Wolfing Expedition on the Montana Frontiers in 1863
In fall 1863 a 35 man wolfing party from Fort Benton travels toward Sweetgrass Hills to bait wolves with strychnine. They face Indian threats, skirmishes with Assiniboine, and heavy wolf kills totaling 3113, with 462 wolves skinned by Dan F and Jeff D earning over $2000. they return to Fort Benton in April.
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Fort Benton
Montana
North Country
Dan F
Jeff D
American Fur Company
Sweetgrass Hill
Canadian Line
Rockies
West Butte
Sweetgrass Hills
Milk River
Old Dan
East Course
Duval
Scott
Atwood
Hudson Bay Company
Hawkins
Antoine Bissette
Rascal
Antoine
Assiniboines
Dan
Jeff
New York Sun
He Shot the Machine at Garden City Billiard Hall
A stranger in a Chicago billiard hall fired four shots into a faulty slot machine after losing nearly a dollar. He calmly pocketed his pistol, walked out, and warned the operator Bert Miller that the robber would regret his acts.
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Garden City
Bert Miller
Chicago Chronicle
Antique umbrella curls through two centuries of duty
An umbrella in long service, claimed to belong to Captain Alfred S. Olizak of Portland, Maine, bought in London in 1844 for Captain Oliver's mother, has been in use ever since with careful maintenance. A Bath man reports an umbrella used twenty years and recovered four times.
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Alfred S. Olizak
Portland
London
Oliver
Bath
New York Sun
Talks of New Home for American Students of Music in Paris
Reports discuss plans for a new facility to house American music students in Paris. Details on sponsors, location, and timeline are limited but indicate a growing international study program and cultural exchange.
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Paris
Roentgen Rays and the New X Ray Discovery
The article explains Roentgen’s X rays, how they penetrate wood and tissue, and how vacuum tubes emit rays that create shadow pictures of bones and organs. It discusses the physics of vibration, the potential medical and industrial uses, and the expectation that invisible interiors of objects could be seen without surgery.
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Roentgen
David G. Phillips
New York World
Glass
Max Osterberg
Zuna's Clever Ruse In a Land and Water tale
A writer recalls a clever dearthound named Zana using a ruse to seize the hearthrug. The dog’s bark at an imagined intruder drew the others away, allowing her to occupy the fire and promptly fall asleep, leaving the room vacant.
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Land and Water
Zane
Hearthiug
Zana
Talk of Cats Voices and Conversation Across Breeds
A Temple Bar excerpt observes how cats vary in talkativeness and tone. Princess and descendants spoke often asking questions, while M liss is a chatterbox. Cats express affection through sotto voce sounds and musical inflections with kittens, some greeting with a cheerful mew.
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Princess
M’liss
Wolies
Temple Bar
Christie and Lowe Seek Reclaim 7000 Acres Along Illinois River
Chicago contractors Christie and Lowe undertake to reclaim 7000 acres of swamp land on the Illinois River and note a total of 300,000 acres of reclaimable land along the river.
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Christie & Lowe
Chicago
Illinois River
Words of Wisdom Reflections on Courage Music and Manners
A compact collection of aphorisms and quotes on courage patience and moral conduct. It cites Beecher Anon Confucius and Lord Bacon and contemplates how music moves the spirit and how self examination guides action.
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Beecher
Anon
Menciue
Dr. Dewey
Confucius
Lord Bacon
Turtles from Ascension Farm Supply 1 Million Seafood Stock
The British Government runs a turtle farm on Ascension Island 900 miles off Africa. Each night 30 to 40 female turtles are captured for shipment to Europe, with 500 turtles awaiting transport in ponds. Turtles mature to 400 to 800 pounds, and one tagged in Honolulu returned to Ascension after over 15,000 miles.
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Ascension
Europe
Honolulu
English Channel
New York Press
Hog-killing time in the country observed
The Richmond Dispatch notes hog-killing season as a major farm task postponed until after harvest. Early dawn scenes show fires and squeals of dying hogs and an orderly but brutal slaughter as up to about 2000 hogs are butchered in King George this week.
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King George
Richmond Dispatch
Magnet Draws Sliver From Eye in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana a worker named John Carter had a three fourths inch steel sliver buried in his eyeball. A strong magnet was applied to the eye and drew out the sliver, but the operation left the eye's sight destroyed.
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Anderson
Ind
John Carter
Wire Nail Works
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