Immigrant Ship Life and Passage Laws Revealed
A long, detailed look at European immigration to the United States describes the voyage experience. It covers boarding ceremonies, steerage crowd life, stowaways, medical inspections at quarantine, and the contrast with cabin passengers. The piece notes multilingual tensions, discipline aboard, and the end goal of new citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
New York
Castle Garden
Steamship Company
Rain Making Angling Inventions A Mock Graphic satire
A humorous Scientific American cartoon lampoons rain making by Daniel Ruggles of Fredericksburg Virginia and Senator Farwell's weather efforts. It questions cannon fired rain and warns public funds were spent on a chimera, noting no solid proof rain can be produced and showing explosives as an unreliable means. The piece blends satire with a broader note on science funding.
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Scientific American
Puck
Daniel Ruggles
Fredericksburg
Farwell
Ruggles
Senator Farwell
Alaska
Texas
A Startling Lesson and Language Debates at Sea of Terms
A temperance lecturer showed micro organisms in water then whisky to illustrate a point. A rear voice declared never to drink water without whisky. Americans say depot while English use station and are correct here. GoLoc? gold coin shipped abroad in fir e gallon kegs each holding ten bags valued at $50,000. Gold from the other side comes in boxes.
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United States
Albatross Attacks Sink Man Overboard Dane
A Nova Scotia bark near a rough-weather latitude in mid voyage to Liverpool reports a Dane crewman overboard. Two large albatrosses swooped and battered him, seemingly gouging eyes with hooked bills. The ship circled the spot seven minutes later, but the man vanished. The incident is described as caused by the birds. The piece ends noting Chinese customs on photography of women.
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Board of Trade
Europe
Valley of the Danube
New York
Wall Street
W & Co
W—W & Co
W& Co
Nova Scotia
Liverpool 2
Pall Mall
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Ring of All Nations
Kows
Partieu
Ines
Welmeritt
Ile
Sida
South
Ind
Ilar Oun
Steorage
Pasenger
Custom House
Princeton
Philadelphia
Slick Tom
Detroit Free Press
Lea
Emerald Lsle
Sarah K. Bolton
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