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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1885

Page

8

War in Afghanistan Deepens as Russian Afghan Clash Rises

Reporting from St Petersburg and London, early April dispatches describe intensifying hostilities between Russian forces and Afghan troops. Afghan positions along the Kushk river face Russian offensives. exchanges include heavy losses, shifting front lines, and Britain’s boundary proposals. The situation features naval armament plans, troop movements, and strategic debates over Herat and Penjdeh.

Afghanistan London America Cunard Oregon Sr. Petersburg Josely Cronstadt Kushk Krome Komoroff Omoroff Waa Cavary Gulran Far Penjdeh Lumsden Stone Jianid Orin Russia Great Britain Russ Herat Rusmareh Chamen-I-Bed Sar Lessar Hari-Rud Pul-i-Khatan Penideh Khatan Murchab Bowsia Lord Granville Pul-L-Khatun Merat Murhab Difference Katkoff Meskaues

Penjdeh Sketches Report Highlight Russian Readiness

The Wheely Wisconsin notes April 7 sketches on Penjdeh and warns of Russia’s naval and military buildup. Shestakov orders torpedoes to Baltic and Black Sea fleets. Petersburg lines, Kronstadt, and Krasnye Belo linked by telephone. Russia mobilizes 100,000 men toward Herat as English advances stir plans.

Penjdeh Russia Shestakof Miral Baltic Black Sea St. Petersburg Kronst Krasne Belo Czar W' Ment Herat Seteof Sike Maroff Svet Pischin

Multiple Fatalities and Fires Hit Various US and Abroad

A flurry of incidents reports deaths from premature mine explosion in Eureka Utah, a wife killed and husband suicide in Poplar Bluff Missouri, and fires destroying mills and depots from Pittsburg to Allegheny City. Other items note a Montreal lawyer's death, cholera cases in Spain, a large land sale in Fort Worth, and a US government pledge to settlers amid Crow Creek Reservation tensions. The River miners strike ends in victory for 6000 workers on the Monongahela.

Dashiel Kelly Patrick Sullivan Eureka Silver City Utah Louis Derry Poplar Bluff Tyr B Omaha M. Srezert & Co Pittsburg C. S. Cherrier Montreal China Yunan Kwechong Birr W. W. Lawrence & Co Allegheny City Bellefontaine Ohio Sweetwater Tenn Wade Hampton Council Bluffs Towa Carnte A. Brows Rockford Mass Evrie Iness Salem Church Jarvis William Doxovas Elmira N. Y Madison Square Garden New York City Putnam House A. Skinner Crow Creek Cleveland America Fort Worth Texas Espuela Land’ and Cattle Company London Espuella Land and Cattle Company, Limited M. Pat Esorra Tsung ii Yamen Red River Hall Formosa Pheng Hoa Wornsbury England Soudan Egypt Graham Osman Digma Ames Delaney Jurin Battleford Hudson Bay Company Cameron Frog Lake Fort Pitt Roe Saddle Lake Edmonton Calgary Frog Prince Albert Nash Saskatchewan River Syexax Doak Pas Raven Run Lo’elock Cuyler 8. M. Heaton & Co Frank McLaughlin William Anderson John Anderson Henry Mervine Benjamin Mauver Nicholas Purcell Barney Smith Michael Her~ity Daniel Kenney John Cavanaugh Agency Lake

Fontainbleau and Compeigne exploration notes in 19th century tour

The article describes Fontainbleau with its palace and vast forest, detailing halls, gardens, and the mythic legends tied to Pan and nymphs, plus Compeigne where Joan of Arc’s capture and trial events are recounted. It also covers Norman history, Bayeux tapestry, and a Normandy focus before moving to Dieppe.

Wisconsin Fontainbleau France Francis I Andrea del Sarto Leonardo de Vinci Fontainpleau Leonardo Napoleon Pius VII Josephine Port Doree Pan Vallee de la Salle Gorge Au Loup Gorge d’Apremont Fort l’Emperor Compeigne Joan of Arc Maria Louisa Donjou Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Leopold Louise Sanda Paris Normandy Robert L Duke Je Diable Palestine Nicaea William England Matilda of Flanders Matilda Caen St. Stephen William Aux Hon Harold Edward the Confessor Edward Bayeaux Hastings Dieppe D. H. Johnson

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