Stanley's Curiosity and Sioux Burial Rituals Unearthed
A recounting of Henry M. Stanley's 1867 near-miss with a Sioux burial on a scaffold and the extended notes on Sioux death customs. The piece describes Fort Laramie burials of Pink and Monika, the harvest of skulls and bones, and a field exploration with Reverend A. Wright. The narrative shifts to a vivisection demonstration, detailing heart anatomy and circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Plains
Fort Laramie
A. Wright
Wright
Stanley
Deer Creek
Laramie
Electric Snow Storm on Pike's Peak Ascent
A perilous April ascent of Pike's Peak by Lt John Finley of the U S Signal Service and a sergeant is recounted. They rode mules until deep snow halted progress, crossing a frozen crust and bracing against wind sleet and cold in a five mile final climb.
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Pike's Peak
John P. Finley
United States Signal Service
Manhattan and Union League Clubs Spend Vast Sums
The Sun details New York clubs' finances with the Manhattan Club drawing near 1,000 dollars daily revenue and about 45,000 dollars yearly net from dues, plus 250 dollars initiation fees. The Union League posted 296,495 dollars in receipts and 205,240 dollars in outlay, threading a near balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sun
Manhattan
Union League
Stewart Mansion
Manhattan Club
New National Park Enlarges Yosemite Region in California
A vast new national park around Yosemite Valley in California was established last autumn, enclosing the Merced Tuolumne watershed, glaciers, Grand Canyon and Hetch Hetchy valley. It will be managed by the Interior Department, like Yellowstone, with potential cavalry protection and additional California sequoia groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
Rhode Island
California
Yosemite Valley
Merced River
Tuolumne Peak
Cathedral Peak
Mount Lyell
Buena Vista Peak
Hetch Hetchy
Yosemite
Tuolumne
Sierra
Mount Dana
Mount Gibbs
Mono Pass
Merced
Lake Eleanor
New York Sun
Interior Department
Yellowstone Park
Congress
Yosemite Grant
Yosemite Tract
National Park
C.d.loston
Arizona
Vandever
John Muir
Rk. A. Johnson
Century Magazine
Muir
Yosemite Park
Johnson
Committee of Congress
Senate
Mariposa Big Tree Grove
Far Greater
Secretary of the Interior
Tulare County
Sierras
Mariposa
Tulare
Armstrong
Sonoma County
Cloverdale
The Brain’s Vast Nerve Network Revealed By Microscope
The article notes the optic nerve contains about three hundred thousand fibers and claims the brain holds immense, countless cells. It states no method can count cells in a small brain area and emphasizes the brain’s intricate cellular density.
Duel With A Deer In Maine Ends In Bizarre Fight
Massachusetts hunter West from Lynn stalks Thornbrook deer in Kingsbury Maine. He shoots one horn off then places it back on the head, the deer revives and attacks. They tumble into a brook. West escapes bruised but keeps the horn and offers fifty dollars for the mate.
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Massachusetts
Maine
Bangor
West
Lynn
Mass
Kingsbury
Thornbrook
Mr. West
Fanciful London canes fall from favor and a feline hunter wins
A column notes the decline of canes among upper circles amid imitation copies from London clerks and merchants. It also recounts a St Louis anecdote of a farmer whose black cat kills a rattlesnake after a tense standoff, a tale used to illustrate animal cunning.
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London
Illustrated American
George Stearnes
Walker County
Stearnes
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Giant Redwood Exhibit to Welcome Visitors at World’s Fair
A Tulare County California giant redwood, cut for the Chicago World’s Fair, measures 99 feet around and 512 feet tall with a first limb at 172 feet. The tree, nearly 3000 years old, required a four mile road and blasting to clear a path to the railhead. Part of the trunk opens like a door and 100 visitors can enter. the exhibit will glow with 250 electric lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Mammoth Forest
Tulare County
Cal
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Widow Remarries After Husband’s Death and Departure
In 1883 Miss Margaret Williams wed William Evans of Tamaqua PA. Evans later failed, moved to Colorado, leaving her with two children. She then married John S Jenkins. Evans returned, a quarrel arose, and they drew straws to decide the wife’s fate. Jenkins lost and left. Evans plans to move his family west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Williams
William Evans
Tamaqua
Colorado
Evans
John 8
Jenkins
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Sioux Country
Harvey
Morell Mackenzie
New York State
John Green Curtis
Curtis
America
Mies
Boston Merald
New York Telegram
Dude
New York World
Alabama
Joh
Messenger
Townsend, Mont
Bill Heads
CG M Jones
JONES
Townsend
G. M. Jones
Mindral Land
Nelson, Langhorne & Settles
Baily Block
Helena
Montana
Agricultural Lands
W. Renee Late
Pane Tlotena
O. Box
M.G. Settles
Cat
U.S Land
Helens
Moat
Alex C. Carson
the Messenger Office
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