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1media/Thumb 156.png2024-12-03T13:26:11-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Variety: On the Evolution of the Black Race"39Dr. de Gleygnon carries on his analysis of the development of the Black raceplain2024-12-08T13:13:16-05:0009-24-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb1210.png2024-11-08T11:57:50-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Miscellany"37News in brief: A murder in Monceaux – Search for a new president of the Universal Science Alliance – Indigenous People in America – An American Cyclist Wants to Ascend the Eiffel Tower – Submarine Technology – A Statue of Daguerre in Washingtonplain2024-12-03T17:21:28-05:0009-02-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 157.png2024-12-03T13:30:14-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"News & Events"26In brief: Elections in Brazil – Missionary arrived in France – Shipwreck in Japan – President on vacation – Fundraiser for disaster victims – Dispute over a theatre box – Toasts at the anti-slavery congress – Monetary conference in Washington – Charles Canivet is improving – Spanish popular support for Portuguese sovereignty – New talent at the Colonial School – Support from a Guadeloupean senator – Copyright news in Switzerland – A new English ship – Statue of Berlioz – Company that helps the superstitious – Beards on magistrates – Obituariesplain2024-12-10T12:18:54-05:0009-24-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 146.png2024-11-26T14:56:17-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"News & Rumours"22News in brief: Reception for Mexican independence day – Change in the theatre program – Edgar La Selve given new role – Canadian bishop left Paris – Lavigerie arrived in Paris – Tension between Portugal and Great Britain in Lisbon – Cholera – Smallpox –Execution by electrocution in the United States – Crisis in Argentina – Freemasons against Boulangism – American swimmer in the Thames – The Prime Meridian – Religion in Alsace – Dahomey inquiry – European market proposal – New book by General Légitimeplain2024-12-03T17:30:22-05:0009-16-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1410.png2024-11-26T15:06:22-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Miscellany"20Briefs: An animal rights activist – Famous criminal trial proceedings – The poor in Paris – Tragic death of an infant – Wax museums – Alcoholism in Paris – The way drunkenness is dealt with in Argentina – Blind education – Dogs on the telephone – Suppression of tipping – Men's fashion reform – Getting gold from teethplain2024-12-03T17:33:44-05:0009-16-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 136.png2024-11-08T14:10:38-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"The Next War: Sub-Marine Boats"20A survey of developments in submarine technologyplain2024-12-03T17:24:32-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 148.png2024-11-26T15:03:29-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Variety: On the Evolution of the Black Race"18Dr. de Gleygnon carries on his musings on fixed vs. evolving racesplain2024-12-07T15:54:16-05:0009-16-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/A1N1A10P3THUMB.png2024-11-08T10:29:04-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Meandering"17A survey of recent inventions: Phonogram/phonograph, electric chair, compressed air chamber, new weapons.plain2024-12-03T17:13:58-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 138.png2024-11-08T14:13:52-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Variety: On the Evolution of the Black Race"15Considering racial theories as applied to Europeans and Africansplain2024-12-07T15:55:29-05:0009-10-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232