Bear Encounters on California Marshes Recalls a Grizzly Chase
In early California days a young Army officer in a sparsely garrisoned inland post near Sonoma meets a grizzly bear amid fog and reeds. After a tense pursuit through a gully, he escapes into a tree hollow and climbs to safety, relying on a duck gun and quick thinking to outwit the predator.
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California
Uncle Sam
Yerba Buena
San Francisco
Jack B
Dack
Sonoma
Golden Gate
Brant
Old Jack
Ward
Ptoves
Newport
Phad
Ané
Western
Wilds
Grizzly
Mr. Berr
Lamber J
Eitens
Sir Bear
Thad
Ursa Major
Leslie Cumming
Brooklyn
Rotund Wealth of Meat In Disturbing Christmas Feast
A lurid verse describes a feast with vivid appetite for meat. The speaker entices with a carved centerpiece awaiting a family on Christmas Day. Graphic imagery of bones and savor joins a playful mockery of indulgence and appetite.
Christmas Tree Cutting Harms Catskills Adirondacks Forests
An editorial warns that evergreen cutting for Christmas trees damages forests in the Catskill and Adirondack regions. It notes loss of woodland and drying trout streams, and explains how trees help water retention by reducing soil drainage and maintaining sponge-like ground.
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Catskill
Adirondack
New Year's 1890 wishes reach weary souls worldwide
A New Year tribute offers solace to readers facing sorrow toil and fatigue. It speaks to the weary and hopeful, invoking the dear Lord's peace and visions of distant dreams fulfilled for those whose lives are pressed by fear, labor, or silent woe.
Man Attacks Show Snares Lunger at Bowery Note
A New York policeman recounts a street oddity near Chatham Square. A man named Smith claimed to be a southern agricultural college president and described a bungling dime museum scam involving a two headed limb and a fat woman. The show promoter pressed a lung tester for a quarter, a swindle stopped by a wary bystander who fled as officers intervened.
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Bowery
Chatham Square
Smith
Gowery
Aantseum
Avis
Mr. Smith
L Tokl Din
Mr Smith
New York News
The Little Boy Next Door and Other Vignettes
A fragmentary prose piece recalls a dangerous neighbor boy whose antics caused alarm and fear, followed by a brief anecdote about Gen George Knox and land surveyor Ulmer. The mood shifts from peril to a humorous wartime reminiscence and a lesson in quick wit.
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Owithal
Thomastown
George Ulmer
Crow
Gen. Knov
Ulmer
Gen. Knox
Ahner
Customs and manners from around the world and a herb tobacco blend
The article surveys cross cultural greetings and postures from Arabs, Chinamen, Japanese, Hindoo, Burmese, Australians, and Turks, noting how each group shows respect or ritual behavior. It also mentions a new Scottish produced herb tobacco substitute praised for fragrance and soothing effects.
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Arabia
New York Mail and Express
Road tour variety show features barefoot ladder climb
A Peoria Journal note describes a traveling variety act where a Japanese performer climbs a ladder made of axes with sharp edges up top, a spectacle termed the climb ax of the show. The piece also recalls a humorous comic exchange about Uncle Henry and a doctored diagnosis, reflecting syndicated jokes.
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Peoria Journal
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