Birds Threatened by Egg Collecting and Trade
The article warns that albatrosses on Laysan Island face extinction due to egg gathering for fertilizer and notes the Farallones and other sites where gulls, murres, terns, herons, and plumes are hunted for fashion. It cites historical egg shipments, regulatory actions, and shifts to ostrich farming as a hopeful alternative.
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Sam
Laysan
Hawaii
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Palmer
Uncle Sam
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San Francisco
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Farallones
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Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
H. W. Elliott
Walrus Island
United States
Virginia
Dr. Palmer
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Gulf States
Florida
New England
New Jersey
Tampa Bay
Virgina
Seaford
Long Island
N. Y
Cape Cod
Mass
Pass Agrillo
Gull Island
Muskeget Island
Massachusetts
Maine
Healtes
Chapman
Wealth from bottles yields fortune in New York tale
An elderly New York woman recalls turning discarded empty bottles into a substantial fortune. Starting with a few bottles saved while working as a cook, she built a bottle and cork business across restaurants and merchants, later expanding to six horses and a wagon. By her retirement she had educated her children and paid taxes on substantial real estate, though she laments the brewers stopped the trade.
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New York City
West
Jersey
Ireland
America
Savings Bank
Alis
Bottlizig
Bettas
New York
Avalanche Under Pressure Reported by Respondents
A terse note cites authorities who have undergone the examination process. The report implies the situation is monitored under ongoing oversight, with statements attributed to those involved.
Delaware town to get hot water central heating system
The Delaware Electric Light and Power Company plans a town wide hot water heating system fed by exhaust steam from its electric plant. Electrician Edward F. Gwynn leads the project which will supply heat at coal or wood prices. The system reuses waste steam to heat boiler water and then distributes it through pipes and radiators returning to the central station.
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Delaware, CO
New York Herald
Delaware Electric Light and Power Company
Edward F. Gwynn
The Tile Fish At The New York Aquarium
The Tile fish draws attention for its grotesque shape and awkward fins that struggle to keep the creature upright in the New York aquarium. Spectators watch as it seems to drift almost upside down, a curiosity among many species shown from Bermuda Florida Graves and Bury and nearby Geney Island.
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New York Aquarium
New York
York
Aquariem
Bermudas
Fioria
Geney
Island
British rule in the Nile valley deepens in 1890s Africa
The piece explains England’s expansion from Khartoum to Khartoum and its impact on Egypt. It details the military push to recover Khartoum and the Fashoda episode, the Nile’s riverine obstacles, and the potential but uncertain economic value of the Soudan. It notes limited private capital appeal and emphasizes political consolidation over immediate trade gains.
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London
Africa
Wile
Khalif” Abdullah
Osman Digna
Europe
Egypt
England
Zanzibar
Nile
Upper Nile
Cairo
Gordon
Khartoum
Uganda
United States
Philippine Islands
Nile Valley
Nubia
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Fashoda
Abyssinia
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Suakim
Red Sea
Berber
Soudan
Philippines
Rusata
Mussulman
Upper
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