Former American Exposes Colossal Canada Land Settlement Prospects
A letter from John Cummings of Wetaskiwin Alberta details a migration from Washington to Northern Alberta. He reports farmers doubling cultivated land and stock, clearing debt, and thriving despite harsh winters. He notes families from Florida to the Klondike migrating, with widespread prosperity and rising grain yields.
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John Cummings
Wetaskiwin
al- Dera
Canada
Washington
United States
Cummings
Berta
Farmington
Wash
Horges
Florida
Klondike
Acre
Oight
The Kill ing of the Mammoth Controversy Reconsidered
Frederick A. Evons of the National Museum offers The Truth About the Mammoth in Mc Clure's. Goons, using scientific insight, provides a thorough correction that aims to unsettle prior misimpressions.
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Hotton
McClure
Frederick A. Evons
Naonal Museum
Goons
Mary
Dangers of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warned
The Southern Review of ASOT warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury that can impair smell and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure, claimed to contain mercury, is reviewed with caution. Other notices promote St Nicholas inquiries, Denver dining cars, and W T Stead’s February piece on England’s pole position and dangers from the channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remeire
F. J. Chenny & Co
Telado
Oia
Hall
Denver & Rilo
Denver
Colorado
K. Hooper
J. M. Cusis
Wass South Street
Lake City
W.T. Stead
England
Arcas
Channel
Siege Train and Armament Explained in Detail
A London Daily Mail writer is asked to define siege trains versus armored trains. The article outlines siege train composition, command staff, and personnel, noting heavy five inch breechloaders with French sights and lyddite shells. It describes gunnery accuracy, observation by Captain Tancred, and the goal of breaching forts for infantry assaults.
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South Africa
London Daily Mail
Slege
Capt
Tancred
Paris Dog Tailors Dress Pets in Gala Costumes
Parisian dog lovers have built a fashion niche providing full outfits for high society pets. Clients include a diplomat's daughter ordering gala livery for her dogs, and a bride commissioning wedding ensembles with orange blossoms. Dogs may receive dozens of garments, boots, bracelets, perfumery, and ivory grooming aids to project supreme display.
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Parle
Paris
Horn
The Worst Way To The Ferry
A brief dialogue notes irregular transit on a thin line. A stranger and native discuss hurried travel to the ferry, with the stranger aiming to reach it "the worst way" and the native guiding him along.
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Philadelphia Press
Doctor Husband Quip Sparks Public Laughs
A Chicago News item recalls a wit aimed at a doctor from a husband noting his wife’s illness. The husband jokes she will recover after her dressmaker sent a new gown that she hasn’t tried on yet.
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Chicago News
Ingomain Note Cautions On Nighttime Milk
A brief guidance mentions taking a cup of very hot milk at bedtime can prevent sleeplessness. It warns to avoid doing right in a wrong way, suggesting careful, proper use of such remedies.
Drowned youth and a life ruled by whisky oath
A peculiar 17th century tale recalls Joshua Redlik who swore off water after his son drowned in a river near their Redlik homestead. He lived three miles square, avoided water, stocked whisky, and hibernated each winter to endure strokes of fate and harsh weather, aided by nearby Moehn’s brewery.
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Joshua Redilil
Lotfler
Chicago
Inter Copan
Lohnrot
Jouhan
Reddik
Joshus
Redrick
Joshua
Mra. Reddik
Joshina Reddik
Joshua Reeddik
Moehn
Wwf
Yang
Blutt
Fingerprints May Supplant Bertillon System In Crime Identification
A British Association discussion on fingerprints highlights their potential to replace measurements used in Bertillon anthropology. Galton argues prints from young children can aid post hoc identification, while Bengal police inspector general Henry shows a inked print method. India has amended evidence law reflecting these possibilities, with calls for further practical testing by officials.
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Berlin
Dreyfus
Rennes
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Galton
B. H. Henry
Police
Bengal
Henry A
Henry
India
Lkely
Bortilion
Meilica Journal
Queen's Thoughtfulness Reveals Royal Household Details
In a foreign city a lone chateau evening ends with the Queen visiting a lady in waiting. She presents a jet bracelet adorned with medallions and portraits of royal family members, inscribed as a gift to a sorrowing friend.
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England
Who’s Afraid in the Dark A Mirthful Midstory
A playful scene set in a dark room with animal characters and a brave little boy. An owl dog cat mouse toad bug bird and bee each declare they are not afraid of the dark while the boy hides under his bedclothes at bedtime. The rhythm and dialogue convey a gentle suspense as everyone asserts courage.
Women and girls harvest apricots in California orchards
In Pearson's Magazine description, thousands of women and girls leave homes to work in ranch sheds gathering apricots. They cut fruit onto trays, are paid ten cents per box, and process it through sulphur treatment and sun drying for several days before packing for sale. The article covers varied social backgrounds among workers and strict regime in the camps.
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Lipo
California
Old Sol
Pearson’s Magazine
Tender Hearted Will of George Stephenson
A faded tale recalls George Stephenson, famed railway pioneer, who after closing a hot upper window found a bird’s nest and four helpless young. He wept for the family, tried to revive them with patient care, but the mother and her brood perished, leaving him moved by tender sorrow.
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George Stephenson
Stephenson
Wounded wind maker weeps over grim fate he helped cause
Georg Stephenson, once blamed for a catastrophe, mourns the ruin his actions brought, with his remorse highlighting the unintended consequences and tragic deaths that followed.
Waldo Emerson on Courage and a Childs Fearful Journey
An old tale recalls Waldo Emerson contrasting solitary courage with group effort and the lesson a boy named Waldo learns about facing fear. A neighbor, Elizabeth Moore, counsels him to walk home solo but she offers companionship, and the boy realizes his father’s intent was for him to persevere alone.
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Alph Waldo Amereon
Waldo
Achoo
Emiersoy
Prenell
Ohood
Deloot
Mike Elizabeth Moar
When Irving Was a Meg
An anecdotal sketch of Irving as a boy in the revolutionary era. It notes his early fondness for music and theater, his habit of sneaking to plays after curfew, and his devout family home life with prayers at nine each night. Washington is referenced as a namesake mother figure.
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Pon
Wantington Irving
Rip van Winkle
Sleepy Hollow
Ste Washington
Aslen
Polne Star Peculiarition and Triplet Detail
The North Star is revealed as a triple star system. Spectroscopic photographs from Lick Observatory show three suns orbiting each other with two completing a mutual orbit every four days while the trio as a whole revolves around a third. The system lies about 255 million miles away.
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Aook
Lick Observatory
Unique Four to Hand Turtles Draw a Doll Carriage
In New Brunswick three girls rear and train about three dozen turtles. Four unusually intelligent reptiles are trained to pull a doll's baby carriage. Feeding is a challenge as they devour snails worms and almost anything. Last summer they ate two quarts of strawberries and 217 angle worms a boy dug for them. Catering to a turtle is not the neatest task.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Uncle Ham's Power and the Paint
A historical note discusses the government paying for repainting the White House fence. For fifty years the iron fence around the president's residence has been scraped and painted yearly. The task costs about $200 annually, totaling around $10,000 over the era.
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Ham
White House
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W. L. Douglas
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ST. Louis
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Sean
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