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Island residents are taking a stand against commercial hunters who are stripping the local deer population bare without contributing to the community.
“The island derives no benefit from the incursions of these men, who take away so many head of deer and spend not a cent while doing so.”
A laborer from Michigan is struck and killed by a falling rock at an island stone quarry, leaving a grieving family behind.
“The unfortunate man was removed to the hospital by the steamer Libby. When the boat arrived here, the sufferer was resting easier than he had at any time since receiving the injury.”
A mid-winter letter from a settler describes the unexpected beauty of a January garden and the quiet expansion of island life in 1878.
“The flowers grew in the open air unprotected and without any extra care. We have more.”
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