The Death of Austin Corbin and His Buffalo Herd
The late railroad magnate Austin Corbin planned to save the buffalo by gathering a private herd. He sent ranchmen from British Columbia to Colorado and Nebraska to capture top specimens, assembling 38 then 74 in New Hampshire. He planned to place the herd in Van Cortlandt Park in New York City for public display.
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Austin Corbin
Ameren Dison
North America
Blue Mountain Forest
New Hampshire
America
Reward Offered For Lost Orchid Tryphipedium Farbanum
A British orchid importer offers 6006 for a lost orchid named Tryphipedium Farbanum, long sought by collectors. The elusive plant, famed as the ladies slipper variety, has baffled experts for four decades, with its native habitat never found and attempts to propagate failing.
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Menarly
Cnrious
Intellect in Inserts and Medical Journal Note
In a quirky fragment, a medical journal hints that intuition and memory aid reasoning. It describes observing a window, discovering a small hole, and using a jumper’s yard to pry it open, illustrating a rudimentary experimental insight.
Fragmentary News Clip on Medical Struggles and Deaths
A garbled historical clipping mentions a medical science success and a man discussing illness and family impact. It references coughing, contagion, and multiple implied deaths among his children, described in fragmented phrases with unclear names and places.
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Richard Ven
Wenset
Raeagdla
Wapid
Early Risers and Cough Cure Advertisements
A dated advertisement fragment promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for a torpid liver and bad breath, claiming quick relief from indigestion and headaches. It also mentions One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for croup and a brief notice about a lost child.
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T. D.catlins & Co
DeWitt
T. D. Collins & Co
Tts
T. D Collins & Co
Prairie Pete and the Bicycle Standoff
An excited crowd gathers as a young man tied to a tree faces a mock lynching over bicycle theft. An old timer insists the culprit is accused of stealing a bicycle, with cheers for Prairie Pete erupting as the crowd’s temper cools and the truth appears less dramatic.
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Tenderfoot
Lin
Prairie Pete
Alymor
Travas
Rm. Hossa
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New York
Graettinger
F. Kluckhohn
J. Paulson
Deaver
Iowa
Jing
Patton
de Kalb Fence Co
High St
de Kalb
George Bros
Wari
Alee
Gity Medical Goungil
State St
Chicago
Fil
Bose
Warrenheim
Molaneholy
Doggpepala
Navdoueele
Wtontedt
Ane
Powerluly
Bovy
Nowe
Fhront
Blok
Howe
ASIC
Andre
Aters
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Hood
Aimtia
Scientific American
Ales Bgran
Railway
B.C. R
N. Ry
Cedar Rapids
Graettdnger
Passaenger Nota
Freight
MaChwre
Ageur
Bergeson
Ackrs
Sim
McKinley
Major McKinley
Selina Sathie Sehen Ae
Aeb. Hoan
Wankakee
Sawyers
Prines
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