Outwitting a Grizzly in the Sierra Nevada
A rugged 1859 overland trek narrative follows Tom Trueburn's party of thirty-two and a bold hunt for a giant grizzly. After a night of stock loss and forced siege in a rock strewn ravine, Tom leads a risky plan using July fireworks to flush the beast from its lair, culminating in a dramatic, doorstop finish as Raeburn fires point blank and the bear collapses under a coordinated volley.
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California
Sierra Nevada
Tom Trueburn
Kentucky
Sierras
Jim Carroll
Jim
Alan
Tom “Raeburn
Ingram
Toni
Raeburn
Carroll
Tom
Eph
Sad Digram
Grizzly
Telit
Dave
Givnly
Satan
Ipjon
Raeburne
Guy Lender
Dale
Rascal
Amiell
Martin
Aiktral
Inge
Flella
Jimny
Dave Ingram
Jimmy
Uselephraim
Fagean
Diniung Carrell
Vermont
Youll
Fragmented reminiscence on Josiah Leeds and ostentation
A garbled 19th century style reminiscence recalls Josiah W Leeds of Philadelphia and his aversion to ostentation. It mentions Flo, medacsty, and quotes a seered grave line about plainness and humility, with references to a tomb or burial context and a terse moral.
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Josiah W. Leeds
Philadelphia
Mmodesty
Flo
Incorrigible. Boe is she a paiveuie dad?
Vague lines about Vella Drew and a dinner event appear in a New York Sun item, mentioning an attended function and a disappearance of a person described as a father with unclear phrasing. The fragmentary text hints at a social or crime context but lacks concrete details.
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Seoul
Nailer
Nathan Qorn
New York Suns
Needle-Eagle Trick Reveals Hidden Magnet Stage Setup
A Philadelphia Record note describes a toy theatre illusion where a paper eagle climbs a mountain backdrop aided by a hidden magnet. The performer stands behind the stage, using a thread to control the eagle while moving the magnet upward to create a convincing ascent for the audience. Vessels move faster through deep water with the same amount of power.
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Philadelphia
Walter
Postage Cut to Two Cents for Letters to Britain
The United States reduced postage to two cents per first ounce for letters to Great Britain and Ireland, effective October 1. The change simplifies stamps for English and Irish mail, with Canada unchanged. At New York, 76,000 letters to Britain and Ireland were sent on the first day, and twenty extra clerks were added to handle the surge.
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United States
Great Britain
England
Ireland
Canada
New York
Foreign Branch
Cincinnati Inquirer
A Good Trick with Cardboard Card Puzzle
A brief note describes drawing a card on stiff paper, cutting it with a sharp knife, and challenging a reader to divide the figure into seven pieces with two cuts. It presents the puzzle as an easy trick.
Fragments Explain Cutting a Shape into Pieces
A passage discusses cutting a shape from point 1 to 2 to create three pieces then placing them side by side and adding a cut along a dotted line to yield seven pieces. The text labels this as good literature and illustrates a geometric puzzle idea.
Trance Makes Girl Taller in Mysterious Case
Clara Kanter, eighteen, has reportedly grown two inches in three days after an episode of unconsciousness. Her father and Dr. C P Kerr note she is now rational but advise silence on the matter. County detectives are barred from questioning her.
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Clara Kanter
In Paris Last Year Horses Fell to Food Demand
The report notes that 49,298 horses were killed for meat in Paris last year, up 6,000 from the year before, yielding 26,600,000 pounds of horse meat. The humorous exchange about caterpillars appears in a separate anecdote.
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Paris
Curious miscellany from a bygone era and places
A collage of notes mentions Geomady tiedlenl, Tratavan gold output, clean air at 2000 feet, Mexico as a petroleum factor, new wells, a Raymond IL pastor with his cat, 372 ways to spell Ypsilanti, cathedral fundraising in St Paul, Europe’s cooling trend, foggy Thames surroundings, Horne Bay in Ragland, a Kansas carpenter sawdust blower, cigars smoked rising in New York, origins of turnips and beets, Sir Walter Parratt chess memory, and a Paris hospital rabbit theft case with inoculation subjects.
Appetizer a market tale from Fifty-ninth street
A marketman on Fifty-ninth Street recalls unprofitable visitors who roamed his shop. Doctors in town advise against pills and favor fresh meat, fruits, and vegetables, turning his market into an unlikely clinic for dyspeptics. He accepts the influx, hoping for new customers in the end.
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New York
Yokohama Bay Vendor Auction Sparks Guide to Seals
A passage describes arriving in Yokohama where Japanese peddlers crowd the ship offering wares. A Manila schoolteacher, a towering traveler, considers a large seal, bargains shuttling between 7.50 dollars and 29 cents, as a vendor presses constraints.
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Yokohama
Manila
Judge's Magazine
Where Gold Has Gone in the Imaperki Bank of Tussia
In a month, $%4 00,000 in gold lines flowed into the bank’s reserve, lifting loans by $31,000,000 from twelve months earlier. Despite the rise, the bank’s reserve remains $62,000,000 short of its starting gold redemption level.
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Imaperki Bank of
Tussia
Retiring London Supt Talks on Traffic Handling
London Daily Chronicle reports Supt Fitzgerald reflecting on 28 years in the force and his successors, discussing traffic control, crowd management, and the need for street widening. He notes tubes and motor vehicles complicate congestion, favors widening streets, endorses flexible crowd rules, and praises Londoners for orderly behavior.
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London
Supt
Fitzgerald
Chery Wellcome
Daily Chronicle
Old Jewry
Farringdon Street
Ladysmith
Old Bailey
Newgate Street
Stevier
London Daily Chronicle
Techniques for Handling Small Sailboats at Docking
Practical guidance from Country Life in America on trimming mainsails and halyards, lowering sails safely, and maneuvering centerboard craft. Tips cover hoop size, lowering order throat before peak, steering helm adjustments, and methods to free a boat from stays or come alongside docks with clear steps and cautions.
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America
Woods in This Table by A L L Messimore
A large wooden table listing 250 450 pieces of wood and all known hard woods was completed by A L L Messimore of Etna Township Kosciusko County. The top measures about three and a half feet long by three feet wide, supported by a central pillar about thirteen inches in diameter. Tudianapalis News.
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A. l L. Messimore
Etna Township
Kosciusko County
Etna Green
Tudianapalis News
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W. Thomson
Porto
Rico
Morro Castle
San Juan
P. R R
Leslie's Weekly
Trance
Young Hopetul
Hindoo Nautch
Wilin Ér
Tratavan
Mexico 3
Ypsilanti
St." Paul
Europe
Thames
Horne Bay
Ragland
Kansas
Mediterranean
Persia
Babylonia
Walter Parratt
Oxford University
Andras Hospital
Yokohama Bay
Crowdel
Woods
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