Salmon fishing on the Labrador coast
The Labrador coast supports a major salmon fishery beside the cod, with peak season in late July to late August. Fishermen use six inch mesh nets along shores and river mouths to catch salmon, which are then cleaned, brined, and packed in barrels averaging 200 pounds each. A barrel yields about 12 dollars, with each fish valued around 50 cents, and fishing lasts about four weeks. Salmon are also dried and smoked, less commonly salted, in Labrador communities.
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Labrador
Canadian
Resti‘gouche
Bay of Chaleurs
St. Lawrence
The Mississippi Bottom Shifts Toward Gulf
The article discusses a hypothetical geological shift where the river’s bottom slides toward the Gulf of Mexico, potentially increasing shallowness at outlets. It envisions long term consequences including land loss in Louisiana and Texas, formation of new river outlets, submerged cities, and vast inland lakes, with changes unfolding over centuries or millennia.
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Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Superior
Ontario
The Decay of Manners and Social Graces
A Boston Courier excerpt laments loss of old polite arts as society grows restless. It notes the decline of turning a compliment, aiding a lady, telling a cou story, reading poetry aloud, and refined conversation. Writers blame telegraphy and telephone for turning people into automata.
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Telephone
Boston -Courier
Silence as Power in Cordelia from Lear
Cordelia, daughter of King Lear, is celebrated for her restrained presence. Sir Stafford Northcote notes that despite limited lines she profoundly affects readers and spectators, lingering in memory as a figure of purity communicated beyond words.
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Cordelia
Kin Lear
Stafford Northcote
Shakspeare
The Footstep as Character Reveals Identity
The article argues that footprints betray character more reliably than faces and that detective work should study steps closely. It notes the step’s stubborn individuality, compares it to boot shape, and urges training the ear to recognize acquainted footsteps. Boston Courier.
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Boston Courier
Recent Tendencies in American Journalism
The piece by E. V. Smalley in the Manhattan for April argues that sensationalism in papers has shifted from headlines to the content of news and crime coverage. It notes a growing demand for cleaner, family-friendly reporting and warns against overemphasizing smut and murder to boost readership.
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Wendell Phillips
E. V. Smalley
Manhattan
Metropolitan Press
Smalley
New York
M. FY. Nail and Expess
Beeeteoue
How They Found Oil in Southwestern Missouri
A discouraged partner recalls drilling to 900 feet in Missouri where oil indications appeared. They diverted funds, bought oil and empty barrels then flooded the hole with oil to deceive onlookers. The plan failed as no oil could be pumped and the hole remained dry, ending in regret.
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Missouri
Jim
Sis Higw
Tharp
Chicago Herald
Types of Women in Paris Figaro Ethnic Portraits
A translated Paris Figaro piece surveys women by nationality, detailing the American girl’s independence and flirtation, the English matron’s virtue and poise, the Spanish creole’s simplicity, the German housewife’s discipline, the Italian’s wealth appetites, and the Russian’s charm and authority, all with period stereotypes.
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Paris
Figaro
Gordon on Muhammadans and Religion in His Life
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Gen. Gordon’s broad view of religion praising Muhammadans as decent believers. He cites prayers from heathens as heard by God and notes his own fearlessness of death. He condemns dolefulness as contrary to divine will, preferring cheerful faith over gloom.
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Gen. Gordon
Mussulman
Abyssinia
Gordon
Hopworthy
Gog
Pall Mall Gazette
Literary Fellows in Washington Work on Histories
In Washington literary figures including Blaine Cox Knott Spofford Loring Stevens and Jones pursue various historical projects. Knott and Spofford edit American humor and the Underground Railroad tale. Kas son drafts a war diplomacy history. Loring writes on U S sugar culture. Stevens probes abolitionist roots. Jones plans a code of honor dueling book. Bancroft completes a revised final edition of his great history.
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Messrs
Blaine and
Cox
Washington
Proctor Knott
Ainsworth L. Spofford
Congress
Knott
Kentucky
Congressman Kasson
Dr. Loring
United States
Ei L. Stevens
Indian Bureau
Joshua Giddings
Charles Leo Jones
Cody
George Bancroft
Chicago ‘Tribune
Wild Young Arab Spy Captured After Desert Raid
A rebel youth of sixteen named Omar is captured after a night raid near Egyptian lines. He curses his captors and vows to kill if released, while Baker Pasha hopes for humane care and recovery. Omar’s tale ends with him awaiting medical aid in the camp hospital tent.
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Graham
London Daily News
Tie
Baker Pashia
Omar
Osman Digma
Paradise
Savare
Baker
Vanderbilt's Barber Jakey Aber Famed New York City Shaver
The piece portrays Jacob Aber known as Jakey a German born barber who services Vanderbilt and other rich New Yorkers daily. It notes his 9 am routine at the Vanderbilt home his preferred mahogany shop chair and mother of pearl details and his evening Bowery visits.
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Millouatres
Willam H. Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Jakey
Jacob Aber
Vanderbilt
Sth
Commodore Garrison
Park Avenue
Lower Bowery
Bowery
Roosevelt Street
New York
Fernando Wood
Atlanta Constitution
Deaths from Anesthetics in England in 1865
Dr Jacob notes 1865 deaths from anaesthetics in England total 13 with 11 from chloroform and one each from chloroform and other mixes and nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide deaths are now rare and viewed as near danger by physicians. The cited death occurred by syncope typical of chloroform cases.
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England
Jacob
Maine Man Confronts Insults in Boston Eatery
A Maine traveler in a cheap Boston eating house demands respect after a series of misheard orders and rude replies from multiple waiters. He declares he will pay for food but refuses insult, then exits, leaving the proprietor and staff puzzled by the confrontation.
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Maine
Walter
Boston
Loston Journal
Cetewayo in London Stores A Dazzling Shopping Tale
Cetewayo visits the London Cheap store and admires mechanical toys such as talking dolls and walking foxes. He inspects fur mantles, long gauntleted gloves, and a life size frog figure. He buys prints for his twenty five wives and red yellow or scarlet borders for bendwork. He studies hats and wedding rings worn on the head, and keeps a strict beef diet with a daily routine from 6 to 10.
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Cetewayo
Queen Victoria
London
Cutenwayo
Claw
Delaware
Cetawayo
Higa
England
Osborne
Cotewayo
Kogziand
Catawayo
Florence Dixie
Opossum Farm Raises Prospects Near Hawkinsville
A local report notes Thomas Chancey starts an opossum business near Hawkinsville with a fenced ranch to keep hounds away. Beginning with ten animals, he plans to expand, valuing fat stocked possums at forty cents each and projecting four hundred dollars from extended holding at eighty cents per animal.
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Thomas Chancey
Hawkinsville
Calvin Brown
Savaswati News
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Jord
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Vanderbilt's Barber Shop
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Trsbune
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