19 Apr 1883
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1883
Page
1
A long, jazzy miscellany recalls a Western miner’s tall tale about a cave near Espanola with a gold, silver, copper figure wearing a helmet and breathing fire. The piece twists into a satire on Jules Verne, regional lore, and the West’s influence on imagination, ending with a wry note on civilization.
An importer explains the expansive trade in birds, led by canaries but including canaries from Germany, European wild birds, and many species. Canaries fetch 2 to 12 dollars, trained birds up to 50 or 60 dollars, with about 2000 birds sold weekly to dealers in San Francisco. Prices rise toward month end. shipments arrive in wooden cages with care. Additional species like nightingales, goldfinches, robins, parrots, larks, starlings, and thrush are sold. parrots rarely taught to speech.
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