Stevenson’s Grave on Vaila Island Samoa
The article recalls Robert Louis Stevenson’s burial at the summit of Vaila in Samoa. Samoan bearers carried his remains to the peak after his death in 1894, with paths cut through the forest and a grave prepared. Bronze plates flank the tombstone, one bearing Tusitula’s epitaph and the other Stevenson’s farewell verse.
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Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Vaila
Samoa
Vailima
Tusitula
The American Buffalo Size and Weight Facts
The buffalo is the bulkiest North American land animal. A full grown bull stands about five feet eight inches at the shoulder and weighs around 41,800 pounds, with records toward six feet at the withers and 2,190 pounds. Cows average about four feet eight inches and 1,200 pounds, though some estimates vary to 700 or 800 pounds.
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North America
Mr. Hornaday
Audubon
Henry
Ernest Thompson Seton
Scribner's
Fish Kept Alive In Boxes Then Sold On Arrival
Report describes Flensburg seaport fish handling with flat perforated boxes that keep live fish underwater until port. Also notes engineered buoyant deck chair seats that double as lifeboat rafts in wrecks and a quip about a Chicago Tribune anecdote on a jailer insult case.
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Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Study Yourself and Judge of Others
Advice on self examination instructs that men resemble each other inside. It notes that though passions differ, the mental operations are similar and what offends or pleases you in others will similarly affect you. Chesterfield cites the universality of inner traits.
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Chesterfield
W. L. Ash
They Knew Him Knox
Exchange among Graphter’s acquaintances notes shrewd people and a claim that the subject asserts no one owes him any money. The dialog references Jenks and Leniger in Philadelphia.
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Knox
Graphter
Jenks
Philadelphia Leniger
Feminine Amenities and Courtship Quotation Collection
A compact quotation note from Life and Carlyle about social routines and personal agency. The brief reflects on marriage, propriety, and the idea that every living being can perform some action. It comments on social expectations and polite addresses in intimate settings.
Fairmount property sale prospect in North Georgia valley
The Etowah Gold Mining and Diteh Co announces its annual meeting on May 7 1907 in Kansas City Missouri for officer elections and business. A May 30 1907 auction will offer 200 unsold lots in Fairmount with terms one fifth cash and five year balance, amid promises of rapid town growth and local barbecue.
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Etowah Gold Mining and Diteh Co
Kansas City
Erowai Gorp
Ph Strickland
Ed White
Thomas Byrd
Milton Watts
Columbus Watts
van Watts
Rice Ramsaur
Miller Erwin
John Stanton
Solomon Fuller
Jim Collier
Obediah Taylor
John Patton
Dave Mahan
Mose Finley
George Jefferson
Thomas Hutcherson
John Johnson
Virginia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Salacoa
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Fairmount
North Georgia
F Fairmount
M. Tate
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Lustige Blatter
London Mall
Flatman
Chicago Tribune
Carlyle
Manson Micist
Dahloi Ga
Beau
Fairmount, Ga
W.B. Townsend
North Georgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega
G. R. Glenn
Crosun
Townsend's Stand
Ahlonega
Agricultural
Ewetam
Oyveveny
Prosctilions
Fija
Promplly
Poe
Tle
Wereshe
Pour Drug
Nunerr
J.P
Justice’s Court
Dahlonega Rivery Stable
G. Ei Oero
al Nowy
College Sl
Gainesville
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