Cyclist Heroine Swindles Suitor Then Vanishes At Inn
A rider helps a stranded Miss Gwynne near St Albans. Her brother Maj Gwynne’s coin and a five pound note vanish when she leaves with his bicycle, leaving the stranded man furious and suspecting a clever swindle by a man posing as her brother. The landlord warns the aid-seeking suitor that Dolly Ford may have used disguise to steal the machine and money.
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Fred
St. Athans
Harry
Harry Holmes
St. Albans
Thad
Shea
Maj
Miss Ton Grnne
Holmes
Miss Gwynne
Maj. Gevynne
Sig
Contary
Banat
Zim
Ted
Brother Dick
Brandon
Maj. Gwynne
Dan Ford
Dolly Ford
Ph Acest
Gwynne
Census reveals shifts in woolen mills and capital
The report notes 2 03 woolen mills in the country at the census, down from two and a fraction a decade earlier, while capital investment climbs from Frog 000,000 to 299,000,000. A cook finds a pearl. Larocuz is mentioned in a cryptic line.
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Conoc Fion
Elk and bear on the Uncompahgre glacier hunt
Mason McIntosh, a mining engineer for a New York syndicate, recounts pursuing a wounded elk onto an ice cap in the Uncompahgre region. A silver tipped bear ambushes the scene, leading McIntosh to a harrowing rifle duel across a crevasse. He wounds the bear repeatedly, the creature collapses into the crevasse, and McIntosh survives the ice field by retreating with a carved elk haunch and antlers before rejoining his companions.
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Mason McIntosh
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain
Carteridge
Hin
N. Y
Wood Preservation Methods Impress 19th Century Readers
A report outlines methods to preserve timber including soaking in blue vitriol and water, using lime and quicklime treatments, and soaking timber in lime water with soda or liquid glass. It notes French contractor experiments to make planks durable for mines and other structures and references Dr Feuchwenger’s experiments with lime water boiled wood followed by soda or glass coatings.
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Feuchwenger
Fort Hil Earthworks on the Little Miami in Ohio
Fort Hill on the bank of the Little Miami River in Ohio features a defensive line of earth works nearly four miles long surrounding the site with several prominent elevations over twenty feet high at multiple points.
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Fort Hil
Little Miami
Ohio
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Ccures Boop Paisoy
Aystems Ar
Enimore
P.P.P
Tata
Lippman Bros
Draggiets
Lipgeran’s Brick
Savanrwad
Reese & Sapp
anaAntonia
Sssenger
Ciami Aoaily
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Houston and Galvestes
Intprnm
Houston
New Orleans
Montgomery
Atkana
Tor Wace
Allgpoints
Hast
Wes
J.patreisar
Martel
G. Povi
Camervati
Antowix
Depot Street Market
Patrgaals
THE
Cameron Herald
MD. M.hefley
Vs. Hardy
First National Bank
Ino. M. Herury
J.C. Reese
Ino. B. McLane
Tom Proples
T. F. Hanpy
Winchester
Lava
Winelater
Guna Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Ave
New Haven
Conn
Mrj. Gwynse's Sister
Beauty
John Vance Cheney
Harper's Magazine
Larocuz
Hunter
Bear
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