Wasps Attack Campers In Oak Tree Incident
A mountain camping party near Sacramento canyon faced a mass wasp attack when an axe struck a hollow oak limb. Jim, the camp’s hardy helper, freed himself after a river plunge, only to be covered in stinging insects that swelled his head and kept him bedridden through the night. The tale, told by L. W. W. in Forest and Stream, blends frontier danger with natural history.
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Siskiyou Mountains
Sacramento Canyon
Jim
Axman
Achilles
Jin
Lie
Thad
Mountain of Coal Near Clifton A Longstanding Resource
About 35 miles from Sydney Clifton sits Coalcliff on a hill where a coal seam and patches were once overlooked as slate. A shipwreck survivor’s campfire proved the coal’s value, marking the start of coal mining in the colony though Coalcliff itself remains hard to access and largely unworked.
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Sydney
Clifton
Coalcliff
Songs Sung to Wu at Buffalo Saturn Club Visit
During Minister Wu's Buffalo visit he joined Saturn club members for half an hour of informal talk and song led by George P. Keating's Satyrs. The verses praised Wu and included humorous lines, with a late departure at 12:30. Wu remarked it makes a man ten years younger to come here.
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Buffalo
Saturn Club
Charua
George P. Keating
Saturn
Buffalo Express
Upside Down Donkey Faces on 1880 Ten Dollar Note
A puzzle picture appears on the 1880 ten dollar bills showing the American eagle inverted to resemble a donkey with long ears and a white nose. Officials of the United States treasury fear tracing the prankster who sourced the image. The note features an eagle between the bottom signatures and the upside down donkey is clearly visible when viewed from the other side. The Washington Letter notes the bird’s appearance is not altered and the prank provokes the eagle’s indignation.
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United States Treasury
Wallashington
A Cave of Skeletons Near Chico Mountains Unearthed
While prospecting for quicksilver near the Rio Grande south of Alpine Texas a party of Americans found a cave containing 26 skeletons laid side by side along with copper kettles two Spanish hatchets three short swords bearing Spanish inscriptions stone utensils and crude mining tools A stone jar bore the name Narvaez with the date 1526. The 1528 Narvaez expedition from Tampa Bay Florida vanished.
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Chico Mountains
Rio Grande
Alpine
Tex
Narvaez
Tampa Bay
Fla
Loco Motives Prompt Bridge Weight Debate
The Financial Times reports New Zealand ordered locomotives from a prestigious English firm. The firm offered a pattern and weight, but railway bridges could not bear the load. The firm suggested rebuilding the bridges, a recommendation deemed folly, with Mr Reeves endorsing the account.
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S. New Zealand
England
Reeves
Financial Times
Foreign Cow Dairy Opens Near Woo-Sung Anchorage Sign
A Chinese foreign cow dairy near the Woo-Sung naval anchorage posted a sign touting foreign milk sold for cash. It claims sweet taste pure milk without water, with pricing and a raise on multi-bottle purchases as Foreign Cow Chop No. 1 Milk from Yih Pingshan Dairy.
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Woo-Sung
Woo- Sung
Telegraph Company
Yih Pingshan Dairy
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