Specter deer haunts Walden's Ridge and other odd tales
A collection of curious reports from the mountains near Chattanooga and beyond. Accounts include a belief in a specter deer that seems to foil hunters, a wounded Empress of Austria pigeon episode, a dangerous burial cure for rheumatism, feats of a disabled hunter, a cat at a child's breast, a near-drowning horse rescue, and various remarkable health, accident, and curiosity notes from towns across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walden’s
Chattanoga
Tenn
Ikxaac Horrwax
Carverton
Penn
Beverly
Mass
Albert Whitney
Mulrple
Emeralds at a Low Cost Necklace Tale
A New York congressman bought a glass bead necklace in London for two dollars fifty for his daughter. His brother bought its replica, and a jeweler later mistook both for emeralds, selling them for thousands. The dealer called them glass after the original theft was traced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
London
New York
Congress
Celestial Footgear and Canton Shoes in New York Markets
A Boots and Shoes Weekly report visits Mott Street Chinese shops to sample Canton made footwear. It describes hand crafted soles with eleven leather lifts, white silk uppers, and prices from fifty cents to five dollars. Workers in Canton earn four to six cents daily and a premium pair costs five dollars with gold and embroidery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
New York
Mott Street
China
Chang Wing
All Life
Humorist's Horse Replies With Subtle Wit
The piece humorously notes a horse with keen perception who divides hay with hens and responds to human lines with equine irony. It portrays the animal as intelligent, contented, yet touched by sorrow, and recalls a quip about Alexander the Great eliciting a horse laugh. Burdette’s Brooklyn Eagle mention hints at the sourcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Lian
Alexander
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Curious and Ghastly Handiwork Memorial Wreath
Mrs Sophia I of Waterbury Connecticut completes a mortuary wreath for her late husband dated to his death about five weeks prior. The design uses a putty frame with relics from the couple and the wives who preceded him, including his spectacles and a small vial among other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia I
Waterbury
Conn
A Hot Day in India at the Judge's Station
Narrator describes a brutal Indian day living at the magistrate's house amid heat and heat induced routine. He details living with kin and animals while repair work on the magistrate's house dominates four months. The pace follows early court hours and late social respite at the raquette court and Judge's garden bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayliffe
England
Raquette Court
The Fi across his mind a spectral Arctic voyage
A Young Phenix correspondent recalls a May encounter with a ship named Fi. The scene shifts to a frozen deck, a polar bear, and signs of a long voyage halted by ice. Whaling gear and belaying pins lie scattered as the ship rests under a silent, bleak sky.
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Ihee Co
Fragmentary Notice Yields Minimal Readable Details
A damaged OCR fragment provides few legible items about a local public matter. The text mentions names and numbers are unreadable and offers no clear event, date, or action.
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Austria
Marie Valerie
Pola
Corfu
Simekanr Ceorrwricur
Atlanta
Christian
Henny Krurore
Norway
New Jersey Central Railroad
Matawan
Couminipaw
Dunellen
Stonington
Boston
Macedon
Ohio
Faught
J. Trautwine
Fort Recovery
McLaughliin
Levin Merepia
Wilmington
Del
George Francis Train
Minsk
Russia
Barney Terveren
Decatur
Ind
Celestial
Kensington
Iota
Tratr
Eith
Teeth
India
Iceber S
Bias
Arctic
Ior
Imi
Cnaat
Beliver Baric
Fahy
Beos
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