Unclear OCR fragment of a 19th century report
A garbled page fragment describes a murder attempt at a door with a maid, a trial of a diver in Marseilles, a Queen's Jubilee attire tale, an Upsala gravesite reopening, sponge trade off Tripoli, and a railway train ladies meeting, all presented in fragmented 19th century newspaper style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasahaiva
Tokio
Jono Fumio
Wea
Bookur
Liverpool
Ann Metla
Herry
Edward Straet
van Mutoyer
Princesa of Nays
Fenwick Miller
London News
Wales
Hunicess
Marseilles
Vis
Upsala
Catherine
Sweden
Eptember
Sigisig
Poland
Johann
Tripoli
Agatedh Roo Lapy
Teale Wa
Legislature to Meet Thursday on Land Reform in St Johns
The Northern Weekly Advertiser reports the legislature is summoned for Thursday the 11th to address urgent public questions after the city fire. Land reform dominates the agenda with absentee British landlords and high rents on Water Street properties cited. Bowring & Bros 6000, Ayre & Sons 4000, G Knowling 3400 dollars in annual rents noted as examples.
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St. John’s
Great Britain
Water Street
Messrs. Bowring & Bros
Ayre & Sons
G. Knowling
Prevention Against Forest Fires Warns Public
A public notice from the stipendary magistrate urges caution to prevent forest fires amid drought. It notes fires across Conception, Trinity, and Bonavista Bays, destroying timber and homes, with heavy penalties for violators and calls for accountability for those responsible.
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Wolds
Conception
Trinity
Bonavista
New Bay
Fortune Harbor
Flower Service Draws Twillingate Faithful to Cemetery
Last Sunday the Flower Service at St Andrew's drew a larger crowd than usual as the community united in prayer and remembrance. The Rev G S Chamberlain preached on Balm of Gilead with chants, hymns, and a cemetery procession, honoring those lost to illness in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Church
Twillingate
Georgina Stirling
G. 8. Chamberlain
Herring Neck
Baia
Gilead
Congregational Sunday School Picnic Enjoyed by Children
The Congregational Sunday School held its annual picnic on Mrs Prestons ground at Bauff Head Cove Road. Children played ten games and all received prizes as teachers and friends organized the event in fine weather, leaving happy and satisfied with the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Sunday School
Virginia Lake Arrives After Slow First Day Run
The coastal steamer Virginia Lake under Capt. Walah reached port after leaving St. John's on Wednesday. A foggy first day hampered progress, delaying its schedule. The ship is slated for a second trip to Bilile Harbor and nny and is not expected back before Thursday or Friday next.
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Virginia Lake
Walah
St. John's
Bilile Harbor
Nny
Methodist Sunday School Treats Weathered Delays
The Methodist Sunday School events for North Side Crow Head and South Side Bluff Head communities proceeded after weather delays. Kids enjoyed meals and games despite rain, with processions from South Side to Hearts Cove and back, while teachers ensured attentive oversight and nourishment. Local notices report banking and office openings, a library theft note, and recent fishing news from Change Islands and Labrador.
Analysis of Rowell's Directory on U S and Canada papers
Our Day analyzes Rowell's Newspaper Press Directory figures for 1890 showing 17,760 periodicals in the United States and Canada with a total circulation of 41.5 million. Weeklies number 1,260, monthlies 2,000 and dailies 1,486. Yearly output reaches about 8.5 billion copies.
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Rowell
United States
Canada
Chicago Daily News
Mantelpiece Believed 6000 Years Old Found in Edinburgh
A Edinburgh gentleman's house displays a wooden mantelpiece claimed to be 6000 years old. The fossilized timber came from a Musselburgh sand-pit, found in 1882 at Olivebank, 13 feet deep, and measured 5 ft 9 in across. Professor Giikie of Edinburgh University endorses its Neolithic age as a relic of ancient man.
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Edinburgh
Musselburgh
Giikie
University of Edinburgh
The Judgment on Ventilation Failure at Great Laxey Mine
The Appellate Court quashed a £10 fine imposed by the High Bailiff of Douglas for inadequate mine ventilation. The decision centered on a technical wording issue in the judgment which had convicted the Great Laxey Mining Co. The court held that the phrase “not ventilating” altered the offence, and the judgment was set aside.
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Douglas
Laxey Mining
Sind
Ring
Council For the
Appellants
Three West End men sent to Penitentiary for revens fire looting
Royal Gazette reports three young men from the West end were jailed today for plundering goods during the revens fire. Sentences run three, two, and one months respectively. Police continue recovering stolen property.
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West End
Royal Gazette
Lumber laden schooners reach port amid calm seas
The schooners Mand under Samuel Short, W. H. Raymond captained by Wike from Botwoodville, and Benny commanded by R. Linfield from Indian Arm, bound for St. John's with lumber, put into port Saturday evening and remained until Monday morning. Flamingo and John were also in port early in the week with lumber cargoes for St. John's.
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Mand
Samuel Short
W. H. Raymond
Wike
Carbonear
Botwoodville
Benny
R. Linfield
Indian Arm
St. John's
Flamingo and &John
St. John’s
Whitbourne fire devastates homes and hotel in week
Fire across Whitbourne rages for days burning thirty five houses near the hotel and Catholic chapel. Clergy man Father Brown and Mr Bond’s residence faced threats. townspeople mobilize water and guards as police recover stolen goods later in Quidi Vidi. Residents say a broader search will seize and restore property lost during the night of the blaze.
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Whitbourne
Father Brown
Mr. Bond
St John's Moreing
Quidi
Vidi
Pertlh
Subscription Paper Advances One Thousand Dollars for St Johns Fire
A subscription paper totaling one thousand dollars was presented at the First National Bank corner this morning with signatures from prominent citizens. A dispatch was authorized to be sent to the mayor of the fire struck St Johns city directing him to draw on the Gloucester Board of Trade for the fund named Cape Ann Breeze.
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St. John's
N.F
First National Bank
Board of Trade
Gloucester Board of Trade
Cape Ann
SUNDAY RELIEF DRIVE FOR ST JOHN FIRE VICTIMS
In Lonvoy on July 13 the Earl of Stamford and governors along with Sir Charles Tupper and Sir Terence O Brien joined the lord mayor's relief committee for St John fire sufferers. Donations from Tupper and Mme Albani led to a considerable total with many more gifts reported including appeals to English women for blankets and clothing.
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Lonvoy
Earl of Stamford
Charles Tupper
Terence O.brien
Newfoundland
George Baden Powell
St. John
Bix Charles Tupper
Mme “Albani
Terence O'Brien
England
St. John’s
St John's
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Beieg
Pepe A Asp
the Flower Service
Methodist Saster School
North Side
Crow Head
South Side
Bluff Head
Hearts Cove
Messrs. Owen & Earle’s
Commercial Bank
EB. Dutler, Esq
Athenaum
Surveyor General's Office
Sauday
St. Peter's Church
David Cove
Change Islands
Labrador
Thomas Ginn
Straits
B. Ducher
Friends Abroad
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