Before Soledad Arguello died in 1874, the rancho would be further divided.

Before the advent of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, sending international mail was quite an adventure ; it might be necessary to affix the stamps of the destination country in addition to those of the origin, and in the worst cases, possibly for several other countries along the way.

Before the 1874 general election, he was overlooked as the Liberal candidate for Morpeth in favour of miners ' leader Thomas Burt.

Before Koplik, the German internist Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt ( 1833-1902 ) in 1874, the Danish physician N. Flindt in 1879, and the Russian Nil Filatov ( 1847-1902 ) in 1895, had observed equivalent phenomena.

Before the Universal Postal Union was established in 1874, a country had to conclude a separate postal treaty with each other country with which it transacted international mail.

Before the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, Taradale and Greenmeadows were separated from distant Napier by a harbour lagoon and tidal mudflats, bridged from 1874 by the corduroy Taradale Road.

Before 1898, there were several short-lived federal bankruptcy laws in the U. S. The first was the act of 1800 which was repealed in 1803 and followed by the act of 1841, which was repealed in 1843, and then the act of 1867, which was amended in 1874 and repealed in 1878.

Before we built the new jail, we used to keep prisoners in here overnight sometimes when the old jail got too crowded.

Before the Civil War he was firmly against secession, but when the war started he nevertheless took the side of the Confederacy.

Before leaving, he buried his sandals, shield, and sword under a huge rock and told her that, when their son grew up, he should move the rock and bring the weapons to his father, who would acknowledge him.

Before 1931, i. e. through most of Ruth's most productive years, the umpire called the play based on the ball's final resting place " when last seen ".

Before its merger with HP, it also sponsored the Williams Formula One team when it was still powered by BMW engines.

Thomas was a teenager when many of the poems for which he became famous were published: " And death shall have no dominion ", " Before I Knocked " and " The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower ".

Before leaving, Lee learns from his teacher that Han's bodyguard O ' Hara ( Robert Wall ) had been involved in the death of his sister, Su Lin ( Angela Mao ), years ago, when she committed suicide to save herself from dishonour after being cornered by O ' Hara and a collection of Han's thugs.

Before the apparition of the first gospel, the gospel of Mark which was probably written around the years 65 – 70, Paul the Apostle used the term gospel when he reminded the people of the church at Corinth " of the gospel I preached to you " ( 1 Corinthians 15. 1 ).

Before and during World War II, when Japan occupied Korea, Taiwan, parts of China, the Philippines, and various Pacific islands, locals in those countries learned Japanese as the language of the empire.

Before long, scientific inquiries provoked by his claims had pushed back the age of the earth into the millions of yearsstill too short when compared with the accepted 4. 6 billion year age in the 21st century, but a distinct improvement.

Before the Revolution, despite supporting political reform ( including Bolsheviks elected to the Duma, when opportune ), Lenin proposed that capitalism could ultimately only be overthrown with revolution, not with gradual reforms — from within ( Fabianism ) and from without ( social democracy ) — which would fail, because the ruling capitalist social class, who hold economic power ( the means of production ), determine the nature of political power in a bourgeois society.

Before the sale was announced, Anthony Bamford, chairman of British excavators manufacturer JCB, had expressed interest in purchasing Jaguar Cars in August, the year previously ; only to back out when told the sale would also involve Land Rover, which he did not wish to buy.

Before a battle the sarissa were carried in two pieces and then slid together when they were being used.

Before use, one or both of the matches was lit ; when the bottle broke on impact, the mixture ignited.

Before 1841, the territory roughly corresponding to Southern Ontario in Canada belonged to the British colony of the Province of Upper Canada, while the southern portion of Quebec and the Labrador region of Newfoundland and Labrador belonged to the colony of the Province of Lower Canada ( until 1809, when Labrador was transferred to the colony of Newfoundland ).

Before May was out he was once more in Rome in answer to a summons for the countess Matilda of Tuscany, whose troops held the Leonine City and Trastevere, but when at the end of June the antipope once more gained possession of St. Peter's, Victor again withdrew at once to his Monte Cassino abbey.

Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, MPs tended to have historical liberal or conservative beliefs.

Before completing his studies, he returned to Constantinopole when his rector, his principal instructor ( one Leonas ), had business there.

Before the introduction of postage stamps, mail in the UK was paid for by the recipient, a system that was associated with an irresolvable problem: the costs of delivering mail were not recoverable by the postal service when recipients were unable or unwilling to pay for delivered items, and senders had no incentive to restrict the number, size, or weight of items sent, whether or not they would ultimately be paid for.

Before 1971 ( when the Scubapro company commercialized the first stabiliser jacket ) all scuba breathing sets came with a plain harness of straps with buckles like on a rucksack or spray-tank-pack.

Before the 1980s, the North American phrase " trick-or-treat " was little known in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and when introduced was often regarded as an unusual and even unwelcome import.

Before leaving, however, he buried his sandals and sword under a huge rock and told Aethra that when their son grew up, he should move the rock, if he were heroic enough, and take the tokens for himself as evidence of his royal parentage.

Before 1999, points could be scored only when a team had the serve ( side-out scoring ) and all sets went up to only 15 points.

Before the battle started, Muhammad had given orders for the Muslims to attack with their ranged weapons, and only engage the Quraysh with melee weapons when they advanced.

Before they were replaced in 1961, there was a period when, by the " within earshot " definition, no " Bow-bell " Cockneys could be born.

Before the Civil War, baseball competed for public interest with cricket and regional variants of baseball, notably town ball played in Philadelphia and the Massachusetts Game played in New England.

Before Sargent's birth, his father FitzWilliam ( b. 1820 Gloucester, Massachusetts ) was an eye surgeon at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia 1844 – 1854.

Before the 17th century, the Wampanoags, who had settlements throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, were the only inhabitants of the lands along the Acushnet River.

* The cargo brig Pilgrim, whose 1834 trading voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to California is described in the book Two Years Before the Mast.

Before becoming dean, Lloyd was the chaplain of the University of the South and later rector of Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts.

Goo Goo Dolls perform their song " Before It's Too Late ( Sam and Mikaela's Theme ) | Before It's Too Late " from the OST of the 2007 film Transformers ( film ) | Transformers at the Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts | Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, on July 22, 2007.

Before European settlement, the area now known as Holbrook, Massachusetts, like all of New England, had long been inhabited by Algonquian-speaking peoples.

Before moving to Portland, Oregon, the franchise was previously in Boston, Massachusetts as the Boston Breakers and New Orleans, Louisiana as the New Orleans Breakers.

Richard Henry Dana Jr. ( August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882 ) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast.

Before then, Virginia and Massachusetts had been given much of the credit for leading the American Revolution.

* Death Before Dishonor, a hardcore punk band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Before his second term, he earned money to cover tuition by serving as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in what is now Merrimac, Massachusetts.

Before New Hampshire received its own Royal Governor in 1741, its governors were also commissioned to govern the neighboring Province of Massachusetts Bay, where they spent most of their time.

Before Gore's selection, other politicians were mentioned as a possible running-mate, e. g. Bob Kerrey, Dick Gephardt, Mario Cuomo, Indiana Representative Lee H. Hamilton, Pennsylvania Senator Harris Wofford, Florida Senator Bob Graham, and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.

Before the creation of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691, the islands were part of the extinct Dukes County, New York.

In the introduction to his Essays Before a Sonata ( published immediately before the Concord Sonata ) Ives said the work was his " impression of the spirit of transcendentalism that is associated in the minds of many with Concord, Massachusetts of over a half century ago.

Before the season began, the Springfield, Massachusetts, franchise moved to Norfolk, Virginia.

Before she reached the age of six, her family moved from Quebec's Eastern Townships to Holyoke, Massachusetts.

His grandson, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ( 1815 – 1882 ) was a noted lawyer and author who served as U. S. Attorney for Massachusetts and wrote the classic Two Years Before the Mast.

The two had both read Two Years Before the Mast by fellow Massachusetts native Richard Henry Dana, Jr., about his voyage by sea to California, spending much time in San Diego, then a small Mexican pueblo.

Before serving in the US Air Force and playing in the coffeehouses of Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts, Powers had already performed as " Dino Valenti " with small rock bands in New England lounges.

Before the revelation of the Reilly campaign involvement, five Massachusetts unions filed a complaint against the group with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, a move supported by former Secretary of the Commonwealth candidate John Bonifaz and based on research by David Kravitz of Blue Mass Group.

Before coming to Rutgers, Prince was a professor of linguistics at Brandeis University and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.