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Newspaper

The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1887

Page

7

Fish culture and the commission's hatcheries and jars

An article outlines fish culture as vital for food supply, detailing the U S Commission of Fish and Fisheries work. It describes collecting and distributing hatcheries, the Col. Macionald jar system for hatching and collecting fry, and current outputs in Washington Nashville Alpena and Northville, with millions of eggs hatched and distributed for planting.

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The Black Bass Fish Commission Egg Hatching and Transport

The Woods Hall station hatched and planted 26,000,000 cal fish eggs with a forecast total season output over 100,000,000 cod. At Wytheville and Ipswich Bay the California trout egg collection exceeds 100,000 eggs, half distributed to state commissions, rest hatched for Appalachian streams. The commission uses specially designed rail cars for aerated water transport, reducing mortality compared to earlier milk-can shipments, with large shipments like 1,500,000 white fish sent to Oregon and Washington with minimal loss.

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United States Fish Commission praised for enterprise abroad

Feature sketches praise the United States Fish Commission as a uniquely American institution famed for inventive methods. It highlights shad shipments, hatchery work, and export acclaim at Berlin and London exhibitions, noting strong foreign appreciation of its public spirit and results. The text also includes a hostile anti-German sentiment from J. Covis.

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Gila Monster Arrives At Cincinnati Zoo

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a new arrival, the Gila monster from Arizona via Montana, a venomous lizard that must live in darkness. It fights rattlesnakes, feeds on raw eggs in winter, and is kept in an iron cage with glass, in a dim, sunless corner of the zoo.

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Unfortunate Robbers and Oddities in Briefs

A Mexico letter recounts robbers disposed by townsfolk who flooded their boats with mud, forcing their surrender at dawn. Fishermen and a hundred men then pursued the half-drowned raiders, recovering their loot and leaving none alive. Separately, a Boston horse-car conversation humorously contrasts rural and city life with a quip about Sister Sally’s differences. Various snippets from periodicals follow, including humorous lines on clocks, love, and a gun pun.

Mexico N. F. Post Boston Sally Harper’s Magazine

Allcock's Plasters and Pills Appear in Sing Sing Tale

A noisy mix of old advertisements and anecdotes propels a portrait of James Jackson a famed State detective at Sing Sing. The text touts Allcock's Porous Plasters and Brandreth's Pills as health secrets, contrasts with a moral tale about Esther and a clever wife, and promotes Dr Pierce's and Sage's remedies for weak digestion and coughs.

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