Pelagic seal hunting the sport apt description
The New York Sun outlines the pelagic seal fishery in the North Pacific and Behring Sea. Canadian and American vessels chase seals amid stormy seas with submarining hazards, variable prices, and a hard luck economy where most crews do not amass wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pacific
Behring Sea
Victoria
B.C
San Francisco
Seattle
Port Townsend
Pribylof Islands
Commander Islands
Siberia
Nicaragua Canal Plans and Mahon Bill Backed by House
A Chicago Times Herald tone overview outlines the Mahon bill to build a U S financed Nicaragua canal, details stock cancellation, treasury subscriptions, board expansion to fifteen, and 100 million bond guarantees. It notes savings from shorter routes, Suez comparisons, and the canal’s vast economic and strategic impact with routes via Greytown to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Foreign and Interstate Commerce
Mahon
United States
Nicaragua
Maritime Canal Company of
Secretary of the Treasury
Costa Rica
Treasury
Engineering Department
United States Army
Treasury of
The
Board of Directors
Luncheon on Train Yields Egg Surprises
A humorous note from the New York Run recounts a wife bidding farewell to her husband with bread and roast chicken for a train journey. He replies that the railway meals were unhealthy, then a letter arrives saying the luncheon was excellent yet the chicken laid two hard boiled eggs on the way a playful misprint reveals a domestic anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Run
Unknown Speaker Quips About Grandfather in Fragment
Fragmentary dialogue mentions a grandfather and a mother, with a judge weighing a quip about sneaking out for a stroke. The text reads as a casual, possibly overheard exchange with uncertain context and names not fully legible.
Favorite Sons and the Debate on Puns Across Conventions
The piece surveys favorite son nominations at Republican and Democratic national conventions, noting their rarity in Democrats and historical instances among Republicans. It shifts to a discussion of punning wit versus humor, citing writers like Lamb Hood and Jerrold, offering examples and arguing true puns play on sound and sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kentucky
John G. Carlisle
Kentuck
Indiana
Joseph E. McDonald
Ohio
Allen G. Thurman
Horace Roles
Iowa
John F. Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Isupport
Marshall Jewell
Connecticut
William Windom
Minnesota
Washburn
Milinois
George B. Edmunds
Vermont
Joseph I. Hawley
Allison
Town
Depew
New York
Rusk
Wisconsin
Ingalls
Kansas
Edwin Fitler
Philadelphia
William Walter Phelps
New Jersey
Fpendleton
Engileh
Packer
Parker
Doolittle
Adams
Massachusetts
Stephen Grent - Tanabe
Wil Allen
Johnson
Sydney Smith
Planchet
Brough
Gilbert
Quincey
Aelius Lamia
Domitian
Ee Tennyson
Charles Lamb
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
Oxford
Prithee
Tom Hood
Paling
Aneey Sam
Eight-Hour System Debate Inspires Father's Support
A Dallas girl reports her father, who runs many hands, favors the eight-hour work day after hearing that Mr. Canesucker has been kept at four hours each evening. She celebrates with a grateful embrace as she explains the reason for his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Dallas
Sam
Pana
Texas Sifter
The Song of Tuf Spanisil Gran dee
A fragmented verse on a Spanish grandee who mocks Yankee talk about Cuba and then buys an emblem of liberty at a flag shop. He proclaims bravado and declares to have overpowered the hated Yankee in a bold, theatrical display. The piece is presented in a limerick like structure with uneven spellings and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Pallax
Theodore Hook
Hood
Frederick Locker
John Hill Burton
Lord Norbury
Don
Man cured of tobacco habit after No-To-Bac use
Winnipeg report tells of George Garfield, a longtime tobacco user, who after trying No-To-Bac with his wife’s urging quit smoking and chewing entirely. He praises the remedy for health and vigor, noting three boxes cured him and the Sterling Remedy Co offers a money back guarantee if three boxes fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Poyntz & Co
Williams Street
George Garfield
St. Charles
Garfield
Poyntz
Romance in Venice Ends With Vendetta Twist
A midnight Venice scene follows Countess Grnceloli and American painter Pete Skidmore as a vendetta looms. Across the Adriatic moonlight, gondolas drift and a Duke vows death. Pete returns to Houston, then confronts the Rivoli threat and a Western Texas twist in a melodramatic tale of love, escape, and revenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Adriatic
Countess Grnceloll
Pete Skidmore
Pete
Mount Vesuvius
Texas
Houston
Ginccloli
Duke di Rivoli
Lulel
Price of Hicycles and the Supposed $12 Bike
Mr. R. M. Walte says bicycle price cuts are premature and based on hopes. The $12 bike from Japan won’t arrive until next year, as production is not complete yet. English and American makers will meet the $212 price, sparking a price war riders may enjoy, with no change in plans between New York and the West Shore and Nickel Plate roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Independent
Cuba
Europe
Pennsylvania
Eingiigh
Santiago
Chicago Times-Herald
North
South
America
Two
Americas
Isthmus
Oceans
Union
Atlantic
Pacific
Grant
Congress
Nicaragua
Greytown
Atlantic Slide
San Juan River
Ocean
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Valpariso
United States
South America
Maritime Canal Company
Suez Canal
Brito
Pacific Coast
Kiel Canal
R. M. Walte
Star
Japan
New-York
Weat Shore
Nickel Plate Roads
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York Sun
Shumagin Islands
Alaska
Straits of Fuca
Columbia River
California
Farrallone Islands
Pigeon Point
Santa Cruz
Mualo
Beteioaly
Lee Elde
Saile
Congressman Barham
Surz Canal
Ita
Vessola
Mediterranean
Ted Sea
North Sea
Indian Ocean
England
India
Cape of Good Hope
Nicaragua Canal
Malato
Malasse
PMNS
WIT
de da Bret Harte
Tuf Spanisil Grandee
Don Carlos Juan Y Mendosa Quintero Y Cosas Y Guerra Navarro Y
Pedro Contl
Venlos
Houston Post
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!