The Crusoe of the Snowy Desert in 1851
Prussian traveler Mollhausen endures months of brutal isolation in a frozen Wyoming wilderness after his companion dies and Pawnee and beaver-hunting Indians fail to rescue him. He fights wolves, starvation, and madness, but survives with grit, then is rescued by Ottoe Indians and reaches a Missouri trading post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hill Creek
Fort Kearney
Platt River
Molthausen
Arya
Willow Ihaven
Poll Parrot and the Florist Doorway Tale
A refined young woman in a city shop is startled by a talking poll parrot that scolds her for closing the door. The scene shifts to the shop owner’s presence and the bird’s quips about her modest conduct while she admires flowers. The piece shifts again to a note on a hoax letter regarding Harvard University and a cordial reply to President Eliot.
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Nugs
Indy
Ugalo
The Woodchuck Defense and Chess Lore
A column reviews odd incidents from Chicago to Vermont and Kentucky noting a man freed over stamped whiskey claims a woodchuck scratched stumps off. It recounts a horned cow in Steuben Maine, a poison kiss in Lansingburg, a 13 year old bride in Vermont, a murder in Missouri, money found near Westerly Rhode Island, a poisonous soup incident in Louisville, and a jailbird in Fitchburg. It then dives into chess fascination, gender myths, legends from Ferrand to Morphy, and the tempering danger of chess on the mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Saumuel Stevens
Steuben
Satan
Seeds sprout in ice after cold storage experiment
Experiments by M Uloth show seeds of various species sprouting after being placed in ice, then kept in a cool cellar from January to May. Seeds allegedly generated heat during growth to melt surrounding ice, enabling root extension. The finding sparks debate over new germination theory. A Winchester Arms rifle range project is planned in New Haven. A boiler iron deer on wheels will race along a 75 foot track on an incline for target practice as trees and blinds create hunting difficulty. A London schoolboy, twelve, attempted suicide by self harm and was saved by his mother. police remanded him without bail.
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Sandy Il] Creek
Iere
Grarn
Ater
Jay
Mr. Brollhausen
Mollhausen
Ilunger
Stady
Ferrand
Flanders
Flinders
Charles Tomlinson
Glake
Alfred de Musset
Herr
William the Conqueror
Olang Magnus
la Bourdonnais
Alexander McDonnell
Paul Morphy
England
Staunton
Cincinnati
M. Uloth
BL. Uloth
Chicago Tribune
Winchester Arms Company
New Haven
London
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Dearland
Snow Desert
Finny
Matthausen
Mick
Snow Atorma
Ife
Uinez
Himelf
Christmas Dan
Germany
Adian
Missouri River
Society of White Men
San Francisco Golden Ly
Thomas Carlyle
Elliot
Harvard University
Harvard
Albany Argus
Kate Noyes
Lansingburg
Arisin
St. Johnsbury
Frederick Grant
Lower Waterford
Ifant
Isaac Harris
St Marys
Westerly
Stonington
Shacler
Louisville
Eliza Wurby
Fitchburg
Mass
Canada
Warby
Boston Post
Lowell
James Cox
Middlesex Dye-House
Michael Starden
Cox
Starden
Chess
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