Rumor of a Price on Heads Stirs Frontier Town
In Brill’s saloon and the Three Bar range, townsfolk, including Carson and Harris, debate a mystery bounty linked to the breakdown of trust on the frontier. The plan prompts talk of a clean up by Harris with sheriff and deputies ready to back the move as fear and speculation spread.
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Carson
Lang
Brill
Slade
Harris
Peill
Carpenter
Carp
Brill’s
Pshaw
Alden
Morrow
Cal
BBE
Life on Earth Before Cambrian Period Unearthed
Australian scientist Sir Edgeworth David reports fossils in Mount Lofty and Flinders ranges dating before the Cambrian, suggesting a vast early marine fauna across what is now Australia. The rainbow colored sandworms and related crustaceans imply Pacific-crossing marine life, with shells made of a horny substance.
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Sir Edgeworth David
Australia
Sir Edgeworth
Mount Lofty
Flinders Ranges
South Australia
Pacific Ocean
Animals show heart disease and madness, reveals study
The French Society of Comparative Pathology reports horses and other animals suffer arterial hardening, emphysema, and chronic rheumatism. They note cases of insanity and voluntary intoxication in animals, challenging the idea of human intellectual superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Society of Comparative Pathology
Kansas City Star
Arctic tern band sheds light on bird migration mystery
A dead Arctic tern found on a South African beach bore a metal band marked 548.138 from the U S Department of Agriculture. Banding has extended knowledge of long distance routes, suggesting a north Atlantic to Antarctic loop and broader global migration patterns.
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Washington
South Africa
Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Co. L. Austin
Turnevik Bay
Labrador
Arctic
Antarctic
North Pole
H. J
Heather
Durban
Natal
National Geographic Society
Wackrill
Johannesburg
Port Shepstone
Biological Survey
North America
Portugal
Africa
Equator
Ungava
Bermuda
Bahamas
Lesser Antilles
South America
Paraguay
Argentine
Pampas
West Indies
Mexico
Central America
Caribbean Sea
Pacific
Alaska
Aleutians
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Australia
Asia
E. W. Nelson
National Geographic Magazine
Bureau
Farmer Catches Muskrat Then State Imposes Fine
Billings Montana. F. G. Kell was fined $25 for possessing a fur bearing animal without a proper permit after catching a muskrat by the tail and impounding it in a box to start a farm. The muskrat was running in Kell's barn when seized.
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Billings
Mont
F. G. Kell
Kell
Large school of whales spotted off Eureka coast
Capt. Willard Cousins reported one of the largest whale schools in years near Eureka California. He estimated about fifty whales in the group and described their spouts as resembling a field of geysers.
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Eureka
Calif
Willard Cousins
Cousins
California Fig Syrup Promises Gentle Relief for Children
An ad touts California Fig Syrup as a pleasant tasting laxative for children and babies. It warns buyers to request genuine California Fig Syrup with printed directions and cautions against imitation products.
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California
Will Do All It Claims to Do Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
Mrs Mas E Steere of Pratt West Virginia reports severe weakness and nervous illness kept her in bed until she used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After three doses she improved and after two bottles she could work again. She recommends the product and offers to answer letters.
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Pratt
W. Va
Coudn
Pinkham
E. Steere
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Phillips
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Deane
St Bille Cote
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Canfield
Magill
Bungs
Kile
Billie Warrep
Rile
1Son
Krill
Earth
London
Sights
Bayer
Hanford
Sng
Mrs. Steele
Lydia E. Pinkeham
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