Town Founded For Smelt King Of Maine Fish
Brooksville correspondence describes a winter smelt industry on Bagaduce Bay where families set up mobile shanties on ice to fish for smelts selling at 10 to 12 cents a pound. Villages form along the river as crews work from pre-dawn to night, with social life centered in the camps and driftwood fires lighting the ice.
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Smelt
King OF
Maine
Brooksville
New York
Walker’s Mill
Penobsco
Walkerville
Billingstown
Bickfordshire
Brookville
Ice Fishing and Winter Festivities On the River
The article describes fishing methods through ice using stakes and nets to harvest minnows and chub bait, then transporting frozen fish to market. It portrays Brookville pride in fish preparation, contrasts with rivals, and notes skating, dances, lanterns, aurora borealis lights, and a lively winter scene along the stream.
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Brookville
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Bermuda Plague of Cats and Sparrows Sparks Tax Talk
Residents report Bermuda overrun by cats and sparrows as visitors complain of nightly cat gangs. Dr. T A Outerbridge urged heavier dog taxes and proposed a cat tax in the Colonial legislature at Hamilton, arguing cats harm native birds and do not kill rats.
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New York Journal
New York
Bermia
Hamilton
United States
Bermuda
T. A. Outerbridge
America
Old Man Sells Papers in Square Keeps Horrible News On Hand
A Cleveland Leader piece notes an elderly vendor who piles sensational extras daily to move stock. He belts “All about the horrible death by own action” or “horrible murder” facts, riding humor and habit in the crowd. One autumn evening he faced the latest round of extras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Leaders
Archery in City and Curious Tales From Far Lands
A North China Herald note laments military students in Tung Chou using a city street for archery causing near misses and injuries. Siamese elephants are praised for safe child care as babies ride on their backs. The fragment ends with a teaser about youths aiming for an A. M. degree.
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Tung- Chou
China
Jad
North China Herald
Agimel
A Costly Dinner in New York's Gilded Era
Euretta Van Vorst recalls a 1884 extravagant New York dinner hosted by a wealthy man at Delmonico's on Fourteenth Street. Seventy two guests dined in a grand ballroom around a long table spanning the room, with a 30 foot water feature and four swans on a moving lake. The event, cost at the time a staggering sum, astonished even the most lavish-settled associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euretta van Vorst
Ladies’ Home Journal
Delmonico
Fourteenth Street
Moses Grinnell
Roman Bridge Rebuilt Over Danube to Link Turnu Severin and Gladova
Roumanian engineers report remains of an 1800 year old Trajan bridge across the Danube are solid enough for a new structure. A four square statue of Trajan will stand mid span to honor the conqueror and bridge builder for generations.
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Trajan
Danube
Turnu Severin
Roumania
Gladova
Servia
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