Sardine fishing methods on long open boats at Douarnenez
The article describes May start and extended sardine season with as many as 1,200 boats, each about thirty feet, open at the stern. Boats use linen nets twenty by six feet, weighted on one edge and buoyed on the other, to tow upright as they creep along. A bait bucket and roug lure the fish, nets are tightened to entangle the shoal, and the catch is carefully extracted to avoid injury.
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Douarnenez Sard
Pytton
Ghenev Tha
Discovery of a Copper Vein Amid Apache Skirmishes
The Glove-Democrat recounts the accidental discovery of the Yuma copper and silver mine in northeastern Yuma County Arizona. A band of Apaches attacked a westward freight train led by Jones. Jones and two others escaped and sheltered in the Bear Mountain area. While hidden they spotted ore in a rock outcrop and later, after sharing the tale, Kling and McGrath refined the claim.
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Glote-Democrat
Yuma
Yuma County
Arizona
Sifornia
Jones
E Trail
United States Army
D. C. King
R. K. Grath
Toutain
Kling
McGrath
Ioals
The
Yuma Copper and “Er Mining Company
Girls Learn Thrift in Pittsburg Cooking Class
The Pittsburg Chronicle reports a visit to a city cooking school where twelve girls in neat dresses learned kitchen basics under Miss Torrey. They chop meat, make beef stew, cook Hamburg steaks, bake puddings, and study currants, raisins, and onion handling, leaving with practical lessons in cleanliness and home economics.
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Pittsburg
Miss Torrey
Convict's Bash Escape At Folsom Prisons Detail
A convict at Folsom prison in California escaped during a period of opportunity, Sepulveda, a man previously sentenced to fifteen years with four months sprung. He fled on a Wednesday, was recaptured seven days later, and now loses all prior credits and must serve six additional years. The escape involved mis-credits and a horse-stealing charge pending trial.
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Folsom
California
Sepulveda
Pring
Ask and Penny Pinch for Charity Funds Fractured Discussion
A fragmented exchange shows Dr Ime iyley and Brown debating a charity fund contribution. Brown refuses four dollars citing financial limits while Dumley seeks a loan for a few days.
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Ime Iyley
Brown
Dumley
A Glimpse of a Tokyo Court Room Under Western Law
The Washington Star reports a Japanese court room adapting European legal methods. A formal Judge sits on a raised dais with a clerk, policemen guard the prisoner, and European dress governs advocates. A noted Tokyo barrister, an elegant Japanese figure, is highlighted as a clever oddity.
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Department of Police
Tokyo
Washington Star
Night Operator Falls Into Boiling Spring at Hot Springs
Samuel C. Pratt of the Southern Pacific Rail road Company while bathing in a cooler spring near Hot Springs Nevada fell into a boiling spring crust giving way. He was pulled from the water but died after being taken to Wadsworth. Pratt belonged to the renowned Pratt family of Utah.
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Samuel C. Pratt
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Hot Springs
Nev
Wadsworth
Mr. Pratt
Pratt
Utah
Ventriloquist Trick Echoes From a Hen Prank
A 19th century tale recalls two travelers in a Missouri flat boat era. A schoolteacher and a Frenchman lure a farmer's wife with a hen tale. the hen quips it is worthy of only two bits. The pair laugh, later meeting President Fillmore’s White House reception and recognizing Signor Blitz, the ventriloquist, who explains the mystery.
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Missouri
White House
President Fillmore
Signor Blitz
Mr. Fillmore
Argonaut
Army of Bears Menace Russian Village Harvests
In Olonets Government peasants fear bears overrun the district. Cattle are devoured, crops ruined, and villagers cannot safely gather mushrooms and berries. A sportsmen detachment has been ordered to combat the bears and rescue the besieged moujiks.
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Olonets
Velikogul
Snakes Battle in Hopkinsville Field Ends with Copperhead Victory
A Hopkinsville resident found a copperhead and a chicken snake entwined in a deadly fight in a tobacco field. He moved them to an open field where the copperhead killed the chicken snake and then swallowed it before escaping. The chicken snake measured seven feet and the copperhead five.
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Hopkinsville
Brooklyn
Ex Speaker Testimonial for Allcock’s Plasters Surfaces in Albany
In an April 16 1586 assembly chamber notation from Albany a complainant extols Allcock's Porous Plasters for coughs colds and body pains. He recalls a wagon accident six years prior and claims the plasters removed pain and soreness in three days. He says the plasters cured a severe cold and his son’s rheumatism in the shoulder after two years of suffering.
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Assembly of the
State of New York
Assembly Chamber
Albany
Allcock
James W. HustTep
Queer Polling Places in New York City Precincts
The New York 7 rijune exhaustively lists assembly districts and precincts with 24 districts and 836 voting places. Many polling sites sit in unconventional locales with barbershops shops and various trades using the premises including undertakers and a dressmaker store serving as a polling venue.
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New York
Honeymoon Restarted by Favorite Prescription
Honest exchange between friends reveals a couple whose home has become joyful again. The husband credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for easing his wife’s functional derangements and lifting spirits, sparking a renewed happiness in their marriage.
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Perkins
Brown
Snake drops from well rope and strangles Texas man
Mr. Stufflebean of Texas drew water from a well when a large black snake dropped down a rope and began squeezing his neck. He became voiceless and narrowly escaped death by tearing the reptile away.
What is the board of education The schoolmaster's shingle
A compact phrase sets a school theme, hinting at governance and leadership in education. The line evokes the schoolmaster as emblem of teaching authority bound to the board of education. No explicit event or persons given.
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Board of Education
A Family Gathering at Kemp’s Balsam Sample Offer
Have you a father mother son daughter sister or brother who has not yet taken Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs the guaranteed remedy for coughs colds asthma croup and all throat and lung troubles A sample bottle is freely given by any druggist and the large size costs 50c and 1.
Tin can tied to a dog's tail echoes grim fate
A dark proverb suggests misfortune follows a reckless act tying a tin can to a dog's tail. The warning frames cruelty as a prelude to inevitable harm, underscoring peril in careless treatment of animals.
Special Offer for Youths Companion Subscribers
The Youths Companion Boston offer invites new subscribers to send $1.75 for a full year starting now. The deal includes four holiday numbers Thanksgiving Christmas New Year and Easter illustrated weekly supplements and the annual premium list with 500 illustrations.
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Youths Companion
Boston
Mass
Companion
What sticketh closer than a brother
An old timey ad style note mentions a postage stamp as a trusty helper and promotes Dr Sage’s remedy for catarrh in a compact, humorous tone.
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Sage’s
Door in potential mood described as would or should be
A door is described conditionally as it could be in a future state or meet a requirement. The phrasing explores possibility and obligation without committing to a definite action or outcome.
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets Promote Healthy Bowels
The article extols regular bowel movement and liver function as essential to health. It warns constipation invites diseases and irregularities, and recommends Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets for timely use to regulate bowels and liver and maintain a healthy body.
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Pierce
Patriot German’s glued naturalization paper drags to polling place
A German immigrant in New York City’s annexed district pasted his naturalization papers on his door for daily reflection. When registering, officials could not remove the paper, ruling it must be brought to the polling site. He removed the door and carried it to the last day of registration.
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New York City
Scott's Emulsion Claims Cure for Severe Chest Fever
C.R. Bennett describes falling ill with bronchitis and threatened consumption after a severe cold. He moved to San Francisco seeking a milder climate and began taking Scott's Emulsion with cod liver oil and hypophosphites three times daily. In ten weeks he gained weight from 155 to 180 pounds and his cough stopped.
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San Francisco
Scott
C.R. Bennett
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