Another Food Fish Found Off Pacific Coast By Ocean Researchers
A San Diego observer reports discovery of Ophiodon elongatus along with blue cods and ling in coastal waters from Santa Barbara to Alaska. The bluish green, slender species weighs five to six pounds near harbor areas and is praised for white flesh and flavor, possibly surpassing rock cod.
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Loveliest of all the beautiful girls in the festival
A narrator describes a striking girl with gold rings and white wrists in lace, recalling memories that fade under the sun’s glow. The speaker laments a cruel blow that shadows a life once bright, feeling pitied by none among the crowd as a carriage passes by exposing a deathlike scene.
The Colonel's Story and a Soldier's Departure
Narrator recalls a Talmudic legend of death and a Civil War recruitment tale in Northern Ohio. He persuades Jackson to enlist despite his family ties, watches as Jackson slips away to the wagon, and comforts Mrs. Jackson, pledging to guard her husband from harm. The scene contrasts duty and family, with emotional farewell and promised guardianship.
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Azrael
Angel of Death
India
Palestine
Ohio
Jackson
Mrs Jackson
Mrs. Jackson
I Promised His Wife and Lost My Faith in Providence
Julie A. Sabine recounts a Civil War duty where a commander kept a promise to return Jackson safely. An embankment raid, a train interception, and a fatal accident crush the hope of protection. The widowed wife later suffers tragedy, and the narrator reflects on overreaching fate.
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Confederacy
Julie A. Sabine
Springfield
Mass
The Base-Ball Crank Passionately Urges Plays In Theater
A theater crowd reacts to a melodrama with chants echoing baseball terms. A six man audience voice calls out strikes balls fouls and slides as an umpire touring with the All Rhode Island team confesses he forgot how to express emotion off the field.
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All Rhode Island
Puck
Suppressing the Nasal Twang in a Changing America
A Bill Nye quotation mocks evolving speech across the U S and Canada. It contrasts Australian teachers urging less nasal tone with railway culture and social rituals from San Francisco to Boston, noting shifting manners as travelers move eastward and encounter fresh attitudes and cordialities.
New England Spinsters and the New England Way
A Brooklyn visitor recounts Rebecca Jones’s study of New England female graduates from 1871 to 1876. Of ninety-nine, twenty-seven married, eleven died (all from consumption), sixty-nine remain single with many in teaching, dressmaking, or stitching. The piece argues a male shortage drives spinsterhood, confirms boyish emigration, and notes respect for unwed women in rural towns.
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Connecticut
Commonwealths
Rebecca Jones
New England
Brooklyn
Wampton
New York City
Mail and Express
Mrs Henpeck and Sunny Hearts Turn Sour
A humorous quip notes that girls are sunny before marriage but lose the sunshine after living with a husband. Mr Henpeck comments on the change as Ella Wheeler Wilcox words are cited. This New York Weekly snippet reflects light social satire on married life.
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Henpeck
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Snow trench study and apple trade report
In Norway researchers note snow resists projectiles as a Colonel tests a two meter fifty centimeter trench with three 33 meter shots, all impeded to 1.2 meters. A York County Missouri farmer ships twenty barrels of apples to Liverpool, netting eight cents a bushel after costs.
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Norway
York County
Liverpool
Iceboat Beats Express Train In Hudson Race
An iceboat on the Hudson river recently competed with an express train and won easily. It covered two miles and a half in five minutes, showcasing remarkable speed on frozen water.
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Hudson River
Ragged tramp confronts merchant on steps in Vineyard scene
The Martha's Vineyard Herald reports a merchant finding a ragged tramp on his private door steps eating. The tramp replies he is sharing a modest lunch while the merchant accuses him of theft. The exchange turns on critique of kitchen fare and family management.
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Martha's Vineyard Herald
Life's Limitations as a Path to Success
A sermon on accepting personal limits and finding happiness and achievement within them. It argues that success comes not from lacking limits but from cheerful use of one's own abilities and circumstances, with a call to faithful service within those bounds.
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S.s.times
N. Y. Ledger
Maria Helps Him With Library Repairs Instructions
A man narrator instructs Maria on library renovations before his train arrives. He orders furniture moved to the west room, molding removed and raised, chandelier brackets left intact, shelves added on the south side, and bookcase doors fixed after removal. The scene ends with his train departure.
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Maria
Cesar
Chicago Tribune
Horatio King on income needed before marriage
General Horatio King argues income requirements vary by location and habits. A frugal couple with a modest capital can manage on four to six hundred dollars yearly, saving gradually if no costly illness arises. He advises avoiding theatres and luxuries until financially stable. Lewiston Journal notes originate from his views.
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Horatio King
Lewiston (Me
Free trial package offered for Lane's Family Medicine
Over 60 people were displaced yesterday to seek a free trial of Lane's Family Medicine. The ad promises relief for bad blood, liver and kidney issues, constipation, headaches, and unsightly complexion. It urges readers to visit any druggist for a free sample and notes praise from ladies and general popularity. A large size package costs 50 cents.
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Lane
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