Mount Wrangell the Untouched Giant of Alaska
The article recounts Mount Wrangell in Alaska as an unclimbed, snowbound giant lying far north amid glacier fields. It details early Russian sightings, perilous Copper River explorations, starvation near misses, and late 19th century attempts by Allen and Schwatka. The piece argues for a planned supply-depot expedition approach to reach the volcano, noting isolation, hostile natives, and bleak interior terrain.
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North America
W Gell
Rmount Wrangell Les Aout
Copper River
Alaska
Baron Wrangell
Copper Rius
Diaster
Allen
Mount Wrangell
Yukon River
Yukon
Schwatka
Mount Wrangell Domain
Fort Selkirk
Mount St. Elias
Mount Wrangell Heights
Managers of Millions and the Trust Head Fight
The piece denounces a chosen head of a trust as indifferent to labor distress. It criticizes Pinkerton protection and wage cuts, arguing big corporations lack sympathy for workers. It cites tariffs, petitions, and the sugar trust as examples of how few benefit while many pay. The Indianapolis Sentinel is cited on tariff and wage issues, urging industrial bosses to share McKinley era gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. McTilgar
Ead
Pun
Pinkerton
Pennsylvania
Mellyar
Congress
Democratic
Ways and Means
Senate
Economist
Harrison
Carnegie
McKinley
Indianapolis Sentinel
Nine Votes and a Bachelor in a Club Tease
A witty Detroit Free Press note recounts a club of nine young women who tease a well off bachelor about marriage. They secretly vote by disguised handwriting and each member receives one vote, leaving him still single. The club dissolves and the women vow never to speak to him again.
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Detroit Free Press
Chicago
Frye
McKinley Oversight and European Travel Tax Idea
The Louisville Courier Journal questions why the Republican platform lacks a proposal for a twenty dollar head tax on Americans visiting Europe. The piece argues Americans should patronize domestic scenery and warns against the excessive European travel by over 5,000 New Yorkers recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
New York
Europe
Mr. McKinley
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lucky Miners and a Snake Across Continents
Stories recount miners who rose and fell rich then poor, with Helena and New York, Chicago and San Francisco as backdrops to fortune and decay. Also notes the Tropidonotus natrix canon snake and the Colubridae family, highlighting harmless species and the Coronella austriaca in Dorset and Hampshire areas.
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Helena
Wall Street
Montana
Chicago
Potter Palmer
New
San Francisco
Lewis and Clarke County
Druin Suiimon
Thomas Crose
Thonr
Julian Ralph
Harper
Europe
North America
Asia
Australia
India
Dorsetshire
Hampshire
Quarterly Review
Mystery Health Curse Claims and Miraculous Virgin Find
A dubious ad touts wondrous cures by Dr. Miles and a mysterious nerve disease remedy while also reporting a purported miraculous image of the Virgin Mary found in St. Petersburg. The piece mocks fashionable elopements with wild claims and sensational medical anecdotes without solid evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
St. Petersburg
Alexander XII
Restorative Nervine Promises Cure for Nervous Ailments
An advertisement promotes Restorative Nervine by Dr. Milles claiming to cure headaches blues insomnia neuralgia and anxiety plus related nervous disorders. Free trial bottles and testimonials offered by Morris & Mulless Anna Surg of St. Joseph Mo drowned in Lake Lucerne after a rowboat collision with a bridge pier.
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Milles
Anna Surg
St. Joseph
Lake of Lucerne
Switzerland
Swayne's Ointment Promises Cure All Skin Ailments
An ad claims SWAYNE'S OINTMENT cures tetter eczema itch and eruptions on face hands and nose leaving skin clear and healthy. It advises requesting the remedy from a druggist and highlights a 100 page medicine book offered for three 2 cent stamps. Also notes a Paris death from dynamite exposure and mentions Sulphur Bitters popularity and a gas stock cash offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
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Mr. Neater
Little Dot
Ayer
Christensen
James Quinn
Hartford
Chas. Mueller
Felicia
Aver
Dr. J. G. Ayer & CO
Lowell, Mass
Udy
Hickelo
Oath
Seaton
Ate A.P. Oriway
ASME
Olf&f & Randolph
Philadelphia
J.H. Dunn
Rutherford St
Binghamton,n.y
Siegfried & Go
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Water Street
Foiscopaleh
Pitcher’s Castoria
Franklin Miles
Mortis
Muller's
Miles
Waller’s Metallhingles
THE
National Sheet Metal Rooring Co
Slitt St
Alamado
Spain
Viadivostock
A. P. Ordway & Co
Boswon, Masa
Lendeville
Paris
Grand Army of the Republic
George &. Meerill
Emlenton” Ledger
Prey
CTU
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Osacon
J. F. Rischevor
Conway, Ark
Castoria
AL A. Ancien, M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Children’s Department
Asitep HospitaLaxp Dispensary
Boston
Masa
Allen C, Suita, Pres
the Centaur Company
Ti Murray Street
New York City
N. K. Wendelboe
N. IX
Wendelboe’s
Liberty Street
N. Kk. Wendelbee
Warren
Wendelboe
Amora
Bissell
Gowanda
Wiard
Robison
R. Edmonds & Son
Eand
Nelson Greenland
Penn’ AL
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