Glamis River wealth claim and ship disaster tales
A rough mosaic of curiosities and curiosities from distant shores. A Minneapolis lawyer pursues a rare indictment over hogs shot to contest their value. Prospecter E F Christie recounts a glacier and 1600 foot waterfall near Chelan. Maritime notes cover ship misfortunes, naval names, and repair methods for landslides and channel shaping in modern engineering.
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Minneapolis
de Qperer
Pricmer
E. F. Christie
Chelan
Washington
Finstere
Bailrosds Creck
Christie Enya
Fragmentary poem lines describe frost, birds and quests
The excerpt speaks of frost and a forest clothed in gold and flame. Birds depart southward toward distant hills as a figure pursues a quest across lands seeking islands of perpetual summer.
Love Climbs the Hill in Norwegian Tale
In Husaby village Aslang’s beauty sparks rival suitors led by Thor Nesset, a poor cottage son. After a brutal brawl, Thor vows to win her with a perilous mountain ascent. Aslang, watching from the cliff, witnesses Thor’s desperate climb and a risky rescue, while Canute Husaby proclaims the match.
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Aslang
Husaby
Canute Husaby
Canute
Thor Nesset
Thor
Aclang
Sach
Thor Nessst
Canate Husaby
Gyitop
Husaby Hill
Fined His Own Mother by Indianapolis Mayor
Gen Dan Macauley once presided as mayor of Indianapolis and enforced strict speed limits. His spry mother, famed for horseflesh, was arrested for fast driving in a principal street. She paid a ten dollar fine with no comment, as the mayor proceeded to the next case.
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Dan Macauley
Indianapolis
Gen. Macauley
Macauley
Ndianapolis Journal
Hermit of New York who left ten million after death
The Philadelphia Record notes the life of Edmund Schermerhorn, a New York financier who aged into a reclusive scholar living in a palatial Newport mansion. Once famed for social brilliance and lavish spending, he died at seventy five leaving an immense fortune and a mystery behind his drastic withdrawal from society.
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New York
Newport
Edmund Schermerhorn
R. 1
Gotham
Twenty-third Street
Astora
Philadelphia Record
Betsy Mariah Outshines a Powerful Magnet
A provincial audience debates magnet power. Timothy Tinkle recalls Betsy Mariah, a calico wrapped magnet that drew him fourteen miles every Sunday, outdoing the professor. London pickpocket networks are described as highly organized with legal support and funds for culprits.
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Timothy Tinkle
Dimity
Ponies for Sale in Oregon Range
Gayuse ponies are scarce locally though not extinct. Across a large range opposite Umatilla stand five to six thousand ponies owned by one man. A cheater boasted he could pick 400 from a band of 1000 for six dollars each, a cheap price, but demand for Indian ponies is limited. Portland.
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California
London
Barrett Seaton
Scotland Yard
Palmer House
St. Giles
Whitechapel
Thames
Chicac Tribaue
Umatilla
Portland
For Farm and Garden Advice on Burdock and Poultry
A compilation of practical notes on eradicating burdock with salt, using wood ashes as fertilizer, and poultry keeping tips. Includes methods to prevent burdock spread, distinctions between unleached and leached ashes, and guidance on flock management and space needs for successful poultry operations.
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St. Louis Republic
Sheep Fold Design and Winter Management Notes
The piece discusses crossbreeding Merino and Coates-Wool Southdown sheep for size and wool value, with December housing, ventilation, and temperature ranges. It warns about heat and damp, advises on shearing timing to avoid lamb health issues, and touches on broader farm practices from hog cholera prevention to stable sanitation and the value of specializing in one farming domain.
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Southdowns
New York Tribune
Two novel occupations for women proposed in England
The England discussed ideas include women becoming auctioneers and entomologists, with note that the auctioneer role may test a woman's voice, while a neat woman can master arranging butterflies and other entomological work in practice.
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England
New York Commercial Advertiser
Bride prompts two miners to rob a mine for a house mansion
The Motlie Gideon mine owner in Aspen California plans to give his daughter a day’s work of two men for a house. The daughter selects two miners who then extract 31 000 dollars worth of ore in a day and build a mansion. A sun powered Brussels clock and a tall Oklahoma farmer selling wildflowers are also mentioned.
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Motlie Gideon
Aspen
Cal
Tilda JF
Oklahoma
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Indiana Progress
Glamis
Boston
Whitney
San Francisco
United States Service
Boston Transcript
Gemedore Ingrahum
Martin Kourta
Scoyran
Kourta
St. Clair Flats
Qnem
Montevideo
Manuel Parisace
Cape of Good Hope
Mamtovides
Mon- Gevidhes
Rio de Ln
Gravesend Walces
Flave
Scott
Harper's Weekly
Love
Llusaby Farm
Haeaby Hill
Husaby Farm
Aslaug
Asland
Astang
Bjornasterne Bjornson
Strand Magazine
F. Galton
Galton
Bata
Smythe
Burdock
New York Times
Cornell University Station
Ithaca
N. Y
Ckim
Bulletin
New York World
Yankee Blade
Czarewitch
Marie
Greece
Russia
New York News
Traneferezer
Lodge
British Association
Mustapha Pasha
Berlin
Ladies Department
Liberty Hall
Miss Doe
Miss Roe
New Orleans Picayune
L. R. Cooke
Seoul
Corea
Agatha Porter
Manchester
Evelyn Bualantine
le Roy
N. J
Rochester
Bishop
Chicago Post
Oxford College
Cornelia Sorabji
Oxford University
Bombay
Somerville
New York Press
Paris
Mothero
Brussels
Aritta
Hood
Cmas
Preeti
Mississippi
Grippe
Vicksburg
Miss
Tike
Peter J. Danas
Pn A
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