Bear Tales and Warnings From the North Woods
A rugged narrator recalls encounters with bears across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the North Woods. He notes mother bears defend cubs fiercely, warns readers to keep distance, and recounts three historical bear encounters with hunters named Jin Steele, Harry Ellis, and Parmer T. and families in Pine Creek country.
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Trise
Thave
Brin
Shaeve
Michigan
Pennsylvania
North Woods
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Walt
Dan
Jin Steele
Kennedy
Old Jim
Mmy Budls
Anya
Jim
Harry Ellis
Pine Creek
Parmer T
Pine Forest Destruction Threatens Northern States
The Census Commissioner and forestry experts warn dense White pine forests in the Northern States may be destroyed within twenty years. They urge national concert, owner action, and large expenditures for watchmen and extinguishment measures. Fires, careless logging, and neglect endanger remaining trees, with rapid fire spread and costly losses. Experimental replanting methods have failed. spreading seed on prepared land offers better long term forest protection, though results span generations.
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Torestry
Sual Forest
Unich
Yun
Sparky
Juromoth
Perims
Lumber Substitutes Rise as Pine Declines Across Industry
A historical survey notes shifts from pine to fir, hemlock, and southern cypress as durable wood gains footing in indoor work. Waste reduces with sawn lumber replaced by materials for lathe and substitutes like glass, metal, and stone edging out wood in fences, walls, and roofing. Coastal ships at Portsmouth Harbor sparked talk of a revived navy era.
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Usd
Game Department of Industry
Cost of Shooting Grounds in Scotland’s Sporting Counties
The article outlines rental ranges for Scottish shooting grounds from £100 to £5,000, noting keeper wages and lodge costs. It cites Black Mount in Argyllshire at £5,000, Inverness-shire forests, and vast estates like Arran, with rents reflecting size, location, and expected sport, plus seasonal timings and general prospects for grouse and salmon or trout.
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Amust
Saints Places
Black Mound Forest
Areyleshire
Dudley Fron
Breads
Balun
Lord Seafield
Tnverness-ahire
Henry Allsopp
Black Mount Last Seatsony
John Rapwden
Loch Laggan
Middleton
Ross-shire
Scotland
Joverness and Werth
Bir Joh Ramsden Reeves
Badenoch
Adveritie
Sir G. Macpherson-Gram
Lord Seativid
Forfar Balung
Dalhousie
Airlie
Arran
Duke of Hamilton
Tom
Uly
Hop-Picking Machine Powers Hop Yard Scene
A Cowperstown post describes an experimental hop-picking machine in a village yard. The device uses rollers and springs to separate vines leaves and hops, feeding into a table where two workers remove leaves. This year it runs on animal power with a sheep motor and tread mill, requiring five attendants to keep pace with the hops.
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Cowperstown
Advertisements and remedies in a late 19th century paper
A collage of tonic cures, hair restorers, nostril balms, and patent medicines. Advertisers claim Cherry Pectoral for colds, Hair Renewer for gray hair, Elys Cream Balm for catarrh, and Brown's Iron Tonic as a gentle iron tonic. It includes quirky lines about fashion pianos, politics, and odd health quackery.
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John
BR. Bennett
Muskegon
JS. Vautghan
Michay
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