Mastodons Sighted by Alaska Indian Hunters
The Juneau Free Press reports Alaska Indians claim repeated sightings and fossil-like remains of mastodons in the Forty Mile and surrounding areas. An hunter described a large, tusked creature about the size of a post-trader store, capable of swallowing a man, with other hunters corroborating sightings along the river.
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Juneau Free Press
Forty-Mile Creek
Aurora
S’orty-Mile Creek
Alaska
Queen Victoria to resume public duties at Windsor season
A Philadelphia Times London letter reports Queen Victoria plans to come out of widowhood and attend court functions if health remains good. After years of delegating ceremonial tasks, she will appear in Windsor Castle entertainments and court galas, signaling a revived royal social season.
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London
Philadelphia Times
Victoria
Princess of Wales
Windsor Castle
Bukingham Palace
World Without Banks in Early America
The article discusses the scarcity of banks in 1760 and compares a bankless economy to today. It notes only three banks existed in the United States a little over a century ago and speculates on the widespread harm if banks failed, stressing the reliance of common life on banking protections.
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Ichigia
Richard T. Fly
United States
Secretary urges reading newspapers over books
Sir Grover Travenyan notes that books are fine but newspapers should be read first. He emphasizes newspapers as a reliable source of current events and public notices for Scotland.
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Grover Travenyan
Glad Stone
Scotland
Notable Facts From Curious World Fragments
A collection of curious statements notes the ostrich as the fastest earth runner and telegraphy taught in Michigan penitentiary. It cites Egyptian mummies showing corset use, global deaths rivaling U.S. population, Michigan basket factory workers making grape baskets per minute, stammering rare among savages, no Indian stammerer record, and a meteorite found near Orley Adams ranch in Bruneau valley Idaho with several thousand dollars in value.
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Michigan
Orley Adams
Bruneau Valley
Idaho
Moments With The Sports In 19th Century Paris News
A roundup notes Monte Carlo gambling receipts surpassing 23 million francs for last year. It lists chamois killer rankings with Prince Auguste of Coburg and the Austrian emperor, and praises Marshal MacMahon as a dedicated huntsman. It cites the Duke of Portland giving hundreds of thousands to charity after marriage.
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Monte Carlo
Prince Auguste
Coburg
Emperor of
Austria
Marshal MacMahon
Tomre
Duke of Portland
London Society to Publish Paper With Margaret Tennant as Editor
A London group called The Souls plans a new newspaper starting in January with Margaret Tennant as editor. The move reflects revival of certain aristocratic and literary circles in the city.
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Germany
Nebrews
Tue
London Society
T He Souls
Margaret Tennant
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Earth
Michigan Penitentiary
OPIN
Goodiss
L. Johnson & Co
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JIS
Newbee
Sa Saber
Crain
W. B. Boan
W. P. Reynolds & Sons Proprietors
Central Canal
W. G. Reyroips Miller
John Glines
W. Gillman
M. A. Workman
Winter Hintnery
E, Dillmans
Janes Hackina
Ara Pesase Joos
John Wilson
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