Tide Poem Reflects On Sea Thy Return And Rest
A verse lamenting the sea as it brings treasures to the land and takes them away. It travels from east to west and pauses only in moments of rest, hoping for a final calm when the tide shall lie still.
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1891
Page
6
A Nob Hill Princess and the King Midas King
Beatrice Vernon, the Nob Hill princess, discovers her father King Midas faces a public ruin but discovers a surprising twist as his new marriage to Marion, the Queen, reshapes fortunes. Beatrice and Philip Ashton accept their intertwined fates amid social scrutiny and comic irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Midas
Nob Hill
John Vernon
Bonanza
Beatrice
Grand Piazza
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate
Helena Ashton
Helena
Miss Ashton
Bank of California
Lena
Papa
Nob Hill Palace
Phil
Ashton
Marion
Vernon
Thas
Bee
Oakland
Philip
Frank Leslie
Hunting Adventurers Face Elephants and Lions in Africa
An American correspondent travels with Prince von Lichtenberg Hugo von Pal and Louis Kaufman on a grand safari. They stalk elephants near rivers, clash with a charging bull, and end with prized tusks and hides. Zulu hunters help, Saccamela is wounded but recovers, lion skin and constrictor hide sent to Miss Kaufmann, Pretoria trip ends with spoils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo von Pal Prince von Lichtenberg
Louis Kaufman
Elephant Country
Dr. Livingston
Kaufman
Saccamela
Zuilus
Livepoopo
Lion
Kaufmann
The purse crab described from the Mining Bureau display
A San Francisco Chronicle note details the purse crab or lrgus latro, a large land crab kept in a glass jar. It grows up to eighteen to twenty four inches, can lift itself, travels both ways, and hunts coconuts and palm nuts. It inhabits land near cocoanut trees and caves at night, with distinct claws and feeding habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Ocean
South Pacific
Caroline Islands
San Francisco Chronicle
Female drummers of Grey town move goods and smuggle in Nicaragua
In Grey town Nicaragua native cadhedoras travel to the interior with imported goods and return with country products such as vegetables cheese eggs and chickens. They are viewed as smuggling suppliers and are said to earn substantial profits from these exchanges in a town where local farming is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greytown
Nicaragua
Balloonists Gower and Tissindier's near fatal ascent fall
Paris balloonists Gower and Tissindier were reported to ascend from Paris toward Vincennes, reaching 6,000 feet before hitting a rarefaction cut, forcing ballast dumps and an anchor drop to regain stability. Hennequin, a Parisian aviator, witnessed their fall and relayed the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Hennequin
Paris
France
San Francisco
Fontenay
Gower
Tissindier
Hennequin
Foot Measuring Machine Patented in Baltimore
A Baltimore man patents a device that measures the foot with a pinboard like a hat measuring tool. The mechanism uses movable pins to trace the foot outline and register its shape, drawing a diagram similar to a shoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Philadelphia
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