Rain of … Eels?
A Springfield, Illinois, paper has an account of a shower of what, for want of a better name, that paper calls "snakes," which fell during the great storm of last…
Posted inDaily News Local Histories
Fair of the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society
We are requested to call attention to the following regulation of the Board of Managers, in regard to the Fair to be had on the 14th inst. The Society will meet on Tuesday; the annual address will be delivered on the evening of that day, at the Supreme Court Room, at half past seven o’clock; the Fair will be held on Wednesday, the 14th, opening at 12 o’clock noon, in the Court room.
Posted inLocal Histories Railroads
Ruction on Train
Last Friday afternoon, there was considerable excitement on the train which left here at 2 o’clock for Milwaukee. Conductor White in collecting fares approached a man somewhat under the influence…
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Casserly Caught Napping
Alluding to the passage in the Senate of the bill to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment the Washington Chronicle of the 27th ult., refers to Senator Casserly’s position with regard to the clause which protects Chinamen from outrage as follows :
Posted inLocal Histories World War 2
The Cradle of Invasion
The cradle of invasion is Cape Cod. We can boast without conceit for we were only onlookers when the Army took over our shore and countryside for invasion practice. At…
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Communication Gap
Jujuy, a place of considerable importance in Argentina, presents to the world the edifying spectacle of a city councillor who cannot address his fellow members or understand what they say.…
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Aviator Smith in Accident
Lieutenant Frederick Smith, who had charge of the aviation field in Falmouth last summer, and Russell H. Leonard, a Fall River mill owner and summer resident- of Falmouth, narrowly escaped…
The Native Question – Boundary Issues
KIHIKIHI, 20th May.
The southern boundary of the territory mentioned in Rewi’s proposals as from Taupo to Pukehau is undefined, as many of the places laid down in proposals are unknown to Government and Europeans — in fact the whole of the boundaries are only tentatively given. In the northern portion of the reserve the King is reported to have some interest. The boundaries of this block will have to be surveyed.
It will be noticed that by the action of the Government the original proposal at Hikurangi to make Tawhiao a kind of independent princelet in this territory is now abandoned.
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Battle of the Amazons
Tragic Feats of a Heroine—A Female Pitched Battle—Sanguinary Results of Jealousy.
The Nashville Union of Saturday last tells the following extraordinary story:
One of the most sanguinary deeds growing out of jealousy, and one of the highest exhibitions of female courage we have seen any account of for many a day, occurred a few days since near the Last Tennessee line in the edge of North Carolina, bordering on Blount county. The account which we abbreviate from the several reports seems miraculous. The parties represented are creditable and respectable.
It appears that the wife of James Davenport became jealous of a young girl named Kate Jackson, represented as being quite handsome and lovable. Quarrels and contentions were fierce and frequent between the two ladies.