Last of Craig diamonds sold to California Jewelry Co
El Paso dispatch dated October 10 reports the last of the Craig or Silberberg diamonds sold for $12,000 to the California Jewelry company of San Francisco. Silberberg brothers sold them after a decades long chain of escapades involving forged checks, European adventures, and a high society ruse before final seizure by the government over declared status.
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New York
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St. Louis
Silberberg Brothers
England
Mexico
Timber Cutters Face Government Crackdown in New Mexico
Frederick C. Dezendorf of the General Land Office urged New Mexico and Arizona scrutiny. In Las Cruces, the grand jury indicted two men for unlawful timber cutting on government land and they pled guilty. A government halt on timber cutting without permits under supervision was announced with rules requiring removal of limbs and careful fire prevention.
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General Land Office
New Mexico
Arizona
Las Cruces
United States Grand Jury
Organ Mountains
Dezendorf
Federal Land Orice
Capture of stock thief in northern New Mexico
Las Vegas reports Santiago Padilla alias Santiago Pena captured at Rafael Union county by William Boylan. Padilla, once a ranch hand, confessed stealing horses and eleven head of cattle, implicating others near Springer. A posse continues seeking two more men connected to the thefts.
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Santiago Padilla
Santiago Pena
Rafael
Union County
New Mexico
William Boylan
Padilla
Boylan
Springer
Santiago Padula de Pena
Witt Boylan
Atttorney
B. Davie, Jr
Felson Kribers
N. M
Raton
Colfax County
Gold Brick Men Thriving in London
A Truth magazine cablegram from London recounts a near-scam involving an American gold fraud group. A Mrs S and her brother in law almost wired 7 000 pounds to a man claiming a deceased beneficiary and vast gold wealth. Their banker and a Truth note stopped the transfer, exposing the swindle’s London scheme and frequent attempts in Britain.
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London
United States
America
Far West
Thomas
England
New York
G. James Cromwell
Great Britain
Silver Prices Poised to Jump as 6 Million Ounces Remain
A Denver dispatch notes a trusted brokerage reports 6,000,000 ounces of silver available, predicting a rapid price rise with major effects on mining districts. Demand grows from silverware makers, US and Mexico buy for coinage, and Mexico plans to reduce the peso fineness to curb exports.
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United States
Mexico
China
Treasury Department
New York
London
Painters Fall Thirty Feet At Royal Restaurant Site
Sam Scales, a painter, fractured his right knee after a scaffold hook gave way while painting the Royal restaurant. William Koch was injured in the back as they fell from over thirty feet onto the ground. Witnesses carried them to Copper Queen hotel and medical staff treated multiple fractures. Scales faces months of recovery.
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William Koch
Royal Case
Royal
Bleter Miner
Ben
Scaler J
Copper Queen
Batley
Miner
Bevley
Rainy Day Gear Offers From Simon Stern Clothier
In a sales pitch the clothier promotes Cravenettes and umbrellas for rain and cold. Cravenette coats range 15 to 20 dollars, umbrellas from 1.50 to 5 dollars, with silk umbrellas highlighted as fine gifts.
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Simon Stern
Ther. R. Ave. Clothier
Underwood Homestead Memory Tied to Wisconsin Railroad Family
Frederick D. Underwood, head of a major railroad system, plans to move and preserve the Underwood homestead near Wauwatosa Wisconsin. The house, tied to his boyhood and to his father Reverend Enoch Underwood, sits beside the Bayou church and features a window sill and footsteps carved by a boy. The site honors family history and a grave marker bears multiple brothers’ names.
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Great Erle Railroad
Underwood
Wauwatona
Tie Bs & Storehouse
Carnorth
Frederick D. Underwood
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