Two Boys Survive via Deer Bear and Sawmill Raft
Edmund Collins recounts the perilous night of Albert and Frank as their timber raft with a shanty is lashed by hurricane waves. They save two caribou, fend off a bear, and near the falls a fort mortar fires a line rope that drags the raft to shore saving their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
North America
Aber
Albert
Frank
Nile
Uist
Midlake
Gan
Edmund Collins
N. Y
Lord Houghton
Wedding Memories and Village Life Reflections
A collage of wedding memories and social vignettes recounts a New England village ceremony with simple joys and shoreline details. The prose shifts to humorous musings on babies, a note on the summer boarder, and a brief travel mail anecdote from Yokohama to London, via Vancouver.
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New England
Yokohama
Vancouver
Lonton
Pungent Paragraphs in a Silly Social Page
A collage of quick quips and jokes from various papers includes lines about secret confessions, a drowning misfortune blamed on a tight collar, encounters with snakes in Adirondacks covered in fur, and couples avoiding quarrels in front of children. Light humor mixed with social observations, reflecting a 19th century style.
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Adirondacks
Binghamton
Madge
Mabel
Brooklyn Eagle
Barper's Bazar
Chappie
Liffton
N. Y
Detroit
Free Preas
Controversy Between Church and State in Debates
In a series of sharp exchanges the piece cites clashes between church figures and secular authorities. It recalls a bishop and a colonel quarrel over proprieties, then a witticism at a public dinner involving a colonial bishop, a major, and a mocking joke about dons and donkeys. It also notes mixed-race families in South Africa as described in a Fortnightly Review piece and a bellboy earnings anecdote from the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keo
David ‘Ker
Harper's Magazine
South Africa
and Africa
Cape
Basuto
Africa
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Bi Y. News
America
Petunias
England
France
Italy
John Parkinson
New England
Massachusetts
Boston Transcript
FAMOUS GOLD MINES AND THE SCALE OF PROFITS
The article discusses what makes a mine attractive to investors, arguing large scale operations with steady output drive dividends. It contrasts high grade pocket mines with low grade, extensive deposits and notes California Nevada and Alaska examples, plus mentions of Comstock and Montana silver.
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California
Nevada
Black Hills
Alaska
Comstock
Montana
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Women Retouchers Offer Career Path and Practical Advice
The article discusses women entering photo retouching as a skilled, adapted trade. It highlights training options, from free Cooper Institute courses to paid lessons, and notes varied costs and potential piecework earnings. It also cites opinions on women’s employment prospects and contrasts enthusiasm with realism about advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahs
New York City
Cooper Instituts
Thut
Lery
Women in Professions and Education Worldwide
The article sketches women entering medicine and pharmacy in Norway and France, notes limited roles for female physicians at royal courts, and highlights progress in engineering and trades for Kentucky and American women. It mentions Mus Aman Mercy and links to Emon Lage rus, plus Columbia College's early female alumni.
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St Fallan
Saxony
Norway
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Lacy Mary Rigga
Julia Bedieger
United States
Mia Meyer
Emon Lage”rus
Columbia College
Weosaa
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Bev
Browne Perriman
M Meribte
Sher
Chicago
Boston Globe
Mr. Ponsonby
Science and Industry
Orfila
M. Kaufman
Veterinary College of Alfort
Irvine
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Heilprim
San Francisco
Australia
Suez Canal
Port Said
New York
Boston Journal
John W. Bookwalter
Nebraska
Aiready
Spain
Switzerland
Albany Journal
Col Witherson
Austin
Tex
Mount Bonnell
the Woman's Column
Beas
Brooklyn
Chicago Tribune
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