Gruesome War Dance on the Loup River Hunt
Explorer narrates a harsh 19th-century encounter with Pawnee Indians along the Cedar and Loup rivers. Arnold and the narrator chase deer, encounter Doctor Big Bear, face tension over a stolen deer, and survive a tense confrontation in a Pawnee camp before receiving a poor but safe blanket from Spotted Horse. The tale ends with a cautious truce and continued hunting.
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Arnold
Loup
Pawnee
Doctor Big Bear
Big Bear
Omaha
Irons
Pawnée
Spot
Outing Magazine
Rascal
Rotun
Spotted Horse
Arnali
Dostoievsky
Gogol
Turgeny
Tolstoi
New England
Brilliant Fish of the West Indies Full of Color and Wonder
Antrim era of vivid sea life is described with parrot fish green scales and rainbow corals in Bermuda waters, followed by scattered notes on explorers, native dances, and odd scientific curiosities from the era, including a long digression on insects, clocks, and early printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oresaor Brixtol
Bermuda
West Indies
Notes on Volcanic Eruptions and Precursor Signs
The article discusses eruption precursors such as wells dipping before eruptions, preceding earthquakes, and vent formation evidence. It notes lava flows without explosions, ash and steam ejections, and the link between volcanic activity and proximity to seas or saltwater. It suggests long cycles of activity, crust stability, and the role of sea water in driving explosive eruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Falls
Jorullo
Monte Nuovo
Antrim
Abyssinia
Idaho
Auvergne
Hungary
Automobiles and the rapid pace of 20th century progress
The article surveys swift innovation in transportation from Marconi's wireless gains to auto locomotion. It notes Europe’s ambitious visions, including French river and desert ventures and a Belgian king’s luxury auto-car, illustrating how quickly theories become realities and how public doubt gives way to established fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iit
Signor Marconi
Bronsieu
France
America
Sharper’s Weekly
Humorous exchanges on life and vanity in town gossip
A string of wry vignettes skims through dental miseries, eternal motion fantasies, perpetual chains, proposals, doctors, and social foibles. Characters trade quips about worth, manners, taxes, and friendship as town life threads together in lighthearted chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Belle
Biones
Nantes Bridge Ferry to Carry Freight Across Loire
A new bridge and ferry system at Nantes France will transport freight cars over the Loire. Two steel towers 487 feet apart support a suspended platform 4 feet square with a 60 ton capacity. An inverted steel track and cabs suspenders guide the ferry. Estimated cost is $199,000 with completion in 1903. The ferry will also carry foot passengers and carts for a toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantes
Frace
Loire
Wil Wil” el
Buried by a Beans Avalanche in Ipswich Warehouse
Mr. Cundall stood in a pile of beans when a trapdoor opened and he was buried beneath an avalanche weighing several tons. A gang of men freed him after an hour and a half. he was unconscious but unharmed. The item ends with a proverb about talking too much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cundall
Ipswich
London Globe
Kung School
Upper West Side
Lincoln
New York Times
Auto Sleighs and Concrete Foundations From Russia
A Russian inventor develops an apparatus to exhaust water from soil while injecting liquid cement, enabling proper impregnation of loose sand or gravel for foundations. The device uses a central suction pipe and two small cement tubes, with a Russian patent holder from St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addi
Nienlis Schieckiewies
St. Pocerabong
Russia
How He Fooled the Dog
A study lover observes a fox lure a hound to an ice hole. The fox waits on the bank as the dog trails the scent over the ice and into the water, meeting a fatal result. The piece weaves in short snippets about letters and urban schemes in Berlin.
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Pawnéa
Ernest A. Gerrard
Eee
Nyare
Florence
C. L. Bristol
St. Nicholas
Milan
India
Long Island
Patrick William Carey
San Jose
Cal
London
England
Mercurius Politicus
Berlin
Ure
Fuller
Earl Grey
London Mail
de Dion
Panhard
Girardot
Fournier
Jharron
Ito
Paris
Neva
St. Petersburg
Oul
Friton
Louis XV
House of Savoy
North Pole
Veyse An
Africa
Italy
Grand Palais Des Champs Elysees
New York Press
Sahara
Ae Rau
REAVY
Draugat
Bart
Muggins
Buggins
Blobbs
Rand-Duee
Ethel
George
Mabel
Brooklyn
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