Juneau Alaska Town and Mining District Notes
The article surveys Juneau and nearby mining districts in Alaska. It notes the town’s steep geography, Basin camps with about 300 miners, and transport limits with pack animals. It mentions water issues, prospecting claims, Douglass Island mining interests, and social life limited to a few families and summer guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhamah
Globe-Democrat
Fort Wrangell
Juneau
Harrisburg
Alaska
Nehes
Sitka
Jamestown
Harris
Douglass Island
Ji Uneau
San Francisco
Senator Jones
Nevada
Senator Tabor
Colorado
United States
Wayside Chapel Echoes of Revolution Tales
Enthusiastic young tourists sketch the revolution era at a Nyack estate granted by Queen Anne in 1670. A modern chapel, stones with bullet holes and a royal grant are shown to a visitor who jokes about Washington’s supposed prayers. Sheridan’s Texas tale and other curious notes fill a broader column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River Cor
St. Paul Pioneer Press
South Nyack
Greenbush
West Point
Andre
Arnold
Tappan
Cornwallis
Lord Hows
Major Andre
Washington
Hudson
Jehus
Lake Nyack
Hendon
New York
Que
Connecticut
America
Phosphorescent Art Figures and Boston Literary Decline
A Philadelphia interview explains luminous scenes created by phosphorescent paint using light absorbing compounds. It cites dangers at railways and Vienna theatre exits. The piece then surveys Boston publishing losses including The North American Review and Emerson, Longfellow, and Fields. Also notes Garfield death anecdotes and a Berlin professor’s absent minded prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiladelphia
Mr. Maxwell
Christ
Maxwell
Philadelphia
Bologna
Ring Theatre
Vienna
Literary
Boston
Boston Daily Advertiser
Holmes
Lowell
Whittier
Parkman
Winthrop
The
Atlantic Monthly
North American Review
American Law Review
St. Louis
Emerson and
Longfellow
Fields
Bancroft
Niagara Park project owners push to survey Goat Island
The state engineer surveys Goat Island as a step toward an international park amid local debate over so called improvements at Prospect Park owned by Porter heirs. Despite high gate incomes, critics note rising tourists and electric lights dimming natural views as the project progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
New York Tribune
Webb
McCloy
Goat Island
International Park
Gen. Porter
Elizabeth Porter
Niagara Falls
Prospect Park
Janet Porter Townsend
Vienna
Park Corporation
Motel barber shaves a dangerous encounter on hotel floor
Three youths visit a Chicago hotel barber for a shave and provoke a violent confrontation. The barber defends himself with the strap as the chair is rocked and the blade flashes amid cries from the patrons. The men finally relent after threats, while another two men seek their own shaves despite the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Minnetonka
Chicago
Barber
Darky
Mobile
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Joaquin Miller
Cabbie
John Bull
Hell
Penobscot River
Boston Globe
Lake
Palmer
Woal
Gen. Phil. Sheridan
Louisville
Philadelphia Times
Texas
Sheridan
Texan
Juarez
Maximilian
Rio Grande
Galveston
Border
Cowitz
Washington Territory
Nooksack River
Indiana
Snoqualmie Falls
King County
Garfield
Windelhagen
Berlin
Noah Webster
New York World
James
Catskills
City Nervick
Powder River Cattle Com
Powder River
Brands—Tongue River
Rawhide Branch
Powder River Cattle Co
Range
Rawhide, Wyoming
Benjamin, Weaver & CO
Cheyenne
Wyoming
North Platte River
Sage Lightning Creeks
J. H. Ford
P. O. Adaress
Cheyenne Wyo
Lance
Lein
M. E. Post
Range Pole
Horse Grééks
North Park
Lemuel Smith
Dress
Fetterman
Range Dry Creek
Lower Box
Lightning Creeks
North Side
Plunkett, Roche & CO
P. O
Johnson Co
Wyo
John Donoughue
Foreman
Sturgis, Goodell & CO
Postofi
Cheyenne, Wyo
Iges
Sturgis & Lane
Custer City
Dakota
Ranges
Fox and Horse Creeks
Oshen Hole
Cheyenne River
Sturgiby Goodell
Goshen Hole
Postoffic
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Ofo
Sime
Noti
Telegra
Providence
Newport
Toronto
Detroit
Y Rolling Millsand
Eig
San France
Shasta Auiov
S. S. of the Centra
Lgbothiers
Cred
Simon Danzig
Jod Hanlon
Nlwaukee
Iain Bruce
Herst
Lilatockyards
Lday
Lucon
Lig
J. M
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