A Sailor Tales of Icebergs and Night Air
An elderly mariner in New York speaks of field ice and bergs in southern and Arctic seas. He recounts the enormity of ice islands, tales of ships lost in bays, and the dangers from submerged bergs, alongside reflections on night air and bold climbs above city streets.
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Wallstreet Ferry
States
Alve
Cape Horn
Cape
Hope
Arctic
Munster
Melbourne
Guiding Star
Australia
Brooklyn Bridge
Newfoundland
Baffin’s Bay
New York Mail and Express
Rich Miners and the making of fortune in mining
Senator Hearst of California is hailed as the nation’s best miner and wealthiest man, having built a vast network of mines across states and territories. Jim Witchlatch lost his Unionville mine money in Wall Street but rebounded to a fortune. Jon Stanley transformed a 700 foot dig into the California mine after a profitable sale, and Joe rose to prominence as Denver’s vice president of a national bank.
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Senator Hearst
California
America
United States
Jim Witchlatch
Unionville
Mon
Wall Street
Leadville
Grant & Ward
Jon Stanley
Gilpin County
Colo
Joe
Denver
Denver City National Bank
Mining Review
Woman hunter kills bear near Bolinas in Marin County
In a Bolinas area picnic a Sacramento pair of young women faced a brown bear and one expert shot killed it. The carcass was brought to San Rafael by the Bolinas stage, described as a ugly brute, marking perhaps the first bear killed by a woman in Marion County.
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Chicago
Clark Street
Chicago Journal G
Sacramento
Bolinas
Marion County
San Rafael
Cal
A Maid Who Carries the Malls in Oregon
Miss Minnie Westman, a 20 year old mail carrier in Oregon, rides twenty miles along a Siuslaw river route over the Coast Range to Hales post office. She travels on horseback with a revolver and once faced bears on the road, remounting after her horse bolted.
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Oregon
Minnie Westman
Uncle Sam
Siuslaw River
Coast Range Mountains
Hales
Eugene City
Miss Westman
Drunken Quail Practice Reported Near Kilns
A man near Davis and Cowell's lime kilns spread grain laced with whisky to intoxicate quail. For three weeks quail fed, became drunk, and were collected in a sack, with a dog aiding in capturing the sober birds. The method has continued with apparent success as a routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis & Cowell
Santa Cruz
City of the Past and Lost Rail Line in St Joseph
The Savannah News recalls a 1930s Savannah Florida tale of a thriving city near St Joseph with a railroad from Iola on the Apalachicola river. The old town and rail line left no trace today. An elder man from Bainbridge recalls riding the rail once, the first and last time in his life. A School Journal quote laments manual training versus intellectual uplift. Parisian lace fans are described in ornate floral designs with hand painting in sandal and tulip hues.
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Savannah
St. Joseph
Fla
Iola
Apalachicola
William Samuels
Bainbridge, Ga
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Monster Berg
London
Pittsburg
Warren
C.P. Northrop
Second Street
Warren, Pa
Eric Ericson
Postoffice
England
London Notes and Queries
Scotia
Mr. Tupper
School Journal
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