Nelson Family Juvenilia
Box 1 Folder 32
The Mountain News, 1894 March 7. Premium List - 1894-03-07

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March 7th
THE MOUNTAIN NEWS
Premium List 1894
Published by WR Nelson Greenville Willows

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OUR NEW ILLUSTRATED PREMIUM LIST FOR 1894

BOOKS
1st Vol Thirty Days War
2[n]d Vol Thirty Days War
The first Vol of Thirty Days War is very interesting full of facts which happined in the Thirty Days War bound in cloth finished in red and gilt binding written by William Little
Price 75 cents
post paid
Given for one new subscriber

2[n]d Vol Thirty Days War this is a very handsome book inside and out finely bound in cloth 600 pages written by Gen Harry Donelson containing many thrilling anecdotes of different men among them is the thrilling ride on a bycicle the bycicler is Richard Norcrof of Big Continent it is a fine book price $1.00 given for one new subscriber and 50 cents additional
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A VISIT TO A GUNBOAT
This book is a very interesting book it takes a man and some friend who go to the gunboat Mary describes all the principal rooms on the gunboat besides being a very interesting story written by Franz Booth
Price 50 cents
or give for one new subscriber

A SAILORS LIFE
This is a very popular book written in a very masterly style it is very interesting it is written to illustrate the joys and trials of ship life it tells about the siege of Rock Island and a naval battle between the natives and some Big City inventers written by Franz Booth price is 50 cents or given for one new suscriber

THE PRAIRIE
Or Friends and Foes
This book is a very interesting book it has 300 pages and is paper bound there are many adventures with Indians and bears the scenes are laid on the shore of spectacle lake BC there are many home scenes also stirring adventures price $2.50 given for four new suscribers

TOYS
Steam Engine
This is a very nice engine it is a pretty play thing for children and also for adults to study on it is a perfect engine in all parts
It cannot explode
It cannot explode because we have made it so perfect you pour the water into the spout on top of the engine then light the lamp and away you go
Given for 50 cents or for one new suscriber

This is a hand some toy schooner two feet long and two feet tall to the top of the mast it is painted up in the brightest colors there are also seven board sailors sawed out and painted by hand the boat sailors and all for $1.00 or given for one new suscriber and ¢50 additional

Fife
This is a very fine inexpensive fife it is key Bb it is immitation ebony with German silver ferrules
Price 50 cents or given for one new suscriber

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The Gunboat Mary
This is a perfect representation of the celebrated gunboat Mary of the Big Continent navy it has steel casings outside of the wood hull so it is shot proof it has 64 little steel cannons and has a very powerfull steam engine that works the propeller with a lot of power it will run two hours without refilling and on a smooth pond will go a mile in five minutes the pilot house is cased in solid steel and has [ohr?]red windows it is painted in black gold red and blue the cannons are fired with powder it is three feet and a half long price complete $5.00 or given for ten new suscribers

Kazoo
The musical wonder
This is a very nice thing and easy to play on as it requires no fingering of the holes price ¢50

Drum
This is an excellent drum but not at all expensive it has an 8 inch head has one calf skin and one sheep skin head has 3 snares and a brass shell a very good thing for children price 50 cents or given for one new suscriber

Train of cars
This would be a very handsome present to make a child there are two cars and an engine which is lithographed in bright colors they are made of wood filled with blocks of wood on which are pasted pictures of animals in colors also small sticks of soft wood for building houses and such things they are very pretty price ¢25 or given for one new suscriber