Fishermen Follow Secret Orders for Distant Herring Haul
A man issued firm directions to send boats to a distant spot to catch herrings. The fishermen doubted the plan but complied, returning the next morning with a full catch of herrings.
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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1895
Page
6
The Goldfinch as a Delightful Household Pet and Trained Feats
The New York Observor notes the goldfinch is pretty docile and intelligent, a good house pet. It can learn to draw water, fire cannons, and mimic activities, with a mirror showing social play. Other birds trained in London perform tasks like milking, counting, and acting as sentry or ambulance, illustrating remarkable bird intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canis
Canaries
New York
Shrikes as Butcher Birds Observed in Local Birds
A reader notes shrikes preying on garden and cage birds in the area. Observations describe shrikes pursuing goldfinches, bluebirds, canaries, and mice, with impaled prey on thorns and multiple daily trips during corn plowing. The report highlights shrikes as now recognized in the community and their stealthy, perching hunting tactics.
Wealth blows up to colossal fortunes in late 1800s records
The text lists large fortunes in the Northern States, noting one estate worth tens of millions and multiple individuals valued from 4 to 30 million. It cites three millionaires in Pennsylvania with total 60 million and a Newark area cluster totaling 100 million, with Boston families paying about 200 million in annual income taxes.
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Zecco
Isa
Pennsylvania
Allxty
Newark
Boston
Sixteen Harvard Students Tour Wellesley In Gracious Pause
A weary Wellesley guide escorts sixteen Harvard men through the college, ending with a chapel quip that travels down the line in grave, humorless form. She must continue the tour, maintaining decorum as the scene unfolds with poised understatement.
Hermit of Greensburg Shelters Amid Heavy Woods
Frank Doggett, now over 60, has lived in a secluded clearing on the banks of Culty five miles from Greensburg Indiana for thirty years. A tragic past follows him. a horse killed his fiancée when they set out to be married. He is six feet tall, farms twenty acres, milks goats, and reads little. He visits town only for elections or taxes, rarely speaks, keeps no time records, and never takes holidays.
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John Boroughs
Atlanta Constitution
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Greensburg
Ind
Frank Doggett
Doggett
Do Files Talk A Curious Inquirer Hears House Sounds
An ingenious inquirer uses a microphone to study house files and reports a possible language of their own. He notes the air carries finer, modulated sounds than ordinary buzzing. The experiment suggests conversations audible through a sound magnifier.
Where Farming Pays in the Northwest Wheat Era
The fragment hints at agricultural conditions in the Northwest with wheat priced under 60 cents a bushel and harsh weather impacting yields. It references serp weather and disrupted farming, suggesting tough growing seasons and economic pressures on farmers.
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