Old Whaler Enos and Cold Spring Harbor's Whaling Era
The piece recalls Manuel Enos the Portuguese sailor who rose from boot steerer to captain aboard the Java. It covers Cold Spring Harbor whaling in the 1850s, salvaged wrecks, and Enos’s bonus driven voyages. It notes his later fate unknown after 1876, with Cold Spring Harbor memories, mills, boat houses, and shipmates recalling the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cold Spring House
Long Island
George van Austall
Brooklyn Standard Union
Java
Enos
Cold Spring Harbor
Arctic
New Zealand
South Seas
Manuel Enos
Sea Harbor
S. L
Fayal
Azores
Sheffield
Manuel
Cold Spring
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Whiip L
Greenport
Sisson
New Bedford
Mass
Finney
John Winthrop
Matilda Sears
Talcahuano
Machias Bramas
van Ausdall
United States
Cooner
John D. Jones
Atmospheric Dust Warrants Scientific Notice
Atmospheric dust consists of extremely fine mineral particles that can exist unseen yet affect experiments. Historical observers noted dust clogs on balances atop Teneriffe, hazy horizons from dust columns, and a dust ocean over Mount Whitney. Dr Henry Cook classifies dust as atmospheric dust dust columns and dust storms with varying conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teneriffe
Piazzi Smyth
Ss. P. Langley
Mount Whitney
California
Henry Cook
Cook
India
Popular Science Monthly
Cured by Wits of a Connecticut Tailor Prophet
A Connecticut tailor, once sure of divine prophecies, sought guidance from a minister. The minister’s joke about calculating a heavenly angel’s breeches triggered the tailor to abandon prophecy and return to his trade, curing him of the delusion. The column then lists various ads and notes on medicines, electricity, clocks, and technology from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Parson Jones
London Piano Industry Exceeds 170 Factories
In London there are upward of 170 pianoforte factories and over 1,300 shops and factories in the metropolis dedicated to musical goods. Across England nearly 3,000 music establishments exist, with 37 music newspapers and an annual output of about 90,000 pianos in London alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Society of Musical Instrument Manufacturers
Venetian Liniment Endorsed By Physicians Of All Schools
For over forty years Dr Tobias Venetian Liniment has withstood public trial and is praised as a premier pain conqueror. Physicians of every school endorse its power and warranty satisfaction or money back. Tobias Horse Liniment and Derby Powder for animals are also described as unsurpassed. The notice urges trials and notes saleratus origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias
Hood
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Iter
Isaac Thompson
Tansill
America
Switzerland
Sweden
Austria
Edison
Cragin & Co
Phila
Canada
Germany
Halle
A. M. Priest
Shelbyville
Ind
Demosthenes
New York Ledger
Annamon
Martin
Cal
T. Jacobs
Fred. Hittman
Cloverdale, Ind
St. Jacobs
P. M. Reinheimer
Bryati
Anc Ihr
Buflak
N.Y
Jensio Ioun Wotoreis
Washington
Ruse Acipalte
C.d.gueesace
Geyeet de Ly
Ltans
Pensions Pew Hpl Te
Mente Wai
Erowmere
Uburg
Comemnine
Voumi
Rinchamton
U. H. Ingraham
AmsMenism
Chicago
MFG. CO
Avtomea 2A
Lisbeth
Laoeston
Sapolio
Inot
Split
Neeeemengegener
ECH Ranuss
Druccists
Teos. Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
Enola
B. F. Allen CO
Aydé Staten
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