Fragmented 1904 era text on battleships canals and politics
Mixed disjointed lines mention painting a battleship cost five thousand dollars, Panama Canal project led by Admiral Walker, Trans-Siberian rail expansion, and political hints about conventions, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and figures like Helen Gould. The garbled passage references agriculture, debts, and public sentiment across the United States.
Caribou and Bears Describe Central Alaska Wildlife
From a Brooklyn Eagle report the account notes abundant caribou in Central Alaska, with hundreds or thousands observed. It mentions tame Alaskan caribou, close approaches to explorers, numerous moose, and snow white mountain sheep in the region above timberline. A black bear is rare in some areas but present elsewhere.
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Kodaac
Rockies
Brooklyn Eagle
The Trailing Skirt and Fashion’s Burden in Paris
A critique notes the return of long trailing skirts as burdensome for women and industry alike. It highlights tailors dressmakers lingerie makers and clothiers feeling the downturn yet pressed to comply with fashion. The piece mocks the era’s decree of fashion over comfort and endures the weight of the two yard train.
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Paris
Cote
New York World
Dog digs its own grave and dies at home
Ailing dog crawled into a self dug grave and died on Elmwood Avenue after being missing for a week or two. The family searched the premises without success and offered a reward for the dog's return, dead or alive, in a notice from The Vidende Journal.
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Elmwood Avenue
Weak spots in the American trusts noted for overtaxing management
The piece highlights two or three weak places in American trusts with one underemphasized issue. It argues trusts overtax brain power available for management and demand excessive mental capacity and harassing attention from owners who must pay.
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Carileries
Largest US universities list includes Harvard Columbia and Chicago
A historical note lists Harvard Columbia and Chicago among the seventeen largest U.S. universities. It cites figures such as 4,206 students for one institution and references other schools with numbers like 2,975 and 1,408, attributed to Dr. Roberta Tombo Jr. and colleagues.
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America
Harvard
Columbia
Chicago
United
Robertrar
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George Wilkes
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Little Louise
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