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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1890
Page
7
A columnist recalls the Battery’s storied past and the vanished grandeur of Manhattan's old mansions. Once core civic and social hubs, these grand houses gave way to modern hotels and hotels and arcaded streets, as new developments reshaped the cityscape. The piece highlights figures tied to the era and notes how the riverfront area preserved memories of colonial and early national days.
Fragmentary text shows references to entities such as a party and a council, with garbled terms like petrioke and Lavetered cortale tata Prep. It hints at a meeting or confrontation involving figures including Whigs and Nisley, but specifics, dates, places, and outcomes are unreadable.
A lively colonial era promenade scene shows diverse groups in Lower New Yorks public breathing place. Italians, Scandinavians, Germans, Turks, Armenians, Irish emigrants, and others mingle under bread serpentine walks while Salvation Army bands draw kneelers. Charlie Gaylor, the dramatist, recalls Ratwey past as a bridge near Castle William hosted promenaders and emigrants.
The Pan American conference delegates visit New York, touring the Normal College hall and Met Museum of Art. They receive receptions from the Union League club and an audience with President Blininows, while Brazilian envoy Pereira draws special interest. The event unfolds amid a Brazilian revolution and growing Central American federation talks.
The piece argues Spainish American republics suffered from inheriting unitary systems while the United States was federal from inception. It notes colonies formed confederations, states predated the Union, and many revolutions followed as new states built governance. After the Civil War, stability rose, prompting Blaine to revive a practical Panama project.
The narrative extols Maj Serpa Pinto as a premier African explorer who completed a coast-to-center Africa journey in 1879 using native guides, aided Portuguese expansion, and provoked British concerns over Mozambique and regional control. It notes Portugal’s historic dominance, ambitions to restore an African empire, and the strategic river systems, rail plans, and territorial disputes involving Britain and other powers.
The world mourns Robert Browning, a premier English poet born 1813 in Camperdown Surrey. His early work included Pandon and Pars Elias, followed by the tragedy Strafford, drawing critical notice though limited public success.
A fragmentary text blending archaic phrasing and mixed spelling describes a stream of voices and misquoted lines. The garbled passage cites names and scenes in a rough, quatrainlike flow, suggesting a poem or dramatic monologue about fate, memory, and perception.
A garbled account describes natives of Uergécal reacting to snow as visitors observe water grading phenomena. It recalls early figures in Africa and Central African calibres, mentioning Willian Macerague and others, with vivid but unclear anecdotes about unfamiliar environments and reactions.
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