Wildwood’s Wind Bent Trees Create Curious Shapes
The Wildwood coast grove on New Jersey’s island is home to grotesquely twisted trees shaped by persistent winds. Locals note “W” shaped cherry and fir trees, holly trunks with side branches, and a pine forming a snake-like contour. The trees, many centuries old, display grafted growth from multiple species and showcase an uncanny natural sculpture along a mile-long stand near Grassy Sound.
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Japan
Jersey
Orne
Ochicago Journal
Burgeon's Medical Experiments Attract Wide Interest
Dr Gersing of Vienna, famed for the Rudolphinum, conducts medical injections claiming to remove skin hollows without diminishing quality. He stresses professional use rather than cosmetic aims amid growing public curiosity about potential discoveries and applications. Also notes India 1900 snake and animal bite deaths, with many in jungle areas and reliance on fatalistic beliefs.
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Gergsuny
Dla
Indiana
India
Perils of Colorado River in Grand Canyon Exploits
An account of a Colorado River expedition describes the Grand Canyon dangers. A boat is swamped by upshooting waves and whirlpools, tossing explorers as Brown falls into a whirlpool and McDonald fights to reach safety amid raging rapids and shifting quicksand.
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Colorado
Mr. James
Grand Canon
Brown
McDonald
McDonad
Hm Rock
Lost Package Tracers Correct Misaddressed Cogwheel Shipment
A damaged note from Indianapolis describes a package containing a cogwheel sent to Cincinnati and traced to the correct Cincinnati type foundry. The post office department returned the cogwheel to the intended firm after investigation. The author notes thirty years of experience and laments the rare misrouting and lack of confidence in parcel systems.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Type Foundry
Dreyfus Story and May Reviews in McClure's and Cosmopolitan
The May issue features Captain Alfred Dreyfus's own story of arrest and exile with a diary excerpt for his wife, while McClure's Magazine presents this powerful chapter. The Review of Reviews covers current politics and industry, including municipal elections and global tensions. Lady Jeune writes on The Art of Entertaining in Cosmopolitan, and Negros under Otis's order shows a unique period of self government with military veto.
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Dreyfus
McClure
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Isle
Review of Reviews
New Stool Trust
Russia
Japan
England
Lady Jeune
Negros
Otis
Digest of 19th century ads and notices in brief card form
Advertisements and notices fragment including medical remedies such as Dr Shoop's Restorative and Allen's Foot Ease, claims about shipbuilding investments in New York, Bath, Missouri plants, and Hyde Windlass. Mentions Garfield Tea, Hamlin's Pills, Captain Coughlan ill health, and Mrs Winslow's Syrup, with sugar estate options in Porto Rico.
Peruna touted by former marshals and congressmen
A letter dialog from Hazelhurst Mississippi cites former United States Marshal Matthews praising Peruna for curing catarrh. Endorsers include Hon. J. F. Crocker, Hon. B. B. Doymer, and Mrs. Mary Fentress, with claims of quick relief and invitations for confidential advice from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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Matthews
United States
Mississippi
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Hazelhurst, Miss
Howe
B. B. Doymer
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Peruna
House of Representatives
Mary
Fentress
Paradise
Tex
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln address by Joseph Choate
An address surveying Abraham Lincoln in early life struggles, later character, and his administration. It notes Choate’s praise and publication by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, with six cents postage to F A Miller. Also mentions Honolulu Board of Health fumigating mails from San Francisco and a Catarrh cure testimonial from Frank J Cheney.
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Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Lfe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Honolulu
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Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Mary Johnston
Audrey
Baltimore
American Straw Hat Manufacturing Company
Hamlin
Coughlan
Mare Island Navy Yard
Porto Rico
American Sugar Refining Company
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Toledo
Lucas County
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I. J. Cheney &Co
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Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Western Newspaper
Union Salt Lake City
Kipdig
Salt Lake Electric Supply Co
Lovale Electric Supplies
Westinghouse Motors
Dynan
TEL
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wun
Klepay Anal
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Morrill
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