Strange bear combat over a half bushel basket of pork
A Pennsylvania man on Laurel Run chased a bear that had seized a half bushel basket filled with pork and tools. After a brutal exchange ending with the bear dead from neck wounds inflicted with a pair of sheep shears, the hunter skinned the bear and left the carcass in the woods.
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Aueax Nort
Tunkahanna Creek
Pennsylvania
William
Laurel Run
Isis
Owl Swamp
Nott
Chinese Court Circular Orders Seasonal Sacrifices by Nobles
The Newu Fu directs appointment of officers for sacrificial rites to rain, thunder, wind, and clouds. Dukes of Hai En Po and Marquis of Ying to perform. Grand Secretary Fu at horse spirit temple. Park-o'-tan Fu at fire god temple. Li Hung-chang reports the Yellow River autumn freshets passed safely. ten Tibetan incense sticks sent to Li, then to Lo Chinwen to burn at shrines Lilienchuang Kactsa Huang-chuang.
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Newu Fu
Hai
En Po
Ying
Park-o’-tan Fu
Chung Kuang
Hai Hsu
Li Hung-chang
Yellow River
Tungming
Lo Chinwen
Pa Shun-kuang
Pa-wang
Lilienchuang
Kactsa
Huang-chuang
Chicago Public Library Designs Accepted From Poston Architects
The Poston firm presented designs for Chicago's new Public Library building and their plans were accepted by city officials. The selection highlights a modern approach to the library’s exterior and interior layout with emphasis on reading rooms and community spaces.
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Poston
Public Library
Chicago
Cherries and Currants Ad Offer Ten Cents A Pound
The verse advertises ripe cherries at ten cents per pound and invites buyers with a call to purchase. It mentions gooseberries yellow and red and currants black red and white, promising sweetness and feasting soon, in a musical tone from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Era
New York
Bear In North Michigan Carries Girl To Safety
A three year old girl named Fleming was carried off by a bear in a field near her Northern Michigan home. The bear swam away with the child after the rescue, having been gentle and protective as it sought to shield her, apparently in mourning for its cub.
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EK. Gerene
Georgetown Cal
Devine Gulch
Georgetown
Oregon Canyon
Devine
California
Setchel
A. R. Hunt
Danville
Eiberton
Indianapolis
Hey
Atlanta
Elberton
Mr. Hill
Surrey County
North Carolina
Egypt
Blue Ridge Range
Piedmont Plains
Fleming
Michigan
Picayune
The Tale of Tiny Tim and a Naughty Mouse
A child recounts catching two mice named Tiny and Tim in a box trap and caring for them with cheese and bedding. Tim kills Tiny, prompting the family to release Tim and free the cat, ending with a reflective question about their own actions.
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Ray
Tiny
Tim
Mamma
Brother Will
Milly Helps Doll Get Arm Sewed at the Hospital
Milly visits a sick girl at a hospital with her mother. She brings a doll whose arm is broken and asks the nurse to mend it. Milly returns the next day to see the repaired doll placed in the sick girl's arms and learns both have broken arms.
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Milly
Dolly
Charley
Mamma
Daughters of America
Prophet dreams and a mistaken monument for Pierre Ryan
An elderly Paris banker, Pierre Ryan, reportedly dreamed he would live until a specific year and had a monument erected with his name and the date 1902. He has just died, and the marker now bears a corrected inscription for another Pierre Ryan.
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Pierre Ryan
Paris
Mark Cutter
Mark the Perfect Man Ends Upright Chek Ian Pearce
Fragmentary OCR reads as a murky note referencing a person named Pearce and phrases about marking a perfect man and upright conduct. No clear event, date, or organization is identifiable.
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Mark
Ian
Pearce
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Tures
Stranger Than Fiction
Cinserr ‘Tompkins
Souther Farm
San Leandro
Tompkins
H. F. Gross
Gross
Tur
Alaska
W. Duncan
United States
Los Ancees
Cal
Puente
Hosevan Wintrow Wilson
Frankford
Philadelphia
Wilson
Mary Hopkins
Wayme County
N. Y
Hopkins
Rose Valley
James W. Robinson
Andrew F. Sheldon
Honduras
Quito
Peru
Bucksport
Scoda
Potts
Oscoda
Queer Pets
A. H. Braley
Fall River Police
Hood
C.T. Hood & Co
Lowell, Mass
Ridgeway
Mid
Elle
Savers & Pond
Ivers & Pond
Piano Company, Beste
Epps
Opea
Civil Service
Tireer
AMES
Honore Tatwe
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