Two Out of Ten Gan Reach Dawson This Season
Treasury official reports Alaska inrush toward Dawson with about four thousand people and two thousand horses between Skaguay and the lake. Many vessels are chartered to land cargoes before September 15, but insiders warn only about 20 percent will reach Dawson before winter.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Alaska
Iven
Skaguay
Lake
Dawson
Klondike
Post Office Department
Trail up Skaguay trail described by engineer Stretch
Seattle report details R H Stretch mining engineer account after thirty days on the Skaguay trail. He notes few rock slides but large boulders hinder travel and lists elevation changes from lake to summits. He sees no danger to life. Also Denver forecast of a coming mining era by Clarence King predicts rapid travel to Klondike and new mining camps from Cape Horn to St Michael.
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Behring Straits
St. Petersburg
Gilpin
Mr. King
Seattle
Klondike
Yukon Country
Wash
R. H. Stretch
Porcupine Creek
Stretch
Denver
Col
Clarence King
United States Geological Survey
Straits of Magellan
Cape Horn
St. Michael
The Boston Theatre Scene Grows with September Openings
The Boston stage buzzes with openings and rivalries as May Irwin and Flo Irwin begin concurrent runs in The Swell Mrs Fitzswell and The Widow Jones at Tremont and Hollis Theatres. Edith St Clair dazzles in One Round of Pleasure at the Museum, while The Cherry Pickers grips audiences at the Boston Theatre with its near cannonfire realism.
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Columbia
Irwin
Tremont Theatre
Fitzswell
Boston Theatre
Keith’s Theatre
Marie Dressler
Hollis
Dottie Dimple
Mr. McNally
May Irwin
Mildred Holland
Grand Opera House
Jessie Busley
Bartley Campbell
Castle Square
Otis Harlan
Mr. Harlan
Katherine Rober
Grand Theatre
Camille
East Lynne
Willard
Wallack’s
New York
Herr Grenada
Blondin
Lillian Lewis
Bowdoin Square
Cora Beckwith
Austin & Stone’s
Miss Beckwith
Dainty Christie MacDonald
Tremont
Rose Sydell
Pigeon Returns from Andree Expedition in Illinois
News from Nashville Illinois reports a carrier pigeon linked to Professor Andree's North Pole expedition arriving at William Osborne of Coulterville. The bird bore Andree No 31 on a silver leg plate, its parchment note weathered, confirming the link to the expedition as researchers await the second bird's arrival in a few days.
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Nashville
Andree
North Pole
William Osborne
Coulterville, Ill
Osborne
Hemamelis as a Secative and Astringent Remedy
The text notes Hemamelis acts as a secative astringent and mild antiseptic but warns that many hazel extracts are ineffective and irritating to the skin. It highlights a preferred preparation, feeds Extract, praised for delivering full witch hazel benefits with minimal irritation, as cited by the International Journal of Surgery.
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International Journal of Surgery
Irregular Tuesday market quotes and mining optimism mix
The market closed steady to strong amid mixed talks of yellow fever causing selling in Southern railway shares while London buyers pushed favorites higher. Telegraph stocks like American Bell and Erie led gains, pioneers in mining ventures drew attention, and investor optimism centered on gold and copper prospects as Coram predicted a coming boom.
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Louisville & Nashville
Southern Railway
Grangers
Missouri Pacific
London
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
American Bell
Erie
New England
No. 3
Pioneer
Joseph A. Coram
Butte
Mont
Davis
Great West
Coram
West
United States
Bay State Gas
Dominion Coal
Little
Suy
Kearsarge Mining Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Union Pacific
Denver & Gulf
Tuart and Paddock Sucar Stock Market Notice
Directors of the American Sugar Refining Company will meet within four days likely influencing the stock price. Early advices expected for client use. Offer to open accounts and handle purchases or sales of stocks bonds grain provisions and cotton with prompt attention. Interest on deposits collect coupons pay assessments negotiate loans. Send for weekly Market Letter and Six Days With King Cotton.
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American Sugar Refining Company
King Cotton
Stuart Paddock bankers and brokers ad card
A historical advertisement listing Stuart and Paddock bankers and brokers with addresses in New York Philadelphia and Boston, presenting a compact business card style notice for the financial firm.
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Broadway
New York
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Ames Building
Boston
Maas
Hope for Sagasta led Spanish government change
Washington officials have no information on a new Spanish ministry but expect the Conservatives to be replaced by Sagasta after Canovas death. The Liberal shift is seen as likely to alter Cuba policy and invite U S good offices to end the insurrection, with Minister Woodford ready to act. Spanish legation members are away from Washington.
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Washington
State Department
Senor Canovas
Senor Sagasta
Cuba
United States
Woodford
Legation
Lost His Bathing Suit On Crowded Atlantic City Beach
John J. Corbett of Chicago, brother of James J. Corbett, wandered into the sea at Ocean Avenue and swam toward the pier. His knit trunks tangled, he lost movement and strength, drifting seaward until lifeguard Carroll reached him, pulled him to safety, and he fainted upon entering the rescue boat.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John J. Corbett
Chicago
James J
Ocean Avenue
House of Corbett
John J
John
Carroll
McKinley Visit Tops Somerset Stop
President and Mrs. McKinley and party arrived at Somerset from Canton and will spend the week at Abner McKinley’s summer residence. A reception committee of twenty prominent citizens greeted them at the station and escorted them through town to the McKinley home. Abner McKinley hopes they may stay over Sunday and a public demonstration may be arranged.
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Somerset
Penn
Joy’s Gift to Ancients Portrait of Boston Town House
William Francis Joy, ninth in descent from Thomas Joy the designer of Boston’s first Town House, has given the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company a fine painting of the old building reproduced from plane and specifications held by the Joy family.
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William Francis Joy
Thomas Joy
First Town House
Boston
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Joy
Family Separated as Wife Takes Five Children to Boston
Cape Rosier fisherman Sylvanus W. Gray returned from a fishing trip to find his wife had left with their five children. She reportedly boarded the Penobscot to Rockland and Boston, leaving no clear reason. Oldest daughter Alvina, 14, had been working until departure. Sister Miss Katie Black in Boston aided but withheld details. Police and reporters pursued information as Mrs. Gray, aged 86, disappeared with children aged 14, 12, 8, 3, and 1.
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Cape Rosier
Castine
Rockland
Boston
Penobscot
Alvina
Mr. Gray
Gray
Katie Black
Crawford House
Inspector Wolf
Armenian Steamer Brings 30 Passengers to East Boston
The Leyland line steamer Armenian under Captain McConkey completed an eight days twenty hours passage from Liverpool to East Boston with thirty cabin passengers. Among them were John Reeves Eller man, chairman of Leyland Line's board in Liverpool, Barrister Stewart C. McCoskie, Professor Marcus D. Buell, and other scholars. U S officials reported $300 revenue collected on personal effects above $100 per person. Other ships from Liverpool carried fewer passengers and duties. The article notes large cattle exports, weekly wheat and corn shipments to Europe, and plans by the Clyde line to expand service amid rising cottonExports from the South.
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Canada
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Europe
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Charleston
Jacksonville
New York
Landsman
Gift for Treasurer Turner Opens With Floral Welcome
City Treasurer Alfred T. Turner returned to City Hall after an extended absence abroad to a staff tribute of flowers. The display covered his desk and table with a bank of roses, pinks, lilies, tuberoses, chrysanthemums, and smilax, while gladioli and chrysanthemums adorned the desk.
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Alfred T. Turner
Gladioli
Chrysanthemum
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