Feudin Hunt and a Bare Paw Montana Trail Tale
A rugged frontier tale recounts Jim the mule skinner guiding an English hunting party through the Bear Paw mountains near Fort McLeod and Calgary. Misadventures with a skittish bear, a temperamental woman named Li'lfield, and a difficult trail end with injuries and a weary parting in Helena before the group sails to England.
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Jim
Bear Paw Mountains
Rockies
Forts
McLeod
Calgary
Pacific
Niagara
Weill
Littlefield
Wells
Anya
Terbacker
Benton Chassayin
Memphis
Lilfield
Helena
England
Omerly
Han
Montana
William Bleasdell Cameron
San Francisco
Guardian of Adele Hugo In Paris Dies
M Trebuchet, who died in Paris, guarded Mlle Adele Hugo the insane daughter of the poet. Adele, about 60, has inherited wealth that reportedly grew under Trebuchet's management, making her several times a millionaire. She is confined to a private asylum and enjoys theater visits, though she often insists the play never ends.
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M. Trebuchet
Paris
Mlle Adele Hugo
Mlle. Hugo
AL Trebuchet
Sbe
Debating Honeymoons From Two Opposing Views
The piece cites two contrasting opinions on honeymoons. Daniel MacMillan’s memoir praises honeymoons as intimate, revealing deeper knowledge and lasting peace. The bishop of Rochester counters they are wasteful, impractical, and risky to love amid inevitable petty tensions.
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Daniel Macmillan
Rochester
London
Legends of Adam and Eve Size Tally Through Ages
The St Louis Republic reports legends from Jewish and Arab sources about Adam’s height and Eve’s gigantic stature. Arabs claim Adam reached 812 feet and Eve 200 feet tall with a monumental tomb at Jiddah Mecca. Eve’s tomb supposedly yawns open yearly on June 8, Abel’s death anniversary, with cries from the ancient giantess’s sepulcher.
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Baring-Gould
Adam
Eve
Jiddah
Mecca
Abel
St. Louis Republic
Prize Poem From Bolivar Contest Fifty Years Ago
A stanza illustrating multum in parvo won a prize in Bolivar’s spring poem contest held over five decades ago. The Bolivar Bulletin notes the verse shows the goddess of spring passing the vale, leaving her robe on the trees and her breath on the gate.
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Parvo
Bolivar
Bolivar Bulletin
Trade Gone Awkward as Man Sells Mule for Pocketknife
In Murray Kentucky the man Leon Blythe offered a pocketknife in exchange for a mule after a banter on Monday. With help from Jim Banks the pair disposed of the mule near midnight for 75 cents. Blythe lost a quarter in the deal.
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Leon Blythe
Leon
Jim Banks
Murray Ky. Ledger
Market man’s luck saved at brink of death in Boston
George H. Dunning of Faneuil Hall Market recounts a dramatic recovery after two years of illness. He credits Puritana for stopping stomach pain restoring appetite sleep and strength, asserting it revived his health from near death and he would not be without it again.
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George H. Dunning
Faneuil Hall Market
Boston
Portraits of Joan of Arc Refuted in Alsace Collection
A German minister claims two Alsace miniatures depict Joan of Arc, one with a helmet and flaming banner inscribed Jesus and Mary, the other without helmet showing a saintly nimbus. The works are said to belong to Herr George Spetz of Isenheim. A mustard plaster recipe and Gustave Doré anecdote follow.
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Joan of Arc
Gatrio
Abbey of
Murbach
Alsace
Joan
Jesus
Mary
George Spetz
Isenheim
London News
Doctor and Duchess Debate Moon Voyage Idea
Dr John Wilkins proposed a moon voyage in Charles II era while the Duchess of Newcastle, famed for airy theories, asks where to bait on the ascent. He replies that she builds many castles in the air and could sleep atop one each night.
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John Wilkins
Duchess of Newcastle
Pittsburg
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