Say They Seine Trout Streams

New York, 1895

Anglers predict that there will be a scarcity of trout in the streams in and around Oyster Bay unless something is done quickly to stop the work of fishermen who nightly sweep all the streams in this locality with nets for smelts. The smelts come in from the sound at night. Recently these streams were stocked by the State with young trout, but it is said that the fishermen scoop up the young trout with the smelts. As it is against the law to fish with nets in these streams, it is proposed by local sportsmen to call the attention of the authorities to the net fishermen.


Are the prize fighters paying for protection in Queens County?

[This question was printed on the front page three times.]

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 22, 1895, p. 1.