Special Providence and the loggers tale of Bill Keeney
An old logger recounts a tale of Bill Keeney watched by a special Providence as he shifts through a dangerous lumber chute. Bill’s drinking leads to a chaos with a hog and a fatal fall, yet the crew recalls his sober rescue and a final reckoning beyond the mill.
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Bill Keeney
Billshore
Mill River
Gopher Mountain
Mill Creek
Bill
Samplin
Eome
Jack Burke
Logan
Yuma
San Francisco
Discovery in Galapagos Reveals New Species Find
Reports on the Rothschild expedition to the Galapagos note 64 tortoises captured alive with two new species among them. 3,500 bird bones and 16 fresh bird species were collected. A rare cormorant Pholocrocorax Harris and a Webster gannet subspecies are described. An albatross Diomedia Irrorata was found and exhibited tame behavior near the coast.
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Galapagos Islands
Walter Rothschild
London
Charles N. Harris
Gualapagos Islands
Equator
San Francisco
Harris
Pholocrocorax Harris
Mysterious Dialogue Sparks Old Lady and Beast Trainer
A fragment shows Ally Sloper style banter with a wild beast trainer and an old lady. Mention of the Caspian Sea as landlocked and tragedy-laden quarrel hints at a humorous or satirical piece. The odd exchange preserves period voice and quirky geography reference.
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Shoa
Sloper
Sue's Candy Ride In A Shared Dream House
A child narrator Sue imagines a tea time routine turning into a fantasy ride in a store turned carriage. She assembles toys and candy, then pretends to drive through muddy streets, ending with a worried warning and returning to her mother for bedtime.
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Sue
Cather
Rag Doll From Appomattox Witness To War And Peace
A historic rag doll once witnessed the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Found in a Virginia parlor, it was later captured by Col Sheridan's staff and now resides in Hartford, Connecticut. Generals Grant and Lee, and young officers, once played with her, making the doll a priceless relic of 1865.
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Gen. A
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Northern Virginia
McLane House
Dollie
Custer
Mike” Sheridan
Col.t. W.C. Moore
Sheridan
T. Channing Moore
Hartford
Conn
Virginia
Col. Sheridan
Tribune
Famous Old Burro Draws Visitors in Colorado Springs
Visitors to South Cheyenne Canyon near Colorado Springs chase photos with Old Dick the burro, famed as the oldest in the United States. For 42 years he has been a resident, aiding prospectors and carrying notable people, even appearing in Helen Hunt Jackson's western scenes. A photographer makes memorial portraits, loaning sombreros for wild western poses. Old Dick’s enduring legend may warrant a monument after his passing.
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Cheyenne Canyon
Colorado Springs
Col
Old Dick
Helen Hunt Jackson
Mouse stops train in Italy with fatal jam
In Carpi near Modena Italy a mouse crawled inside an electrical departure gong mechanism causing a three stroke signal instead of six and stopping a moving train. The station master investigated and learned the cause, the mouse being caught between gears and killed, delaying the journey.
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Carpi
Modena
Italy
Carp
Ewe Nurses a Fox in Hopbottom Farm tale
Farmer Nye of Hopbottom Pennsylvania traps a fox then a hungry baby fox appears. The ewe lost to wildcats already feeds the cub with milk. The fox grows attached to the ewe and is shy to humans, sleeping beside the foster mother.
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Farmer Nye
Hopbottom
Tastfall
Carrie
Elephant Sneeze Stirs Munich Exposition Crowd
A recent elephant sneeze at a Munich exposition caused a sensation in the African village exhibit where spectators, described as kneeling, reacted with reverent surprise. Officials said the sneeze was rare and thought to indicate the animal’s extraordinary condition.
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Harg
Munich
Elepha
Putting Away Clothes From The New York Times
A practical guide on tidying garments to preserve shape and prolong wear. It covers hanging coats with hangers, proper storage of gowns, tailoring tips for skirts, underwear, blouses, veils, gloves, shoes, and accessories to prevent creases and dust.
Miss Ethel Dickens Runs Typing Office in Covent Garden
Miss Ethel Dickens, Charles Dickens’s granddaughter, presides over a busy typing and manuscript copy service in Covent Garden. The daughter of Charles Dickens Jr. keeps a small office once used by Household Words editor, copying plays and books. Her desk features a signed Dickens photo. she recalls her grandfather would have preferred she earn a living.
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Ethel Dickens
Charlee Dickens
Oliver Twist
Travistock Street
Covent Garden
Mise
Charles Dickens, Jr
Miss Dickens
Household Words
Baby Girl Athlete Rana Marie Shorbe Surges Early
A four month old girl named Rana Marie Shorbe is described as an athlete who eschews passive infant roles. She reportedly swung herself on a trapeze at four months, held a pose for a photograph, and showed enjoyment in the activity as a sign of an early remarkable temperament and future potential.
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Rana Marie Ae Shorbe
Rana
Eana
Remarkable baby athlete draws crowds in Chicago record
Rona de Lhorbe, the five month old daughter of William de Lhorbe of Chillicothe Illinois, sits up at three weeks and swings by one hand from a trapeze at five months. Her parents claim athletic lineage and strength though her mother has no special training. The child’s precocious ability draws attention as vendors seek to exhibit her.
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Rona
William de Lhorbe
Chillicothe
Ill
Middle States
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Giddings
India
Rana
Chicago Record Herald
Baby Flannels And Laundering Care From New Hampshire Farmer
Practical advice on washing baby flannel garments to preserve softness and prevent shrinking. The method uses hot water with borax and soap, no direct soap on fabric, and careful stretching and drying. Emphasizes avoiding rough handling to keep wool fibers smooth and garments long lasting.
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New Hampshire
How to Wash Mik Fans
Wash vessels which have contained milk in cold water first, and after ward occur then with hot water and soda. The use of cold water first in sures greater cleanliness, for plung ing at once into hot water is apt to set the milk and cause it to hang about the cans and pans to the det riment of the milk which is after ward placed in it.
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Galapagos
Islands
Caspian
Ocean
Mother
Mary H. Planner
Good Housekeeping
America
Mouse
Ewe
Reynard
Kittie
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