The Dominie In a Quicksand Tale at Toad Hollow
An 19th century narrator recounts a fishing trip gone awry in Toad Hollow. While attempting to reach big trout, he sinks in quicksand and survives with help from black laborers as kingfishers circle overhead. The tale ends with reflections on health and climate.
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New York Times
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Destruction of Adirondack Forests Spurs Alarm Across New England
The Boston Herald laments rapid spoliation in the White Mountains and its threat to New England rivers and industry. It cites forest sale to speculators, railroads, and mills, warns of dwindling Merrimac Saco and Connecticut river sources, urges public sentiment before lumber season resumes. Sir Henry Thompson noted dentist role and diet effects on dentition in aging.
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White Hills
New England
Merrimac
Saco
Connecticut
White Mountain
New Hampshire
New World
Massachusetts
Maine
Sir Henry Thompson
Popular Science Monthly
Wreck on Delaware River Reveals Washington Transport
Workers near Bordentown on the Delaware River excavate for sand used in building in Philadelphia Reading Pottsville and Trenton. Captains Frailey Herron examine a sunken vessel 12 feet under sand. likely a Washington era transport with live oak ribs and planking.
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Pennsylvania
Enoch Frailey
Michael Herron
Frailey
Washington
Delaware
Herron
Lynch
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