Letters From Klondike Explorers Describe Harsh Trail
Extracts from Ernest Orr and William Smith recount their Klondike journey near Skaguay in March 1898. Orr notes slow progress, heavy costs, stock shortages, and plans to build a boat as rivers thaw. Smith reports tough carrying, illness, deaths, and a toll road being built from Skaguay to Summit Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeguay
William Smith
Padley
Ernest Orr
Skaauay
Dyea
Skaguay
O. K
Bennett
Stewart River
Chilcoot
Dillon
Environn
Montour Falls and Watkins Glen Region Tour Notes
Montour Falls a picturesque Central New York village with 1700 residents hosts nearby Watkins Glen and glens like Havana. The writer visits Montour Falls graves of ancestors, recalls Chapin lineage, the Ene canal history, Cook academy, and Magee family homes, praising local scenery and rail connections.
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Montour Falls
Watkins’ Glen
Tribune
New York Lake
Havana Glen
Catherine Montour
David Chapin
Ruth Seymour Chapin
Chapin Brothers
Seneca Lake
Watkin's Glen
Elmira
Cook Academy
George Magee
Europe
John Magee
Central Railroad
Lehigh Railroad
Watkins and
Granger
Rheumatism Cured by Chamberlains Pain Balm
A reader testimonial from Red Creek New York extols Chamberlains Pain Balm as a splendid liniment for rheumatism and household use. The notice cites W J Cryien and W G Parrim noting local merchants and the Red Creek Herald editor, with sale at City Drugstore.
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W. J. Cryien
Red Creek
N. Y
Onyler
W. G. Parrrim
City
Beavershead County Board Seeks Firewood Bids
The Bea verhead County Board of Commissioners will receive proposals on June 6 1898 at 9 a m for 45 cords of green red fire log wood and 45 cords of ary red fir cord 700d to be delivered at the court house on or before January 1 1899 The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids B B Mavens Clerk 2B Banger Chairman
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Board of Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Resting protoplasm may keep life during extreme cold
The passage cites Horace Brown's experiments showing seeds remain capable of germination after evaporating liquid air temperatures from 183 to 192 degrees Celsius for 110 hours. This challenges the view of complete chemical inertness as life’s stopping point and ties to Kelvin's extraterrestrial origin hypothesis for life in space.
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Royal Society
Horace Brown
Lord Kelvin
Tricks of memory and forgotten lives in strange cases
A retrospective look at notable memory lapses and astonishing recollections. It cites Simonides, a German town girl who spoke ancient languages in delirium, and a memory school founder who claimed each audience member’s seat. It also notes a woman who lost her life memory after marriage but retained earlier years.
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Gresk
Simonides
Oldest Newspaper Debate in China Traced to Teing-Pao
The Teing-Pao of Peking is argued to be the oldest continuous paper since 710, possibly founded earlier in the sixth century, with editions printed in willow wood type. The Times of China and the Chin-Pao in Shanghai follow, as the Chinese press begins modernization after centuries of rigidity.
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Qay
Kin: Pan
Peking
Imbault Hart
Canton
Teing-Pao
Europe
Sis
China
Shanghai
Shanghai News
Li Hung Chang
San Francisco
Servian Drummers Use Dog-Drawn Carts In War Regiments
The Servian army drums are carried on small two wheel carts pulled by large dogs. Drummers play while marching, guiding the cart as the dog stays in place. Each regiment has two or three large drums. few regiments have a full band. The dogs are highly trained to keep pace throughout long marches.
Remembering pennies and care from Uncle James
A fragment from Tit-Bits presents Uncle James advising Bobby that thrift means future ease, saying not always remember my boy and that penny care ensures coin savings. The quote underscores frugality through a simple, paternal lesson.
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James
Bobby
Night of Life Message From Rev Woodbridge
The quotation reflects a Concordant tone from Rev Richard G Woodbridge Congregationalist of Middleboro Massachusetts noting life’s evening approach and the welcome of eternal gates. It emphasizes gentleness making one great and a homecoming greeting from joyful lips.
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Richard G. Woodbridge
Middleboro
Maga
Free Cure for Consumption Promised by New York Chemist
A New York City chemist T. A. Slocum offers three free bottles of his New Scientific Treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis bronchial lung and chest troubles. Readers are urged to write with address to 98 Pine Street New York and note the Dillon Tribune.
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T. A. Slocum
New York City
M. D
Pine Street
New York
Dillon Tribune
Ely's Cream Balm Trial Size Offered for 10 Cents
A marketing note touts Ely's Cream Balm as a cure for catarrh and cold in the head. It promises a trial size for 10 cents and lists the Chicago and New York addresses for orders, claiming safety from cocaine or mercury and urging purchase through druggists or mail order.
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Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
N. Y
Oscar Cutrum
Warren Ave
Chicago
Notice of Patent for Katharine L and Hillside Lodes in Montana
Legal notice for mining patent application No. 8918 filed by William A. Clark from Butte Montana. Describes Katharine Lode and Hillside lode claims totaling 51.06 acres in Beaverhead County Montana with specific survey corners, bearings, and mapping references. Records indicate location on Beaverhead county records with no adjoining claims known.
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U.S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
William A. Clark
Addresa Fa
Butte
Hill Side
Beaverhead County
Asid
Elatya
U. S
Aouth
Curvey
Ear
Aod
U.S
Recorder
Pagea
Unsuitable OCR fragment on service rates
Fragmentary notice describes a transportation or service rate inquiry in Omaha and Salt Lake City with garbled names and contact hints. Content is unreadable and lacks clear facts or events to summarize further.
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Omaha
Salt Lake City
Utah
Guardians' Account Books On Estate Management
Contain full instructions for handling the estate of minor children and guardianship rules. To be had only of Tarpone Publishing Co. in Dillon.
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Ruiepensale
Tarpone
Dillon
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Register
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U-8
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East Granite
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