The Indians of Alaska in Early Observations
The article notes Alaska aborigines estimated between thirty and fifty thousand with limited interior knowledge. It portrays their carvings and canoes, blanket dress, and varying cleanliness. Women handle trade. men carry children. Trade negotiations involve a squaw veto, traders wary of coin payments, and a preference for items over money. Indians shown as industrious but vulnerable to liquor and white traders.
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Alaska
Portland Oregonian
Chicago in the Early Days by Robert Collyer
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls Chicago’s youthful streets along South Water Street and the evolving cityscape. The piece paints a portrait of a poorer, merrier past, with Lincoln Park as a cemetery and a community united by pride in Chicago as a destined, glorious haven.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
South Water Street
Clarke
Chicago Avenue
Superior Street
Lincoln Park
Lake Shore
Robert Collyer
Fogg Claims Woman Lacked Writing Skills Surprises Company
Fogg stated recently that a woman he knows never adds a postscript to letters. The room was astonished until he revealed the woman could not write at all.
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Fogg
Pay of Famous Singers in Past Eras Revealed in Anecdotes
A survey of historic singer earnings recalls Catalini earning 100000 francs a year plus two months off after a Paris debut and Jelliore’s wealth in earlier centuries. Mingotti earned 10000 livres for a single air, Capoul’s fortune pales next to operatic icons, and Carafelli retired rich enough to buy a dukedom. Ferri’s Stockholm voyage and royal gifts highlight the era’s lavish rewards.
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Catalins
Tuileries
Napoleon
Paris
Catalini
Lisbon
Capoul
Jelliore
Patti
Mingotti
Spain
Saint-Huberti
Louis XV
Carafelli
Sarto- Dogato
Ferri
Stockholm
Sweden
London
The True Value of Possessions and Childlike Insight
A Sunday School Times reflection asks what tests value in objects, citing a child frightened by the idea robbers may take dolls. The piece argues values differ across people and eras, noting a maternal reassurance that dolls, not riches, matter to a child. A note adds a new girls only game called house football at Town City.
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Sunday School Times
Town City
Fables of India and cross cultural links in ancient stories
Max Muller argues fables owe new life to India with migrations traced east to west. He notes Buddhasm as key source and compares donkey in lion skin and a Sanskrit inspired tale to Greek works. The piece discusses ancient trade between India and the Mediterranean and contrasts Solomon’s judgment with Buddhist told tales.
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India
Max Muller
Contemporary Review
Aphrodite
Greece
Stratus
Syria
Palestine
Ophir
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Solomon
A Buffalo Coffee Maker Reconsiders Blending
A Buffalo man in the coffee business was urged to spiritual repentance. The next morning his factory halted and his son quipped that he would not mix any more beans with the coffee. The father mused that removing two beans per four would reduce the batch by half.
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Buffalo
Two Promising Young Americans Wed in Europe
Maine natives Lillian Norton and Frederick L Gower rise as a sensational couple in Europe Norton, 24, favorite Paris soprano, performs in Milan, St. Petersburg and Moscow before a Paris engagement worth 12000 per year. Gower, 30, fortune maker in European telephone ventures, worth 1.5 million, recently sold English interests for 500000 and owns French companies. He recently bought a 25000 house for his mother in Brooklyn Mass and placed a 1000 engagement ring on Norton. They will soon marry per Augusta Journal report.
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Maine
Europe
Lillian Norton
Farmington
Frederick L. Gower
Sedgwick
Misss Norton
Paris
Boston
Boston Conservatory
Milan
Grand Opera House
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Czar
Parson Allen
Miss Norton
Gower
A. H. Abbott
Abbott
Brooklyn
Mass
Augusta Journal
Man Climbs 190 Foot Ledge Sparks Vermont Rescue
A man named Jackson climbed a 190 foot ledge in Bolton township Vermont and, midway, shed his boots hat and coat while shouting for help. Residents rallied to save him and witnesses feared a fall until strong men hoisted him to safety with a rope.
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Jackson
Bolton Township
Vermont
Keeping Still in Church
A River Park visitor, mother of seven bright children, recounts her four year old son’s clever solution to staying still in church. He asked to remove his shoes and stockings so he could wiggle his toes and keep as still as a mouse.
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River Park
Residents discuss emigration as they note lack of work
Fragment describes Jews from Russia seeking return, locals mention labor needs. Pelee Island in Lake Erie is cited as Canada's southernmost land with a mild climate, capable of producing wine, sugar cane, peanuts, sweet potatoes, fruits, figs, almonds and even cotton, with winters averaging about 60 degrees.
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Pelee Island
Lake Erie
Canada
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