Summer in Alaska a Beautiful City Piqued by Anglo Maniacs
A travelogue on a northern cruise from Puget Sound to Alaska, detailing Vancouver, Victoria, Sitka, Juneau, and Glacier Bay. The writer notes Fort Wrangell and totem poles, the Treadwell gold mine near Juneau, the Muir Glacier, and the wide, glaciated shores. Observations cover the climate, Indians, and the ship’s voyage aboard the George W. Elder with Captain Hunter.
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Alaska
Europe
Norway
Switzerland
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Hunter
Port Townsend
Vancouver
Victoria
England
British Columbia
Juneau
Eeatre
Douglas Island
Treadwell
Chilcat
Pyramid Harbor
Ochileat Peak
Japan
Behring Sea
Sitka
United States
Marshal Adkins
P. U
Dome Peak
Icy Strait
Glacier Bay
Muir Inlet
Americans Charm Royalty with Easy American Demeanor
Paris dispatch notes that Americans often win favor with European royals through lively, unselfconscious conversation, contrasting with the formal restraint seen in Europe. It cites figures such as Paul Jones, Count Rumford, and Miss Mary Talmadge among others who befriended emperors, czars, and duchesses, highlighting ongoing transatlantic social unusualness and charm.
Ten Cents a Day for Food in a Brooklyn Tale
A Brooklyn Citizen recounts a European-born man who lived 18 years on 10 cents daily, dining with kind strangers, then built a prospering store business and became a retired merchant. He enjoys princely living and a liberal income from a firm name, though the story hints at fragility of such frugality.
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Brooklyn
Rabbit wedged in cornfield near Captain Cunningham’s
A crowd of boys and a dog chased a rabbit on Captain H. L. Cunningham’s land. The rabbit wedged itself between corn stalks and remains stuck. the dog has not been seen. The Detroit Free Press notes a Buffalo paper urging voters to back honest men regardless of politics.
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Big Creek
H. L. Cunningham
Detroit Free Press
Buffalo
Phrase Game Clue Sparks Laughter at Social Gathering
A playful charade scene unfolds as a leader teases a word starting with M. The son exclaims Emerald, prompting cheers and scattered laughter among attendees.
St Kilda Islanders Face Isolation And Language Change
A church pastor notes St Kilda is cut off six to eight months yearly by weather and mail, hindering civilization. Gaelic dominates but English is spreading as families seek better education for children. locals are bright yet have had little exposure to the wider world.
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St. Kilda
Great Britain
St. Kildians
Ex-Governor Blinkblank Speech Echoes at Port Ceremony
The dialogue shows ex-Governor Blinkblank of Massachusetts speaking with a Master of Ceremonies about a forthcoming arrival and a judge present. The fragment captures a ceremonial setting with informal speech and a rolling timetable.
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Blinkblank
Massachusetts
M'Ster
Alzo
Monks of Saint Bruno and the Grande Chartreuse Distillery
A travelogue tour of the Grande Chartreuse monastery and its famed liqueur, chartreuse. The writer describes the monks at 4000 feet, their austere life, the distillery five miles away, and the extensive operations with annual profits, the strict visitation rules, and the monastic library and living quarters.
Whisk Like Whalebone London Liquor Reminds a Traveler
A Chicago Herald piece recalls a traveler comparing London liquor to polar bear hunting methods in the Arctic. The anecdote describes an explorer’s tale of how bears are killed and skinned, then likens the liquor to a smooth drink that later proves deadly.
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London
Chicago Herald
Arctic
Mag
A Dream Unhappily Fulfilled in London Tales
London Gioria reports on a case where a wife of a steeple Jack dreamed of her husband’s fatal fall from a lofty chimney. The dream is linked to the Psychical Research Society and raised questions about foreknowledge versus self-fulfilling prophecy in the social scene around the Author’s Club and Life Brown-Who is that seedy looking individual with the long hair.
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London
Gioria
Jack
Psychical Research Society
Howie
Brown
Jones
Starvling
GOODBY, QUEEN ANNE Reached its Limit
RETURNING 10 SIMPLER STYLES Classic and Well Defined Features of the Colonial Design A CHEAP BUT ELEGANT RESIDENCE travagancies of tyro designers do not bring this so called style into positive disrepute Already a noticeable number of elients instruct the architect not to give them which is regarded as an indication that the colonial is growing in favor The design given herewith fe asir example the to low cost The colonial lag are id to be confined windows NATURAL COLORS Exterior colors Entire body and painted colonial medium are ay yellow al trim cash 06 water S006
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Tacoma
Pacific
Puget Sound
Long Island
Mount Tacoma
Frandenr
Mount Blanc
Eling
Arctic Circle
Caos
Nres
George W. Elder
Portland
Pacific Coast Ip Company
Fort Ton
Sitkan
Fort Wrangel
British Columbia
Incurio
Thor
Wolf
Earle
Muir Inlet
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Glacier Bay
Nature
Res
G. F. Wright
C. E
Mme. van der Weyer
Bates
Boston
Queen Victoria
Henry Butterfield
Paris
Burke
New York
Roosevelt
Mauric
France
Europe
Butterfield
St. Petersburg
Mary Talmadge
Philip van Rensellaer
Nicholas
Lord Durham
Clarina
Miss Talmadge
Russia
Eugenie
Parts
Grand Chartreuse
Chartreux
Unclear housing notes on cellar hall and second floor bath
Fragmentary description of a house layout mentions cellar under the main rooms and conversion ideas for a reception room and second floor bath. The text also references coats near New York City and a copyright line.
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New York City
Primitive Cleveland Street Car of 1830 Described by Resident
A Cleveland resident recalls riding on one of America’s first street cars. The square inside car had lengthwise seats and small holes in the leather. The vehicle ran from Court Street to Belmont over about four miles on rails.
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Portland
England
Metla-Keh Tla
America
Central Avenue
Indianapolis
Eense
Cleveland
Bel
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Glacier Ray
Parvenus
Paul Jones
Louis XVI
Catherine of
Count Rumford
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Washington Irving
Napoleon Iit
General Cadwalader
Philadelphia
Frances
Erskine
Ae Land
Duke of Portland
Ford Archibald Campbell
Duke of Argyll
Baroness de Pierres
Miss Thorn
Winterhalter
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Edinburg
Marie
Alexander II
Lady Randolph Churchill
Miss Jerome
Lady Randolph
Randolph Churchill
Czar
Heroet
Boker
George H. Baker
Retestrer
T. Baker
Baker
Warmy
Mr. Baker
Washington
Kia Post
Prince of Wales
Legion
John W. Mackay
Louise
Marquis of Lorne
Mackey
Rac Ie
Noel
Lee
Germany
Rick
Empresa
Frederick
Mme. de Waldersee
Timmany
Jennie Chamberlain
Naylor Leyland
Duchess of Albany
Ormer
Nglied
Sea
Theodore Stanton
ST. Bruno
Grande Chartreuse
Nis
Eliy
Siu
Brano
Wadseer
Monk
Poe
Croney
Baron Des Adrets
Gus
Galea
Hei Eir
Chartreuges
Louis XIV
Order
Monas
Benny Hari
the Author’s Club
Goodby
Queen Anne
R. W. Shoppell
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