Voyage Diary of a Whaling Ship Crew Amid Storms and Kohwartish Tales
The narrative describes a severe four day gale aboard the Triton with shipboard sailors coping through double reefing and heaving to. The voyage includes encounters with whales, a visit exchange called gamming with the Atlantic, and a landing attempt at Faval where crew changes occur and a notorious liar joins the party.
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Arctic
Faval
Atlantic
New Godford
Keve
New Jersey
Escape from a Shipboard Life and Whale Hunt Perils
A memoir segment recounts a mutinous escape attempt at sea in rough November latitudes. The narrator fled with a steward, endured cold, injury, and near drowning, was recaptured, and later endured punishments aboard a whaling ship. The crew faced food quarrels, a prank gone wrong, and a whale hunt near Brava in the Cape Verde islands.
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Wyen
Root
Coonter
Jong Ghost
Henry
Feyal
Hans
Whaling Chronicle From a Sailor's Voyage to New Zealand
The narrative recounts whaling life aboard a single ship including harpoon mishaps, blubber splicing, ambergris detection, and the division of oil shares. It describes whale processing from catching to trying, shipboard routines, crew dynamics, and a humorous clash with a Portuguese crewman. The tale ends with a note of ongoing adventures to be continued next Sunday.
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Ambergris
Sacarap
Portland Fler
Aatiers
Enos
Joseph
Brava
Juan Ignacia Dé Francisca
John Smith
Jack
Mud fish of Western Africa burrows in river mud
The mud fish creates a cocoon from dried mud lined with mucus to survive droughts in Western African rivers. It estivates in a mud pit and breathes air through an aperture in the cocoon using lungs, then resumes gill breathing when waters return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson's Weekly
Africa
How the Nations Laugh The Joke Across Cultures
A survey of global mirth describes how different peoples express laughter. It notes Chinese, Arab, Persian, and Mahometic examples, plus European reactions from Italian to Irish styles, highlighting regional humor traits and social norms.
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Persia
Mahomet
Europe
Birds of Ohio collection joins Ohio State Museum
The Ohio State University Museum of Natural History adds Dr J M Wheaton’s bird skins to its holdings. The collection, about 1000 specimens, formed a major portion of Ohio’s geological report on birds, with Wheaton cataloging over two thirds of species.
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Ohio
J. M. Wheaton
OSU Extends Free Agriculture Scholarships
Ohio State University announces that its free agriculture scholarships will be accepted not only for the short course but also for the preparatory and freshman years of the full agriculture program. This expansion broadens access to agricultural education for new students.
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Ohio State University
Duchess of Marlborough Spurs Society Women to Smoke
In New York the Duchess of Marlborough praised smoking and noted more upper-class women now light cigarettes. Prominent figures including Marquise Clara Lanza and Frances E. Willard weigh in on femininity, propriety, and the shift toward female tobacco use.
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New York
Duchess of Marlborough
Europe
Capene
Clara Lanza
Washington
William A. Hammons
Frederick Neilson
Freddie Gebhardt
Frank Leslie-Wilde
Society of Indies
Victoria Hotel
Cuba
Spain
Frances E. Willard
Henry Ward Beecher
Indies
Christian Purity Society
Congress
Sorosis
M. Louise Thomas
Cynthia Leonard
Lillian Russell
Ladies Debate Smoking Habits Among Fashionable Women
A gathered group of women led by Lillian Russell, Mary Frost Ormsby, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox, discuss cigarette smoking among elites in New York. They argue it harms health, erodes femininity, and endangers future generations, urging strict stands and education.
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Lillian Rosselli
Mary Frost Ormsby
Rome
Sorosis
Longfellow
Evangeline
Naples
Peace Congress
F. Lord
New York
Paul Lozier
Hattie
Lillian
Patti
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Pemeneby
Wrathful Narratives of a Rail Yard Chase
A narrator and railroad workers recount reckless passengers chasing moving trains for a newspaper. The piece blends comic dialogue about grammar with grim observations on danger and the fatal hazards of rushing for a ride. A brakeman predicts deadly consequences from stunts atop railcars.
Haunting trains and foolish chases in old times
A narrator urges readers to read tickets and know directions before boarding trains, recounting women chasing moving trains and a cautionary tale of railway misdirections. The piece blends humor with moral reflections on navigation, memory, and fate, ending with a rustic verse by Rosset J. Borpers.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Chicago
Lonelyville
Firstballot—Siding
Midneapolis
Shearerville
Art of Peter the Great statue described by artist
An account of the design process for the colossal Peter the Great statue in St. Petersburg. Empress Catherine is told the concept and the artist witnesses General Melissino ride Count Alexis Orloff’s Arabians up a steep mound to study a horse and rider in the intended pose, enabling a highly accurate statue.
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Alexis Orloff
Europe
Facing Boiler Flue Walls With Bricks And Glazed Surfaces
A writer on boiler economy argues that ordinary brick porosity lets in cold air via flue walls. Recommend facing exposed flue walls with gloved bricks set in neat cement mortar to minimize air ingress. Tarring external rough brick faces and using glazed bricks are advised for durability and easy cleaning.
Tobacco health claims spark debate on curing maladies
The piece argues tobacco can prevent disease transmission and dental decay, citing London Lancet tests and experiments by an American dentist and Dr. V Tassineri. It notes smoke sterilizes cholera and pneumonia bacilli in gelatine and balloon tests, with anthrax more resistant, and questions if humans can reproduce this sterilization.
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London Lancet
Naples
V. Tassineri
Rocne
Pocket gophers threaten Iowa farmers profits and land
The pocket gopher pest in Iowa devastates fields by turning soil, injuring machinery, and choking vegetation with numerous earth mounds. State bounty programs and trapping in Poweshiek County paid $14 000 for 140 000 pockets in 1890, with over 200 000 trapped in 1899. The species’ digging forelegs and extensible cheek pouches are noted, and broader extermination steps are urged.
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Poweshiek County
Throat Care Advice From Sir Morell Mackenzie
The specialist argues many throat ailments are caused by overcoddling the throat. He recommends habitual exposure to temperature changes, avoiding heavy wraps, and bracing the throat with cold-water gargles and alternating hot and cold baths. He also advises lighter garments for women and less restrictive collars for men.
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Morell Mackenzie
Gladstone
Tests for Life After Death by Candle Blister Method
A historical note explains simple life tests for presumed corpses. Holding a candle to skin may blister. red tinges or a clear fluid indicate life, while a cloudy blister suggests death. Dr. Martinet argues these signs arise from natural causes and are conclusive when simple.
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Martinet
Smaserta
Martinat
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Cape de Verdes
the Birds OF
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Lillian Russelli
Starmro
Wrath
Express
Court House
Alliance
Berkpecken
J. Borperrs
Peter the Great
Trenrthen
Dreugcius
N.Y. Depot
William St
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