Sea lions do not endanger fisheries say scientists
A Tribune Printing Company monitoring note notes a Science finding that sea lions mostly eat squid and do not threaten the fishing industry. The column cites American racing figures and discusses the impact of education on business success, referencing Keene Whitney Lorillard Vanderbilt and others.
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California
England
France
Austria
Germany
James R. Keene
William C. Whitney
Pierre Lorillard
William K. Vanderbilt
New York Tribune
Sawing Trick Raises Laugh at Yorkshire Asylum
A Yorkshire asylum inmate hidden by sawing the wrong way revealed the folly. An attendant urged him to flip the tool, but the inmate asked if anyone ever tried it that way and claimed this method was the easiest. Also noted: England has one clergyman per 610 people, Ireland per 1270, and Mexico City gains artesian wells as private boreings rise in Guerrero neighbors.
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Beb Wayne
Yorkshire
Secon
Min
London
England
Ireland
City of
Mexico
Guerrero
New Zealand Cattle Rons Let By Auction On Varying Terms
New Zealand cattle rons are offered by auction for varying terms not exceeding 25 years. The notices set out flexible durations and conditions for buyers seeking long term arrangements in the livestock trade.
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New Zealand
An Evening Prayer by Francis E. Pope in Boston Transcript
Poem recalling life’s voyage from youth to old age with God as captain and guardian through calm seas and tempests. The speaker asks for continued guidance and strength as mortality nears, acknowledging God’s lifelong presence and companionship.
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Francis E. Pope
Boston Evening Transcript
The Wreck of the John Andrews on Lake Erie
The John Andrews a lumber barge from Buffalo to Duluth faces a sudden storm as a cyclone roars in from the west. The narrator and crew scramble through flames and mist, with Harry injured, and the narrator salvages a plan to fashion a raft from deck planks while the barge burns and drifts.
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Rom
Great Lakes
John Andrews
Buffalo
Duluth
Harry
Burns
Port Huron
Michigan
Cap
Sinking John Andrews tests a lone raft escape
The narrator and Harry fight cold, waterlogged odds as the ship sinks. They salvage tins and bread from the wreck while debating whether the vessel will finally go down. A calm bravado hides fear as they drift on a raft toward shore through mist and surf.
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Harry
John Andrews
Pacific Ocean
Land
Canada
Harly
Burns
Cook
Strand of Misty Lake Yarn Reaches Kin Cardine
The narrator and companion Fact drift ashore near a misty lake and meet a man bailing a catboat who questions their origin. Harly warns that explaining things to locals can cost a jaw, and the tale of the John Andrews is claimed to be a true yarn never told before.
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Harly
Kincardine
Canada
John Andrews
Monument to a Horse in Lake View Cemetery
W. Irving Wadleigh erected a granite shaft in Lake View Cemetery to honor his horse Buck. The monument bears varied inscriptions including Buck’s name, life dates, and a line about fidelity in adversity. Buck was a sorrel thoroughbred 15 hands high who accompanied Wad leigh through prosperity and adversity.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Lake View Cemetery
W. Irving Wadleigh
Buck
Mr. Wadleigh
Seattle
Portland
Pennsylvania Weasels Read in Royal Ermine Color Change
The Philadelphia Record notes that the ermine or white weasel changes color with winter in northern regions, turning white with a black tail tip, while in Pennsylvania most do not. Two specimens from Sullivan County were recently added to the Academy of Natural Sciences.
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Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Canada
Academy of Natural Sciences
Sullivan County
Lis Weasel
Philadelphia
Clock of Musselburgh Faces Resting Place in Museum
A four century old Musselburgh clock, once used to time events for the Duke of Somerset during the 1547 Pickle campaign and later featured in 1745 Highland marches, will be preserved in the town museum after it stops ticking.
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Musselburgh
Eilinburgh
Duke of Somerset
Pickle
Mary
Edward VI
England
Prince Charlie
Sir John Cope
Prestoupans
London
Birds nest in Cromwell era gun at Windsor Tower
A pair of starlings nests in the old gun mounted in the Curfew Tower at Windsor Castle. The weapon once commanded Windsor Bridge for royalist defense now hosts a brood as people along Thames Street watch the birds teach their young to fly from the gun mouth.
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Cromwell
Windsor Castle
Windsor Bridge
Eton
Thames Street
Florida's Lovely Ladies Reflect After Fire Event
Florida Times Union Citizen notes Jacksonville women regain smiles after a devastating fire. It describes their resilient, hopeful bearing and compares it to roses with dew, signaling a sense of immediate recovery and community spirit.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Florida Times-Union Citizen
Remarkable Salt Deposit at Salton California
The Salton sea region shows a vast rock salt bed below sea level, covering about 1000 acres and fed by springs. The deposit supports rival company disputes, ships about 2000 tons annually, and employs Indians under harsh desert heat to harvest, mill, and pack salt for diverse uses from food to medicinal products.
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California
Scientific American
Sea of
Salton
Colorado
America
Gulf of California
Southern Pacific
First Born Children Tend To Be Stronger
A discussion from Everybody's Magazine and other studies argues first born children often show greater height and weight than laterborn siblings. The piece cites vigor of mothers at birth, social class effects in England, and school-age Swiss data linking birth season to height, noting summer birth correlates with better growth amid healthier conditions and more accessible food.
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Arthur MacDonald
Everybody's Magazine
England
Switzerland
The Appreciative Boston Lady at Chautauqua
A Mississippi English teacher visiting New York Chautauqua enlivens dining rooms with bright talk. Her spirited conversation endears her to others until a fortnight later she moves, prompting a Boston hostess to lament losing her distinctive dialect and company.
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Boston
Mississippi
New York
Chautauqua
Harper’s Magazine
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Freeland
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Arthur Willis Colton
Tary
Ile Soermed
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