Great piles of gold strike echoes in Yukon rush
A Spokane style dispatch reports vast gold finds in the Klondike, with steamships carrying over a ton of nuggets valued near $700,000. Many inexperienced miners prosper while seasoned workers in Alaska endure severe hardship, and authorities urge readiness with ample supplies.
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St Michaels
Seattle
Alaska
Northwest Territory
Clarence Berry
Fresno
Cal
Yukon
Portland
Stank Phiseator
Baetoria
Mich
Clondyke
Eldorado
Excitement in Seattle over Alaska gold rush
Seattle reports a wild surge as Alaska gold discoveries trigger a northward rush. Police resignations, street crowds, and telegraphic appeals mark a feverish scramble to join Eldo Fado. The Portland steamship with a million dollars in gold dust sails toward St Michaels.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Portland
North American Trading and Transportation Company
St. Michaels
Tattosh
Woman Health Crown Promotes Home Happiness and Motherhood
A historic ad urges women to seek health as the crown of womanhood, praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for strengthening feminine organs, easing pregnancy discomfort, and aiding postnatal recovery. A testimonial from Mrs. Louisa Arthurs credits improved digestion and liver balance after using the medicine and pellets.
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Pierce
Louisa Arthurs
Ostwalt
Iredell Co
N. C
Uae
Dr. Pierce
Jeffries Roblin draw ends clash in twentieth round
In Frisco Ohioan Roblin and southpaw Jeffries fought a fierce twenty round draw. Jeffries, with hands larger than gloves, pressed the pace from start to finish as Roblin struggled and staggered at several points. The referee called time before the final blow, crowd reactions mixed with cheers and hisses.
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San Ferancisco
Jeffries-Roblin
Roblin
Jeffries
Obioan
Angelon
Ruhlin
Rahlin
Will Tax Waterworks City Property Revenue Tax
Randolph county tax collector asks the attorney general about taxing Cuthbert waterworks. Georgia may tax municipal property that earns revenue, including water and gas plants, under the state constitution. Result could boost state revenues significantly.
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Atlanta
Randolph County
Cuthbert
Georgia
Road Sold At Auction In Foreclosure Sale
The Wilmington Newberne and Norfolk railroad was sold at public auction by order of the United States circuit court in foreclosure. The price rose from 200000 to 400000, won by Warren G Elliott for a new Wilmington and Newberne Railroad company. The line will join the Coast Line system and may reach Washington North Carolina.
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Wilmington, Newberne
Atlantic Coast Line
Winarvorox
Wilmington
Warren G. Elliott
Wilmington and Newberne Railroad Company
Coast Line
Washington, N. C
Norfolk
Russia's New Currency Debacle and Peasant Rejection
United States Consul Hae nan at Odessa reports Russia’s currency reform, shifting from silver to a gold basis, caused confusion among peasants. A 5 rouble gold piece marked five roubles was rejected for debts of 7 roubles 50 copecks, prompting officials to stamp seven roubles 60 copecks on the coin as a fix, revealing heavy distrust and impracticality of decree.
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Russia
State Department
United States
Haenan
Odessa
No One to Bury Wm. Neff in Los Angeles
The body of William Neff of Cincinnati lies in an undertaking establishment awaiting a claimant after he died by his own hand at the Hotel Broadway on June 22. Investigators traced embezzlement and forgery to the far east before he came to California, and it is believed he feared arrest. Neff’s family in Philadelphia and Cincinnati is wealthy. his wild life led to financial troubles and eventual death after being unable to pay his hotel bill.
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Neff
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Delaware
Los Angeles
Broadway
Failure at Sheffield prompts company assignment
Albert Iron Company operators of the Hattie Ensley and Lady Ensley furnaces at Sheffield Aln have assigned naming R J Thomond Jr as assignee. The firm, with mines near Fasselville and stakes in West Point Tennessee Mining, employed about 600. Liabilities are around 60,000 with unclear assets. The assignee will continue furnace operation.
Street Car Line Tied Up in Saginaw
Saginaw Mich July 17 The street railway system is idle after a protracted fight between the city and Union Street Railway Co. A supreme court ruling upheld city power to compel tax settlements for street improvements. City council then forfeited the franchise and police blocked tracks with a steam roller as bondholders balk at a $45000 debt.
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Saginaw
Nesult of & Lang
Mich
Union Street Railway Company
Supreme Court
Common Council
Hongholdass
Qeecknciare
No faith in arbitration in Pittsburg district stalls
Cleveland July 17 local operators with mines in the Pittsburg district agreed to sign a uniformity scale yet distrust arbitrators. Thomas Young of M A Hanna Co says operators consent yet expect arbitration to fail as DeArmitt may resist. West Virginia miners likely to strike soon.
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Bellare
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Thomas Young
M. A. Hanna & Co
Hanna
Self
DeArmitt
West Virginia
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Baptist Young People's Union of America
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Powderly
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Illinois
David A. Nano
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Tennnessee
Case
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Heckt Hrelen
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Frank Butler
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