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Passengers by the Campania

A short shipping notice naming a few notable travelers, including the financier John Jacob Astor and his family, aboard a transatlantic liner.

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Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · April 21, 1895 · Page 1

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LIVERPOOL, April 20.

Among the passengers sailing for New York today on board the Cunard line steamer Campania are Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor and child, and Signor Foli, the singer.

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