GOLD IN SIBERIA PROMISES GREAT GOLD FIELDS
A Washington Letter from the New York Evening Post outlines Thomas Smith's report from Moscow on Siberia’s vast yet undeveloped gold wealth. It notes extensive placer deposits, antiquated methods, and the potential threefold output increase with modern plants and dredging.
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Siberia
Thomas Smith
United States
Moscow
Central Asia
Russian Empire
Russia
Colorado
Transvaal
Ural Mountains
Ural
California
Montana
New Zealand
Siberian
de Zelienkoff
Kohtar
Yenisei River
Onon River
Trans-Baikal
Serebrana
Treadwell
Alaska
Douglas Island
Fiberia
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Caucasus
Yenteel River
New York
Hull
Eng
Arctic Ocean
Yenteet River
Trans-Siberian Railway
Minusinek
San Francisco
Omeron River
Amur
Omgeoon
Zeya
Belimaa
Anwar
Nicolalevek
Stretenek
Asia
America
Tertng
White Pass
Yukon
Urals
Washington Letter
New York Evening Post
Town Ball in the Old West and Its Strange Tricks
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recounts town ball as played on school grounds in the West before the 1870s, detailing ins and outs, spoke pitches, no umpire, and varied local games like no-cornered and three-cornered cat. It notes girls wound balls, large balanced teams, and the origin of the term town ball. Including biographical sketches of Commodore Seaverte Gerry, his yacht Electra, charity work, and his role in capital punishment discussions and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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West
Border
Town Hall
Ins
Pitcher
Chicago Tribune
Mer Place
Seaverte
Newport
New York Yacht Club
Gerry
Miss Livingston
Livingston
Staten Island
South Ferry
Mr. Gerry
Mr. Livingston
Cuba
Montauk Point
Electra
Fort Pond Bay
New York
Society For the Prevention of
Gerry Society
State Board of Charities
J. H. Adams
Ainslee’s
Elbridge T. Gerry Story of His Rich Father-in-Law
A historical sketch profiles Elbridge T. Gerry and his wealth driven career in law. It notes a palatial Fifth Avenue residence with a 16000 volume law library, Latin scholarship, and rare inscriptions tied to a Latin professor dispute. Gerry was born in New York on December 25, 1837 and kept a home there.
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Elbridge T. Gerry
Etreet
Fifth Avenue
Gerry
Latie
GytumMa
Olite Diepute
Eee Ee Ie
Eradwate
New York
Bee Alwaye
Older marriages rise as couples delay from youth
The recorder's office shows men and women marry later now with brides averaging 25 to 26 and grooms 28 to 29. Early licenses reported ages around 17 to 21. May marriages skew younger. clerk cites economic factors delaying start in life and family responsibility.
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Recorder’s Office
Recorder's Office
The Education of Sam by Charles Dudley Warner
An 18 month old dog named Sam is examined with humor and affection. The narrator notes Sam’s houndlike head, black tan coat, and independent streak. He critiques modern schooling as “electric education” and hopes Sam avoids crammed learning, preferring natural curiosity and authentic growth.
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Sam
Charles Dudley Warner
Out of fashion boots shift from plains to bootees and high cuts
Boots once common among farmers cowboys and politicians fade from urban shelves as bootmakers in Kansas City and stockyards trade in elaborate high tops bootees and saddle boots for finer leather and quieter silhouettes. Prices rise with luxuries and only work boots remain affordable while central trade centers keep limited stock.
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Congress
Kansas City
Uptown
Stock Exchange
Livestock Exchange
Paris
Great Southwestern
United States
Stackman
Kanene City Star
POSTON AND ALBANY FUTURE TRANSFER TO YORK CENTRAL
The transfer of the Poston and Albany railroad to New York Central will occur at a November meeting in New York City, with Central assuming control on the 11th. Officials emphasize no immediate management change for some years, keeping Poston and Albany leaders at the front. The move is largely a formal procedural step.
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Boston and Albany
New York
New South Station
Boston
Boston Terminal Company
South Station
Boston and Albany Railroad Company
Terminal Company
New York Central
Boston and Albany Railroad
Goston and Albany Railroad Corporation
Boston and Albany Road
Central
Grand Junction Railroad
Cottage Farm
Poston
Albany
The
New York City
Massachusetts Company
Reston and
Alban
Hacee
Oz York Centra
Prospecting for Precious Metal Profit and Peril
Will Sparks in Ainslee's portrays the Rocky Mountain prospector as an adventurer driven by gold. The piece details danger from wild beasts and harsh elements, the lure of sudden wealth, and the solitary, perilous life that ends for many in unmarked graves, while a rich strike promises lifelong exile to the cave of gold.
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Rocky Mountains
Rick
Ainslee
Frightened Photographer Delivers Practical Joke Tale
A professional photographer recounts a prank in which a young man sits for a likeness. The assistant entices pranks with the equipment. The photographer, in the dark room, berates the assistant and later reports mysterious effects in the negatives.
Photographer Confronts Creepy Skulled Forehead Prank
A master photographer failed to capture a satisfactory likeness as a young man taunts with a skull and crossbones on his forehead. The man, a scientist, had used bisulphate of quinine to paint a white surface that appears black in photographs, fooling the camera. The sitter denied any mark, and the prank led to a heated exit. the man never returned.
Locusts of the Tree Country Describe Shrill Summer Song
From Forest and Stream, a note on tree locusts or cicadas found from New Hampshire to Kansas. It explains how boys read the markings on the insect to predict war years, the makeshift instrument they craft, and the male’s sound apparatus of parchment sacks that produce the famous drone each late summer.
Locomotive Boiler Power Advances in Paris Exhibits
In Paris Vincennes displays show a leap in boiler heating surface and steam pressure from 1889 to 1900. French engines reach 200 to 228 pounds per square inch, with M du Bousquet 2642 at 2275 square feet and Salomon 2411 at 228 psi. British engines lag slightly, ranging from 170 to 200 psi.
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England
Great Northern
South Eastern
Vincennes
M. du Bousquet
of France
M. Salomon
France
London & Northwestern
North Eastern
Great Eastern
Midland
Charles Rous- Marten
The City of Spindles and the Redman’s Dream
Grace RK Olsen reflects on the Merrimack region from colonial wigwams to modern industry. A lyrical meditation traces the shift from Redman canoe and forest hush to mills, bells, canals, and relentless town life in a reshaped landscape.
Animals on ships long voyages by cats and dogs
Deep water ships sometimes carry dogs who guard the vessel and travel worldwide with crews, while cats are kept mainly for rodent control. Cats often roam ashore at ports, may not return, and can wander vast distances across seas. Some cats wait for ships to return at ports, boarding again when they come back.
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Norway
Rio Janeiro
Liverpool
Melbourne
San Francisco
Bombay
New York
Earth
South Street
Greenock
Scotland
St. John's
Newfoundland
Genoa
Carthagena
Spain
Ema
Atlantic
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Elbridge T. Gpray
Missouri
Poston and
York
Merrimack
Redman
Wanda
Apindies Co
Redmen
Grace RK. Olsen
Tiertin
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