his ultra fashionable New York congregation led by Jay Gould and Russell Sage, Paxton’s wealth and home life on West Forty sixth Street, his polished social role, and his erudite but accessible preaching combining science metaphysics and popular interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
New York
J. R. Paxton
New York City
Russell Sage
Dr. Paxton
West Forty-sixth Street
America
England
Borror. Bey
RO Paxton
Lines on physiognomy and crime by Inspector Byrnes
Inspector Byrnes argues that physiognomy is limited in judging character, noting education alters outward look and behavior. He claims evil lines can soften with learning but underlying criminal potential remains, making crude physiognomy most applicable to lower-class criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Byrnes
Suit Over French Breech Loader Patent Dispute
Vienna inventor Schulhof claims his breech loading system matches the Lebel design. He alleges the French government bought his patent, sent a rifle to Paris, and later adopted a similar Lebel breech mechanism now manufactured in France. He pursues patent rights in French courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulhof
Vienna
Austria
Starp
Chalons
M. Lebel
Lebel
Paris
Schulbof
Chicago News
Tales of the Days of 757 and Afterward in California Gold Fields
Special correspondence from Boston describes early California mining life on the Tuolumne and Stanislaus rivers. It recounts hard pan, gravel streaks yielding small sums, and a shiftless mining camp that led to a fortunes found by a sharp Massachusetts buyer. The piece explains gold washing, bowlder ranges, underground rivers, flour gold, and misperceptions around quartz mining, warning readers about overhyped claims and the dangers of false prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Tuolumne
California
Massachusetts
Indian Bar Hill
Springfield
Bowlder Range
Bowlder
Calaveras County
Siuce
Johnny Ward
Johnny
Stanislaus
Bay of
San Francisco
Will
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Lipbenia
St. Louis
Senngal
Atlantic
Senegal
Paxton
M. Mead
Corry
Old Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Boss & Smith
Guinness
Tin Old Stand
Warren, Pa
P.O
Penns
Greenland
Perlor
Nelson Greenland
Eschange
Ecchange Hotel
Warren
Cenarcito
W. H. Pickett & CO
Ucceessor
B.A. Jamieson & Co
Dessers In
Sherman
Jewett’s
Syracuse
Gale
American Saw Co
The
Maple City Chair Co
Oshkosh, Wis
J. C. Eholmes
Mane Ou Chase
M. CC. Holmes
Boston Shoe Store
H. Zuern
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