Canning of Salmon in Alaska Drives Wealth Growth
The New York Sun notes Alaska's salmon industry fuels national wealth, with twenty years yielding about 700,000,000 pounds caught and a canned product value near 32 million dollars. It details coastal cannery capacity, owned by a single association, and highlights Orca Cannery’s 30,000 annual cans and 25 to 150 workers including 60 Chinese, plus the abundant candlefish and other species along Sitka to Behring Sea regions.
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United States
Pacific
Alaskan
Alaska
Sitka
Whadiak Island
Behring Sea
Kodiak
Whignik
Gook Inlet
Prince William Sound
Copper River
Glenn
Orca
Orea
Leotnard
Cook Innet
New York Sun
Dancing Distances Tally Miles in Ballroom Exercise
A Chicago physician with a statistical bent estimates ballroom dancing covers more distance than golf in an evening. He calculates twelve waltzes alone equal nine miles, plus three galops reach twelve miles and other dances add to thirteen to fifteen miles, neglecting promenades and extras. The piece notes the ballroom atmosphere and physical effects on the body.
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Chicago
Society BelleFades in Air Quality Ball Etiquette
A Chicago Chronicle note laments air pollution impairing social life as a society belle dances nightly but gains little from the exercise, implying health and leisure costs from poor air quality.
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Chicago Chronicle
Smooth Senator Carter Built From Book Peddling Trade
Montana senator Thomas Henry Carter earns the label the smoothest citizen in the U S Senate due to a formative past as a book agent He learned sales tactics by peddling titles to Illinois farmers and urban offices Then he used that experience to build a vast fortune and a sympathetic view of ambitious others His library supposedly overflows with peddled works and sensational volumes.
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Thomas Henry Carter
Montana
United States Senate
Carter
Illinois
Law as Interpreted and Noted Legal Precedents
Summarizes various court interpretations including public moneys held in trust when deposited by an officer in a bank where he is a partner, foreclosure delays affecting pendency, license issuance for intoxicants requiring notice and hearing, and concerns over stock certificates issued to corporate secretaries raising inquiry into rightful ownership.
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Board of Fire and Water Commissioners
Wilkinson
Mich
S. St. A
Taylor Vs. Carroll
Maryland
Herter
Cincinnati
N. C
L, BR. A
Edible Birds Nest Trade in Philippines Sketch
The little swift nests gathered on rocky cliffs are prized by Chinese buyers. The nests form a glutinous white secretion that hardens in air and is used as a delicacy. Repeated robbing forces the bird to reuse materials, threatening its breeding and the nests.
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Philippines
Rare Copper Coins Auction Notes Premiums and Prices
The article lists copper cents from 1793 to 1814 and 1816 to 1857 with premiums, noting the rare 1709 coin sometimes fetches 25 dollars and 1804 coins have sold for 25 dollars. Other coins that have brought 1 dollar or more include 1793 1705 1796 1809 and 181L.
Old English Watches and Bridges From Smith Collection
The piece describes Calvin Rae Smith's NY College of the City collection with about 2000 watch movements and 100 old watches. It details the bridge as the labor center, notes engravings of heads and heroes, mentions Major Andre and Nelson, and cites Tompion as the "Father of English Watch makers" with a 1690 timepiece having only an hour and quarter hour dial.
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Calvin Rae Smith
College of the City of New York
London
Mr. Smith
Major Andre
George Lil
Toussaint Louverture
George IV
Lord Chatham
Admiral Nelson
Lord North
England
Holland
Mr. Smaith
Nuremberg
Thomas Tompion
Westminster Abbey
Tompion
Abbey
George Graham
Greatness and genius in history and society
The text argues greatness cannot be measured by modern knowledge or individual talent. It notes Bunyan's influence despite ignorance of grammar, cites inventions shared by many, and calls attention to historical figures like Calhoun Webster and Clay as exemplars of collective greatness beyond solitary genius.
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Abernethy
Socrates
Lord Nelson
John Bunyan
Bunyan
Jenner
Watts
Tiaae Newton
Morse
Bell
United States
Calhoun
Webster
Clay
Senate
Canal upgrades let 270 foot ship pass from lake to sea
Reports describe canal improvements allowing a vessel 270 feet long drawing fourteen feet of water to move from Lake Erie to the sea with 2 500 tons of freight without unloading. Additional items note varied global topics and curiosities.
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Lake Erie
Minnesota Supreme Court
Skorzewski
Posen
Germany
Syracuse
N. Y
Royal Gardens
Kew
England
Bank of England
Napoleon III
Great Bank
Eugenie
Natal
Vasco da Gama
Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
Quote on undisputed greatness from Baltimore Sun
A fragment reflects on how many may be called great in the United States, yet very few attain a position so unquestioned that no dispute remains, as expressed by the Baltimore Sun.
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United States
Baltmore Sun
The Red Haired Man and Bald Elder Mocked on Train
In a Glasgow carriage a young man with fiery red hair teased an old bald gentleman. The exchange sparked a brief, tense moment as other travelers grew quiet awaiting the stop. The old man retorted that nature did have hair but chose not to share it.
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Glasgow
Family lines of Gen. Lord Methuen, famed soldier
The article traces General Lord Methuen's lineage from a Scottish family known as Methuen, notes the spelling shift to Methven and then Methuen, and details ancestors including John Methven, chancellor for Ireland and diplomat to Portugal, Sir Paul Methuen, an Anne and George era minister and art collector buried in Westminster Abbey, leading to the current barony. The General is described as the third baron and a long time British army officer.
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England
Lord Methuen
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Scotland
Methuen
Perthshire
William and Mary
Anne
John Methven
Ireland
Portugal
Sir Paul
George
Westminster Abbey
Paul
House of Methuen
General Methven Linked to Victorian Era Military Service
Gen. Lord Methven held the Berlin Court post from 1877 to 1880 and served as adjutant general at the Cape of Good Hope from 1888 to 1891. He succeeded his father as baron in 1801 and returned to England, dying at age 54 last September after connections to the Scarsdales and the Tennysons.
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Berlin
Cape of Good Hope
England
Methuen
Scarsdales
Tennysons
Gate design to enforce ticket checks on Western railroads
Railroads require passengers to show tickets entering cars and use gates that block entry except at ticket examiner points. The foldable gate, adopted by several lines, lies out of the way when not in use, reducing unauthorized boarding at unguarded points.
Icehouse Quest Ends as Shaft Freezes Solid
On John Dood's farm in Sweden Valley Pennsylvania a shaft sunk into rocky ground froze rapidly at fourteen feet forcing a halt. Water drips freeze within minutes in the crevice. A comparison note states chloroform devices failed in India due to heat preventing vapor concentration. placing the gas in a box reportedly killed animals quickly.
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John Dood
Sweden Valley
England
India
Champion Tramp Sets Long Walk Record Across Europe
A Paris gymnasium instructor claims the world long walk record with 57,000 kilometers on ordinary roads. His routes include Paris to St Petersburg in 88 days and trips Paris Geneva Venice and Paris Berlin. He was stopped by Spanish authorities near Barcelona on a Madrid attempt. The rest of the text notes fashion, life insurance rivals, and a toast to bells upon death.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Sultan’s Daily Life and Reforms Highlight Turkish Ruler
The Sultan of Turkey rises at 6 each morning and spends six days a week overseeing state affairs from Yildiz Palace. He is slight, pale faced, and wears a brown overcoat and fez when seen by the people. He has established 50,000 schools across his empire for boys and girls, a notable break with tradition.
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Turkey
Yildiz
School Boy Good Barometer by His Actions Rain Forecast
A Philadelphia Inquirer anecdote recalls a schoolboy acting as a weather barometer. A teacher-friend explains that restless children signal approaching rain, noting boys are more affected than girls, and she wistfully concludes children have their uses as the forecast nears Chestnut Street.
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Girard Avenue
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Saunterer
Chestnut Street
What It Means to Grow Old and How to Slow It
The Rural New Yorker essay explains ossification from infancy to old age, noting how minerals deposit in tissues and cause aging. It recommends stopping mineral-rich foods, especially meat, and favoring fruit to reduce mineral buildup and kidney strain as one ages.
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Dr. Kinnear
How Missouri Was Made and War's Toll
Missourians shaped by frontier settlement and a wartime choice. Tennessee settlers moved into Missouri after a Osage treaty, soil and water abundance promised wealth, but the lure of Confederacy and the North diverted growth. The Civil War era cost Missouri about 40 million dollars in freedom of slavery and forged a durable, combative character.
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Ainslee
Missouri
Missour
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Natural Gas in China and Bamboo Tube Sounds
A reader notes ancient Chinese use of natural gas conveyed in bamboo tubes and recalls a writer mentioning boxes that imitate voices of the dead a phonograph alike. The fragment alludes to persuasion and risk in investment schemes urging readers to verify correctness before pressing others to back them.
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China
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Sultan
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