Western Canada Prospects From Mrs Brigham Letter
A letter from Mrs A. Brigham of Ross Creek Alberta describes Beaver Hills and nearby Edmonton Fort Saskatchewan region. She details fertile bottom lands hay production rich soil potato yields 200 to 300 bushels per acre and abundant wild fruit. Days length cool nights good water supply and mild cyclones with occasional storms.
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Edmonton
A. Brigham
Mason City
Fa. Republican
Ross Creek
Alberta
Canada
Albert
Isditor
Mason City Republican
Beaver Hills
Ft. Saskatchewan
Beaver Lake
Land Office
Rosa Creek
A Queeens Town American Detours Court Plot
A wealthy American arrives in a Queens town and stays at the local hotel while plans to rob the mail are foiled. In court a stranger identifies him as the Brisbane visitor who can prove the prisoner’s innocence, leading to acquittal. The trio then flees, and the American disappears without paying.
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Viscount Thurston
Brisbane
Waal
Carlisle
Sydney
Chicago Times-Herald
Stranger recalls stolen hat and Crimea wounds in coach robbery trial
A Brisbane based stranger in a London theater tale, linked to a daring coach robbery, faces a prosecutor who reminds him of a prior act. The exchange centers on a hat incident and a claim of war wounds as the courtroom drama unfolds.
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Viscount Thurston
Brisbane
Coun
Rio Grande Western Railway popular year round
The article touts the Rio Grande Western Railway as the most successful trans continental route through Salt Lake City praising year round travel. It highlights temperate Utah and Colorado climates and seamless connections with Denver Rio Grande Colorado Midland. Dining car service Pullman Palace and Ordinary Sleeping Cars and free reclining chair cars are noted.
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RIO Grande Western Railway
Salt Lake City
Iquaint
America
Dead Sea
Utah
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
The
Road
Pullman Palace
Johnny’s Air Rifle Cure For Boy’s Ill Health
A New York World note recounts a curious exchange where a doctor checks a child’s improvement while the boy admits to using pills with an air rifle. The tale blends wartime bravado and medical curiosity in a single vivid vignette.
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New York
Johnny
Cromwell as Cavalry Leader in Civil War Tactics
In the 1643 Winceby Horncastle action Cromwell leads a daring cavalry charge, uses a killed horse resumption, and drives Royalist dragoons back. The piece contrasts his tactics with Rupert, noting a shift from volley firing to shock cavalry and close formations.
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Rupert
Winceby
Horncastle
Cromwell
England
Oliver
Dog as a Mail Carrier Inspires Local Curiosity
A Brooklyn resident reported her collie picked up and delivered an unread letter found on Lafayette Avenue. The letter, mailed a day earlier, likely fell from a sidewalk and was returned by the dog. The owner contemplates the dog's future as a mail carrier.
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New York Times
Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn
Rothschild Heir A Naturalist Patron Of Science In England
Lionel Walter Rothschild heir to the Rothschild name in Britain is a noted naturalist who owns Tring Park in Hertfordshire. Born 1868 he sits as MP for Aylesbury and features a vast private zoological collection. He spends large sums on his science museum and gifts to the British Museum.
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Sen
Gein
England
John Jacob Astor
Spain
Lionel Walter Rothschild
South Africa
Young Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
University of Bonn
Magdalene College
Cambridge
Tring Park
Hertfordshire
Rothschild
Natural History Department
British Museum
National Museum
Great Britain
Pigeongram Network Links Great Barrier Island To Auckland
The Great Barrier Island Pigeongram agency operates a practical system carrying messages between the island and Auckland New Zealand. Birds average sixty five to seventy minutes for the fifty seven mile flight and can carry up to four messages each.
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Great Barrier Island
Auckland
New Zealand
Wairarapa
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Western Canada
Queensland
Rhodes
Hotel
Connecticut
New Diggings
Chance
Lessing
HE IS
Britain
Lionel Rothschild
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