Alaska voyage impressions by Senator Dolph from Oregon
Senator Dolph toured the Alaska coast from Portland by sea to Sitka, praising the scenery glaciers and inland channels. He predicts Pacific Northwest fishing growth, notes canneries and mineral prospects, and observes limited agriculture due to climate and wet summers.
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Dolph
Oregon
Alaska
Sitka
Europe
Portland
Northern Pacific
Puget Sound
Port Townsend
Queen Charlotte Sound
Glacier Bay
Pacific Northwest
North Atlantic
California
St. Paul
St. George
Ece
Sitoa
Heroic Act of a Boy Saves Poisoned Lad
John La Forge fourteen and Charles Faurot son of Captain Theodore Faurot of Highland Falls rushed to the aid of a bitten boy after a venomous adder struck. Faurot bound the wound with a handkerchief and sucked out poison before taking La Forge to water and summoning a doctor. The injured boy slowly recovered after prompt aid. Faurot’s quick actions saved his life.
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John la Forge
Charles Faurot
Theodore Faurot
Highland Falls
Bettman’s Pond
la Forge
Faurot
Mae 8
Forge
le Forge
Market Reports from Donora and Minneapolis Grain Prices
Wheat prices ranged from 84 to 91 cents in Donora and Minneapolis with No 1 Northern and hard varieties around 84 to 89 cents. Flour, corn, oats, rye, barley, flaxseed, seeds, and fats showed mixed cash and shipment quotes, with pork, lard, butter, and eggs listed at varied rates across markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donora
Northern
Minneapolis
Barre
Notre Dame Sisters Tout Free Red Star Cough Cure
A Baltimore area Noted Ladies' Seminary claims Red Star cough care cures colds and throat troubles in pupils and costs twenty five cents while being free from poison. John W. Foster discusses Spain's crisis, earthquakes and cholera, noting widespread disruption and austerity.
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Notre Dame
Baltimore
Maryland
Red Star
John W. Foster
Madrid
Spain
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup and other notices
An old ad style passage touts Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as a universal cough cure while noting wheat fields failing and recommending Athlophoros for rheumatism. It mentions Jed Grigware of the steamer W R Burt at East Saginaw Michigan and forecasts four contested seats in the upcoming house.
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Warner
Jed Grigware
W. R. Burt
East Saginaw
Mich
Taylor
Walter A. Taylor
Atlanta
Various Patent Medicines and Goods Advertised in City Papers
A collage of advertisements lists Saskatchewan fife wheat and car lot promotions, sample requests, and a price list. It touts Piso’s remedy for catarrh, zinc and feather ankle boot pads, Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners, Grand Union Hotel’s rates, Caswell Hazard Co. liver oil, Juniper Tar Soap, See’s Driver endorsements, and carbolisalve claims, with several names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswel
Hazard & Co
New York
Caswel, Hazard & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Territory OF
Senate
A Re
Ladies’ Seminary
Saskatchewan
W. J. Aber-Nethy
Lyon
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
N. Y
See
Edwin D
Greever Stable Nee
Charles A. Vogeler C
Ameri
Paul
Miler
Brown's
Lron Bitters
Opstoene Fe
Porter Cave and CuHemicay Co
Boston
Mass
Allen
Curiy
Fife Seed Wheat
D. L. Wellman
Frazee City
Becker Co
Minn
BRS
Whittier
East 4Th Street
Mine
America
Lefpages
Pullman Palace Car Co
Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano Co
New Orleans
Russia
C Cement CO
Gloucester
Lake Waray
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Organ and Piano CO
Siemense
Bose
Wabash Ave
BR MN
Clark
Hero
C. M. Summerlin
Sun Hill
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington Vt
Tutt’s
JSE
Tutt
Express
Murray St
Pearl St
N.Y
J. H. Merrill
Particulas Silverware Co
Salary Ag
Sterpaens
Ohio
FL. L. Pond
M.D
Auarera
Tlons
F. Album Treas
Merchants Chricago
LittLe Men & Women
FANG
Jena
TOD. Lothrop & CO
Franklin St
Bostom
Aires
Newark
Wisconsin
Gen. Grant
Cramer, Aikens
Perry Mason & CO
Temple Place
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