Chinese Fishing Methods Across a Far Eastern Coast
The article details Chinese fishing devices such as dip nets and square nets on bamboo frames, slipper boats using moonlight to lure fish, and cormorant hawking. It notes the frugal use of shark parts, dried cuttlefish, and mussels for food and goods, and mentions vivid notes on broader practices and historical spread.
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China
Swatow
British Isles
England
Hgndow
Lele Raiph
Sharp Blackmailer Charged In Connecticut Court
Isaac H. Lockwood faces U S charges for using the mails to fraud. A checkered career led him to Epay where he and a woman named Bee advanced money on diamonds. He sought repayment, caused an arrest of his sick aunt, and sent out circulars nationwide seeking funds for a supposed charity.
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United States
Stepney Depot
Conn
Lockwood
George Page
Stepney
Page
Dakota
Royal Engineers
Guernsey
Glasgow
Boston
Fourth National Bank
New Ri
Cor
Chicago Times
Isaac H. Lockwood
Connecticut
Epay
Bee
Ost
Stolen Horses and Auction Frauds in New York Markets
A Rochester Democrat report notes stolen horses are moved to secluded spots for examination and grooming before sale at twice weekly auctions in New York. It cites widespread fraud, disguises by jockeys, and connections with city sellers, including a carriage team once linked to August Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoxse
Belmont
Vandi
N. Y. Cor
Rochester
Physician warns smoking causes baldness in men
A physician notes smoking can lead to baldness in men, joking that smoking in the parlor after new lace curtains are hung may provoke the wife to learn of it, as reported by the Philadelphia News.
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Philadelphia News
Berkshire and Essex hogs best suited for all purposes
An extended guide favors Berkshire hogs over Essex for meat balance and hardiness. It details breed traits, care, feeding, and housing, and warns against overbreeding. It emphasizes cleanliness, proper pen design, staged weaning, and selective culling for a strong six-pig start.
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Columbia County
Chester White
Poland
Suffolk
Berkeshire
Essex
Berkshire
Notable Figures and Personalities in Public Life
A column of quick notes profiles Mrs. Scoville seeking a name change to Howe, Georgia Senator Brown as the South’s top earner, Efrom Morse’s palindromic name, ex-Gov Smyth’s 19 000 mile Old World tour, a memorial tree for ex-Gov Washburn, Norvin Green’s Kentucky doctor days, Mrs. Fair and Senator Fair’s divorce notoriety, Mrs. Roebling near Brooklyn Bridge, Robert Collyer’s aging appearance, Father Hawley’s institutionalization, Miss A M Fielde’s Swatow dictionary, and Captain Abbie Thompson’s Salvation Army leadership in Kingston.
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Scoville
Guiteau
Howe
United States
Brown
Georgia
South
Efrom Morse
Rockport
Frederick Smyth
New Hampshire
Israel Washburn
Livermore
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Kentucky
Anvil
Ben Franklin
Hawley
Senator Hawley
Hartford
Francis Hawley
Cazenovia
N. Y
A. M. Fielde
Swatow
China
Abbie Thompson
Abbie
Salvation Army
Kingston
Canada
Postoffice Clerk Notes 71 Spellings of Schedule Variants
Mr. La Fetia of the Postoffice Department lists seventy one distinct spellings from official correspondence by lawmakers and others. Examples include schelude schegal schegal skudgl and sedal. Washington Star reports the collection.
Whimsical Snippets From Early 1900s Newspapers
A collage of brief quips and jokes from various papers. Notes on savings banks, fashion color terms, a nursemaid joke about a moustache, sun bleaching, a tale of a woman in Alabama, a corncob doughnut swap on a railway counter, scrub brushes in the army, Italian royal dining, a Detroit boy recounting counting to calm anger, and a brother’s punchline.
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Kat Onions
Sis
Boston Post
Burlington
Alabama
Detroit Free Press
Omaha
Rome
N. Y
War Department
Norristown Herald
Straw Bonnets Fashioned With Velvet Puffing And Lace
Straw bonnets return as dressy accessories with capote shapes, velvet puffs, and colored braids. Styles feature black or white English straw, velvet ribbons, rosettes, and bouquets, plus garnet velvet puffs with embroidery for Alsacian or formal effects.
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Harper’s Bazar
Apple Growing Experiment Aims to End Off Years
Stratford, Connecticut resident Asa B. Curtis reports success in forcing an eight year old apple tree to bear every year by removing blossoms for four years. The method could allow orchards to avoid off years in bearing, with implications for home and market growers. Hartford Times notes the potential for other trees to follow this pattern.
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Asa 8
Curtis
Stratford, Conn
Hartford
Conn
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Chicago Herald
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Italy
John
Detroit
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