He Is Still a Sick Man
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · London, England
A dispatch on Lord Rosebery's lingering insomnia after influenza, a small window into the health troubles of a sitting British prime minister.
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Memory of Garibaldi
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · Rome, Italy
A dispatch on the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone for a monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi in Rome, attended by huge crowds.
The Catacombs of Rome
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · Rome, Italy
An essayist reflects on the catacombs of Rome as the birthplace of early Christian art and the new civilization that grew from persecution, poverty, and faith.
Archbishop of Toronto on Political Preaching
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 11, 1876 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A brief note reporting the Archbishop of Toronto's directive barring priests from turning church pulpits into platforms for partisan election campaigning.
The Last Song of George Herbert
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · England
A brief, recovered anecdote from Walton's life of George Herbert describing the poet's last act - calling for his instrument to sing a hymn shortly before he died.
The Fear of Death in Ancient and Modern Times
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876
A learned essay, reprinted from the Fortnightly Review, compares how ancient and modern peoples regarded mortality, drawing on Lessing, Bacon, Byron, and Dr. Johnson to argue that classical culture faced death with less dread than the modern age.
Anecdotes of Byron
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 11, 1876 · England
A collection of gossipy literary anecdotes about Lord Byron, drawn from period memoirs, showing the poet's cruelty toward his wife Lady Byron and his acid wit toward society women.
The King of Calabria
La CróNica · March 5, 1873 · Morocco
A florid historical retelling of the 1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quibir in Morocco, where the kings of Portugal and Morocco perished, and the tragic exile of the widowed Portuguese queen — a piece of popular history for readers of this Spanish-language Los Angeles paper, cut off mid-story by the page's end.
On the Premature Eulogies for Gordon
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 20, 1885 · United Kingdom
A tart editorial reminder that premature obituaries for General Gordon, still unconfirmed dead, left little left to say should he actually perish.
Gen. Gordon Believed He Would Never Return From Khartoum
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · London, England
An anecdote recalling that Gordon confided a premonition of death before departing for the Sudan and gave away his keepsakes to a friend in anticipation.
One of the Stormiest Cabinet Meetings Since Gladstone's Return to Power
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · London, England
An account of a tense cabinet session in which military officers pressed for urgent action in the Sudan while ministers, worried by Lord Wolseley's blunt criticism of London's ambiguous orders, urged caution.
Russian Press Not Satisfied
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · April 21, 1895 · St. Petersburg, Russia
Russian newspapers denounce the peace terms ending the First Sino-Japanese War, foreshadowing the diplomatic crisis over Japan's territorial gains in Manchuria that would soon draw in the European powers.
Porte Will Change Its Policy
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · April 21, 1895 · Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Britain's ambassador pressed the Ottoman government over its continued persecution of Armenians, drawing a promise from Turkish officials to instruct provincial governors accordingly.
Japan Edging on Formosa
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · China
Dispatch on Japan's naval campaign against the Pescadores Islands during the First Sino-Japanese War, a staging step toward the invasion of Formosa (Taiwan).
Cardinal's Hat for Archbishop Manning
The Cairo Bulletin · July 13, 1873 · Rome, Italy
A short dispatch reporting the Pope's intention to elevate Archbishop Manning of England and two American archbishops to the rank of cardinal.
Lady Byron's Unpublished Letters
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 20, 1885 · London, United Kingdom
A tantalizing glimpse of a scandal a half-century old: newly surfaced letters in which Lady Byron accused her husband of marrying her purely out of a calculated desire for revenge.
USES MINISTER WU AND WILL FORCE CHINA TO SHOW HER HAND AND TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MASSACRE
Daily Inter Mountain · July 13, 1900 · Peking, China
During the Boxer Rebellion siege of the foreign legations at Peking, the U.S. tried to get a coded message to its besieged minister through the Chinese envoy in Washington, even as Washington officials privately concluded the legation staff had likely been massacred.
ENGLISH STATESMEN
The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · London, England
Britain's foreign office briefs Parliament on the fighting at Tien Tsin, detailing casualties among British, German, Italian and Russian forces and urgent calls for reinforcements.
Cols. Wilson and Wortley Bring News of Gen. Gordon's Death
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · Khartoum, Sudan
Two British officers who narrowly escaped Khartoum arrive with a first-hand account of the treachery that let Mahdist forces into the city and of Gordon's final moments.
Submarine Sinks British Steamer Off Welsh Coast
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · February 21, 1915 · United Kingdom
A German U-boat torpedoed the British steamer Cambank off the Welsh coast without warning, killing four crew, while a Norwegian vessel also went down after striking a mine — early glimpses of the unrestricted submarine war that would soon draw America into the conflict.