Ambergris fortunes from whales attract wary crews
The article recounts how ambergris, a rare substance from spermaceti whales, has made fortunes for captains and crews. It explains its discovery, value, and use in perfumery, with historical anecdotes from Provincetown and West Indies voyages.
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Fucky Wihsters
Chabof
Gage Phillips
Provincetown
Indice
Whegro
States
Ambergris
Chicago Times
Dark superlatives of Lake Superior’s cold waters
Meank Wilkeson in New York Times recalls a sailor tale aboard a steamship crossing Lake Superior. The mate notes the lake’s frigid depth has claimed many lives, saying only one man survived after a fall, with others lost to the shock of cold water.
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Superior
Lake Superior
Raate
Nothce
Thom
Take Superior
Move to Buy Goods by Weight Sparks Local Debate
The Globe-Democrat notes a trend toward selling by weight across goods and fuels. Coal exchanges drop the bushel and transact by the ton. Wheat moves to hundredweight, potatoes and onions by the pound, and eggs by weight is urged. A shift toward the metrical system is foreseen as familiar measures fade.
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Coal Exchange
France
Globe- Democrat
French plan to race to Bombay via Euphrates route
Aristide Dumont proposes a ten day passage from Europe to Bombay by a railway down the Euphrates valley from Antioch through Aleppo and Baghdad to the Persian Gulf and then by steamer. The project would rival Suez for passenger traffic. Lesseps says Mesopotamia development would aid the canal.
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Aristide Dumont
Europe
Bombay
Antioch
Aleppo
Bagdad
Suez Canal
Lesseps
Mesopotamia
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Three-cornered sail powers wagon in wind
A Dakota inventor attaches a three cornered jib sail to a light wagon to catch the wind, propelling it at ten to twelve miles per hour. A Russian miser learns to bark to avoid watchdog costs.
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New York Tribune
Massian Merchant's Ubiquitous St Petersburg Signs
A Cleveland Leader excerpt notes Moscow signs seen in St. Petersburg along main streets. Coffee rack covers over shop fronts reveal giant 6 by 18 foot painted signs. The chemist’s depiction shows ointments medicines and doctors amid artful images, valued at several hundred roubles.
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St. Petersburg
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Moscow Cor
Cleveland
Public Towels and Public Health Concerns
A historical notice warns that public towels are unsafe due to contamination from skin flakes, bodily fluids, and germs. It notes towels are reused by many people daily, risking transmission of illnesses to later users, with emphasis on hygiene risks.
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Rome Il
Simple Home Telephone From Cigar Boxes
A DIY telephony method uses two cigar boxes connected by five pounds of stovepipe wire. Hollow holes in box centers, a wire loop, and window-slats support create a functional line. The inventor says a 200 yard setup cost forty five cents and can transmit music when an organ plays thirty feet away.
Sulphur Smell From Jacksonville Water Draws Comment
Florida's Sulphur Sprig notes New York Tribune reports Jacksonville water from three artesian wells is highly impregnated with sulphur. Fountain basins are thickly coated with the ill smelling residue, alarming to residents.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
New York Tribune
Quill Toothpicks From Paris Mill Now Cheaper
The Chicaugu Herald reports on France’s largest world factory near Paris producing twenty million quills annually. Started to make quill pens, the plant shifted to toothpicks as pens fell out of use.
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France
Paris
Afraid to Go Home Country Minister Dialogue
An OCR fragment shows a country minister scolding a boy for fighting on Sunday. The boy explains he must bring home more fish than he has caught so far, fearing his father’s punishment.
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Tin
News of Singapore Reaches New York A Day Earlier
A comparison of mails across the Atlantic and Pacific shows that news of a Singapore event arrived in New York via the Pacific route one day sooner than by the Atlantic passage.
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Atlantic
Singapore
New York
Life on bore and the Duke of Sutherland’s aims
The Chicago Herald quotes the Duke of Sutherland lamenting indecision about his best path. He has tried grand estate improvement, Egyptian schemes, Gladstone denunciation, a firefighting stint, yachting, and even an American tour, all without his duchess.
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Duke of Sutherland
Egypt
Mr. Gladstone
Hfe
Chicago Herald
Golden Era Lode and Millsite Location Notice in Beaverhead County
Beavershead County Montana description details the Golden Era Lode and millsite with corner monuments marked 3 128 and 22128, boundary bearings, and varying degrees of magnetic variation. The notice invites adverse claims within sixty days at the Helena land office, recorded by W. S. Langhorne, Register.
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Unoten Statin Lind
Helena
Mont
Golden Era Mining and Milling Company
Tli
Noly
Clough McDonnell
Golden Fen
Montana
Heaverhead
Territory
Platea
Rand
Tos Roa
Beadamin
Maine
Recorder’s
Beaverhead County
Escared Togo Ue
Ceateat
Rena Lote
Rena Mining and Savlting Company
Applicante
Register of the United States Land Office
Turbine Water Wheel Offered at Bargain
One 15 inch Turbine Water Wheel described as first class at every way is offered at a bargain. The seller notes the wheel is in good condition with a casting, cel staff, and housing. Brundage Site Office lists the sale as underway in March.
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Fiemin
Stey
Hosing
Brundage
du Tig Marat
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