Shark Capture on Atlantic City Cruise Ends in Angling Feat
An Atlantic City correspondent recounts a shark fishing outing aboard a small boat. Win, Captain Conover, and helpers battle a blue-nose shark about six feet nine inches long, securing it behind the mast after a stubborn fight that drenches the crew. The tale notes the shark’s jaw caught the eel bait, its capture, and the modest size compared to tall tales. In a separate item, Miss Tillie Trimble describes fending off a burglar who eluded earlier attempts, aided by her mother and officers, recovering sixty dollars and several watches.
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Win
Conover
Patience
Brent
George
Trath
Atlantic City Cor
Philadelphia Press
Brooklyn Heroine Detains Burglar at No 92 Fourth Place
Miss Tillie Trimble, 19, of No 92 Fourth Place Brooklyn, trapped a burglar in her house yesterday afternoon after raising the alarm. With her mother’s help she restrained him by the neck until a policeman arrived. Her brave act surprised neighbors and acquaintances.
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Tillie ‘Trimble
Fourth Place
Brooklyn
Miss Trimbie
American Crocodiles and Their Florida Habitat
The article explains that American crocodiles inhabit saltwater areas in Florida near the sea, unlike alligators. It covers anatomy resembling birds, the long-nosed muzzle, care for offspring, nesting behavior, and the crocodile’s more cautious yet sometimes deadly attacks compared with Old World cousins.
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Florida
Smithsonian Institution
Cuvier
Jamaica
Cayman
Guiana
South America
Chicago Times
Alcohol from Acorns Suggests Grain Substitute
Scientific American notes acorns contain starch and gluten but high tannic acid. When shelled, ground, mashed with malt and fermented they could yield alcohol comparable to grain. Hog feeding could harvest wastes, freeing grain for food and inspiring a method to separate starch gluten and tannic acid for varied uses.
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Scientific American
Life in the Pennsylvania Coal Breakers
A Pittston cor respondent to the Philadelphia Press describes child labor in Luzerne County coal breakers. Children from six to fifteen toil daily in dirty, carbon-filled air earning small wages, advancing to mule driving and mining while missing schooling. The piece condemns the conditions, calls for reform, and links oppression to moral decline and Molly Maguireism.
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Man’s
Lincoln
Luzerne County
Evening Love Tale From Harper's Magazine
A narrator woos Imogen with playful grandiose promises in a moonlit country scene. He vows eternal devotion, plan for a circus trip, and gifts, while the beloved subtly-interrupts, ending with a sigh about a fading love and a Fourth of July balloon.
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Imogen
Harper’s Magazine
Gold's double fate hinges on its use by mankind
The saying frames gold as a potential fortune or ruin, depending on how it is employed by people and societies. It highlights gold's power to reward progress or provoke vice, shaping civilizations across ages.
Circus Day Parade Sparks Childhood Reverie
J. W. Riley recalls a vivid circus day in Wide Awake with memories of bugles, glittering bands, marching youth, exotic animals, and a clown delighting the town. The piece blends nostalgia for the parade’s pageantry with playful detail of horses, elephants, camels, cages, and a merry mule.
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J. W. Riley
Harry Millers Sturgeon and His Tame Lake Friend
A 19th century tale recalls Harry Miller at Cedar Point near Port Henry caring for a lake sturgeon named Tom. The fish grew tame and strong, learned to pull a boat, and enjoyed long rides while guided by a rope and pole reins.
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Lake
Champlain
Harry Miller
Harry
Cedar Point
Port Henry
Tom
Arry
Pope
Tom the Sturgeon and the Boy Who Trained Him
A tale from Harper's Young People recounts Harry Miller in Warren Pennsylvania recalling his sturgeon Tom. The fish was trained to work boats and pull fishing parties, becoming a model of discipline until sold after three years. Harry laments the loss but preserves the memory in vivid detail.
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Tom
Hart Miller
Harry
Harry Miller
Warren
Pennsylvania
Harper's
The Lesson of the Briers in Charley and Ella
Charley scorns the garden says Ella but tears his trousers on briers while Ella helps mend them. The pair rush to meet Aunt May Cousin Harry and Alice as carriage arrives, Charley finally apologizing with a hug and a kiss.
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Charley
Ella
May
Harry
Alice
Charles
Joel Stacy
St. Nicholas
Weathering Cyclones: An Electric Battery Inside the Storm
Meteorologists assert cyclones contain an internal electrical energy source that drives damage, while wind remains a secondary effect used to distract from the real cause. This view cites the storm’s inner mechanisms as the primary danger beyond gusts.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Fossilized fish jaw with fifty teeth found in Tennessee may be extinct species
A fish upper jaw was discovered about twenty five feet underground in Williamson County Tennessee. It contains ninety five teeth and sockets for fifteen more, suggesting it belonged to a now extinct species.
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Williamson County
Tenn
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Tillie
World
Cassidy
David Henry
Miss Trimble
M. Y. World
Pennsylvania Coal Breakers
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