Fishing in the Arctic by Graham Zeader
In 1883 Arctic villages relied on ice fishers as sealing faltered and food grew scarce. Women and children predominated, with a few men joining when needed. Eskimo gear included long-handled ice picks, whalebone reels, copper jigs, and antler scoops for hauling fish through four foot thick ice. Fish were hauled up by a quick jig and scoop method, then frozen, with some fishing continuing into May and along shore in November using a two foot rod and ivory squid lure.
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Arctics
Liiardly
Texas Week of Projects and Perils Across Many Counties
Texas letters detail new hotels and churches in Yoakum and Corsicana, bridges and jails in multiple counties, aransas Pass steamers, artesian wells at Belton and San Antonio gas, and crops up in Wise, Will, and surrounding counties. Notable incidents include a 13 year old boy killed in Sherman, a man jailed for bigamy in Wichita Falls, a fatal train accident near Gainesville, and a self-inflicted gunshot in New Braunfels.
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San Saba
Galveston
Greenville
Gillespie County
Walter Coffey
Sherman
Joe Breedlove
Lockhart
George Dulling
San Antonio
Cario
Vicente de la Garza
James
Grayson County
Gainesvile
Wichita County
Texas Conseil Lated Compress and Manufacturing Association
Tyler
E. A. Hickey
Paris
Silkey
General and Foreign News Roundup and Notable Events
Votes from foreign climes and a weekly resume cover varied items. Mentions include Vermont maple sugar season opening, Sherman statue fund reaching 38635 dollars, eight hour bill in Pennsylvania senate, a Mexican lion near Summerville Georgia, and Michael Overmyer shot dead in Rochester Indiana.
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Pennsylvania Senate
Summerville
Michael Overmyer
Rochester
Ind
Norton Iron Works
Ashland
Farmers’ Alliance
Haverhill
Texas Senate and House Debates Track Local Options and Rail Issues
Texas legislative action covers a local option constitutional amendment, medicine board revision, railroad and streetcar rules, and a state printing inquiry. Senate passes local option measure. medical examiners split by school, with amendments. house signs express regulatory bills and approves rail measures amid party tension.
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Kearby
Nford
Glasscock
United States
Congress
Pope
Chase
Burney
Board of Medical Examiners
Carter
Tyler
Sach
Trusting-to-a-man's honesty plan of quick lunch service
A New York City correspondent describes a novel lunch system where customers serve themselves at long counters, pay later, and rely on honesty. Clerks seldom supervise, prices are posted, and “thievery” is reported as rare, with some diners paying exact amounts or calling out “twenty out.”
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Nassau Street
America
Scotland
Global Bed Styles Through History and Regions
The passage surveys sleeping arrangements across cultures from the tropics to Europe. It notes portable hammock beds of Indira, matting and neck rests of Japanese, low bedsteads for Chinese, German beds with oversized upper mattresses, and the shift in England from four poster to iron or brass bedsteads. It also mentions large English beds and ancient Greek Roman frames, plus an Egyptian couch resembling a chair.
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Tropics
Indira
England
Bridgeport Fish Vendor Draws Cats With Friday Parade
A local Bridgeport Yonny fish seller, famed for attracting neighborhood cats with his weekly Friday routine, leads the animals along the street like a Pied Piper before returning them home after a liberal giveaway of fish heads.
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Bridgeport
Atanas Woman Sees Unseen Presence In Room
A young woman from Atanas Ga describes an uncanny perception of an invisible line as she enters a room. She cannot see or hear it yet feels a sensed, disagreeable presence she associates with a cat and a person nearby.
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Atanas, Ga
Making Family Crests
A San Francisco heraldry designer explains the demand for coats of arms among wealthy clients. He blends elements from Irish, American, and naval symbolisms to produce personalized crests, citing a Washington Territory lumber king as a recent commission.
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New York
London
Washington Territory
Patrick Webster McGinty
Patrick
Ireland
Webster
McGinty
Police Gazette
Secret of Gen Sherman Vigon
The article describes General Sherman as still vigorous in old age. He is septuagenarian, served in the army for many decades, and remains active in social campaigns. He attends dinners, enjoys public speaking, and participates in military, business, and literary circles. He loves children, reads newspapers, and keeps a temperate, disciplined routine.
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Sherman
Georgia
Pigeon Service on War Vessels and London’s Deep Rail
Notes state France conducts naval pigeon experiments and has a carrier pigeon link to shore while other nations run military pigeon services. The report also mentions a surgical ear reduction case with no visible scar and describes London’s new underground railway at 60 feet depth with 14 electric locomotives and 8 passenger carriages. It cites ideas for dry burial of the dead as an alternative to cremation using air to dehydrate bodies while preserving form.
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Russia
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Underground Electric Railway of London
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