Grizzly Encounters and Survivor Tales From Mountain Trails
A collection of California frontier encounters with grizzlies. Accounts describe near misses, fierce clashes, and rescues by hunters Jack Waddell and others. Mountain Charlie and John Searles share vivid injuries and survival, while Howards thwart a bear in a corral and a later chase ends with a dramatic tree escape.
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Coast Range
Jack Waddell
Jack
Charles McKiernan
Santa Clara County
Mountain Charlie
Charlie
Santa Cruz Mountains
McKiernan
Nita
Jeff
Jesse
Jess
Howard
Dad
Allen Kelly
N. Y
Diamonds and Rubies Price Contrast in 19th Century Trade
The New York Epoch notes most diamonds come from the Cape with few from Brazil and almost none from India. Rubies, valued at times higher than diamonds, attract buyers, such as a four to five carat pigeon’s blood ruby priced at $10,000 versus a large diamond rarely worth $2,500. Emeralds grow in popularity as diamond-cutting remains new.
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Cape
Brazil
Indi
Atlantic
America
N. Y
Stylish Embroideries in Latest Market Designs
The Dry-Goods Chronicle notes a shift toward lighter embroidery on flounces and dresses this season. Vandyck and Eiffel styles appear scarce, with tuck effects and hemstitched borders on display, while baby dresses favor delicate floral motifs and preferentially plain grounds. Pelisses regain popularity but may overcomplicate with tuck and hemstitched accents.
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Eiffel
Great Merchant Refuses to Stand Security for Gibbs
A former clerk asks the Great Merchant to secure a few hundred dollars to start a store. The merchant declines citing a vow never to act as security, but offers future advice and support if needed. Set as a Chicago Tribune quotation, the dialogue highlights the merchant’s paternal regard and policy.
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Gibbs
Mr. Spotcash
H'm
Chicago Tribune
Bank Vaults Emptied by Clerk Photographer
Smiley reports to Dumley that the contents of the Nineteenth National Bank vaults were stolen. The culprit is identified as a clerk who acted as an amateur photographer, not the cashier.
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Smiley
Nineteenth National Bank
Dumley
Manager Praises New Clerk in Impatient Exchange
A Chicago Tribune comic line has a manager accusing a new clerk of being incurably lazy, to which the clerk nonchalantly admits the accusation with a yawn. The brief humor captures office dynamic in sharp dialogue.
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Chicago Tribune
Agricultural Hints An Excellent Device for Shipping Poultry to Market
An article explains folding coops to reduce return freight losses from shipping live poultry. It describes a compact coop design four feet long with a hinged mid partition, a three by one by foot size, sturdy bottom boards, and cleats to aid handling, noting it is inexpensive to build versus old coops.
Folding portable chicken coop design described for shipping
An American Agriculturist description details a foldable chicken coop with a four end hinged frame, pine lumber, slatted sides, and a middle partition. It explains assembly, folding, securing screws, and packing multiple units for transport to minimize space.
Bordeaux mixture advised to prevent potato rot and blight
The Ohio experiment station shows spraying vines with Bordeaux mixture plus London purple or Paris green, at dates May 28 to July 16, reduces blight and rot. Treated vines stay green longer, yield more, and tubers have less scab. Instructions cover copper sulfate and lime formulas and application with a brass pump.
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London
Paris
Ohio
Clover Silage Promises Independence From Rain
American Agriculturist notes that silaging clover keeps harvests steady despite rains, reducing need for expensive cutters and labor. Mature clover yields better ensilage, with moisture levels crucial for proper fermentation. cut too early, both moisture and quality drop.
Moisture Conservation via Cultivation Practices
Dry soils should receive flat cultivation and damp soils should be ridged. The aim is to save as much moisture as possible and to get rid of the excess.
Plucky Mrs Crawford A Pioneer Woman Journalist
Chicago Tribune lauds Mrs Crawford as a gifted European journalist famed for fearless reporting. From Versailles coverage to Paris barricades she collected key points, interviewed Communist leaders, and filed vivid dispatches while balancing a bustling social life with four children.
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Crawford
London
Versailles
M. Thier
Paris
Gambetta
Thiers
Louis Blanc
Barthelemy de St. Hilaire
Eve
Chicago Tribune
Children's Millinery Styles Echo Vogue From Last Year
Demorest's Monthly Magazine notes little change in children's hat shapes for the season. Fine straws in greens and creams adorn low crowned hats with broad brims and flower wreaths. ostrich feathers appear on younger girls' hats. schoolgirl age fashions include lace braids and tarpaulin sailor styles. play hats feature boot-shaped brims and Tam O Shant ers. garden hats for little girls showcase lace ruchings and rosettes.
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Demorest
Rules of the bank and the restaurant clash
A Buffalo restaurateur exploits bank policy by cashing a Philadelphia check then enforces a new rule at his eatery requiring bank staff to be identified. The teller, unable to cash the note, leaves after a lunch visit where the proprietor repeats the demand, declaring all bank officials must be identified.
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Buffalo
Philadelphia
N. Y. Sun
Government by Telegraph Highlights Salisbury Influence
Lord Salisbury praises the electric telegraph for governing England by enabling instant communication with European chancelleries and world leaders. The piece notes how a Prime Minister can complete in one hour what formerly took days or months.
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Lord Salisbury
England
Europe
Boston Herald
Pearls by the Way: Moral Aphorisms and Reflections
A collection of maxims and observations on time courage nature and fame. The text reflects on repentance luck cause and effect and the differences between the ambitious and obedient. It contrasts strength of character with superficial praise and notes how pleasure arrives and leaves unexpectedly.
Morals and Mirth From a Busy Day at Court and Home
A light column of cartoons and quips. A ship fare joke about avoiding seasickness. A girl fined for contempt of court after a joke with her father. A Dubuque girl runs away from piano practice. A Georgia editor humorously naming a baby for him with a subscription offer. A judge’s witty courtroom send off drawing laughter from the bar.
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Tommy
Mar
Pater
Dubuque
Georgia
Gunn
Mr. Gunn
Pullman Dining Cars on Union Pacific System
The Union Pacific offers elegant Pullman Dining Cars on the Kansas City to Denver Vestibuled Limited and the Council Bluffs Omaha to Denver trains The Overland Flyers make UP a leading dining car line west of the Missouri River Meals at 75 cents each Information available from E L Lomax General Passenger Agent Omaha Neb Also includes brief satirical snippets from other sources.
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Pullman
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Denver
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Portland
Overland Flyers
Missouri River
E. L. Lomax
Neb
Claims about Haw's Catarre Crre and testimonials
An old Boston Transcript passage discusses Haw's Catarre Crre as a liquid taken internally claiming blood and mucous effects. It notes testimonials and claims manufacture by F. J. Cueney & Co in Toledo Ohio and comments on statistics being prone to lies.
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Boston Herald
Christian
Haw
F. J. Cueney & Co
Toledo
Branded Advertisements and Snippets from 19th Century Papers
A collage of promotional lines and jokes from various sources includes free Liz novels by Cragin & Co for 25 wrappers, Carter's Little Liver Pills praise, Glenn's Sulphur Soap for skin issues, Williamson jokes, Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, and Puck magazine quips.
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Liz
Cragin & Co
Philada
U.S
Canada
Market roundup shows mixed prices across grains livestock
New York and Chicago market notes list No 2 Red wheat at 95 65 May June, corn around 4143 42, oats 02886K, rye 58, barley 0, pork and lard prices steady, butter creamery 4 18, hogs live good to choice 350 380, cattle in Omaha and Chicago showing varying gains and losses, with futures and spot prices across grains and lumber included.
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New York
Canada
Western Creamery
Chicago
Versevese
Baeis
Northwestern
Louis
Greenland’s Talented Dane Starts New Newspaper
Lars Moeller has launched and prints a new newspaper in Greenland named the Reader. He also designs engravings though the first issues show modest quality. A Danish literary society, learning of his struggles, sent him new type ink paper and a larger press.
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Tus Esquimaux
Greenland
Lars Moeller
Moeller
Americans Uncover Ancient Tablets In Mesopotamia
American explorers report success at Niffer Nipu r uncovering the Bel temple and inscribed tablets dating to about 3750 B C. In Ur the temple library yields inscribed tablets cylinders and bricks of significant religious and historical value.
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Mesopotamia
Niffer
Nipur
Bel
Great Temple Library
Syrup of Figs Promoted for Gentle Constipation Relief
An old advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleanser for the system. It claims to cure habitual constipation, cleanse blood, and awaken the kidneys and liver without irritation or weakness.
It Is Not So Great a Wonder Illiteracy Comment
A brief item notes irony about widespread illiteracy with a witty quote and advertises a pocket cigar case and five Tan Sill's Punch for 25 cents. The line preserves the period voice and local humor.
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Texas
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God
Earth
Prince of Peace
E. C. Whitney
Good Housekeeping
John Searles
San Bernardino
Fort Tejon
Searles
Liebra Ranch
John Cuddy
Grizzly
Manza
Orange Judd Farmer
COOP
Newspaper
Children’s Millinery
Horr
Ashland Ress
Jay Gould
Kallenberger
Norristown Herald
Boston Transcript
Carter
Boston Courier
Glenn
Ill
Washington Post
Puck
Lake Shore
Chautauqua
Niagara Falls
Toronto
ST. Lawrence River
Thousand Islands
Montreal
White Mountains
Bar Harbor
C. K. Wilber
W. Pass
Tut
Acove
Russell &Co
Massillon
Ridge
Woolrich& CO
Palmer, Massa
R. P. Harley & CO
Wabash Avenue
Secret Service
Grannan Detective Bureau Co
Arcade
Cincinnati
Hartman
Hartman Mfg. CO
Beaver Falls
la Grippe
Ayer
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Baker & CO
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Binghamton N. Y
Mamet Malls
Arrell
Law
Washington, D.C
Mss
Washington, D. C
U.S. Pension Bureau
Clair
Sjoseph
H. Hunter
NGTON
McCormick & A
Cincinns
L. D. Hemichael
Amastt Ave
Home Co
Fredonia, N. We
Lola Cancer Infirmary
Iola
Wis
K.L. Pond
M.D
Aurora
Kane Co
Lil
Eee
Cae Ter Safety Rein Holder CO
Holly, Nieks G2
Oliet Business College
Adt
H. Russell
Doliet, I
Rome
Bryant’ S College
N.Y
Inot
A. N. Kellogg Newispaper Co
Dearborn Street
Walnut Street
ST. Louis
Ontario Street
Cleveland
Elm Street
Wyandotte Street
Jefferson ST
Memphis
Tenn
ST. Paul
Minn
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