Public lands and prospect of wider settlement in the West
The 1889 Land Office report shows a record 70 thousand agricultural land patents, with high entry activity continuing. Much land in the Dakotas and Idaho remains unsettled or surveyed, while railroads hold vast grants awaiting forfeiture or cancellation. Irrigation could unlock more land for a growing population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Land Office
Uncle Sam
Dakotas
Idaho
Prairies
Maine
United States
Japs and Sicilians in the Metropolis
A New York Star observer describes East River streets where Japanese and Sicilian residents mix with locals. He notes a Japanese boarding house with quiet, orderly occupants and a Sicilian restaurant with simple fare and homely decor. Inspector Williams counters claims of racial decline, praising temperate, cheerful, economical Guineas and their adaptability and keen children.
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East River
James Street
Palermo
Naples
A. 8. Williams
New Yorkster
History of the Gallows Across Ages and Methods
The article traces gallows from primitive tree suspensions to the two upright posts with a crossbeam. It notes variations in height for crime severity, uses in regicide trials, ladder-assisted executions, and climactic moments where executioners toppled ladders during final prayers. It also mentions near-site executions to the crime location.
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Ilaman
Mordecai
Pittsburg
Buried for Ages at Canterbury Chapel Tomb Opened
The Canterbury Cathedral south wall tomb in Trinity Chapel was opened by experts. A stone coffin revealed an archbishop, either Hubert Walter who died in 1205 or Cardinal Stephen Langton who died in 1228, richly vestmented and preserved. Relics including a silver chalice and paten, a gold ring with emerald, and a carved crozier were found.
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Trinity Chapel
Canterbury
London Graphic
Hubert Walter
Stephen Langton
John
Langton
John Morris
the Times
Once Foes Now Friends Veterans Share Life in New England Town
Two Civil War veterans known as Captain Thomas and Captain Williams, former college chums who fought on opposite sides, saved each other during a fierce battle. Thomas carried Williams to safety despite severe wounds and both men kept a pledge to live as bachelors in a small New England town.
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Bachelor’s Hall
New England
Thomas
Williams
Charleston
Gray
Capt
Des Moines
Sixth Street
High
Jim
Tom
Curious Lash Gird Village in Persia Survives on Cliff Nests
In Persia between Semnam and Teheran stands Lash gird a once notable citadel built on a high mound. Ruined interiors littered with bricks host a village of mud houses perched on outer walls. Ledges serve as living outdoor spaces without railings accessed by steep steps.
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Lashgird
Semnam
Teheran
Cneiente
Beans and Dollar Bills Guessing Game in Boston Grocery
In a Boston grocery a grocer demonstrates a bean and dollar bill puzzle. He proves a bushel holds 119000 beans by weight, then shows a silver dollar equals twenty two dollar bills, using scales to confirm the calculation.
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Gazette
Boston
Monks of the Silent Brotherhood Move Across North America
The Trappists, founded by De Rance, established colonies from Pigeon Hill Pennsylvania in 1805 to Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Nova Scotia. In 1848 monks from France settled at Gethsemane Kentucky near Bardstown, later Melleray Abbey near Dubuque Iowa. life centers on silence, strict discipline, self denial, and austere meals.
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de Rance
Pigeon Hill
Penn
Kentucky
St. Louis
Illinois
Nova Scotia
France
Gethsemane
Bardstown
Melleray Abbey
Iowa
Dubuque
Confessions of a Skillful Shoplifter Woman in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh Dispatch report recounts a female thief in Allegheny and Pittsburg who boasted of her shoplifting skill. She swapped jackets in a cloak sale, rummaged a shoe store, found mismatched footwear, attempted ostrich plumes, and narrowly slipped away with a feather before failing a second theft.
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Allegheny
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Dispatch
Indifferent to wounds Napier of Magdala’s rapid recovery
London World notes Lord Napier of Magdala showed striking indifference to injuries and rapid return to duty after multiple severe wounds. It cites records from Hart's Army List and details battles at Ferozeshah Sobraon Multan Gujerat Lucknow and the Alumbagh during the siege period.
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Lord Napier
Magdala
Hart
Ferozeshah
Sobraon
Multan
Gujerat
Fife
Beow
Lucknow
Alumbagh
London World
How He Dined and Fought in New York Tales
A circulated tale recalls Colonel Georgs Hooker of Vermont dining with ex Congresssman W. L. Scott of Pennsylvania in New York. A coal operator boasted of appetite while Hooker claimed a dinner was only drinks and laughter. Nearby, three men plan a mock duel until a policeman intervenes.
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Georgs Hooker
Vermont
W. L. Scott
Pennsylvania
N. York
Colonel Hooker
Coleone Hooker
New York
Hooker
Colonel Hyeer
Tribune
Clouds and Their Heights in Meteorology
Clouds are grouped into four basic classes cumulus stratus cirrus and nimbus. Abercrombie lists ten principal cloud varieties with their typical summer heights at Upsala and notes features such as cirro-stratus cirro-cumulus strato-cirrus cumulus and cumulo-nimbus with heights ranging from about 1 900 to 27 000 feet.
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Abercrombie
Upsala
Spring Health Hint with Hovis Sarsaparilia
A fragmented advert promotes Hovi’s Sarsaparilia as a purifier for the blood and tonic for digestion and appetite ahead of warmer weather. It urges readers to obtain the preparation to ready the system for spring.
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Hovi
Hood's Sarsaparilla health claim ad
An advertisement quotes G W Stoas of Milton claiming Hood's Sarsaparilla cured his spring sickness after five bottles. It also reports a mother praising the tonic for her son's scrofula after a doctor suggested it, despite skepticism about cure effectiveness.
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Hood
G. W. Stoas
Milton
Dinos
First Class Spring Medicine Hood’s Sarsaparilla Endorsed
J H Pearce of Concord New Hampshire reports Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured his wife’s sick headache and relieved his dizzy tired feeling. He praises the tonic as a superior spring medicine for the household.
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Hood
J. H. Pearce
Sapt. Granby. Co
Concord, N. H
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Deh Mulla
Padeh
Aradan
London Times
Persia
Monks of the
Silent Brotherhood
Detroit Free Press
Caushi
la Grippe
Aver
Cre. J. Co. Aver & Co
Lowell
Mass
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