Dogs for the Klondike Dog Nursery Planned in Seattle
Seattle leaders ex mayor Black and J T Powles spearhead a dog nursery to train sled dogs for Alaska service. Chicago and St Paul supply the first lot of 60 to 79 pound long haired animals, with Oscar Jones in charge of Seattle kennels. Plans include training, harness fitting, and driving instruction before the spring journey to the trails. A Philadelphia carload is expected soon, with four to five carloads in total.
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Klondike
Seattle
Alaska Service
New York Journal
Black
J. Tt. Powles
Chicago
St. Paul
Mr. Powles
Ovcar Jones
Mearow
Philadelphia
Man Tries Build a Family Tree Ends in Notable Tragedy
A man famed for family pride suffers nervous prostration after researching his lineage. He traces generations back to Miles Standish and beyond, uncovering a great grandfather who died by hanging in a crowd during harvest showing. He withdraws from society as his condition worsens.
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Washington
Theater Sickness and Stage Fear Warned by French Doctor
Dr Mortlesle in Paris cites theater sickness as a new disease akin to seasickness and sin sickness. He says it strikes victims who gaze at the stage too long, causing giddiness, fainting and even death, mainly in women who tilt their heads and feet askew. He notes such cases are rare and imagines a theater where both sexes bow and bend in odd positions would be a strange sight.
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Morteale
Paris
Mortlesle
Coster English Puzzles: Back Spelling and Coin Codes
The article outlines costers slang with examples like "dawk" for a shilling, "gen" for a shilling, "tcatchgray" for eight shillings, and "Coutwr" for a sovereign. It explains multi level terms such as "erth-ewit-gens" for 15 shillings and phrases like "tumble to your bar rikin" meaning understand you, along with other coded expressions for money and actions. It also notes that the price of game in France is tied to the moon, with darker nights hindering poachers and full moons boosting supply.
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Titus
Costes
France
Notice of Forfeiture of Idaho Lode Claims
Walter Powers and heirs warned I have spent 800 dollars on labor and improvements to Silver Queen No 1 No 2 No 3 and No 4 lode mining claims in Seafoam Mining District Custer Idaho to hold under Section 2324 Revised Statutes for 1906 and 1907. If within ninety days you do not contribute your share as co owner your interest will become property of subscriber. J L Bill first published April 14 1908.
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Walter Powers
Seafoam Mining
County of
Custer
State of Idaho
United States
J. L. Bill
Notice to heirs on co owner mining claim expenditures
To the Administrator of the Estate of Arthur Smith deceased your heirs are notified that $500 was spent in 1907 on the Bunker Hill Altoras John P Junction and Jumpoff lode claims at Stanley Lake Creek six miles south of Stanley Lake in Custer county Idaho. Each co owner owes $125. If not paid within ninety days after first publication the claim may be lost to the defaulting co owner per Section 2334 RSU. Work paid by J J Plumer N E Livingston. Hailey Idaho January 5 1905 First pub January 21 1908.
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Arthur Smith
Bunker Hill
Altoras
John P
Junction
Jompott” Lode Iban
Stanley
Lake Creek
Stanley |Lake
Stanley Mining District
Custer County
Idaho
United States
Altaras
N. E. Livingston
J. J. Plumer
Rates for people not stopping at the hotel
Rates listed show 50 cents for non guests and three baths for 1.00 dollar. Prop
Picture of China Today and Corruption in Omice Isa
The article critiques Chinese governance portraying officials as feeding on the people, with taxes collected yet decimated before reaching the imperial center. It questions the student class’s value, denounces foreigners, and mocks Chinese and Western stereotypes while lamenting social hierarchies and gender roles.
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North China Herald
Metropoltan
China
Heaven
Earth
Confucius
Tennyson's Devoted Wife Inspires Poet and Work
The article recounts the life of Emily Sellwood Tennyson, noting how she became Alfred Lord Tennyson's trusted critic and lifelong partner. It describes their initial meeting, their marriage, and her vital role in transcribing, critiquing, and safeguarding his poetry and bearing, with remarks on her spiritual nature and steady counsel.
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St Somersby
Tennyson
Emily Sellwood l
Charles
Atlantic Monthly
Wabe
Watchman and Minister Spin Time Tale at Sun Set
A Columbus Dispatch report features a minister and a storyteller debating time accuracy. A coldblooded almanac note and a Greenwich time ball error spark a humorous exchange as the crowd votes the minister’s tale the prize.
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Greenwich
England
Almorse
Why He Cut the Wires Across Australia Crisis
A cyclist on a journey across the continent cut a telegraph line between Adelaide and Port Darwin, causing a 23 hour blackout across nearly all Australia. Inquiries confirm the act, done to secure assistance for a sick man far from civilization. Authorities caution against using this as a precedent for seeking help in inconvenient times.
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Cleo
Australia
Adelaide
Port Darwin
Monkeys Deported to Africa Dwindle Trade
Monkeys to Africa reports extermination in the Gold Coast neighborhood with a drop in exports. Last year the colony yielded 67,660 monkey skins, versus 168,405 skins in 1594 valued at 205000 dollars. The ocean note describes fish dressing themselves with seaweed like the ante nnarius.
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Africa
Minea
Gold Coast
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