Fishermen’s superstitions and omens across lands and seas
A survey of myths and practices among fishermen notes how women, clergy, bells, and churches influence luck at sea. From Skye to Lapland, Irish coasts to New England, omens govern nets, baits, and catches, with rituals, forbidden words, and symbolic animals shaping daily fishing life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Skye
Flamborough
England
Lapland
Hawaiian Islands
Lancashire
Sweden
Albertus Magnus
One Shot Fame and Luck in Hunting Lore
This excerpt blends folklore from coastal and inland communities with a notable New York Tribune story. It cites beliefs about lucky bones and amulets used by fishermen and natives, a sea life omens such as the ulul and moon-influenced cravings of crabs and oysters, and ends with Colonel Evans’s buck fever tale of Wheeler, who accidentally killed a deer while pursuing a different target, earning and then losing a hunter’s reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
England
Scotland
Sweden
North
Germany
Bohemia
New England
South
Wisconsin
Hawaiian Islands
Augustus
Alaska
New York Tribune
Colonel Evans
California
Evans
Illinois
Wheeler
Making Sparrows White by Japanese Tampering
The article describes Japanese methods claimed to alter nature by selective breeding and artificial environments. It details white sparrow production in a white cage and white room with attendants, then extends the concept to breeding domestic roosters with exceptionally long tails through weight-driven selection over generations.
Yearly Picture Taking Tradition Keeps Family Photographic Journal
A family upholds a strict yearly visit to the photographer to record life across generations. The custom began with the first baby and now shows a complete record as children marry and grandchildren appear, despite some vacancies from death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Davenport Dots Fix Price of Lights For Ten Years
City light committee reports a fixed rate for night lights at 80 cents and for moonlight at 68 cents for the 1901–1910 period, with the plan to apply to the past five years as well. The proposal awaits city council approval at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison, Schneck
Ogden
J. W. Walsh
J. F. Porter
City Electrician
Moore
Funeral dinner in Atlanta linked to Julius Brown birthday
Julius Brown son of Georgia's wartime governor hosted a striking fifty-eighth birthday dinner in Atlanta. Twelve attendees included Governor Terrell. The table featured black velvet cloths, black dinner cards, skull centerpieces, and a monk statue. A candle was extinguished after each course until no lights remained on the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Brown
Georgia
Atlanta
New York Times
Terrell
Following the Flag Health Claims for Coughs and Colds
Willis T. Morgan of Concord New Hampshire recalls two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines and touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption as the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and all lung diseases. Hartz Ullemeyer s druggists offer 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a trial bottle free. Constipation is said to worsen colds and Ken Pease Laxative Honey and Tar syrup is recommended with no opiates available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Philippines
Willis T. Morgan
Concord
N. H
Hartz & Ullemeyer
Moline Worker Slapped by Belt on Bent Machine
MOLINE MENTION reports a Mutual Wheel employee Slapped with Belt-Ed Hegalke sustained a bad nose fracture Saturday when a belt on a bending machine broke and struck him in the face. He was taken home to 400 Forty-sixth street Rock Island. Also notes a 12 year old fell from a tree injuring a forearm near the wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hegalke
Mutual Wheel Company
Forty-sixth Street
Rock Island
William Wilcox
Seventh Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Tony Rayleske
Mike Regan
Sixth Street
Third Avenue
Regan
Rayleske
Gustafson
Editorial association guests of Thomas Taggart host dinner
The editorial association were guests of Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, at a daytime event. A concert followed at night in the hotel, reflecting the social program of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Aterday
Railway Excursion Rates and Saloon License Request Notice
The notice lists C M St P railway services to Chicago and Kansas City with sleeping car reservations, homeseekers' tickets to Iowa Minnesota Dakotas, and a Rock Island 1905 notice by M Marblestone applying for a saloon license at 700 Seventh Street Rock Island from May to November 1906, with bonds and sureties Simon Lewis and J J Harris, signed by property owners within 300 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
George W. McCaskrin
Seventh Street
City of
County of
State of Mindis
State of Illngis
Simon Lewis
J. J. Harris
M. Marblestone
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Isea
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Ave
Lonis
Paridon Wall Paper Co
Seventeenth Street
Rock Island Savings Bank
Rock Island, Ill
Phil Mitchell
H. P. Hull
P. Greenawalt
S. E. Corner
Mitchell & Lynde’s
R. R. Cable
William H. Dart
E. W. Hurst
John Volk
Phil Mitchell, L. Simon
H. P. Cable
Jackson & Hurst
the Argus
Baltimore
Davenport
Edward Gaule
Owen McGuire
St. Ambrose College
Cardinal Gibbons
Landers
G. H. Hinrichs
L. B. Guy Crockery Company
W. J. Adams
Adams Grain & Commission Company
Adams
East Second Street
Perry Street
Cornelia Genzlinger
Fred Genzlinger
East Davenport
Cornelia
Union Depot
Waldo Becker
E. A. Howard
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Moline
E. B. Knox
Decatur
Undertakers
Leity
Peoria
August Johnson
Moline Wagon Company
Twentyfourth Avenue
Mr. Johnson
Jonkoping
Amanda
Jennie
Taggart
French Lick
Ind
The
National
Kansas City
Tri-Cities
Railroad South
Queen & Crescent Southern Railway
Cincinnati
Louisville
W. A. Deckler
N.P. A
Monroe
W. A. Garrett
W. C. Rinearson
Colona
Mitchell & Lynde Building
Arthur Burrall
Tll
Ney
GEO. P. Ide & Co., Makers
Troy, N.Y
Tricity Transfer and Fuel Co
Anheuser-Base
Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Ass’n
St. Louis
U.S. A
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