Akowma and Nipsu Survive Wolf Pack Rescue
In a Yukon area settlement Akowma 17 and his brother Nipsu face starvation as wolves close in. Akowma braves a spruce tree escape, lures wolves with discarded birds, then signals rescuers to reach Nipsu. Wolves are slain and hunger ends with caribou migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kowama
Nipsu
Royukak
Apstream
Lockwood Hills
Arctic Circle
Dho
Tmroese
Cari How
Akowmi
Dvelling
Koyukuk
Akowmai
Nipsa
Ahkewma
Tie
Nipsuo
Akowma
Nipsy
Iere
Ptarmigan
Akowmna
Nkowra
Akowima
Psu
Wong
Brutl
Nipst
Akewma
Big Spruce
Temperance, Yale, and a railroad farm school notes
A collage of items covers Belgian temperance societies in schools, Russian peasant emancipation services in Orthodox churches, Edwin S. Robbins addressing sermons weekly, and China’s scarce schooling for girls. Yale revises rules for seniors, introduces a railroad course, and clarifies a three year vs not. Missouri’s railroad farm school tours farms and showcases grasses and insect specimens. A brief joke exchanges ends the page.
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Belgium
Alexander II
Isot
Edwin S. Robbins
Greystone
Conn
China
Yale
J. W. Nimbrell
Madison
Worter’s Chapel
Madison “Central
University of Missouri
After Seven Vines Battle Richmond Turned Into One Vast Hospital
In the day after the May 24 1852 clash at Seven Vines Richmond resembled a battlefield hospital with ambulances litters carts and other conveyances ferrying the wounded. Women hunted for the dead and injured while unused buildings were opened to shelter the wounded.
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Richmond
Seven Vines
Centura
Constance Cary Clarvison
Humorous Snippets From Dailies
A collage of light anecdotes from various papers. Jokes about acting profits bankruptcy claims and family mishaps appear, featuring lines about Miss Oldgirl and a 89 year old grandfather. The quips touch on everyday irony and social quirks.
Old Fort Blunder Fort Montgomery Border Tale
A Youth's Companion account recalls Fort Montgomery near Reuse's Point New York built after 1815 to guard Lake Champlain. Survey errors put it on US soil only after 1842, and the Webster Ashburton treaty fixed the line. The fort remained unarmed except for a marine sergeant tending the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fort Montgomery
Reuse’s Point
New York
Lake Champlain
Canada
Maine
Webster Fort
Rouse’s Point
The Frugal Boss and the Loyal Gardener Tale
A rich, strict, yet kind employer docked a gardener for illness, proposing a wage cut to offset lost days. The loyal worker declined a raise, explaining higher losses from sickness would follow. Also included are lemon pudding and custard recipes from the New York Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Patrick
Scerry
Fashionable Spring Dress Fabrics and Styles Preview
The New York Post notes champagne, claret red, and chartreuse among spring dress fabrics for day gowns and evening wear. It lists economical fabrics with prices per yard, new shirt waist suits, coat wraps, and silk and satin foulards with button detailing for the season.
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New York Post
Madras
Lowell
Teneriffe
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Westville
Indiana
Psy
George Harlow Clark
Uarry
Miss Rose
Leggie
Chicago Daily News
Seven Pines
Jefferson Davis
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Robinson
Philadelphia Ledger
Wales
N.Y. Post
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