Treed by a bear shocks Pennsylvania schoolteacher
Lucretia Ritter, a young school teacher in Sullivan County Pennsylvania, was hiking a shortcut through the Shunk Mountains toward her country school when she encountered a bear and initially mistook it for a calf before realizing the danger. The incident highlights the lonely route she travels from a distant farm house to the school in a remote area near Lake Pennsylvan.
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Lucretia Ritter
Sullivan County
Pennsylvania
Shunk Mountains
Lk Lake
Bear Attacks Girl During Trek Traps in Tree
A girl identified as Miss Ritter faced a bear on a trek when a yearling calf proved to be a full grown bear. She climbed a crooked tree, became tangled, and remained trapped for over three hours. The bear devoured her hat and basket. Farmer Swartz arrived, freed her, and she fainted. She remains prostrated with feared complications.
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Farmer Swartz
Miss Ritter
Swarts
Floods Hit Mississippi Lumber and Wildlife Here
Mississippi flood effects strain lumber supplies in the lower valley as waterlogged timber becomes unfit for shipbuilding and must be cheuted at high cost. Weathered cedar and pine suffer, while game like wild turkey and deer face prolonged scarcity as habitats collapse and deer at presses rise.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Saw History Across Ages From Stone to Bronze
The article notes ancient uses of saws in Norway and Denmark from the Bronze Age and how thin serrated shafts were cast. It adds that in America lava-derived obsidian blades were used in Mexico during the Stone Age.
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Comton
Norway
Denmark
America
Mexico
National Solons Detail Senate House Proceedings
The article surveys legislative actions in the Senate and House on the tariff bill. It notes rapid work on agricultural schedules, debates over tea duties and salt, executive sessions for the Hawaiian annexation treaty, and progress and stalls across multiple days. It also mentions relief for Greer County, Oklahoma, public building appropriations, and a printing agreement for treaty documents.
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Senate
Binance Committee
West
Allison
Hawaiian Islands
McKinley
Jones
Arkansas
House
Greer County
Oklahoma
Morgan
Supreme Court of the United States
Cleveland
Meleesport
Thavis
Minnesota
Finance Committee
Messrs
Carter Aint Hatsbrough
Internal Revenue
Tlonse
Journal
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
United States
Odds and Ends From a Curious Era
An array of odd facts claims the army worm cost America more than the Revolutionary War, cattle slaughter totals exceed beef extract use, wasp descendants from one female can reach 25 000 in a season, a bumble bee can dig distance a locomotive at twenty mph, fleas avoid epileptics and flee dying bodies, and the Man in the Iron Mask wore black velvet with steel springs rather than iron.
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America
A Bundle of Nerves and the Stomach Bitters
A note praises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for nervous individuals who fear they are too sensitive. It claims a tonic course will strengthen nerves, improve appetite sleep and digestion, and ease the mental worry from nervous dyspepsia.
Old Books in California Trade Shaped by 1849 Boom
The shelves of San Francisco book stores hold rarities and curiosities more than anywhere else in the U S except New York. Many families who came to California in the year of the Gold Rush faced reverses of fortune and sold personal property including books.
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California
San Francisco
New York
Washing Blankets For Longevity And Freshness
A dated guide urges washing blankets with soft water and good soap. Workers should shake free dust, wash gently in hot water with dissolved soap, rinse in clean water, blue, squeeze, dry, and store folded in a cool room to preserve softness and color for years.
Grain-G Offers Coffee Substitute in Baltimore Stores
The Baltimore Council overturned theater hat ordinances and news notes a new coffee substitute named grain G. Made from pure grains, it costs about one fourth the price of coffee and is gentle on delicate stomachs. Children can drink it with benefit, priced at 1Se and 2e per package.
Wabash and Nickel Plate announce summer rail fares
The notice highlights special travel offers for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville with the Wabash IK RK promoting superb lime and low rates through its agents. Nickel Plate Road advertises a One Fare round trip deal for July travel, returning July 6.
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Wabash Railroad
Nashville
Wabash IK
Nickel Plate Road Introduces Through Service From Fort Wayne
A new Nickel Plate schedule offers three daily through trains east and west. Passengers to Cleveland or Chicago may travel and return in a day with ample business time. Through cars to New York City and Boston, with express connections, and arrivals in New York City by 7 40 a.m. or 3 50 p.m. The Fort Wayne to Buffalo and New York routes include convenient calls for Saratoga Springs and Troy.
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Nickel Piate Road
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Chicago
New York City
Bofton
Nickel Tlate Road
Boston
One Truth In The Life Is Better Than A Hundred In Memory
A concise aphorism contrasts a single truth with numerous memories, implying depth of meaning lies in tested experiences over accumulated recollections. The line emphasizes quality over quantity in personal wisdom and life lessons.
Wabash Railroad Low Rates for Conventions and Excursions
National Convention of the Christian Endeavor in San Francisco July 7 to 12 1897 offered very low round trip rates via the Wabash and connecting lines. Also notices for excursions via Nickel Plate Road and special one fare offerings to Nashville Expo and Minneapolis events. Includes promotion of Summer Outings brochure and messenger calls to agents.
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San Francisco
Cali
Wabash Railroad
Pacific Slope
Wabasis
Wabash
Christian Endeavor National Convention
Wabasis R. RR
Nashville Exe
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New
Your City
Patrick O'Farrell
Washington, L.C
Sweetness and Light
Ayer
Gent Free
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Washington
Baltimore Council
Nickel Plate Road
National Convention Young People's Society OF Christian Endeavor
Lucky Wallace
Marquette
Kan
Ask
Nickelgate Road
B. F. Horner
Mra
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