Peak Hamlin Named From Alaska Mapping Report
The unnamed 12,000 foot peak in Alaska was named Mount Hamlin after Second Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin aboard the revenue cutter Rush. The decision is criticized as a political accident and a haphazard method for naming mountains, with calls for congressional input on namings.
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Treasury
Hamlin
Revenue
Washington
Hooker
Alaska
Nettleton
Harrison
Congress
Emerald Ring Recovered After Long Ocean Search
Captain Eph Rollins of Perth Amboy kept a treasured emerald ring after a shipwreck incident aboard the Enchantress. While sounding depths near Cape Hatteras on the Jonas Smith, the ring slipped from his finger into the tallow-filled lead. Nearly a year later, during another survey, the ring reappeared embedded in the lead, a tale of sailor luck the captain now shares with friends.
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Perth Amboy
Enchantress
Cape Hatteras
Jonas Smith
Rollins
Burroughs Walks To West Shore Station In Plain Attire
Naturalist John Burroughs, after arriving in a rural village by morning train, talks with an interviewer while wearing simple dusty clothes. He shared thoughts on skylarks bobolinks and fruit growing, noting proud neighbors who doubt his success.
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Burroughs
Post-Express
John Burroughs
West Shore Station
Mr. Burroughs
Leaves and flowers show color tied to climate and life struggle
A New York Independent analysis notes that autumn leaf color and bright flowers arise from stress and environmental variation. Healthier leaves falter under rapid day night temperatures, while intense colors predominate in alpine and variable climates, with Mexico showing color shifts at higher altitudes.
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Mt. Ararat
Mexico
New York Independent
The Decent Looker and the Pipe Gamble on Broadway
A neatly dressed man on Broadway is seen with a large flat package and a meerschaum pipe. He digs a burnt cigar butt from the pipe bowl, smiles, and uses a regalia end to light a fresh puff, while a reporter notes the odd transformation from tidy passerby to curbside scavenger. The tale closes with a proverb about paying the piper for debts.
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Broadway
Sun
Corot masterpiece bought with Millet's debts in 1875 tale
Casimir-Perier agreed to buy Corot's Biblis after Millet's 12 year credit left him owing 22 000 and 24 000 francs. Perier paid the bills and took the painting, once worth less than 400 francs, now valued near 80 000. The work remains with the Casimir-Perier family.
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Ellis
Corot
M. Ziem
Paris
M. Casimer-Porier, Jr
Verdizon
Fontainebleau
Casimir-Perier
Millet
Chailly
Casimir- Perier
New York Tribune
Rector’s Wit Clears Path for Wooden Block Approach
A Yorkshire parish vestry debated paying for a wooden block approach to church work. Rector Sidney Smith quipped that if they put their heads together, the task could be accomplished without difficulty. The remark highlights his practical humor in church governance.
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Ivers & Pond Piano CO
Tremont Street
Boston
Mass
Sidney Smith
Yorkshire
Boston Woman's Journal
Serial buildings rise in Chicago skyline
A brief note explains that tall Chicago structures are called serial buildings because they are continued stories stacked high, highlighting the city's distinctive vertical growth.
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Chicago
Horse Dentistry by a Philadelphia Dentist
A Philadelphia dentist recalls treating a horse with a toothache. The animal endured examination and a cement filling after a root ulcer was found. The horse showed calm behavior and seemed pleased as the dentist completed the filling rather than extracting the tooth.
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Philadelphia
The Failure of the Dowe Cuirass
The Dowe cuirass failed as expected, perforated twice by bullets from the German service rifle. The so called cuirass was a chest hanging mat weighing over six pounds, not a true cuirass, adding weight to infantrymen during a time of burden reduction.
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Germany
Zosion
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