Shadows Across the Day From Morning to Midnight
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1891
Page
6
Mountain Gold Rush Ends in a Fatal Stand Off
On a sunbaked Arizona peak, Jack Swilling and companions uncover a gold pocket and fight to guard it from Mexicans. Tensions rise as greed and fear drive a deadly confrontation, culminating in Tomas the hunter’s murder and the gold being packed onto a pack-train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Jack
Weaver
Arizona
Tucson
Placers
Los Americanos
Jack Swilling
Wickenburg
Sonora
Bowlder
Tomas
San Francisco
Atlantic Cable Remembered Thirty Years After Victory
Dr Henry M Field recalls the 1866 Atlantic cable triumph and the dramatic recovery of a lost wire. He notes communications from Ireland to New York and the sense of wonder among shipboard observers. General Sherman and John Bright praised the achievement as a modern miracle.
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Henry M. Field
The
Evangelist
Atlantic
Field
India
Japan
Newfoundland
Valencia
Ireland
James, Anderson
Cyrus
New York
General Sherman
John Bright
Chicago Herald
A Billion Dollar Bill Shows Vast Money Measures
A column from the Detroit Free Press imagines a billion dollars in single bills and converts it into astounding physical scales. It counts volume, weight, height, and reach, noting 1 000 000 000 dollars would fill miles of space, weigh thousands of tons, and stretch into hundreds of miles if stacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifty-first Congress
Hesay
New York
Texas
Michigan
United States
Dry Denudation in the African Desert
Professor Johannes Walther notes that despite aridity the African desert undergoes rapid denudation through rare but heavy rains and extreme temperatures. Temperature shifts cause rock splitting, wind and sand erosion wear walls and cliffs, creating isolated masses and flat-topped formations across deserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannes Walther
Trenton
N. J
Sinking of Caspian Sea Bottom Attributed to Submerging Floor
Scientists note the Caspian Sea is eighty five feet lower than the Black Sea and that soundings show no water loss over a century. They conclude the Caspian Sea bottom itself is sinking, prompting scientific speculation on future consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Caspian
New York Telegram
Melancholia and its warning signs: a medical overview
A Philadelphia Record summary discusses melancholia as a grave mental illness with dangers of self harm. Dr Burnett notes the distinction from ordinary sadness and outlines forms such as simple melancholia agitata and melancholia with stupor, highlighting sleeplessness back pain and demire spirits as key symptoms.
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New York Medical Journal
Burnett
Kansas City Medical College
Barnett
Philadelphia
Portrait Genius Revealed by Innkeeper's Pride
A tale from the York Press recalls young Sir Thomas Lawrence, born to poor innkeeper parents, who drew a portrait that impressed Shaftesbury’s family. The incident sparked generous support for the future great English painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lawrence
England
Shaftesbury
Wonder
Befriemue
York Press
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