Matterhorn Awe and Scale Through Time and Text
The Matterhorn appears inaccessible yet is climbed by daring souls and even by crowds in July and August. Edward Whymper’s 1865 panorama describes its vast ranges and nearby peaks from the Swiss side, while a 1897 revisitation lauds its enduring majesty and stark, solitary grandeur as a finger of God above Alpine vistas.
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Matterhorn
Edward Whymper
Masay
Dent Blanche
Gabelhorn
Rothhorn
Lyskamm
Breithorn
la Disgrazia
Chisasso
Piedmont
Viso
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God
Great Resort for Politicians in New York
The Fifth Avenue hotel is described as the premier resort for politicians and the head center of head centers, serving as the headquarters of Bitter Creek.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Bitter Creek
Glimpses From the Alps and the Press Scene on Fifth Avenue
A speaker describes distant Alpine vistas including Pelvoux Ecrins Meije and Mont Blanc from high altitude. He then reflects on reporters in newspapers and politicians on Fifth Avenue noting crowded press coverage, columnist attention, and the fame of favored figures.
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Pelvoux
Ecrins
Meije
Grajic
Mont Blanc
Zermatt
Breuil
Fifth Avenue
Honor Fills New York as Henry George Lies in State
A mourning city honors Henry George with a public display of grief. About 30,000 pass the casket in Grand Central Palace, 125,000 later see the funeral cortege as it moves to Brooklyn and Greenwood. The event highlights George as a champion of the single tax and a leader devoted to the people.
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New York
Henry George
America
Grand Central Palace
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Brooklyn City Hall
Fort Hamilton
Greenwood
Reorg Committee Drops Kansas Pacific Bid
Chicago October 28 The Tribune reports that the Union Pacific reorganization committee has abandoned plans to buy the Kansas Pacific branch. Owning 7 million dollars in first mortgage bonds, the group would pay the government 12 908 2 to take over but seeks to block other bidders. Instead the money may fund control of the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf railway.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Union Pacific Road
Kansas Pacific
Reorganization Committee
Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway
Five of eight miners die in Scranton shaft disaster
Dead in a Mine. Scranton, Pa., Oct. 30 Five of the eight men trapped last night by fire in the Von Storch slope shaft perished during the night. The remaining three escaped through a cross-heading into a pure air lane to the surface.
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Scranton
von Storch
Great gold strike reported near Revenue tunnel in Ouray
A great gold strike is reported near the Revenue tunnel on Mount Snef fels in Ouray county Colorado. Tests run as high as 200000 dollars to the ton with 1000 dollars taken from two cubic feet of rock.
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Revenue Tunnel
Mount Sneffels
Ouray County
Col
Teapot explosion scalds Kentucky teacher near Iron Mound
Miss Mabel Easter, a young school teacher near Iron Mound Kentucky, was scalded fatally or near fatally when a teapot exploded as she made tea for supper.
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Mabel Easter
Iron Mound
Free cure offer from T A Slocum for consumption
A New York chemist T A Slocum claims a reliable cure for consumption and bronchial chest troubles and offers three free bottles with instructions to any reader who writes. He cites thousands cured and urges readers to contact 98 Pine Street New York noting no charge for correspondence advice. The ad ends with a joke about a burglar and a night waking.
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T. A. Slocum
New York City
America
Europe
M. D
Pine Street
New York
Cure Constipation Forever With Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic with a 100 or 2c price and a refund offer if it fails. The note includes humorous clippings about Little Jack and a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption, dated December 11, 1895, from Mim Kinburg, Pa, and a quip about laziness.
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D. C. Albrigot
Mim
Kinburg
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