Strange Sea Superstitions of Sailors Through History
Sailors cling to beliefs from omens of bad luck to signs of fair weather. Jonah figures, fog nicknames, and cats aboard are mixed with customs like shaving the ship’s ledger and honoring a shark tail on the bowprit. Albatross fate and pig winds shape decisions, while Friday sails are unlucky and Sunday journeys lucky, reflecting enduring maritime lore from old ships to steam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jonah
Capes of Good Hope
Horn
I. Louis Globe Democrat
Cut rates On Lard at City Meat Market
Special cut prices on lard announced by City Meat Market with delivery starting July 7. Two daily deliveries at 4 pm and 9 pm. Also notes buying a team, wagon, and harness at a sale near Durkee. Fragmented local notes follow about community events and oddities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. m. City
Durkee
Jack Hanlon
Price Dispute With Michigan Weekly Editor Over Ads
Tody Hamilton, then general press representative for Barnum Bailey, sought an ad contract in Owosso Michigan. An editor at a distant weekly refused $10 plus two tickets, insisting on 63 or 65 dollars, noting a payment due soon. Hamilton finally paid 65 dollars to secure the two week, double column ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tody Hamilon
Michigan
Owosso, Mich
Junction Pont
Hamilton
Ittle Town
Mtacx
New York Sun
Lost Ambition and the Laramie Boomerang Saga
A tale chronicles John Wilcox, a hopeful newspaper man who moved west to own the Laramie Boomerang. Foreclosure by First National Bank of Laramie leaves him regretful, detailing his failed venture, debts, and vow to quit editing. The piece blends personal failure with a retrospective on entrepreneurial dreams and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larame
First National Bank of
Laramie
John Wilcox
Legine
Vale Laramie
Publishers / axillary
Timber Sales Picking Up Across Mountain States
Receipts from national forest timber sales through September 30, 1913 in Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota exceed the prior year by more than 12000 dollars. Demand centers in Colorado and South Dakota due to mining and railroad needs, with Wyoming rising on several large sales. Lodgepole pine dominates Wyoming timber, signaling increased railroad tie production and a surge in forest product activity. 36 percent of receipts return to states and counties for roads and schools, 25 percent to counties, 10 percent for local roads under the Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forest
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Denver
Forest Service
Met
Inco Ng
Department of Agriculture
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City Meat Market
Oak Bee the Republican
B. T. Joslin
Gale
Big Horn River
Manderson
Colins
Basin
Wyo
Junta
Shell Creek Cattlemens’ Association
Shell Creek
P. M. Her
Preat
A. Fiitner
Res
al Tyller and Son
Harry Wire
Worland
Oo Barnes
Billings
Vickting
O. OC
Berry Lumber Co
Old Basin Lumber Co
Buffalo Pit
Anderson & Johnson
J. B. Thompson
R. Douglas
Florida
Gulf
Jacksonville
Palm Beach
Tame
Key West
Mobile
New Orleans
Washington, D
Burlington
Kansas City
J. Louie
Chicago
H. G. Fetter
Tinker Roswh
Basin, Wyo
W. L.wakeley, G. P. A
Omaha, Nebraska
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