Vast Canadian Wilderness Brimming With Hunt and Fish
A geographer notes enormous, sparsely settled Canadian areas east of Hudson Bay offering endless fishing and hunting. He describes ten major tracts totaling hundreds of thousands of square miles, from Labrador to the Arctic coast, accessible by rail from New York or New England in about 24 to 30 hours, and argues such distant ground rivals the Adirondacks for solitude and sport.
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Adirondacks
Canada
A. P Low
Government Geological Survey
Hudson Bay
East Main River
Labrador
Atlantic
Hamilton River
Low
Belgium
Wes
Alaska
Arctica
Yukon River
Ag Scotland
Brique
Felly
Towee
Orher
Pelly
Mackenzie
England
Rocky Mountains
Arctic Coast
Great Bear Lake
Mackenzie River
Great Slave Lake
Ireland
Alze
Backs River
Athabaska Lake
Rein@eer
Hatchet Lakes
Churchill River
Great Britain
Labrador Peninsular
Great Britain and Ireland
Rls Command
St. Lawrence River
New York
New England
Nantucket client nets Webster week long law fee
A Nantucket resident hired Daniel Webster for a week to handle every case on the docket. He paid $1,000 upfront and arranged that Webster would try all cases, letting the client profit as Webster’s services were spread across many disputes. Webster spent the week appearing in all proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darmas
Webster
Cms
Nantucket
Ife
Pridesaik Nedguot
Book Worms Insects Devour Dark Paper in Books
A Golden Days note describes book worms as pests that inhabit old volumes feeding on the paste in bindings. They show preference for dark colored paper, while light yellow and green-arsenical papers escape. The piece suggests selecting paper to defeat the pests. Costa Rica mentions canary birds bullfroches and parroquets as table delicacies with a curious aside.
Clock In A Painting By A French Artist In Philadelphia
A rare painting shows a Stuttgart church with a clockwork display. A cathedral gong, chimes every hour, and two German tunes from a music box play from a boxlike apartment linked to the frame. Temperature changes affect operation. repairs are elusive in America. Made in 1700, the work drew much comment on arrival. Georgie W Childs offered $500 to purchase it for his clock museum, but the offer was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges W Childe
Philadelphia
Stuttgart
Germany
America
Georgie W Childs
Philadelphia Record
The Blondike Cow Mystery Ends in Cash Stash
A Chicago-area farmer hid $500 in gold in bran for safekeeping five years ago. Children moved the box to the barn, the box vanished, and the cow later fell ill and died. A vet examining the stomach uncovered the hidden gold, prompting no remorse from the farmer over the cow’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Notable curiosities and oddities from around the world
A Baghdad palace displays a marble book with ultra thin leaves and there are many astonishing claims from Rome to Colorado. Reports mention 110 Colorado peaks over twelve thousand feet, a giant Sumatra flower, and a unique elephant nose anatomy. Other notes discuss tin on wood doors, reindeer fur insulation, all female vestrymen at St. Pauls Otis, and a Chicago woman who tends birds and plants for others.
General Meade’s Narrow Escape at Gettysburg
A vivid Civil War anecdote recalls General Meade riding with a single orderly to a vulnerable artillery post at Gettysburg. Lacking ammunition, he urged hill defense, supervised shell collection, and surprised a battery man named John Snicker who nearly kicked him before recognizing the general. The tale ends with the sergeant's relief at Meade’s restraint and the wider implications of leadership under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read
John Snicker
Mead
Gen. Warren
Gen. Mead
John
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Faith Cure and a Carbuncle in London Truth
A letter mocks Christian Scientists and faith healing claiming a carbuncle on the nose vanishes with belief. It jokes about patient isolation and social reactions, ending with a satirical note on why treatment may fail and fee practices. The piece satirizes medical credulity and public reaction.
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Brown
Halle
Vulger and
Lonadon
Amen meaning explained by mother to Mary
In a brief moral vignette from Marryer's Bazaar, a mother explains to little Mary that amen means joining in with what has been said and showing belief and approval, while the girl acknowledges the concept as the opposite of all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Marrer
First skating attempt ends in humiliation at rink
A young man, lured by tales of the skating rink, tries skates on boots and falls flat on the ice. An assistant asks if it is his first skating lesson, and the man gruffly replies it is the last. A brief quip notes that two quarrel leads to error on both sides.
Wooster Area Notes Pension Grants and Local News
Local notices list pensions granted to Ida May Stanford, William Hendricks, Andrew J Horbey, David Pryor, John Blessing, Catharine Stealer, Henry W Peters, plus multiple others. Reports include marriages and deaths, coal shipment plans from Mullins mine, parish sermons, revival meetings set for Dec 30, and police or legal notes about a book agent arrested in Canton with bail set. Shreve and Medina items cover a ram attack on a farmer, streetcar franchise timelines, and community club meetings with educational program details.
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Anna Hart
Ashland
Wooster
Clayton KR. Reed
Misa Lucy Overs
Allegheny
Itin
Eden E. Goahorn
North Buckeye
Ollye Bigbee
Homer, Mich
Gosborn
Albert Armstrong
Golden Corners
Kansagon
Yinst
G. P. Emrich
Jan. M. Reese
Canton
Mongey House
Smith
Medina
Ida May Stanford
Wm. Hendricks
Andrew J Horbey
David Pryor
East of Wooster
John Blessing
Catharine Stealer
Creaton
Henry W Peters
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Paradise
Costa
Ica
Tven
Belog
Strozzi Palace
Rome
Colorado
Sumatra
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Otis
Mesa
Thoraday Club
Shupe
M. P. Yoder
U. S
Harriet McCoy
Mu. W. &. Jarvis
Doyleatown Journal
J. Eline
Etrobel
Fendenheim
Kline
Hochatetler
Rails
Philip Miller
Jemeler
Hica
Bpencey wroMice
Heros
Josaph Bealey
Bealer
Yatee
Beeler
Ormick’s
J. B. Meoc
Wayne
Holmes County
Butcher Kalves
Sausnge Braffer and Lard Press
Teeese
Lowe
SpaceTer
J.B. McCormick
Frhdhricoksburg
OHIC
West Liberty Street
Wiler
Herald Office
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