Word: furs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Through the efforts of the German department an addition has been made to the German library. It has been decided to subscribe, in addition to the regular books, to a number of current periodicals, Three of them, "Die Gegenwart," "Die Kunst fur Alle," and the "Fliegende Blatter," have just arrived; two others, "Das Echo" and the "Vierteljahresschrift fur Literatur-geschichte," are expected to be here soon. Taken together these magazines will give a view of the prevalent political, literary, and artistic tendencies in modern Germany...
...remote and greatly misjudged portion of the United States. Dr. Jackson first described the vast extent of Alaska, stating that it was almost equal in size to all the states east of the Mississippi, and its natural resources. He said that the income to our national treasury from the fur industry alone had more than paid the price of purchase from Russia. Besides the seals and fur-bearing animals, there are vast quantities of fish in the neighboring waters, forests which surpass those of Maine, great coal fields, and petroleum and precious metals in abundance. The climate of the southern...
...Verein has taken for a number of years four German papers: Fliegende Blatter, the daily Kolinsche Zeitung, the Illustriate Zeitung, and Die Kunst fur Alle, published at Munich. It was voted that these papers be placed at the disposal of all those who wished to read them. They will be found in Sever 3, and easy access to them can be had by any one who is interested in German. The only restriction made by the Verein is that the papers must be kept within their covers in order that they may not be destroyed...
LOST.- A pair of fur gloves. Probably left in Sever 5. Finder will much oblige the owner by leaving them at Leavitt and Peirce...
...newly papered room, No. 31 Read's Building. Will be let fur-furnished or unfurnished at great reduction. Apply at 4 Holworthy...