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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1877
Page
3
Mackerel season runs March to November with quality improving mid season. Early fish off Cape Henry and Cape May coast, moving north to Canada August to November. Seining, line fishing, and boat fleets described. typical crew of fifteen to twenty men earn about $300 a season. owners take the other half of the catch.
The fragment notes a division of expenses with a percentage allocated to the captain. No names, dates, or places are readable to specify who or where this occurred.
The Newtown gas well, four miles away, supplies fuel for cooking and heating at Senator Andersons home. The grounds glow with about twenty standards and thirty jets, flames twelve to eighteen inches high, lighting four acres and a grand fountain scene. The gas is used in a conservatory and the annual domestic cost is about $100.
The record shows ossmere climber Johnson reached 22 200 feet above sea level. Aeronauts have hit 30 600 feet. Weiner ascended Mount Tiliman in the Bahrain Andes with estimates from Pentland 24 200 feet Michm 21 224 feet and Weiner 20 112 feet. Mountaineers and hunters routinely reach 20 000 feet in the Himalayas and nearby ranges for sulphur and game.
An old description of the Great Western railroad in England, planned by Brunel, famed for Britain’s broad gauge. It notes engineers’ pride in the gyroscopic eight-wheelers used on the Flying Dutchman and recalls a fatal accident where an engine driver survived a crash, remarking on the narrow gauge.
A wild eyed German girl named Mary Auguste Klein, hair streaming and eyes wild, charged along Orchard Street in Chicago barking and frothing. Officer Scanlon subdued her, she was taken to Webster avenue station and later to St Joseph's hospital where doctors fought to calm her but with little success.
A historical snippet explains a name guessing method using two upper columns. It describes locating initials by column headers B D H and others, summing top positions to reveal the letter, then repeating for each letter. The passage suggests curiosity for readers unfamiliar with the scheme.
The article traces fairs from Constantine era assemblies to France’s Troyes fair in the fifth century and Dagobert I’s St Denis fair. It covers the Champagne and Brie fairs in the twelfth century, German fairs at Frankfort and Magdeburg, England’s St Bartholomew fair, and the role of immunities and amusements. It notes the social and linguistic impact of fairs and suggests the US agricultural show as a distant analogue.
A recent return shows 1,420,172 depositors in England, 32,947 in Wales, 56,849 in Ireland, and 260,819 in Scotland. Proportions give one depositor per 96, 86, 19, and 18 people respectively. In Glasgow deposits reach £2,559,999 from 97,955 depositors. Edinburgh totals £1,079,678 from 51,043 depositors. These banks, recently established, are viewed as highly secure and increasingly successful.
Statistics claim over six hundred thousand drunkards in the United States with seventy thousand deaths yearly from alcohol. One hundred thousand are imprisoned, three hundred murders and four hundred crises linked to drink. Two hundred thousand orphans arise annually, while nine-tenths of crime and most pauperism are tied to whisky. Government costs and individual want total at least sixty million dollars annually.
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