Alaska's Grand Glaciers and Peaks Rise In Scenic Splendor
A vivid tour through southeastern Alaska highlights Mount Logan, Mount St. Elias, Wrangell peaks, and the Malaspina glacier. The article extols sea routes to Sitka, Skagway, and Glacier Bay, notes rail links like the White Pass and Copper river lines, and celebrates Alaska's dramatic mountains, fjords, and canneries as a growing national treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Alaska
Hudson
Rhine
George
Killarney
Yosemite
Switzerland
Prince William Sound
Kenai Peninsula
Mount St. Elias
Mount Sanford
Blackburn
Mount Wrangell
Mount Drum
Copper River
Juneau
Skagway
Coast Range
British Columbia
Pacific Seaboard
United States
Seattle
Peiny
I Alands
Hanging Valley
Okagway
Sullewater
Mount Edgecumbe
Sitka
Cross Sound
Johns Hopkins
Muir
Brady
Ala
Glacier Bay
St. Elias
I. C. Russell
United States Geological Survey
National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine
Russell
Duke of
McKinley
Alaskan
St. Elias and
Fairweather Ranges
Malaspina
Wrangell Range
Chugach Mountains
Wrangell Mountains
Copper
Resurrection Bay
Kenal Mountain
Alaska Central Railroad Company
Matanuska
Susitna
Alaska Range
Fairbanks
Tanana River
Lake Clark
Cook Inlet
Mount McKinley
Mount Hayes
Talkeetna Mountains
Talkeetna Group
Susitna River
Real Tea Bootlegger Sparks Train Car Tale
An Oklahoma man recounts a bootlegger aboard a Frisco line who sold bottles labeled as cold tea to thirsty cattlemen and an Indian. The trader warned buyers to drink after leaving the station, saying the liquor inside would risk his life if consumed on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Through Express
Silk Stockings Inspire Susan B. Anthony Eloquence
Susan B. Anthony, noted for simple dress, confessed a feminine vanity for silk stockings. When pressed, she joked that wearing silk stockings lifts her mood and confidence, letting her feel as if she walks among clouds and soars in eloquence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan B. Anthony
Cure for Itching Humor Reported by Patient
O L Wilson of Puryear Tennessee describes a three year skin disease with black swellings forming itching sores on face neck arms and body. After doctors failed relief he used three sets of Cutiura Remedies and recovered within a week some sores nearly healed. February 8 1908 Bogon Potter Drug & Chem Corp Solo Props
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Solo Props
Bogon
Do Your Cows Give Mille A Fair Exchange
A fragment quotes a rural fair exchange with folksy banter about cows and milking, followed by an old advertisement style line for Stamlins Wizard Oil claiming to relieve soreness from sprains and wounds.
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Suny
Chicago Daily News
Recruit Dialogue Reflects Civil War Era Recruitment
A brief exchange shows an experienced man recruiting a civilian. The recruiter asks if he ever smelled powder and offers hire. The recruit says yes, he worked in a drug store before enlisting.
Patented Patent Remedy Brevity and Bizarre Claims
A garbled ad-like passage touts eye salve remedies, dentifrice, breath perfumes, and tonics. It mixes brand names Aldruggista How erd, Wrigley, Winslow, Perry Davis, Allen’s Balsam, and Dr Pierce with exaggerated health boasts and scattered prices, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine page.
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Argent
Ellas Mountains
Fairweather
Ocean
Mount
St. Hijas
Aion Henin
Se Castle Mountain
Kiount
Saint Elias
Oniders Peak
Torturea
Cutiura
All Good Grocers
Perry Davis Palnkner
Mra
Winslow
Allen
Chew Wrigsley
Na Guty