Ship's Graveyard on Carey Island Reveals Last Messages
On Carey Island an 1893 cairn held a small wrecked schooner and a 32 to 33 year old man buried in stones. Messages from J A Björling and notes from Ripple and Nares depots detail a perilous Arctic voyage, wintering plans, and a plea for rescue by a whaler or Danish settlement. Captain McKay of the SS Aurora recovered papers and letters before turning back toward Clarence Head.
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McKay
Carey Island
Aurora
Captain McKay
S. E. Carey Island
Godhavn
Baffin Bay
Melville Bay
Cape York
Cap Parry
Carey Islands
Nares
Foulke Fjord
Pandora Harbor
Nares’ Sone
S. E. Cary Island
Foulken Fjord
Northumberland Island
Cary Island
Clarence Head
Cap Faraday
Ellesmere Land
Baron A. E. Nordenskield
Stockholm
Sweden
Hotel Incident at Rossin House Toronto
A professional chair-boarder asks for letters as he arrives at the Rossin House desk in Toronto. The clerk asks for his room while the man insists on the reading room, still lingering in the hotel. The exchange shows the chair-boarder’s continued patronage of the establishment.
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Rossin House
Toronto
Russia
Elias
Jane
Nansen’s Winter Quarters Possible on Unknown Polar Land
London dispatch reports explorer Nansen may winter near the New Siberian islands after hearing natives describe a distant northwest land visible from high shores. Navigator Johannessen cites an 1878 iceberg ashore near Cape Tstjeljuskin and currents carrying ice south, suggesting Nansen could sight or reach this unnamed polar terra nova if ice and weather allow.
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London
Nansen
New Siberian Islands
Cape Tstjeljuskin
Pees
Asia
Ans Johannessen
Hammerfest
Norway
Lena
Siberia
Johannessen
Fleet-Footed Zebras in South Africa Once Abundant
The piece cites 1840 accounts by Sir Cornwallis Harris showing quagga and Burchells zebra in vast herds, now extinct or greatly diminished. It praises Burchells zebra as fierce, fleet, and strikingly beautiful, noting their untamable nature and occasional ferocity. Zebras remain wary and difficult to domesticate despite tales of ferocity.
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South Africa
Sir Cornwallis Harris
Burchell
Not His Fault in Juvenile Dialogue and Whack Fragments
A clipped, dialogic passage features a Boston youth named Osgoodson spanked by his mother and interrupted by repeated “Whack” sounds. The text blends blunt discipline with disjointed scientific talk about heredity and Destructiveness, ending with an exasperated plea to stop.
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Osgoodson
Trip Moreat
Scott
Saintly Man on City Streetcar Reads While Standing
On a Queen Street car at Yonge, a crowded ride unfolds as a polite passenger complains about a standing woman, who realizes she is on the man’s foot. The little man keeps his paper down and his seat, resembling St Anthony's patience, until the seat shifts.
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St Anthony
Yonge Street
St. Anthony of Old
Toronto Empire
Petrifyine River in Spain Turns Stones to Stone
The Tinto river in Spain is noted for remarkable properties. Sumectes are yellow like topaz and harden sand to petrifying surfaces. When stones settle touching, they fuse into a single con gratinated mass after a year. No fish inhabit the stream.
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Tinto
Spain
Cost and Waste of War Across Nations and Ages
A sweeping tally shows global armed costs and forces: France's long war spending, Britain and Russia effor ts, American Civil War expenses by year, and vast casualties at Waterloo Gettysburg and Austerlitz. It notes ship counts, gun costs, and population shares under arms, with currency conversions and historical milestones.
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France
Belgium
Bannockburn
Great Britain
Marengo
U.S
Navy
Gravelotte
Bolivia
Austerlitz
Moscow
Austria
Waterloo
Russia
Plevna
Denmark
Germany
Sebastopol
United States
Canne
Chelsea Barracks
England
War Department
Gainon
Turkey
The Deadly Folding Bed At Harper's Weekly
A Harper's Weekly essay laments folding beds causing accidents and contortions wielding a moral critique. It mocks the bed’s ascent to wardrobe status and warns of spines, sleep, and taste being harmed by this space saving invention. The piece notes its medieval antecedents and lampoons the device’s deceptive refinement.
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Red
M. Max O’rell
Harper’s Weekly
The Corsican Clan Power and Politics
The Corsican clan elite value power over work and gold, using political influence to advance clan members. Chiefs mobilize followers to secure posts and remit fines, with loyalty pledged to the clan above ideology. Clan strength grows with kinship, shaping governance since Genoese rule.
World eats and exports diet figures by nation and item
A jumble of figures on global consumption and production of foods. It lists oats beef pork milk cheese butter eggs onions parsley pecans and many other commodities by country or district, highlighting per inhabitant and annual totals across Europe the Americas and beyond. Prices, weights, and export figures are given for crops, nuts, meats, and processed goods with diverse regional mentions.
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Paris
Emsoanes
Grocers’ Journal
New York
London
Russia
Tennessee
France
Italy
New Jersey
Switzerland
Baltimore
Florida
California
Europe
Greece
Portugal
Turkey
Great Britain
A Seir Bargain Scotch Minister Rebukes Wife
A Scottish preacher pauses his sermon to rebuke his wife for sleeping in church. From the pulpit he declares Susan, I didna marry ye for yer wealth, sin ye had none, and I didna marry ye for yer beauty that the whole congregation can see. If ye hae na grace, I has made a fair bargain in ye indeed.
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Susan
Botanic B Cures and Town Scorn in Elias Elixir
A tale set in a rural town centers on Elias as he sells a mysterious compound labeled Elixir. The success brings farmers, townsfolk, and family members into the orbit of suspicion, praise, and financial risk as the remedy reshapes lives and reputations.
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Hasis
Iain
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Pjerling
J.A. Bjorling
Fil Stud
Bjorling
Traveller
Krupp
Borodino
Gettysburg
Republic of Brazil
Whitworth
Thiennibad
Kate
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