Dredging at Bridgeport Harbor Aims to 13 Foot Depth
War department engineers in Providence District back Bridgeport Harbor as a priority project. Columbia Dredging crew is widening and deepening to 13 feet mean low water from Steel Point to Meaview Avenue, cutting off the Yellow Mill mud bank and smoothing the northwest entrance. Future work targets Johnsons River entrance at Seaview Avenue to improve navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Providence
Bridgeport Harbor
Columbia Dredging Company
Yellow Mill Channel
Steel Point
United Aluminating Company
East Main
Pembroke Street
Pequonnock
Yellow Mill
American Tube and Stamping Company
Power House Creek
Meaview Avenue
GQ Powell
Johnson's River
Johnson's Creek
Seaview Avenue
Yellow Mill Creek
Say Earth Has Six Poles Not Two
A National Geographic bulletin from Washington describes six poles in three groups, noting the North pole, the South pole, and two magnetic poles as wanderers. It discusses Admiral Peary’s brief Arctic visit, the aurora borealis, and extreme cold regions like Verkhoyansk and Fort Conger as examples of the polar family with shifting, cold-dominated zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
North Pole
South Pole
Robert E Peary
Esimo
Nature
Montara
Sol
Hon- OL
Snow Palace
Admiral Peary
Ae Pally Beng
Abon
Esen
Rowty Amundser
Cope Pabert
Hideon Ratord
Ths Pont
John Jones
Wisconsin
Minnesota Woods
Earth
Greenland
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Arctic Circle
Fort Conger Chinnell Land
Ellesmere Island
Canning Food Dates to 1818 Revealed by Boston Globe Letter
A faded Boston Globe account uncovers that canning began by 1812 and gained prominence by 1813 to feed seafaring men. The letter discusses preserving meat, vegetables, and milk at sea, notes English methods, and cites Thorndike and Vaughn as likely exploring a cannery here.
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Fool Canning
Boston Globe
New
Hallowill
England
Sas
Milo
John
Oldinburgh
Imag
Apert
France
London
Donkin Jr. & Gamble
Lev Lo
Preservation Canning and Notable Supporters Mentioned
A historical note discusses canned meats vegetables and milk aboard long voyages. It cites Dr Vaughan of Franklin and links to Benjamin Franklin as intermediary in peace talks. It mentions Tarae Thorndike and John Wright Boott as prominent Boston figures and credits Francola Appert with early canning innovation.
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Canamera
Fim
Sifp
England
Cape of Good Hope
Vaughan
Franklin
Benjamin Vaughan
Boston
Maine
Cambridge
Eng
Benjamin Franklin
New England
Brighton
Hallowell
Methien
Tarae Thorndike
Bevarly
Gen Warren
Napoleon
Waterloo
To &T Helena
Husband Arrested After Wife Killing During Walk
The body of Mrs. John Steff was found on Wu Street with a bullet wound to the head. Police later arrested her husband, Brefas, near Kinzua two miles away, charging him with the murder. The couple had separated, and he lured her from her sister’s home for a walk. The woman, 29, was not seriously injured beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Page
John Steff
Wu Street
Nods
Kinzua
Brefas
Alster
Woman sues owner over bee sting incident
Mrs Augustan Muehl of Menominee files a suit against Phil Hudolph seeking 2000 damages claiming a bee sting caused her agony after an arm injury. The complaint alleges the bee acted with reckless and wanton disregard and that Hudolph’s ownership contributed to the harm.
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BCE
TOR
Augustan Muehl
Menominee
Phil Hudolph
Rutolphs
Rulolph
TIELN DAS NITATED TO CHRYS VV THE WOW
The eastern United States weather is described with references to a large flowered species sold by floste from Japan and noted from New York Sun. The Faroe Islands and Gulf locations are mentioned with a rain storm pattern claiming 300 days of rain per year and a roughly imagined climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Floste
Japan
New York
Faroe Islands
Atha
Stotlard
Gulf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florida
Darly Trains
Washington
Atlantic Coast Line
Standend Railroad
South New
Comps
Rasota
Radentown
Saampart
Petersburg
B. F. Fuller
GEP
Broadway
Wee
Bakers
Walter Baker& Co.Ltd
Dorchester
Mass Montreal
Horlich
Inner Harbor
Dasiy
Geographic Society
Boston Merchant
Meadow Brook Creamery
B' Port
Campbells
Jim Seidenberg
Eat
York City
Humphreys
POST
G. W. Fairchild & Sons Inc
Jewelers
Ford
Ford Motor Company
TUDOR
Detroit
Radio J
Weei Edison Co
Wnac Shepard
Boston Pas
Wean Shepard
Niwspapre
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