The Alaska Fever and a Dying Betrayal
Tom Scott and Tarbox plot to recover stolen gold from Bowers and crew. Obed Rider is mortally wounded while revealing that Tom's father gambled away owners' money and may be rich now in Alaska. Rider dies after confessing the truth and asking Tom to forgive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Scott
Boston
A R Avery
Frisco
Obed Rider
Tom
Avery
Jumnto
Rider
San Francisco
Green
Dyea
Seabird
Rider and
Bowers
Dalton Trail
California
Good
Aylor
T Hey
Turner
Dawson
Tarbox
Taylor
Beeky
Rascal
Pards
Scott
Alaska
Grant home linked to Senator Edmunds named as residence
Mrs. Julia Grant selects a Washington house once owned by Senator Edmunds. The brick three story dwelling features a brick exterior with stone trim, oak hall, a bright breakfast room, and a sunlit library overlooking a pleasant neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MassachusetTs Avenue
Twenty First Street
Edmunds
Senate
Julia D. Grant
Gen
Ulysses & Grant
Olney
Gen. Grant
Washington
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted by Local Doctor
A local doctor touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a life elixir for weak lungs and coughing patients. The testimonial cites improved blood activity and nutritive organ support with no alcohol content, and notes a free 1008 page book offer for Common Sense Medical Adviser upon sending stamps to Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Chas. Hunwick
Lenox
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
White Trimmings and Color in Hat Fashion Notes
An article discusses white head coverings as ideal for summer wear in America while noting Paris influence. It describes how small touches of color, such as yellow plumes or green leaves, brighten white hats and outlines white trimming on foundations of color. It highlights white behind crape and white chiffon on outing hats and mentions two veils as ornamentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers
Turner
Rider
America
Paris
Princess costume toilette in cream crepe de chine and peau de soie
A detailed description of a princess style toilette using cream white crepe de chine and peau de soie. The bodice waist seam, gold gabon trim at the hem, and side front gore details are noted. Corsage features peau de soie with braided crepe bands and galoon trim, lace sleeves, a finned collarette, and a peau de soie stock collar with chiffon rucking. Materials listed include peau de soie 20 inches wide 12 yards and crepe 27 inches wide 7 yards.
Facts From The World: Thunder, Bulls, and Cardinal Fees
A vivid collage of world notes from ancient to modern times. Thunder rarity in Cairo and rose-marked tombs in Turkey. human joints and elephant scent. Venice coins found in Mashonaland. Copenhagen pupils bathe thrice weekly. Arctic versus Antarctic berg shapes. paper sail invention. cardinals paying fees up to 2500 dollars. water boils at various elevations due to atmospheric pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Turkey
Vienna
India
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
Great Britain
Mashonaland
South Africa
Copenhagen
Denmark
Rome
Vatican
Munich
Germany
Mexico
Himalayas
Labor and Industry Across the United States
The report surveys labor and industry facts including Havana cigarmakers earning 3 to 5 dollars daily, 350 furniture plants in Grand Rapids, 100 million dollars invested in U.S. candy, 450 workers per 100 miles of railroad, and 90 silk waste spinneries worldwide. It notes trades with Argentina, jewelry investment in New England, cheese production in Wisconsin, and child labor ages in Europe. It also covers California's Supreme Court ruling on labor unions, Japanese contract labor in Puget Sound, and arrivals at Tacoma, Vancouver, and Portland for railroad work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Tacoma
England
Africa
America
Argentina
Atlanta Journal of Labor
South
Wisconsin
New England
Formosa
China
Switzerland
Germany
France
Holland
Russia
Belgium
Supreme Court of California
Northwest
Puget Sound
Vancouver
Portland
Claus Spreckels
Volga
Caspian Sea
Spain
A. G. Foster
Prairie
Illinois
Chicago
Rookwood
Australia
Gethsemane, Ky
Obrecht
Paris decree bans tattooing across Oceanica archipelago
The governor of French Oceanica issues a health morality decree prohibiting tattooing throughout the archipelago. The Journal Des Debats jokes it robs natives of their only costume. Also noted are condor wings, diet myths, funeral flower bans in Maitland, a 109th birthday dance, a window moisture device, and a dentist visit anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Oceanica
Journal Des Debats
Andes
Maitland
Australia
Celestina Nigro
Philadelphia
Stray Facts From Lessons On Industry And Life
A miscellany of figures on cider killing typhoid bacteria and British women at work. Canada’s mineral output up 270 percent in 13 years. 1868 draft gaps. US trade totals since 1787. long Paris Berlin links and tubes. European plant uses. San Francisco to Manila distance. iron visiting cards in Germany. major state debts. US fire losses near 1.5 billion. life expectancy close to 3,000. daily and weekly fires and rapid detection rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Paris
Berlin
Europe
San Francisco
Manila
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Germany
Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Indiana
Georgia
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Iowa
GLEANINGS SUMMARY OF GLOBAL INDUSTRY FACTS
A digest notes Manila and Havana each hosting numerous cigar factories, Connecticut and America boasting thousands of clock and watch factories, and US shoe exports rising in Germany. It highlights per capita flour consumption, cotton goods trade to China, France’s growing motor workforce, and potential cotton exports to the Philippines versus prior US shipments under ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Connecticut
Havana
America
United States
China
France
Germany
Philippine Islands
Spain
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Ss. S. McClure
Joe Tarbox
Hank Bowers
Desperado
MHS. Grant
Massachusetts Ave
Fort Selkirk
Clara
Seattle
Thomas Scott
Capt. Scott
Palace Hotel
Clara Avery
Mrs. U. S. Grant
Japan
Healy
Ulysses S
Lincoln
Grant
Pater
Salvator
Fenner
Homer
Plautus
Terence
Boetius
Paul Borghese
Tasso
Bentivoglio
Cervantes
Vagelas
Bacon
Sir Walter Raleigh
Spenser
Charming
Collins
Milton
Dryden
Otway
Lee
Steele
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Fielding
Lisbon
Savage
Bristol
Butler
Chatterton
Princess
Bloomington
Pantagraph
George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Miss Sprocket
New York Weekly Tribune
THE
Mars
York Weekly Tribune
Warren
Labor and Industry
Castorta
Nicholas Dietsch
N. Greenland
Pisa
W. H. Drouen
U. S
Dearborn St
Madi
Erie
Cincinnati St. Louis
East
West
F. H. Garfield
Jamestown
N. Y
the Mail Office
Lippincott's 3 Monthly Magazine
B. Lippincott Company, Publishers
Lock Haven
Cliinten Co
Prisciyal
Gatalo
Pa Mail
Philadelphia Weekly Press
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Pullman
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Baltimore
Pee
Williams
Washneta
Williamsport
Philadel
W.port
Phelphia
Phiadelphia
Kane
J. R. Hutchinson
Gen’l
J. R. Wood
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central
Hudson River BR. BR. Co. Lessee
Sun
Aidady
CICR
Ceereeres
Ercssceeee Sytacuser
Ccscceeer Rochoseee
Soos Niagara Fa
Ssscesveres
Dumbio
Eceere
Lyv
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Laly Deccee
Scosreseos Sieve
Ennee
Creesel
Cccressee Ove
Ufvimccor
Coosceees
Ae Foungsvite
Scove Wwe
Sesso Gofirda Ccocossee
Roee
Aee
Grand Valley
Titusville
Tae
Falconer
Geo. W. Bartlett
Lee N
H. Parry
EO. Ansels
Gen’s
New York City
Wim
Mnea
Olean
Olean Express
Pittsburg
Freigh
Tionesta
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
Dai Encope Bunda
BELL
Clinton Streets
Buffalo N
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Sheffield Junction
Lamons
Shel
Junction
Lamona
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