Readable fragments on international trade and commodities in 1890s
The text cites per inhabitant expenditure in the United Kingdom and various regions, notes export trade figures, and mentions commodities such as condensed milk tobacco tea and petroleum. It references production scales for matches and poultry figures linked to London and Sussex, with broad global trade comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
Ireland
Isle of Nty
London
United
United Kingdom
Germany
Alavéalth
Australia
Coughlan
Sydney
Sussex
China
Ceylon
Hamburg Shipping Slump Amid Epidemic And Dock Closures
The coastal trade faces a severe blow as ships tied up due to the epidemic. Hamburg vessels cease operations and dock laborers worry about job loss while fishermen struggle with fear and idle markets.
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Hamburg
Fiah
Old Town
Road improvements under the Fwillingate Road Board cited
The November 5 1892 issue reports grants for road and bridge upgrades on North and South Islands. Major progress includes Moorsmarek to Kettle Cove gravel roads, marsh roadworks by Purcell's Harbor, and improved access to Jones' Cove ferry. The piece defends expenditures as economical and criticizes false claims of misused funds.
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Fwillingate Road Board
Islands
Moorsmarek
Kettle Cove
Purcell’s Harbor
Jones’ Cove
Road
Fragmented OCR Note Mentions Eamaril and Departure
Fragmentary text references a name Eamaril and an early part describing a departure from St. td i. The legible portion hints at a person leaving a place, but specifics are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Td
Storm Claims Local Vessel in Cann Island Passage
A fierce storm with heavy seas and dense fog wrecked a vessel off Cann Island while seeking shelter. Owned by Mr Tobin, the craft had four men and a boy aboard, including master and pilot Robert Percy of Back Harbor. The Gates family of Tizzard's Harbor are linked to ownership. families of Ragged Point and St. John’s mourn the loss with sympathy.
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Cann Island
Tobin
Gates
Tizzard’s Harbor
Robert Percy
Back Harbor
St. John's
John Gates
James’ Gates
Nuptial Event at Tilt Cove Chronicle
A twilight wedding in Tilt Cove unites Mr Wi as Smith and Miss Susannah King at the Episcopal Church with Rev. Arthur Pittman officiating. Guests enjoyed music, a large feast, and musket volleys. a moral exhortation on servant elevation closes the account, noting community esteem and future housing hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twillingate
Green Bay
Eden
Jackman
Arthur Pittman
Miss Chamberlain
Smith
Thas Cs Cormunion
Thas
Sonlade
Panied Alt Cave
Fishermen Arrive and Vessels Sail From St Johns Port
Beth Taerchase and Bilbe Brothers arrived at St Johns after a morning voyage. The Sunrise sailed for St Johns with fish for J B Tobin Esq. The coastal steamer Virginia Lake expected to leave St Johns today. Portree and other Labrador craft returned this week. Cefion cleared for Lisbon with fish for Owen and Harle. Flamingo bound for St Johns with lumber from Point Limington mill. Weather cold with frost on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, milder afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
Flamingo
James Saviour
St. John's
Point Limington Mill
New Bay
Burin Election Writ Issued After Death Vacancy
The writ for an election in Burin to fill the death vacancy of BE. Rothwell was issued earlier. Nomination day set for the 5th inst and polling by the 12th next Saturday. Rev. Dr. Milligan preached at South Side and North Side venues last Sunday and planned tours to inspect local schools. Vessels Fawn and Endurance arrived with crews, and Mary Parker progressed to Change Islands before reaching port yesterday.
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Burin
BE. Rothwell
Milligan
Methodiag
Virginia Lake
Bonavista
A. Spéncer
Endurance
James ‘Churchill
Wm. Richards
Seldorm Co
Mary Parker
Virginia Lake Arrives After Storm Delays
The coastal steamer Virginia Lake, under Capt Walsh, arrived from the North last Sunday night en route to St John s after stormy weather kept it delayed for several days. The Labrador steamer Windsor Lake was held in Battle Harbor for days due to the storm. The Virginia Lake carried many passengers bound for the South despite minor property damage along the Labrador coast.
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Virginia’ Lake
Walsh
St. John’s
Winsor
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and blood purifier. It claims benefits for blotches pimples liver patches and incipient tumors and promises to help consumption bronchitis colds and lung troubles with a money back guarantee.
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Pierce
Names for Babies in Various Cultures
The text describes how Hindoo and Egyptian families name newborns. It notes that Hindu naming depends on a lamp burn rate and a preferred name, while Egyptian practice involves lighting wax candles to assign names. The passage appears fragmented and references naming decisions by parents and fathers.
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Father Chow
German army bill and world news from October into November
The report cites a six year German army expansion to four million four hundred thousand, with two year infantry service. It notes political defeats in Hawai‘i, heavy gales damaging British shipping, and record low American wheat prices. It covers shipwrecks off the Portuguese coast, Canadian Pacific moves, storms on Lake Erie, fires in Milwaukee and Philadelphia, and political moves in Britain and Canada.
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British Islea
Chicago
Roumana
Liverpool
Bombay
Louvre van Jostoff Finisterrs
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Philadelphia
William Morris
Gladstone
Harcourt
Cariiaux
Loubet
Deposties
Carniaux
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Canadian Pacific’ Railway
Canadian’ Newfoundland
Liberator Building Society
London
Harrison
Fife
Scothwert
London Council
Hercourt
Cladstone
Kerry
Marley
Ryder
United States
Gort Cpe
Otis
Abbot
Foster
Ripon
Cymada
Lord Mayur
The Great Advantage of Advertising
A condiment maker once cut advertising from five thousand pounds a year to none and saw orders fall. They returned to their agency and boosted spend to ten thousand pounds annually to recover, learning wholesalers reduce orders when advertising stops. The firm faced a steep decline in demand as advertising diminished.
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London
Ricuagos Firm Claims Leni Ment Healed Son’s Heart Neuralgia
A fragment cites C. C. Ricuagos & Co claiming their son George suffered neuralgia around the heart since 1862 and that MINARD'S LENI MENT completely cured him in 1889 with no issues since. The note includes addresses and a line in Ojibwe.
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C. C. Ricuagos & Co
George
Minard
Matrimony at Christ Church Betrothal of Susanna King
At Pitt Cove the Rev A Pitta officiates marriage by Garist Smith between Susanna King of Crow Head Twillingate and a groom from R4th maty ab Ghrist Church in a ceremony recorded by local clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At.Pitt. Cove
Ghrist Church
A. Pitta
Garist Smith
Susanna King
Crow Head
Twillingate
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Heian
Aquertiger
Eamaril
Tilt Cove
Beth Taerchase
Bilbe Brothers
Satur Morni
Silver Dale
E. Dutler
Jonathan Burtmaster
J. B. Tobin
Labrador
Portree
Carbonear
Cefion
Stange
Lisbon
Messrs
Owen & Harle
Telegraph
Lin 'Phy Hinw
Ont
FEG
Aven
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