Bill Cross and His Pet Bear
A pioneer family near the Camas valley recalls the day a shipboard sailor father brings home a promised pet bear after a cattle stampede. Bill Cross, a boastful yet lazy sailor, and his three boys witness wild Spanish cattle chase and crush a wolf, a bear, and wolves into a tight herd. The chaos ends with the bear and wolf cubs named Pul Cross arriving in the corral as the father jokes about guarding against cattle.
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Agh
Oregon Sierras
California
Mexico
Willamette River
Attick
Waterloo
Bill Cross
Barlor
Oregon
Camas Valley
Bill
Father
Vather
Camas
Contless
William Cross
Five Mouter Steamers Build for Pacific to Asia Route
Construction underway on five steamers with 20060 tons freight capacity to run between Pacific coast terminals and Japan and China. A barrel of American flour to be laid down in Yokohama and Canton for 1.25 dollars freight. In 1899 Texas towns shipped 5. carloads of strawberries 170 blackberry 2885 carloads of micron 1072 tomatoes 1232 potatoes 140 cabbage 203 cucumbers 2810 peaches 470 pears.
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Pacific Coast
Japan
China
Yokohama
Canton
Texas
The White City of Archangel and a Beekeeping Lesson
A fragment from Youth's Companion recounts Phillips Brooks at Boston Latin School, a bishop's forgiveness, and a winter view of Archangel, Russia known as The White City. It also describes whitewashed architecture, summer sun, and the vivid clothing of Russians. The London Standard adds beekeeping practices, sweating the bees, and large honey yields from clover fields.
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Harvard Ecollege
Phillins Brooks
Boston Latin School
Philips Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Stooks
Massachusetts
Boston Ceoueon
Youth
Archangel
Russia
Europe
London
Watches That They Lend in Small Town Skit
A Detroit Free Press humor piece recalls a man and his wife leaving a Woodward avenue watchmaker where the shop swaps a fine gold watch for a battered tin substitute during repairs. The tale jests why jewelers do not offer matching substitute watches to each customer.
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Woodward Avenue
New Jersey
Detroit Free Press
Sanitary flaws in pork production spark consumer concern
London Live Stock Journal reports on sanitary defects and poor feeding practices in pig rearing, noting inspectors veto and public warnings. The piece describes unsafe handling of carcasses and the chain from farm to market, with emphasis on dairy‑fed pork’s absence in pig diets and the risks of contamination.
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O. S
London Live Stock Journal
Seodeus
Uae
Customs and notices in Holland and Haarlem birth placards
The article notes Dutch local customs such as house placards for the sick state and a Haarlem birth announcement adorned with red silk. It discusses oriental cereal surpluses affecting the eastern market and its value to coast farmers. It also mentions wedding customs among country folk using lists of presents for newlyweds.
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Holland
Haarlem
Oriental
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Mars
Earth
Washington Post
Brooks
Pusils
Suice
Ltte
Worl
Eoulie Wess
Iflo Sheldon Fra
Dr. J CG
OtHee
Boyden
Treattrax
S. E. Gannon
Boyden Oice
Presen
GR Lanning
Sheldon
Iowa
Dr Cram
F. J. Gallag Trek
Yesir Jowett
John Finch
Dray & Express
Prics
Rmeht
Harry Tuttle
The
Capital City Commercial College
Capital City
Shorthand
Young Men's Christian Ass'n Building
Des Moines
Mehan & McCauley
Siouvc
R.R
Ll. Passeneee
BoCore
Temoval Wind Traveling Saaroor Commission
Broethers Co
Rochester, WN
Jongewaard Bros
S.H. DeVries, Boyden
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