Wisconsin Wolves Rampant Shocking Range Communities
Reports from across the range indicate gray wolves are increasing in Wisconsin and Montana, attacking livestock and threatening people. Hunters call the timber wolf clever and solitary, with traps and baits only partial remedies, as winter snows alter boldness and wolves prey on deer and rabbits.
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A. Savage
Wisconsin
Montana
Bayfield
Washburn
Douglas
Washburn County
Spooner
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Thackeray Did Not Write The Virginians Chapter
A London dinner anecdote explains how Kennedy wrote the fourth chapter of the second volume of The Virginians, revealing Thackeray did not author the escape narrative due to time constraints. The tale notes Kennedy’s claim and the group’s push to let Kennedy finish the chapter.
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Thatckeray
Fort Duquesne
Thackeray
London
Anthony Trollope
Willie Collins
Kennedy
Jie
Mr. Kennedy
Ceylonese Activist Seeks Aid for India Famine Crisis
In Chicago, Mr. Vincent L. Tissera, a Ceylonese immigrant and trader, speaks on the Indian drought and famine. He argues Western aid, especially American church charity, could ease suffering, aid conversion, and reveal genuine compassion beyond preaching. He recalls India’s vegetarians and drought’s impact on food, leprosy, and a plague amid starvation while detailing his own journey to America and business in Chicago.
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India
Vincent L. Tissera
Ceylon
Russia
John Bull
America
Tissera
hLeu
Union
Chicago News
Courier-Journal reorganizes with twice weekly editions
The Courier Journal shifts to a twice-a-week format starting January 1 1897 with Wednesday news and politics and Saturday stories and features. Each issue expands to six or twelve pages weekly, keeping the same $1 annual price and continuing its Democratic stance. Henry Watterson editorials join the daily and Sunday offerings with new political coverage.
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Courier-Journal
Courier- Journal
Henry Wattereon
Fresh Eggs Warn of Hidden Dangers in Nests and Kitchens
A Pall Mall Gazette warning explains mycelium and spores can enter eggs and nests, smudges signaling contamination. The piece urges thorough washing of fresh eggs before cooking as a precaution amid evolving science.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Bell in Collection Plate Reveals Hidden Gift
D Ogden via agent Alice Morse Earle reports in Atlantic a church that hid a small bell inside the collection box. The bell rang only when a contribution was made, with donations collected during the sermon to expose stingy church-goers.
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Alice Morse Earle
Atlantic
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