Newcomb Reports Jeannette Field Notes From Salem Naturalist
Raymond Lee Newcomb of Salem Mass late Jeannette naturalist submits sketches notes and memory as most specimens were lost with the expedition He notes arctic life types polar bears walrus seals and birds like alcids and murres seen near Bennett Henrietta islands and highlights difficulty identifying remains and a proposed scientific value despite limited material
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Secretary of the Navy
Raymond Lee Newcomb
Salem
Mass
Newcomb
Clementa Markham
Jeannette
Lant
Terald Island
Mrr
Lamant
Arctic Ocean
Ar. Newton
Bennett Island
Henrietta Island
Mir. Newcomb
Eneugh
Brunnion
Bennett’s Island
Mr. Newcomb
Unending fuel hope argues coal's long future
Demorest's Monthly notes that Pennsylvania holds about 9.6 billion tons of hard coal, enough to last more than 800 years at current consumption. It says western deposits may appear but vast bituminous stores plus wood and petroleum ensure fuel for a thousand years, with future chemistry possibly improving heat sources.
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Rocky Mountains
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Demorest
An Unsuccessful Quaker Talk by a Novice Fiendishly Told
A humorous fragment recounts a failed attempt by a novice to converse with a Quaker farmer in Chester County Pennsylvania. The narrator errors in dialect, flounders over pronouns, and, after an awkward exchange, the farmer remains unmoved and the scene ends with the farmer shading away on a fence as the narrator flounders.
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Chester County
Pennsylvania
Pineran
Limean Ubine
Ile
Pia
Orleans
Frogging and Water Turtles Draw Village Amusements
A 19th century notice describes rural leisure at inland resorts with frogging using spears or hooks and jacklights, led by women and frog hunters. It notes frog fishing by ribbons and colored baited hooks, plus a craze for ornamental water turtles carried in silk bags and toys with pets. The piece hints at growing summer entertainment and novelty sights for visitors.
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Widlin
Capric
Richfield Springs
Cyclone Hits La Crosse Area Causing Farm Losses
A cyclone struck La Crosse Wisconsin on October 10 wrecking barns and outbuildings and killing some livestock. No serious casualties reported. Sirot Hinmei of Toledo previously of Monroe Michigan, a railroad engineer, died yesterday noon in an incident near the Lake Shore road.
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la Cross
Wis
Uresdin
ToLeba
Ocr
TL Pros
Pyar
Monroe Michstot
Queen V4 Court Circles Over Queen Health In England
The queen's illness raises anxiety as doctors warn kidney disease is suspected. A remedy is recommended, Dr Fenner's kidney products are touted with testimonials about kidney and back ache relief. Claims include soothing syrup and bitters as household cures with worldwide usage.
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England
Fpenner
M. M
Abe Pau
Mis
James Fuller
Fenner
Capitol
Yvet
Cirealor
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Evening Observer
Arctic
Newspaper
Ralhive
Sirot Hinmei
W. K. Mequemouty
Ae Public Aviation
Williams
Tircker
Center Street
Peek Y
Sre Ik
Hequembourg
RESE
Gough
HED & Ce
Tha Trad
M. van Develde
Agt
Hast Phird
Bali
Ellis
Colié
Worm
Perry
Boston
Ellix
Jintuen
Eh Street
New York City
Draggsts
Sudberry Street
Fourth Avenue
New York
Clie
Wirtner & Alling’s
Lion-St
Dunkirk, N. Y
A. E
Farmer and Observer Publishing Company
Buffalo
Milton H. Smith
Rochester
Robert Sneider
Masonic
ODD Fellows
Ko of P Good Templats Piremen
S. K
L. Galor
Ind
Schumacher & Ettlinger
Newspaper Arehive
Lend Rip
Tae Wutveon
Prie Atearth
Speer
Clarks
Fieh
Speer’s P. J. Sherry
Speer’s Pd
Drandy
Alfrey Seer
Kat
Lyon Bros
Everywilere
Tims Jor
Wells, Richardson , CO
Prop’rs
Bertington, Vt
Missouri
Louis
San
T,ran Dees
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