Million Dollars Worth of Whalebone Stored in New Bedford Firms
A million dollars of whalebone, nearly all of it, will be stored in William Lewis & Son warehouses in New Bedford Massachusetts. Edgar R Lewis controls this stock and whalebone manufacturers must deal with him. Whaling firms plan not to sail to the Arctic next year allowing the stock to be worked off. Arctic grounds have seen hunting for over 50 years as bowheads retreat eastward toward ice. Croteis grounds in the Indian Ocean supply well again.
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New Bedford
Mass
William Lewis & Son
Rodman Street
Edgar R. Lewis
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Behring Straits
Indian Ocean
Whaling Bone Trade Shifts in Delagoa Bay Region
The article notes whalers retreating to Delagoa Bay on Africa’s south coast as whales return, while Arctic catches decline. J Ws Lewis dominates whalebone pricing, controlling stock valued near five dollars per pound amid a stagnant market. Trade relies on natives for bone in exchange for knives powder and rifles, with sporadic ship arrivals and offset by a small fleet handling the bone.
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Delagoa Bay
Africa
Alice Knowles
Crozetts
Arctic
J. W
Perth
Yankee prodigal son returns after week long trading spree
Ware Massachusetts reports Arthur Ovens, one year old, disappeared with only his clothes on May 11 and returned home at 11 PM Sunday night with a haul. He carried three thousand pounds in four year old slivers, a new dump-cart, and about 300 dollars as peace offering. The boy explained he left to prove he could trade for himself, trading a yearling heifer for a carriage and selling it for four times its cost. He traveled about 26 miles daily over the week, aided by Fred Foster of Warner New Hampshire who gave him work driving cattle and the freedom to trade on his own account.
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Ware
Mass
Arthur Ovens
James Ovens
Fred Foster
Warner, N. H
Ohio
Illinois
Vienna
Ohio River
County Court
Common Pleas Court
Trawn
Missing Man Mystery Stars Indiana Masonic Case
In Indiana the legend of Enoch Ardens mirrors a 37 year old mystery from Leavenworth Crawford County. A young attorney vanished after a drunken lodge night, leaving life insurance valued around 4500 to 5060 dollars. The Masonic Mutual Benefit Association faced payment disputes as rumors swirled of his body, a steamboat ride, and a battered tramp ending up in Vienna.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Enoch
C. DD
Texas
Henry E. Agar
Princeton
Leavenworth
Crawford County
Masonic ‘Mutual Benefit Association
Tnen
Masonic Mutual Benefit Association
Vienna
Masonic Mutual Dellene Association
Youngest US judge Richard J Higgins elected in Kansas
Richard J Higgins, 25, elected to the court of common pleas in Wyandotte County Kansas to fill an unexpired term. He asserts strict courtroom rules, forbidding smoking in the courtroom and seats with feet on the desks during trials.
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Topeka
Kan
United States
Richard J. Higgins
Court of Common Pleas
Wyandotte County
Kansas
William G. Frost
Higgins
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Kansas City School of Law
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Lindeman & Sons
King Pianos
New Bedford, Mass
the Yankee Prodigal Son
Boy
His Ox
Agar
Captain Hawn
Association
Tunnel Fill
Johnson Ceosmey
Hawn
Tunnel
Hhis
Tunnel Hill
Johnson County
Ibo
Iwn
Ina
Insurance Association
Judge
Richard of
Fhiggins
Chicago Post
Harft
A. E. Hazelrigg
John A. Mattix
The
Sullivan Union
Terre Haute
R.buxe
Sullivan County
Union
the Tribune
Sullivan & A. A. Cowles
Crowder Buildins
Court House
Sullivan Ind
Bosch Bos Abehul
Pompadour
Ronan
Etta Patton
East
Christian Parssonage
P. O
Su'liyan
Cc. T. Howard
Indiana Veterinary College
Knotts
H. L. Stratton
Davis Hotel
Co. O, Thornberry
C. E. Walstok
Thornberry
Southside Square
Sullivan, Ind
L. J. Pyles
McKinley & McBride
D. Crawley
the Undertaker
Southern
BR. A
Arve Sullivan
Terre Hautg
Chicago
Peoria, & Louis
Beehunter
Vandalia
Indianapalis
Vincennes
Bedford
Monon
Seymour
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Cincinnati
Westport
Greensburg
Central Passenger Association
Hi. P. Radley
G. P
T. A
Grand Central Station
Parker’s
Meyer
Casa Scalp Senses & Heir
Interursan
Sullivan
Tess
Caanars
Nanny
Theatre Tesin
Wits
Ao Sherbain
Sprinrersbore
Noress
Borre Parte, Brakwpape Dis Eastoern ‘Traction Companys
Terre Bante, Indhansa
Goo and
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