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Anchor Line sailing regularly between New York Glasgow via Londonderry. Henderson Brothers, general agents New York - Chicago
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Cunard Line New York, Boston, Liverpool and Queenstown
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State line : Austin, Baldwin & Co. General agents
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Anchor Line transatlantic & Mediterranean steamships sail regularly every Wednesday & Saturday
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Around the world with the Yellow Kid in the great New York Sunday Journal
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New novels... published by Longmans, Green, & Co. New York
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