Dogs for Klondike Opened as Seattle Plans Kennels
Seattle leaders Ex Mayor Black and J B Powles launch a dog nursery to train and supply sled dogs for Alaska service. First carload of 220 picked dogs arrived in Seattle from Chicago and St Paul, all long furred packers weighing 60 to 70 pounds. Oscar Jones to oversee kennels as dogs are trained for harness driving and sale before spring with several more carloads expected from Philadelphia.
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Alaska
New York Journal
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J. B. Powles
Chicago
St. Paul
Oscar Jones
Philadelphia
Man Crashes Into Tree in Pursuit of Family Roots
A Washington man famed for his family ties suffered a nervous breakdown. He obsessed over building a family tree, tracing generations from Miles Standish and beyond. While presenting his work to onlookers, he suddenly hanged himself, dying before a crowd as police and clinicians monitored his collapse.
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Washington
California
Miles Standich
Theater Sickness Described as New Disease in Paris
A French physician Dr Mortiepic reports a newly named ailment called theater sickness. He states it resembles sea sickness and mainly affects women. symptoms include giddiness, loss of consciousness, and fainting, sometimes death. Men bow heads, women recline with feet aloft. cases are rare but discussed widely in Paris.
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Morti- Epic
Paris
Marticole
Coster English and French Game Prices Tied to Moon Phases
A tongue in cheek note explains London coster slang with terms like flatch for halfpenny and eight shillings as teatch-guy, plus odd phrases for market conditions and theft. It then cites a French game price claim tied to the moon, noting scarcity on dark nights and abundance under a full moon.
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France
Hermit on Inland Isle Hears Call to Dam a Prussian Farmer
The Philadelphia Press recounts Robert R. Hitt’s letter about Gottlieb Lett sot, a 73 year old Prussian hermit living alone on an inland in Jo Daviess county, Illinois. Isolated by sloughs, he farms the lowland using a self made pole plow drawn by his own body and a back harness. He seeks federal help to build a dam against high water and supports himself with stock and small hunts.
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Fresh Fancies in Striped Taffeta Fashion Ensemble
A Dry Goods Economist describes a stylish striped taffeta toilet with diagonal front panels, a black net overlay, white accessories, and elaborate yokes and tucks. Details include a black velvet collar belt rhinestone buckles, white chiffon bands, and a bias cut gown with a deep apron shaping at the back.
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Fconomist
Blackbeard the Pirate of the Atlantic Coast
Frank R. Stockton recounts the notorious pirate Blackbeard, real name Teach, famed across New England to the West Indies for fearsome appearance and bold acts. He wore a long black beard in tails tied with ribbons, carried pistols and a cutlass, and ruled a North Carolina inlet in the early 1700s.
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Atlantic
North America
New England
West Indies
Teach
American
North Carolina
Frank R. Stockton
St. Nicholas
The Killing of Seals Exposed in Arctic Hunt
A Pittsburgh Dispatch account describes sealing on ice with young pups and strong adult hooded seals. Hunters describe brute force and skill as they fight a powerful old dog hood seal, hauled onto a pan, then returns after being freed, illustrating dangers and persistence in the hunt.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Spanish Troops and the Old Spanish Infantry Legend
Excerpt from Croker Papers recalling a 1852 Paris interview with Castlereagh and Duke about Spanish infantry. The dialogue recalls doubts about Spanish troops, joking that they fought bravely in theory but seldom stood their ground. Mentions Waterloo era remarks and Castlereagh’s reaction.
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Waterloo
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Sam Sare
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