Fort George Awaits Summer Boom as Rail and Water Routes Open
Transportation advances near Fort George promise rapid growth this summer with rail and river routes to Port George and Tete Jaune Cache. Grand Trunk Pacific construction targets Mile 53 BC with steel to Tete Jaune Cache by July 1, while 600 teams and Foley Welch Stewart vessels prepare to flood the Upper Fraser with supplies and 1,000 men for winter work. Fort George expected to become a distribution hub for contractors and new firms, with ships like B X I and B C Express expanding service between Soda Creek and Fort George and upriver toward Nechaco.
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Edmonton
Port George
Busitheese
Fraser
Socomae
Tete Jaane Cache
Fort George
Grand Trunk Pacific
Tete Jaune Cache
Mile
B. C
Mile 53
B.C
Cache
Foley, Welch & Stewart
Grand Trunk Pacific Contractors
Upper Fraser
Fitzhugh
Fraser River
Vancouver
British Columbia Express Company
B. X
Soda Creek
Animals at Play Inspires Mock Battles in Barnyard
A fragment describes animals finding playful duties in a farm setting. A ferret teases its kittens while cats interact with their young. Lambs improvise a castle in straw and rubbish, while others stage a barnyard steeplechase, leaping boxes as they chase and defend makeshift fortifications.
Folklore Remedies for Ghosts Among Negro Beliefs
The article recounts folklore on ghosts among the negro people including signs of spirits at twilight and remedies such as turning clothes inside out, addressing the spirit, and using mustard seeds or a sieve to force the ghost to count holes or seeds until daylight, ensuring the spirit departs.
Women Not Mourned in Palestine Tradition
The article explains that Palestinian women receive no public mourning under time honored rules, while prominent male clan members trigger seven to forty days of lamentation. Sheep are slaughtered for atonement and a communal feast is held for mourners during these observances.
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Palestine
Strange Recovery of Watch in Pasadena Dust
Nine years after Mrs. Tracy Drake of Chicago lost a diamond studded watch valued at 1100 dollars at a Pasadena open air meeting a pickpocket was blamed. After a heavy shower Mrs. B L Jacobs found the battered timepiece near the crowd lot its ownership traced by police records and the watch shipped back to Drake as a keepsake from her late husband.
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Tracy Drake
Chicago
Pasadena
California
B. L. Jacobs
Express
Eymooh
Draket
Aler
Fox Devil of Japan in Legend and Lore
The fox holds a place in Japanese legend more feared than European folklore. Its attributes extend beyond common tales, shaping a broader mythic role in Japanese culture.
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Fox
Japan
Europe
A Knightly Quest Against Demoniac Foxes in Fables
The passage portrays foxes as supernatural beings with inhuman guile and demoniac powers. It warns that man-foxes can assume human form at will and that knights once held a sacred duty to exterminate such creatures, a belief rooted in ancient fable.
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Europe
Notices From Travel Paths Warn Tourists And Guards
A compilation of notices near stations and tourist sites warns travelers about trespassing and unverified guides. It recalls railway etiquette between Calais and Paris, including a guard alert system and a warning about muster guides for Mount Vesuvius with identification numbers for complaints.
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Boston
Calais
Paris
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
A Quaint Dutch Custom of Amsterdam Boys
A historical note describes a three century old Amsterdam tradition where hundreds of boys with drums gather at Dam Square and parade into the Stock Exchange after the day ends. It recounts a 1622 incident when a boy found a gunload of ammunition during a canal search, sparking the tradition.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Dam
Stock Exchange
Amsterdam Stock Exchange Playground Tradition Survives
A boy's quick report to town authorities stopped a canal explosion as a boatload of explosives was sunk. In reward, the burgesses granted a yearly window during which local boys may use the exchange floor as their playground, a custom that endures.
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Amsterdam
Napoleon's Sister and Morals of Marengo Court Marriages
An 18th century anecdote recalls Napoleon joking about generals marrying too soon, noting Murat married Caroline Bonaparte after Bonaparte raised him. A bishop sent Caroline a vellum Books of Hours from 1498, once in Louisa-dy Ashburton's library at Sotheby's, selling for 1125 dollars and possibly headed to America with Murat and Caroline’s line.
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Napoleon
Murat
Marengo
Bonaparte
Caroline
Two Sicilies
Joachim I
Tarento
Simon Vestre
Pierre Pigoucher
Paris
Louisa Dy Ashburton
PLOWERS OF ANCIENT EGYPT AT CAIRO MUSEUM
A museum in a Cairo suburb houses a botanical collection from sepulchral monuments. Plants show no ancient modern differences, with specimens like larkspur and celery preserved by heat. Wheat from mummy wrappings cannot germinate, debunking tales of ancient grains.
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Egypt
Cairo
National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
Mariette Bey
Nile
Moses
Joseph
Abraham
Sarah
Solomon
Jerusalem
Bottle floats reveal far voyage of Indraghiri vessel
A passenger aboard the London to ee via-ape steamer Indraghiri in 1908 sent daily sealed bottles with position notes and requests for discovery reports. The first recovered note, from a French resident in Santiago, Chile, traces a voyage spanning about 7,000 miles across the Southern Pacific toward Fiji and near New Zealand, possibly aided by currents or Antarctic drift.
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London
Ape
Indraghiri
Dasshathen
Surrey
Adams
Santiago
Chile
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Pacific
Antarctic Ocean
Cannibal Fishes and Humane People
The article notes that while most aquarium fish are fed on dead food for economy, some species require live prey to stay healthy. It argues all fish are naturally cannibals and explains staff feed live prey to certain tanks before opening and after closing to avoid cruelty perceived by visitors.
Secret of Unbreakable Glass From Ancient Times
An ancient tale claims unbreakable glass was invented by Petronius and Dion Cassius with Pliny doubting it. An artist impresses Tiberius by denting then restoring a glass cup with a mallet, and the emperor decapitates him fearing gold value loss.
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Petronius
Dion Cassius
Pliny
Tiberius
Inventive Soldier’s Portable Fire Cooker Tale
Charles ee . of wigna devised a hay lined knapsack to cook meat during marches. He described stuffing a chicken with butter and a hot iron cannon ball, then placing the bird in the knapsack. At camp, evening meals proved flavorful and butter soaked.
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Charles Ee
Wigna
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