Traverse Bay Eagle. Subscription rates and local notes.
Publication notes list subscription costs for daily and weekly editions, plus in town carrier options. Various items cover world events from Manila to Spain, local bicycle ordinances, Dewey and Spanish fleet news, charitable visits, and public health concerns about street rubbish in the city.
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Sampson
Cape Verde
Dewey
Manila
Traerse City
Queen City
The
EAGLE
Rennie
Government orders release of French liner Lafayette
The article notes the Lafayette was captured trying to run the Havana blockade and was released as a mistake. It questions the blockade’s purpose if ships pass with little scrutiny, mentioning a Spanish port departure and alleged passengers from the Spanish army and expressing confusion over the policy.
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Havana
Washington
Lafayette
Spanist
Havaon
Morris Chairs and Couches Sale Promises Comfort
We offer Morris chairs with or without cushions and rattan options for chairs. A large complete Morris chair style couch is available at prices that will surprise you.
Balfour on novels and aristocracy in Collier's Weekly
In a Sir Walter Scott club talk quoted by Collier's Weekly, Mr. Balfour defends novels as a necessary luxury and praises literature as a creator of cultivated happiness. He contrasts old European aristocracy with American society, criticizing pretensions and noting new wealth upending birthright in New York and other cities.
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Balfour
Sir Walter Scott Club
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Collier’s Weekly
Fog predicaments on old day boat and river talk
A riverboat crew recounts fog conditions across eras from Lake Champlain to Havre St. Pierre and Anthony's Nose. The chatter includes tales from 1860s through 1874, with old captains steering through dense fog as a reporter's voice documents the reminiscence. A side note advertises Dr King’s New Discovery with claims of cures and a local druggist offering trials.
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Albany
Fon Lake Champlain
Sam
Haverstraw Bay
Charley Griffin
Anthony
Portland
Mr. Perkins
Perkins
Proper Priming For Lasting Paint Results
The text warns against thick priming coats and advocates thinning the first coat with linseed oil when using prepared paint. It argues that a poor primer foundation leads to cracking and peeling, while proper priming yields durable results verifiable by users across many towns.
Local Soda Fountains Ad and Bake Goods Offerings
An old Maxim style advert blends cleanliness with soda fountain appeal for Waits Ice Cream Soda and Spurts of bakery items from Thurtell and Gane Palace Bakery. It promotes Nitro Tabs medicine and Arnica salve with prices and sale mentions.
Visitor Is Miss Rose at Home Nuggets Style
A brief exchange notes a visitor asking after Miss Rose and a servant denying her absence. The servant confirms the guest has just arrived and the visitor has seen her, hinting at a familiar household moment.
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Miss Rose
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Oomtiog
Porter J. White
Faust— Steinberg
America
Steinberg
Spain
Samrson
Seventh Day Adventists Publishing Association
Supreme Court
Battle Creek
Lansing
Mr. Hannah
Hannah Rifles
Uncle Sam
Seventh Stret
Union
Oak
Pup'ls
Wadsworth
Bishop Gillison
State Board of Corrections and Charities
Mit
Napoleon
Josephine
Malmaison
Worris
Nevel Reading
J. W. Slater
Louse Furnisher
Wait’s Drug Store
Dr. King
Consumpton
S & Wait
J. G. Johnson
Atrial
Griffin
New York Mail and Express
Boydell
Thurtell & Gane's
Thurtell & Gane’s
Palace Bakery
S. E. Wait
Bue Kien
Arnica
Holley & Connabie
Julius Campbell
Union St
South Side
John J. Brezina
Bpresh
Bingham Bros
Mark
Berkshire
Hamilton Clothing CO
IBIE
Hannah & Lay Mercantile
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