Yukon Gold Fields Reach for Klondike With Harsh Odds
The Klondyke boom drives thousands toward Alaska and British Columbia as explorers face extreme travel, cold, storms, and scarce supplies. Projections include costs, routes via St Michael's Juneau Dyea and Lake Linderman, with prices at Dawson City and risks of perils in the Chilkats and Lynn Canal.
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Klondyke River
Alaskan
Dresry
Yukon
Pacific Coast
Dawson City
St. Michael’s
United States
Juneau
Alaskan Territory
Pacific
Seattle
Dyea
Lynn Canal
Chilkoot
Chilkat
Moore
Klondyke
California
George Holt
Hootalinqua River
Sitka
Alaska
Joseph Juneau
Havers Pelly
Hootalinqua
Stewart River
Miller Creek
Sixty Mile Creek
San Francisco
Vancouver
Behring Sea
St. Michael's
Lake Linderman
Lake Bennett
Cariboo River
Tagish Lake
Mud Lake
White Horse Rapids
Lake la Barge
Lewis River
Gozen
Chicago
Bratlon
Ccerceseres
Healey’s
Miles
Healey'’s
St. Michael’s Toule
Chilkcat Pass
Dominion
Ottawa
Ont
Fort Selkirk
Dawson
Big River
Bonanza Creek
Eldorado
Yukon Basin
Circle City
Fort Reliance
British Columbia
Bonanza
Baer
Yukon District
Interior Department
Northwest Territories
Yukon River
George M. Dawson
Dominion Geological Survey
William Ogilvie
Northwest
Canada
Mount St. Elias
Arctic Ocean
Ogilvie
Forty-Mile Creek
Fort Cudahy
Canadian
Receiver Appointed Amid Bank Stock Controversy
A Brooklyn Life note reveals that a railroad magnate with heavy stock holdings has been placed in receivership. The tone suggests the owner has not lost all, as a receiver now controls the assets.
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Brooklyn Life
Free Coinage in Mexico: Campbell Reports on Silver System
Washington correspondent notes El Paso Mayor Campbell describes how free silver depresses wages in Mexico, prompts the move toward a gold standard, and cites recent gold discoveries and a Mexico–U.S. border economy shift. He argues Mexico may adopt gold standard soon due to rising gold production and depreciation of silver.
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Washington
United States
Campbell
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Japan
Peru
California
City of
Paso
New York
Topolobamba
Pacific
Ake
Sonoha
Texas
Chicago
Charles D. King
Dingley Tariff Debate Echoes Across Papers
A collection of opinion excerpts savors the Dingley tariff passage. Editors praise its revenue focus and domestic industry boost, while noting the era’s prosperity mood. Comments from Washington to Chicago highlight labor gains and tariff stability with calls to sustain Republican policy.
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Senate
San Francisco Chronicle
Chicago
St. Louis
Chicago Times-Herald
Northwest
Senator Allison
Allison
Dingley
Boston Journal
McKinley
United States
Congress
Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
Jackson
Clay
Lincoln
Chicago Inter Ocean
United States of America
Republican Party
Fothera
Hamilton
Nelson Dingley
Senator Faces Move in Argument Over Conviction Bid
The Chicago Post quotes a heated exchange as a speaker probes the senator’s willingness to be persuaded. The lawmaker deflects with a cautious reply, asking, What’s your bid, signaling lingering political tension and potential compromises ahead.
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Chicago Post
Fun and Fiction. A Distinction and Comic Exchanges
A collage of humorous quotes and dialog sketches from period magazines. Bits feature Miss Outertown, a painter’s price, a dramatic threat, and social quips about marriage and language. The tone mocks slang and courting folly with light satire.
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Outertown
Skinner
Hubbel
Puck
Clara
Dudely
Cleveland
Allen’s Poot Enase and Moot Mase Foot Powder Ad
An old fashioned advertisement touts Allen’s Poot Enase powder to shake into shoes for swollen hot feet and tired walking. It claims relief from smarting feet bunions corns blisters and callous spots with a cool comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 serial package KRISH Allen Olmsted address listed.
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Allen
Olmsted
Watering Place Echoes and Odd Local Phrases
A compilation of quirky place labels and misread phrases. It lists towns such as Bar Harbor Saratoga Long Branch Ocean Grove and Niagara with strange descriptors like a toper retreat mime coral forest and a midsummer north pole.
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New-port
Old Orchard
Garden of Eden
Bar Harbor
Toper
Saratoga
Bernhardt
Nichfield Springs
Ocean Grove
Mermard
Niagara Malla
Old Point Comfort
North Pole
Dudge
Grain-O Rival Coffee Substitute Marketed in Racy Ad Wide
An old advertisement promotes YRATINO as a pure grain coffee substitute available in two sizes for 15 and 24 cents per package. The piece includes assorted aphorisms and quotes from various publications, reflecting a column-like aggregation typical of a period newspaper.
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Jaya
Hoster’s Stomach Bitters Promoted as Health Tonic
An old advertisement extols Hoster’s Stomach Bitters as a premier vivifier and blood purifier. It claims the tonic promotes digestion, strengthens nerves, and supports appetite and bodily regularity while also offering defense against malaria and relief from biliousness constipation and rheumatism.
Civilizing a Chimpanzee Says Education May Benefit Animals
A man with an earnest stance praises systematic education for lower animals. He recalls a chimpanzee named Tsanw who, after patient training, learned to smoke a pipe play cards and drink whisky, illustrating potential intellect development through schooling.
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Tsanw
Souvenir of Lincoln Park Distributed by The Rail Line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers a 06 page Souvenir of Lincoln Park packed with halftone photos of a prime city resort. Available to visitors for 25 cents, sent to Geo. T. L. Wheatford, general passenger agent, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago.
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Lincoln Park
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee
Geo. T L. Weatford
Old Colony Building
Nashville
Fenn
C. L. Btone
Bes Dearborn Street
Ile
Humorous Quotes From Newspapers Across Years
A collage of quips and witticisms from the New York Journal Atchison Globe and Washington Democrat. The excerpts humorously note social norms on engagement prices patent rights and a man’s conscience in small matters.
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Yukon Gold Fields
Forty-Mile
Joseph Ladue
Arctic Circle
Dominion Government
Claims Registration Bureau
Klondyke Diggings
Mayor Campbell
el Paso, Tex
Spurgeon
Washington Democrat
Marcus Aurelina
Atchison Globe
Atchison Obe
Peter Peculiar
Atchison Grobe
N. Y
Nature
Brammer
Hanid Anda Ome
West Ang
Nebraska
P.seustis
Gen’ Pass
B. & Qrr
Kline
Lids
Hellevan
Nstitute of Medicing
PBB Architrevt
Philadelphia
Tomen
U.S
Stark
L'Rees
Cheu Pest
Bert
Nurbely
Louisiana
Ruckport
Hartshorns
J. J. Gifford
Kth
Main Streets
Richmond
Weeks
Buffalo
N.Y
Remiluin Co
W.ehst
KAWNS
Queen City
Cincinnati
Dr. M. 1
Greer Gune
Atlanta
M. Woolley
Gov
Celicago
Chigacg
Ramuel Kayzer
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