Guides the Mariner and the U S Lighthouse Service
A historical overview of lighthouse origins and the U S Lighthouse Board. Coverage includes early beacons, the 1715 Boston light, two principal aid classes, light orders, organization, districts, vessels, fog and sound signals, buoy types, keeper life, pay, and the cost and scale of the 1890 lighthouse system nationwide with thousands of aids to navigation.
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Lighthouse Board
Lighthouse Establishment
United States Lighthouse Establishment
Army
Navy
Gray Gables and Buzzard's Bay Home of Grover Cleveland
A feature on Buzzard's Bay describes Gray Gables, the secluded summer home of ex President Grover Cleveland, with nearby Marion landmarks, scenic harbors, and a note on the ship and steamer losses in naval statistics. It also touches on Joseph Jefferson's nearby residence and historic table manners.
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Gray Gables
Clevelands
New England
Buzzard’s Bay
Grover Cleveland
Cape Cod
Marion
Cleveland
Monument Beach
Try
Black River
Old Colony
Monument River
Cohasset Narrows
Ruth
O Crow’s Nest
Joseph Jefferson
Second Mourning Dress Described as Joyful Season
An expert praises second mourning attire using white China silk and dead white lace for cool elegance and ginghams in mauves and grays with velvet ribbons. The piece laments that fashionable women must endure first mourning to reach this so called joyful period.
World’s Shipwrecks and Sea Disaster Statistics
The article discusses Lloyd's sea disaster statistics, noting 68 vessels lost last year and Britain’s large share of wrecks. It analyzes tonnage losses by material and vessel type, comparing iron, wood, steel, and age effects, with emphasis on ships abandoned at sea.
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Britain
Norway
Russia
Sweden
Spain
Lloyd's
Lloyd’s
Spider Thread for Telescopes by Australian Spider
An astronomer captures a common garden spider and places it on a twig. Startled, the spider drops and spins out a thread while the man twists a doubled wire to gather enough thread for his telescope project. He unwinds the thread from the wire when needed. British observers envy Australian spiders whose silk is thicker and multi corded.
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Australia
London
Census Sheds Light on Ireland Population Shifts
The last Irish census shows a decline of 470 000 since 1881 while foreigners rise chiefly due to immigration of Russian Jews. Methodists up 13 percent, Roman Catholics down 10 percent and Episcopalians 6 percent, Presbyterians 5 percent, with RC clergy increasing.
American Paupers and a Bicycle Attacking Horse
A United States report cites 73 034 paupers in almshouses while a Circleville Ohio horse attacks every bicycle in reach. The strange pair of items appears in a single compact news brief from a historical page.
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United States
Circleville
Ohio
Pain as constant companion through life and death
The passage speaks of pain as an enduring, universal force that accompanies every person from birth to death. It emphasizes pain’s omnipresence across seasons and ages, a dark angel shaping human experience.
The Columbus Egg Monument at Genoa Exposition
A gigantic three story egg structure in Genoa celebrates Columbus discovery of America. Designed by Signor Guarone di Novello it dominates the exposition grounds with a reception room walls painted of Columbus expedition, an American guests rooms with stars and stripes, a cafe on the second floor and a concert garden on top. A royal ball for the Queen of Italy is planned in this celebrated edifice.
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Genoa
Italy
America
Columbus
Signor Guarone di Novello
Christopher Columbus
A Peculiar Insect The Mantis Commonly Called Soothsayer
The mantis is an unusual insect found in tropical Africa South America India and warm regions of North America Europe and Australia. It is called soothsayer for its kneeling pose and folded front legs as it watches prey. In Southern France it was believed to reveal a lost child when spoken to and in Africa and India it remains revered by some peoples. The front legs are graspers that seize its prey.
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Africa
South America
India
North America
Europe
Australia
France
Substitute for Black Walnut in Florida Furniture Making
The piece discusses various insects and their feeding habits, then pivots to substitute for black walnut. It notes black walnut scarcity in Florida and proposes black gum as an excellent, stainable alternative. Proper seasoning and use could boost Florida industry and wealth. The Fernandina item hints at local context.
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Florida
Fernandina Mror
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mariner
United States Light-House Establishment
Pharos
Alexandria
Egypt
Corunna
Trajan
England
Boston Herald
Little Brewster Island
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Point Allerton
Treasury Department
Congress
Lighthouss Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Massachusetts Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
Ter
Mississippi
Tribusary
New South Shoal
Sankaty Head
Nantucket
Sainth Bey
Thimble Lighthouse
Hampton Roads, VA
Pollock Rip
Mass
ST. Augustine
Fia
Paris Island
Buzzard's Bay
Lydgate
President Cleveland
Vee Resi
Genoat Maleantian Calantry
TE Mantis
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