13 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions attorney at bate in Silver City and a minor protection or reward note offering $10. It references several names and entities in jumbled form, with garbled terms like PRANK LANES and ASSAYER and a delivery instruction. The readable portion is insufficient for a clear event or action.
A historical digest recounts severe English winters from 1650s to 1884, noting frozen Thames episodes, hunger, and trade disruption. It highlights 1719 and 1784 as extreme, describes Marches into 1814 Great Frost, later 1884 storm, and the persistent claim that modern conditions pale beside ancestors.
A Globe-Democrat writer recalls a moonlit night on the Ganges near Colgong aboard a Bengal pleasure boat. A quarrel over a stick leads to men leaping into the river and the owner receiving a brutal fatal blow soon after, with the crew laughing off the episode as absurd.
A sailor recalls his first voyage in 1880 aboard the Argenta from St John to Glasgow. A strange nightmare aboard the ship ends with the mate asking him to view a coffin, as a man believed he murdered his wife drifts in delirium. The tale blends sea superstition with wartime lore and odd tea measurements.
A correspondent describes large salmon wheels on the Columbia River, their mechanics, production, and a factory scene with canning processes. It notes sizes, weights, and varieties, plus social observations on Line women and fashion, contrasting mantas with bonnets in church settings.
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