Letter from Lieut Porter aboard the Fern at Key West Harbor
A June 20 letter from Lieut John I Porter on the Fern describes daily life aboard the USS Lancaster and Fern. He notes light nine to five work, ample food, clean conditions, and health care for sailors, plus ship routine from dawn to lights out. He praises Commander Herbert Winslow, the crew’s discipline, and reports mild heat with distilled water and no sick list.
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Ferrin Key West Harbor
Charles A. Barnard
King
John I Porter
Key West Harbors
U.S. S. Lancaster
Gulf
Ats
Kearsarge
Alabama
Vesusias
Cuban
Key West
Ice Factory
Monitor Puritan
China
Moline Boys
Navy
Lenk
WI Tilthouse
Mia
Beraie
Wisches
Joun TT
Porter
Artistic Homes with Economical Openings and Harmony
A design for a ten room house emphasizes common sense over flashy exterior, aiming for economical construction, interior comfort, and tasteful restraint. The plan features a front porch entry, living room, two bedrooms plus bath on the back, a large kitchen with pantry, a cellar, five upper bedrooms, natural wood finishes, stone basement walls, bronze hardware, and a three coat exterior. Dimensions are 48 by 40 feet, two-story height 10 and 9 feet, with furnace heating, priced from 2200 to 2500 dollars depending on finish, by E A Payne.
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Renre
Stalra
E. A. Payne
Peculiar Docket Dilemma Halts City Justices
Dockets of Justices Sofider Ware ter and Webb remain with the county clerk as no legal successor exists for Justice Webb. State law requires an election to fill vacancies, but city ordinances transfer clerk powers to the city council, delaying any appointment and leaving unfinished business unresolved.
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Sofider
Wareter
Webb
Justice of Peace
Carlson
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Comfort for Wheel Enthusiasts
Advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Ease cools feet, prevents sweating, and boosts endurance. It cites over 100000 users and testimonials from ladies, offering 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample by mail to Allen S Olmatead Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S
Olmatead
le Roy
N. Y
Masa Clothing Co Expands Davenport Block
The Masa Clothing Co purchases the Davenport and Moline properties of Meas Clothing Co. occupying 40 feet of frontage at 317 and 319 West Second Street with a three story block, rebuilt after a recent fire. The Davenport store plans to move by July 15 with an anticipated consolidation valued at 22,500 dollars.
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Travenport
Chop
Furniture
Masa Clothing Co
Davenport
Moline
Setond Street
Mers Company
Wyoming Defies Odds in 1863 Simonoseki Strait Fight
In 1863 the USS Wyoming commanded by McDugall faced three Japanese gunboats and shore batteries in the strait of Simonoseki. Despite being outgunned and aground twice, Wyoming battered two cruisers, set shore batteries ablaze, and compelled Prince Nagato to pay $300,000 in indemnity. The action, part of Civil War era blockades, yielded later funding benefits to the U S Treasury.
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Wyoming
Alabama
Kearsargo
China
Tycoon
Japan
Prince of
Nagato
Straits of
Simonoseki
Tarifa
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
United States
Pembroke
McDugall
Prince of Nagato
Strait of
Simonoield
Nelson
Gayly
Finland
Colonel Crockett
Treasury
United A
Washington
Hamilton Renominated for Congress by Acclamation
Paw Paw Michigan June 29 Representative F L Hamilton of Niles was renominated by acclamation by the Republicans of the Fourth congressional district. The text notes a street name reference and a city council change, indicating local political adjustments alongside the renomination.
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Hamilton
Paw Paw
Mich
F. L. Hamilton
Niles
Yeaterday
Rural Free Delivery extended to next fiscal year
Washington June 29 circular lets postmasters know rural free delivery contracts may be renewed as congress funds the coming year. Plan under consideration to expand service by investigation in communities new to rural free delivery and to limit expansion to cost effective areas. Springfield June 20 Wabash Detective Lay seeks arrest of James L Miller of Harvel on charges of attempting to wreck the Wabash Continental Limited last Sunday. He allegedly confessed to associates that he tried to wreck the train.
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Washington
Heath
Congress
Springfield
State Register
Taylorville
Wabash
Lay
James L. Miller
Harvel
Miller
Letter from Alaska recounts Seattle expedition’s high mortality
A letter from John Muldoon of Johnsonville, currently in the Alaskan gold fields, reports that of 101 men who departed Seattle in March, only four survived. Two drowned and the rest succumbed to cold and hunger.
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Warren
John Muldoon
Johnsonville
Seattle
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