Wonders of Nature and the Grand Canyon Tour Route
The article describes the Grand Canyon of Arizona as a grand natural feature with a forest reserve along its edge. It notes the Bright Angel Trail, views from Major Powell's exploration, and compares canyon sides for water and game. It mentions mild summer temperatures, rare snow squalls, and a unique railroad service of a single line from Williams to the Grand Canyon with limited stops and daily through trains.
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Menteri
Bright Angel
Iwestern
Powell
Ara
Mometer
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Bo Dager
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Williams
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Moran Point and Canyon Depths Described by Curtis
Willam E. B. Curtis of the Chicago Record Herald notes the eye’s broad view along the canyon, where the serpent like curve spans nearly eighty miles. Thomas Moran painted famed pictures from Moran’s Point, praising the rocks and clays’ brilliant colors and the rim’s sixty mile wanderability without obstruction.
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Tory
Thomas Moran
Moran’s. Point
Willam EB
Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Peculiarities of the Church of Russia and Holy Orders
The article surveys Russian church practices and clerical life noting celibacy rules for bishops, remarriage for widowed priests, and the requirement that unmarried bishops remain. It describes Eucharist transmission, infant wine reception, baptism as a forty day rite with triple immersion, chrism and infant tonsure, and anointing differing from Roman rites.
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Ireland
Grand Canyon and Old West Notes From Arizona Frontier
An article sketches the Grand Canyon and nearby frontier life, noting Mocaious cattle herds in Habbitanta and John D. Les the Mountain Meadow massacre leader living in hiding at a Colorado ferry. It details tourism growth to 12,000 visitors last year, expected 20,000 to 25,000 this year, and the Santa Fe route’s role with hotels, trains, and visitor experiences. It also contrasts Indigenous trails, New York visitors, and the scale of the canyon views, plus an aside on Russian clergy and serpent venom research.
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John D. Les
Mountain Meadow
Colorado
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Utah
California
Tlolbrook
Ariz
Santa Fe
Sofia
Aughtere
Paice
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New York
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Grand Canyon
Ratia
Ordonez
Iran
Rome
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Herve
Revival of the pay and literary notices headline
Richard Carvel earnings cited. author’s first aims tied to the navy and study at Annapolis. Van Dyke translation of Story of the Other Wise Man. Harpers plans to publish works in England. Drummond, The Habitant, and The Voyageur cited. Thomas Dixon features as notable Southern figure. Le Gallienne criticizes modern reading trends. a deadly tree superstition anecdote from the Mexican Herald.
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Carvel
Churchil
Thie Navy
Annapolis
Naval. Academy
Heotz van. Dyke
Elsb
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Harpers
England
Wiliam
Henry Drummond
Johnile Courteau
Tiwes
Thomas Dixon
People's Church
New York
Elis
Wade
Richard le Gallienne
Mexico's cursed tree and the town’s fearsome legend
In Zamora district Michoacan peasants fear a giant tree at Haciendita ranch believed planted by a man accused of numerous crimes. They say the earth opened on Good Friday and the man vanished in a pact with the devil, leaving a superstition of omens and murder as the tree grows with the town’s whispers of doom.
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Gothen
Arevalo
Haciendita Ranch
Zamora
Michoacan
Mans
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Eagle Hunting in the Alps Sportsmen clash with parent eagles
The London Express reports on eagle hunting in the Alps, where climbers pursue eaglets on perilous rock faces in Engadine and Oberland regions. Several encounters with defending adults and dramatic rescues or injuries are noted, including a spectator injured and birds carried by rope systems.
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Alps
Ewlas
London Express
Geneva
Oberland
Grisona
Engadine
Val Chatmern
Batebueh
Cagieta
Chorbergii
Erria
Primitive African Marriage Customs Revealed in Pamphlet
Col Harlan publishes details from Africa about marriages in remote communities. Men pay dowry in a bundle of arrows, trade spans years, and brides are taken only after the last arrow is delivered. A father lashes a newborn girl with pantain leaves, reflecting harsh gender norms.
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Harlan
Batteit Africa
London
Aincore Plattery and Melissa Story
A blunt fragment describes Melissa, a tall colored girl, living as cook with Mrs. Compton. The mistress respects Melissa’s culinary powers and Melissa adores Mrs. Compton, noting Melissa’s quick learning and posing a scene with her male employer.
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Aincore Plattery
Melissa
Fragmentary dialogue hints at family concerns and travel
A garbled exchange mentions an old family friend, a father, and plans about travel or exchange. The text hints at guiding a child, with references to Philadelphia and a need for a blow to teach a man a lesson, but the fragments are unclear and incomplete.
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Fis Matite
Yoru
Whlkis
Philadelphi Press
Ale of a Lunch Counter Encounter with Hay
Walter Hoff Seeley recalls a San Francisco Chronicle anecdote from about nine years ago in Jersey City. He says a scene unfolded at a lunch counter when Secretary Hay sat nearby, an American passenger unaware of the prominent guest, as a man joked with Hey asking for sweets while others watched.
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Alay
Walter Hoff Seeley
San Francisco
Chronicle
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Congressional United
Hay
Beet in the World. Cream, Ark. Epilepsy Cure Claim
Mr. W H Smith, after eighteen months of backache epilepsy and kidney trouble, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with his return to health. He says the remedy made him able to work again and as strong as before, claiming the pills cured his kidneys and cleanse the blood of impurities.
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Ark
W.H. Smith
Dodd
Dodds
Reincarnation musings in old Chicago wit
In a humorous column from the Chicago Record-Herald, Hungry Hank and Thirsty Ted debate reincarnation and past lives, joking that a soul may be born many times. The playful banter riffs on fate and earthly trials with period voice and local flavor.
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Hank
Ted
Chicago Record-Herald
Patient Editor offers drawing paper for sketches
In a terse exchange cited by the New York Telegram the Patient Editor asks the Second Artist if the editor made an offer for sketches. The Second Artist confirms the editor promised new drawing paper in exchange for the sheets already spelled.
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New York Telegram
Cuticura Soap Cures Baby’s Eczema After Nightly Screams
A father writes of his two year old daughter suffering eczema on head and face for over a year. He says constant scratching caused raw, bleeding skin and sleepless nights until using Cuticura soap and Cuticura Ointment. He claims complete cure for the child.
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Cutlfare
Wales
Australia
Johns Hopkins Opera Deeds Not Words Moment
At the twenty fifth anniversary celebration of Johns Hopkins University scholars from worldwide gathered to honor the institution. Professor Sylvester joked he attended the opera the night before and could not prepare, prompting an awkward pause before the host urged actions over words.
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Fobna Gopkins University
Echolara
Sylvester
Anya Reribner's Magazine
Great Britain
Gerster
Johns Hopkins—Opera
Meant Mach to Her What does the casting of a shoe mean
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quirk asks about a wedding superstition with a bride casting a shoe. Mrs. Tanedown replies she does not know the traditional meaning but recounts a personal tally of six pieces of cut glass two mirrors two chandeliers and a dent in her silver chafing dish.
Grape-Nuts Restores Health Says Postwar Testimony
A reader from Taet tle Crook Michigan recounts severe stomach catarrh and gas, claiming standard foods failed until Grape-Nuts aided digestion. The testimonial credits Grape-Nuts with renewed health and vitality and notes Alka-Seltzer as a helpful companion.
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Postam Co
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