Roanoke Island Shad Season Notes and Fishery Practices
Stephen G. Worth discusses North Carolina fishing, noting an eighty cent per 100 pounds price for herring and potential paste canning as new industries. He reports Roanoke Island shad season results, with deep water poor and shoal net catches, large iced shipments, and nightly deliveries by runboats coordinated with ice and boxes.
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North Carolina
Chicago
Roanoke Island
Skyco
Stephen G. Wortth
Aged couple elope from Kentucky to Ohio
William Henderson aged 81 and Martha Jaynes aged 60, both of Lawrence County, eloped to Ironton Ohio and were married today. Henderson is a widower with fourteen married children and ten grandchildren. Jaynes is mother to six children and four grandchildren. The elopement followed strong opposition from their children after a long separation from a youthful romance. Henderson is described as financially secure.
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Lexington
William Henderson
Martha Jaynes
Lawrence County
Ironton
Henderson
Predictions for the Year 3000 and the fate of civilization
The essay envisions radical future changes from today as civilization advances toward equality in the year 3000. It foresees exclusion and degeneration of certain activities and groups, while stressing that tomorrow we die and the present alone remains real, with history fading into legend.
Health as the greatest earthly value
A reflection on health’s supreme importance, arguing that good health enables enjoying life’s pleasures and pursuing a higher life, citing a celebrated writer who equates health with the soul that animates all enjoyment and warns that without it even riches feel hollow.
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Truly
An Advertisement for a Wife From Chadborne News
A man in Chadborne places a personal ad seeking a wife. He describes himself as poor and uneducated, tall and slim, a bachelor with no children, and bashful about women. He notes service in a war against Spain and asks women to reply via Box 4 Chad sborne, NaC.
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Chadborne
Chadsborne
Nac
Youth and Responsibility in American Business Youth Acknowledged Abroad
An American city merchant recounts an English visitor meeting a youthful Philadelphia manager. The London Times correspondent praised American youth for rapid advancement and enterprise, contrasting it with European limitations and lauding American business energy.
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America
Philadelphia
London Times
Republic
Europe
Farragut’s prophecy on Dewey’s future rise
A Harper's Round Table tale recalls Admiral Goldsborough telling Farragut that Dewey would “make his mark” if given opportunity. Farragut replied that he would “make the opportunity,” a prediction the author says proved true as Dewey advanced.
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Harper's Round Table
Dewey
Goldsborough
Farragut
Golds Borough
Matrimonial Shrinkage Quip From The Poet
A humor line attributed to writer Ernest McGaffey features a wife perceived as shorter after marriage. The poet replies that she has married and settled down, a wry remark on changing perceptions within matrimony. The quip reflects lighthearted social observation from a period humorous voice.
Judge Rules Police May Not Shoot Exiting Suspects
Judge Ralson in Philadelphia rules police cannot shoot a fleeing suspect simply to arrest. An officer may fire only if the prisoner is actively attacking or attempting to escape under lawful arrest. The decision clarifies limits on use of firearms by peace officers in arrest scenarios.
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Ralson
Philadelphia
Noble Woman Honored By Pape Orphanage Gift
The eight children of the late Mrs. A. F. Pape donate four thousand dollars to fund the main building of the Methodist Orphanage in this city. The chapel will be named the Catharine Pape Chapel in memory of their mother whose life reflected hospitality and deep faith.
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A. F. Pape
Catharine Pape
North Carolina
Charleston Exposition opens December 1901 in Charleston
The Charleston Exposition will open in December 1901 and run through June 2902 to showcase South Carolina progress and Southern trade. It will cover 250 acres on the Ashley River with naval vessels stationed upriver, include a 30 acre artificial lake and an electrical island, retain two colonial houses, and feature a 1200 by 900 plaza, a 6000 seat auditorium, Cotton Palace and Commerce and Agriculture buildings in Spanish Renaissance style using pine and staff.
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Charleston
South Carolina
West Indies
United States
Florida
Ashley River
Gao
Americin
North Carolina Expenditures on White and Negro Schools
Raleigh based note from the Baltimore Sun reports public spending in North Carolina over two decades for white and black schooling. It cites totals for school and building costs, county superintendent pay, and Negro normal schools, noting blacks pay about 5 percent of taxes yet receive roughly 44 percent of the expenditure, contrasted with whites 56 percent.
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Raleigh
Baltimore Sun
North Carolina
Cath
Chalotte
Noah and the camel at the ark in Philadelphia
Noah supervises loading of the ark as the camel hesitates at the last moment. A blown umbrella, leaky coat, and holey boots spur Noah to urge the camel forward in a humorous Philadelphia Record anecdote.
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Noah
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Ernest McGaffey
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