Captain Chittenden the 70-Year-Old Walker Gains Fame
New York reports Capt Newton H. Chittenden, age seventy, treks from Alpine New Jersey to the Fort Lee ferry each morning. The famed explorer, who crossed the continent by foot in 1888-89, has logged over 25,000 miles on foot and authored archaeological and ethnological notes now in major museums. He attributes his vigor to heredity and total abstinence from liquor tea and coffee for forty years.
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New York
New Jersey
Fort Lee Ferry
Alpine
N. J
Chittenden
Hall of Fame
Colonel Weston
Mayor Gay
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Captain Chittenden
Louisiana
Sions
Edensan
Queen Charlotte
Poundmaker
Riel
American Horse
Red Cloud
Sitting Ball
Two Strike
Joseph
Spokane River
Manuel
California
Caribou
British Columbia
Coeur d’Alené
Bitter Root Range
Montana
Trav el
Illinois physician Dr. Alfred Cotton named ISA president
Dr. Alfred Cleveland Cotton, newly elected president of the Illinois State Medical Association, has practiced in Chicago for 32 years. He directed Jackson Park sanitarium for babies for three years and served 18 years as physician at Presbyterian Hospital where he is pediatrics professor. Born in Griggsville in 1847, he graduated from Rush Medical College in 1878 and served as a Civil War drummer in the 137th Illinois. He formerly held the post of city physician overseeing isolation hospitals.
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Alfred Cleveland Cotton
Chicago
State Medical Association
Illinois State Medical Association
Jackson Park
Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Cotton
Griggsville
Pike County
Rush Medical College
Mrs Russell Sage Gifts to Audubon Societies
Mrs Russell Sage donated 15000 dollars to the National Audubon Society for southern work and earlier in the week gave 500 dollars to the association. The gifts support bird conservation efforts in the region.
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New York
Russell Sage
Audubon Societies
Ihe
South
Associatea
Kissing the Dying: Ancient and Modern Customs
Excerpt discusses kissing the dying as a ritual believed to pass the soul. It notes Roman practice of kin kissing to receive the soul, and claims similar custom among European Jews and at czarist deaths in Russia.
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Russia
Chickens Hatch After Snake Interrupts Nesting in Long Beach
Three chick eggs survived a snake raid after mother hen abandoned the nest for 13 days. The chicks were placed back under the nest and hatched at the end of the normal period, home of W. B. McCracken in Long Beach California.
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Chicke
Long Beach
Cal
W. B. McCracken
Life Promise and Purpose in a Simple Philosophy
A reflective quote by J. P. Hopps on making life harmonious and fruitful. It urges pursuing beauty and meaningful living to leave behind growth and serenity as a lasting legacy. The message champions purposeful daily effort and inner peace.
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J. P. Hopps
Grazing Allowances Increase on National Forests for 1910
The Agriculture Department secretary reports a rise in stock to be grazed on national forests for the 1910 season, up about 200000 cattle and horses and 500000 sheep and goats from last year, totaling 1957000 and 8323000 respectively. In Nevada Colorado Montana Utah and Washington increases drive the rise while burn-off of lands is discouraged to curb fever ticks with emphasis on sustainable.range use and improved cattle quality.
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Nevada
Colorado
Montana
Utah
Washington
National Forest
Nevada Forest
Secretary of Agriculture
UN States Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Floyd
Arkapans
Faila
Forest Service
Iron springs for sale in eastern city exchange
A western resident hawks a vacant lot with “finest iron springs in the country” as a gag, claiming pigs drank there and turned to iron. The eastern listener declines, skeptical of the claim. The San Francisco Chronicle urges moving to the country and adopts farming improvements and land drainage as a path to prosperity.
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Erner
Arkansas
Pardner
Tome
San Francisco Chronicle
Save Alcott Homestead in Concord A Call to Preservation
A movement in Concord Mass aims to preserve the Alcott home where Bronson Alcott lived and Louisa Alcott wrote Little Women. The house is decaying and activists urge rapid action to safeguard the historic site for future generations and literary heritage.
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Alcott
Concord
Mass
Bronson Alcott
Louisa Alcott
Misa Alcott
New York
Orchard House
Egypt described as dense arable land and rich Nile soil
The text outlines Egypt proper covering about 480000 square miles with only 14000 arable. Population exceeds 10400000 yielding high density, surpassing most lands except Belgium. Fertile soil results from climate and Nile flood reducing fertilization costs.
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Egypt
Belgium
Metaphorically Speaking on Palaces and World as Stage
Mr Dustin Braz weighs in on his new palaces and earthly pomp while a cynic calls them magnificent. He adds the world is a stage and notes a modern trend toward spectacle that masks poor acting.
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Dustin Braz
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Mr. M. Chittenden
Newton H. Chittenden
Queen Charlotte Islands
Illinois
Cooper Curtice
Bureau of Animal Industry
Curtice
Steers
Colorado Forest
Pilgrim
Iren Springs
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