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Moose Tracks

Mining the Archives Posted on December 7, 2015 by LibraryStaffDecember 7, 2015

In 1894 there was concern about the extinction of the Adirondack Moose. So 121 years ago people were writing about the loss of certain animals. The article talks in great detail of the loss of animals and how the changing… Continue Reading Moose Tracks

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Posted in Mined for the Mind | Tagged 1894, Adirondacks, Brown's Tract, Bull Moose, Extinction, Hutchinson Public Library, Moose, W.H. Drake

Gettysburg Address

Mining the Archives Posted on November 20, 2015 by LibraryStaffNovember 23, 2015

Researching the Gettysburg Address you do not find much about it around the actual date of November 19, 1863. As with all “Great Events” it took a good year for people to process the importance of this famous speech. Nevertheless… Continue Reading Gettysburg Address

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Posted in Mined for the Mind | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg Address Eyewitness, Gettysburg Manuscript, Hutchinson Public Library, Slavery

Animal Aces

Mining the Archives Posted on November 10, 2015 by LibraryStaffNovember 19, 2015

Did you think that flying was only for Snoopy and his quest to get the Red Baron? Well, guess again. It seems that many animals have taken to flying in airplanes over the years. Read about the animal aviators flying… Continue Reading Animal Aces

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Posted in Mined for the Mind | Tagged Animal Aviators, Aviation History, Flying, Hutchinson Public Library

Bullet Points

Mining the Archives Posted on October 27, 2015 by LibraryStaffNovember 19, 2015

Although many of us have said we would rather be shot than give a speech there was one man who actually was shot while giving his speech. He gave an hour-long speech with a revolver ball lodged in his right… Continue Reading Bullet Points

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Posted in Mined for the Mind | Tagged Hutchinson Public Library, Political Candidates, Shooting, Speeches, Theodore Roosevelt

Old-Time Twitter

Mining the Archives Posted on October 1, 2015 by LibraryStaffNovember 19, 2015

Can you imagine 1000 canaries twittering and chattering in the same room? In November 1915 a Miss Adele Gerber boasted she had the largest canary factory in the United States. Not only did she raise the canaries she taught them… Continue Reading Old-Time Twitter

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Posted in Mined for the Mind | Tagged Archives, Bird Love, Canaries, History, Hutchinson Public Library, Illinois

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