Sailfish Tales and Odd Bits from Forest and Stream
An assortment of notes on sailfish behavior near Florida and in Atlantic waters, detailing how to lure, hook, and reel in these elusive fish. The piece explains their location near the warm Gulf Stream, the fighting style of the fish, and the challenging bite. It runs into a miscellany of curiosities from Louis Globe-Democrat anecdotes to superstitions about luck, funeral tolls, and a lampooned street candy story in a late 19th century voice.
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Atlantic
Florida Keys
Gulf Stream
Nenter
Louis Globe-Democrat. Com
North Carolina state brief highlights and notices
August revenue in the Eastern District totaled 225 915 dollars and 84 cents. Morganton opens a Deaf and Dumb School with 175 students. Tobacco sales on Rocky Mount market reached 500 000 pounds for August, more than doubling last year’s best month. Forsyth completes tax books for sheriff. A Morganton Confederate monument plan covers Burke county’s 1 300 to 1 400 soldiers. A cyclone near Wadesboro damaged homes and a negro church. Salisbury Gun Club to host first annual tournament at Fulton Heights Park with a big barbecue and numerous prizes. Alamance Superior Court in Graham for two weeks with two shooting cases, a bigamy case, house breaking, a grave nuisance, and many civil cases against Southern Railway. Auto meet planned at Ellerbe Springs September 23 and 24 with barbecue and brass band. Four insurance firms named by State Insurance Commissioner as lacking proper licenses. New Bern hosts drainage convention to enable swamp land drainage without owner outlay. Engagement announced for Miss Bessie Whitaker and Mr. A V Cole to wed September 16.
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Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Morganton
Rocky Mount
Forsyth County
Burke County
Wadesboro
Alamance Superior Court
Graham
Southern Railway Company
Ellerbe Springs
Richmond County
North
South Carolina
Duchesse and Anarchist Tie Through Aid and Letter
Report notes a meeting between the Duchesse d Uzes and Louise Michel at a poor sick woman's bedside both aiding her. After the death Michel sends a keepsake and the duchess answers with thanks, linking to charitable efforts associated with Boulangerism and Harper s Bazaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortemart
Louise Michel
Levallois
Duchesse d'Uzes
Harper’s Bazar
Divorce Action Notice in Durham Superior Court
Jesse G. Buchanan is summoned by publication in Durham Recorder for divorce proceedings begun July 1908 in Durham County Superior Court. The summons shows defendant not found in Durham, possibly in the Philippines, with publication required weekly for four weeks. Court set August 31, 1908 to answer or demur, notice dated July 25, 1908 by B Green Clerk.
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Jesse G. Buchanan
Superior Court
Durham County
Durhan
Philipines
Durham Recorder
Southern Railway Timetable and Connections Notice
Effective April 6 1908 Southern Railway announces daily westbound No 111 from Durham NC to Greensboro and beyond with connections to Danville Richmond and points South and West. Eastbound No 112 to Raleigh Selma and Goldsboro with Pullman sleeper Greensboro to Raleigh. Several northbound and eastbound trains listed with connections at Greensboro Salisbury Jeffries and other stations. Principal agents and officials named for contact in Durham Washington and Charlotte.
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Durham
N.C
Greensboro
Danville
Richmond
Salisbury
Charlotte
Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
Jacksonville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Asheville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Raleigh
Selma
Goldsboro
Carpat Pullman
U. S
Lynchburg
Washington
Southern
Oxford
Henderson
Jeffries
Keysville
Norfolk
Steamcoat
Baltimore
New York
Boston
All Points
Winston-Salem
Memphis
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Charlottesville
Southern Railway
H. B. Spencer
Washington, D. C
H. Hardwick
D.C
W. H. Tayloe
Portsmouth- Norfolk
Weldon
Carolina
Portsmouth-Norfolk
Cape Charles
Durham & Southern
Apex
Seaboard
Wilmington
Birmingham
Florida
F. W. Woodward
Union
R. L. Montgomery
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Sailfish
London Field
Oring
Pelate
Amma
Vera
Salisbury Gun Club
Fulton Heights Park
Merchants of
James Young
North American Registration
New Jersey
North American Accident
Illinois
Pennsylvania Lumber Company
Druggist’s Indemnity Exchange
New Bern
Bessie
C. D. Whitaker
A. V. Cole
A. Hitaker
Plodipal
Lakewood
Renee Eae
Cervant
Afghanistan
London Standard
L._ Jones
Gallatin
Tenn
THE
Charlotte Observer
Samhain
the Sunday Observer
Observer
the Observer CO
Charlotte NC
Durham County Court
Minnie W. Buchanan
R. T. Howerton & Son
Old Reliable Modern Funeral Directors and _Embalmers
Mangum St
Nsw
Aifuk
Schedul
Dunham
Sun
M. F. Bragg
Trav. Pass
Agt
W. B. Bevill
G.P. A
Roanoke
Gen
Scientific American
Jj. M. and
Robert L. Pollard
Che
Sob
Durham, N. C
the Holladay Studio
the Postoffice
J. W. Petty
North State Mutual Life Insurance Co
Kinston
N. C
Southern Live Stock Insurance Co
High Point
R. N. Lee
Wright Building
IP. C
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Snider, Byrd
Seaboard Air Line Railway
C. H. Gattis
Seta
Raleigh, N. C
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