Tramping in Snow and Splinting a Broken Arm Alone
A lone hiker recalls a brutal mishap in deep snow with a badly broken left arm after a fall on icy rocks. He describes treating the fracture on site with improvised splints, aided by his dog Shadow, as he trudges toward the railroad with pain and fatigue. The narrative shifts to a cattle theft plot involving Miles, Winslow, and a railcar crew, detailing rustlers and a risky journey toward California.
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Colrace
Jane
Shadow
Tieulle Locke
Los Logeles
Locke
Flagstaff
Count Stern
Zimmet
Olga
Wild West hunt and track through Arizona to California
An account describers a cattle trap scheme to Los Angeles, a journey south through Mojave, then detail of crossing the San Bernardino and Flagstaff regions. The narrator narrates encounters with wildlife, snowbound travel, and a dramatic elk hunt with Shadow the dog aiding the chase. The author ends with packing out a prized elk antlers after a hard, extended trek.
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Sanrencisco
Los Angeles
Mojave
Lake
San
The Mice and the Tailor Build a Golden Deal
A tale set in a mountain journey with a hunter, a cat hunt, and a river camp. Mice plot to save themselves from Schnurrdiburr by bargaining a chest of gold via Katrine and a tailor, who finds treasure in the cellar and buys out the cat, ending with mice living safely in the rebuilt house.
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Schonardiburr
Schnapps
Schnurrdiburr
Schuurrdiburr
Katrine
Zimmer
Cape
Kuuppeben
Mina
Seon
Rappeleken
Sehnurrdiburr
Mina, I Am Going To Merchant Zimmer
Rappelchen
Knappchen
Schourrdiburr
Schwarrdnburr
Rappelohen
Selinappe
Rappelehen
What Is My Name Puzzle From Across The Ocean
A puzzle item from Home Amusements invites readers to solve a word riddle about a name found across the ocean. The clue mentions Bobo, an angulated form, and instructs restoring to whole, syncing, and revolving at a rapid rate.
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E. BK. Cuapnovus
Lewiston
Meine
Bobo
Behead Riddle From 1664 Globe-Trotter Page
A cryptic verse asks to behead and curtail words to reveal hidden meanings. It describes a vessel or leaf of gold, a skull with brain, and an earth beneath feet. The poem folds multiple wordplay clues about useful articles and health, dated 1664.
Across Europe to Asia a cryptic travel riddle
The fragment presents a riddle about travel by air or sea naming Jules Verne and Nellie Bly, with clues about geographic letters forming a name, and later mentions royal titles and nautical terms. It reads like a puzzle with references to 17th century figures and antique wordplay.
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Jules Verne
Nellie Bly
W. Wilcox
Rider and healer aid fall rider and meadow lore
A rider is tossed from his horse after a stumble on rough terrain. He is tended by a cabin woman who uses fir balsam to treat his wounds while he receives care and humorous praise for his misadventure.
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Rabbit
Pit Brow Lassies and the Fight to End Mine Labor
In a spirited account from Wigan dated July 31, Mrs. Margaret Park led a campaign to abolish pit brow labor by 6,000 women at English mines. She rallied petitioning women, won key supporters, and pressed Parliament to end female labor in underground collieries, a reform achieved through determined leadership and public pressure.
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England
Wales
Lord Ashley
Lancashire
Yorkshire
House of Commons
Northumberland
Durham
Birmingham
Coal Mines
Miners’ Journal
London Lancet
Emily Faithful
Dave
Trades Unions
Childers
Matthews
Great Britain
Sch
Margaret Park
Wigan
Ae Aapatil
Park
Lady Latham
Lydia Becker
Woman's Rights
Home
Vicar Mitchell
Pemberton
London
Britain
Arliament
Home Secretary
Scho Square
Parliament House
House of Lords
Consolation of Religion vs Philosophy in Hard Times
A sermon argues philosophy cannot console in suffering and death. Christianity offers the only true comfort through God's fatherhood, the cross, and hope of life to come, with biblical proofs and invitations to find peace through Christ.
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Fea
Spain
Ponce de Leon
Pweitten
St. Paul
Athens
Pliny
God
Calvary
Christ
Pont
Christ Jesus
Lord
Cesar
Kingdom of Heaven
Creiveton
Grovcs Honges
Ice in Your Drinks Says Author in Glote-Democrat
William Schmid argues in the St. Louis Glote-Democrat that only about ten liquors tolerate ice. He warns ice harms high grade liquors like claret sherry champagne and burgundy, while whisky brandy gin and beer are fine with ice. He recommends cold milk with seltzer or a gin cream maraschino claret mix as hot weather remedies.
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William Schmid
St. Louis Glote-Democrat
Independent compositions gain favor, Theodore Thomas says
Theodore Thomas asserts American tastes shift toward independent musical works beyond opera. He cites Strauss waltz and Dvorak pieces as popular examples and notes growing demand for non operatic programs, predicting American composers will earn world recognition alongside established European figures.
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Theodore Thomas
Madison Square Garden
Tshaikowsky
Saint Saens
Dvorak
Pure sugar refinery in Germany supplies chemists with uncolored sugar
A historic note states there is a single refinery in Germany producing absolutely pure sugar for chemists and druggists. The text explains the sugar is too clear and colorless for table use, lacking any artificial coloring and designed for solutions that must remain cloudless.
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Germany
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Johnson
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Bill Williams
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Squuare
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William Morris
Herr
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