Winnebago Lake Sturgeon Fishing Feats Twenty Thousand Hooks
The New York World describes Winnebago Lake sturgeon fishing with a six mile line carrying 20,000 hooks, using twenty boats and forty men to set the gear for ten hours. Each 1,000-hook boat yields about one sturgeon per ten hooks, with fish weighing twenty to seventy pounds. The lake prize sells for six cents a pound, salted or smoked for lumber camps.
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Phey
Weiter
New York
Winnebago Lake
Wisconsin
Misfortune in a Smoking Car and Far Lands
A mournful man in a smoking car shows injuries from a crash or incident as his family questions the cause with humor and pity. The narrative shifts to describe Altai emperor estates in Russia, noting vast area, resources, and meager annual revenue, then mentions a New York Jersey cattle sale with high prices.
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Russia
England
Wales
Siberia
Jersey
New York
Do Europe in One Month Tour Priced at 200 Dollars
A New York tourist describes a month long European itinerary starting July 12 aboard the City of Rome for 200 dollars. The voyage includes Paris London and Glasgow with guided tours, sea travel to Dieppe Paris and London, then a Glasgow return via Crewe and Rugby. The plan covers museums cathedrals and major sights with a conductor paying all fees and hotel bills. The trip ends August 12 back in New York with minimal extra expenses.
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New York
Europé
Ome
Rome
Liverpool
Exchange
London
Crewe
Rugby
Usiner
British Museum
National Gallery
Kensington
Parks
The
Albert Memorial
Westminster Abbey
House of Parliament
Kew
Zoo
Billingagate
Tower
New Haven
Dieppe
Paris
Louvre
Luxembourg
Ghatape Elysees
Bois de Boulogne
Arc Dle Triomphe
Parc Monceau
Hotel Des Invalides
Napoleon's Tomb
Vesailles
St. Cloud
Diagpe
Glasgow
England
Scotland
St. Mungo’s Cathedral
Necropolis
Circassia
Giant's Causeway
Clyde
Dunbarton Castle
Arran Isle
Moville
Aius
Ireland
Atlantic
Press seeks $20,000 subsidy for free Tol protection paper
The Philadelphia Press circulates among Pennsylvania iron workers seeking a $20,000 subsidy to fund a campaign distributing an ultra protection newspaper free to laborers. About $12,000 has been subscribed. the remainder is expected. The journal is expected to push tariff rhetoric more aggressively.
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Philadelphia
Iron Manufacturers
Pennsylvania
Boone kin wedding in Jefferson City amid sobering family note
Mr Wm C Boone nephew of Daniel Boone and his wife celebrated their wedding at home in Jefferson City on a Tuesday evening last. It is said they have eleven children and twentine that all are dead.
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Wm. C. Boone
Daniel Boone
Jefferson City
Pennton Swindlers Exposed in Cobbury July Tale
An examining surgeon recalls a World War captain who feigned illness to secure a pension. The officer claimed disability for cowardice, while the surgeon certified general disability. The captain’s name was omitted from rolls, and the ruse collapsed. The piece calls for a thorough pension-list overhaul and re examinations.
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Pennton
S’ Dlab
New York
Eent
Atok
Blank
Man Draws $15,000 Lottery Prize After Old Bill Found
Isaac Haines, engineer on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, told a Chattanooga Times reporter he bought a Louisiana State Lottery ticket by mail with a dollar he found in Memphis. He learned his ticket matched the No 10 843 prize of 75 000 dollars, the same state lottery that earlier awarded him 600 dollars. He has supported two sisters and an aged father near Stevenson Alabama for years and has worked 14 years on the M C R R.
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Isaac Haines
Chattanooga Times
Memphis
M. A. Dauphin
New Orleans
Louvisians
Stevenson
Ala
Teno
Ledger
Presidential Titles and Political Nicknames in U S History
In a June Washington dispatch, writers discuss formal and informal titles for leaders from Alfred the Great to Lincoln the Great. The piece notes the heat and delays as both parties push to adjourn while appropriation bills stall before Blaine’s or the Democratic convention decisions.
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Alfred the Great
Louis the Fat
Ivan the Terrible
Charles
Bold
Gregory the Great
United States
Eternal
Abe
Lincoln
Great
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Magnificent
Blaine
Logan
White House
Gee
Wasuixatox
Congress
Paying Their Bits at Chicago Hotels During Conventions
A Chicago News report describes delegates and visiting statesmen filing to cashiers at Palmer House and major hotels, paying rates from 15 to 500 dollars for rooms. Delegates assert rooms were limited, with many two-person parlors at 50 dollars, and headquarters spaces from 50 to 300 dollars a day. Senator Mahone paid 100 dollars for room and board at the Palmer House.
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Chicago News
Palmer House
Grand Pacific
Leland
Tremont
Sherman
Sam Turner
Gi Pacific
Golo A Aime
Ee P of
Torado
Blaine
Senator Mahone
Pior House
Mr. Daggett
New York
Blaine Club Incident Reported at Herald Office
A hallway confrontation at the Blaine era paper involved a boy describing a political items theft and a wild party at a neighbor’s house. He recounted a man claiming support for Blaine and Long Jones, with chaos erupting as a fisticime row, mother striking the intruder, and a demand to take the item to the editor.
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Blaine
Chloage Herald
Herald Office
Mother
Long Jones
Tilton
Kindlin
Joseph
Blaine Family Holds Wide Government Posts
The Blaine family of Ohio and Maine has many relatives in U S and Maine state offices. A brother is a U S Army Major promoted through Blaine influence. Walker Blaine, son, is U S counsel in the French Claims Commission after serving as Assistant Secretary of State. Nephews Augustus and Teane Stanwood are clerks in the customs service and a wife’s cousin is a customs inspector. Stinson Lanian is a revenue agent with two army cousins in the Blaine network.
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Blaine
Oieceholders
York Ban
United States
Maine
United States Army
Walker Blaine
French Claims Commission
Augustus
Teane A. Stanwood
Custom
Brackett
Stinson I
Iain
Army
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