Dead Man Found in Coke Car On Montana Ore Yard
A decomposed body was found in a box car used for coke at the Montana Ore Purchasing Company yard. Discoverers Charlies Bumpus and Emil Naise reported a revolver, coins, and a bullet wound to the chest. identity remains unknown after shipment from Horr ordered to Sherman's for investigation.
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Montana
Carachute
Charlies Bumpus
Emil Naise
Horr
Northern Pacific
Jullien
Sherman's
Inquiry Hints at Possible Murder in Local Death
The article notes four cart ridges in the cylinder and a deep forehead wound fueling speculation of homicide versus death by own action. It cites varied theories about the case while also mentioning local business closing sales and an attorney relocating office.
Capture of Brandfort Ends Boer Resistance
Brandfort fell after a carefully planned British assault led by Lord Roberts. Four thousand Boers occupied strong defensive kopjes overnight but retreated when the British system advanced, with Maxwell Hutton and Pole-Carew’s divisions driving the fight. Prisoners were taken and the town remained under British control.
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Bruce
Hammond
Maxwell
Wavell
Tucker
Pole-Carew
Jones
Stevenson
Hutton
Brandfort
Anderson
Remington
Eskimo Dogs Are Very Clever
An Alaska miner praises huskies for loyalty and intelligence, recounting their harness training, theft skirmishes near Nome beach, and honest behavior toward friends while noting Newfoundlands and St Bernards lack enthusiasm for sled work. He stresses dogs show feelings and share joys and sorrows in the Arctic.
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New York Sun
Alaska
Nome Beach
St Bernards
Lost Taiopa Mine Haunts Mexican Legends And Pima Tales
The piece recounts legendary lost mines in Sonora including Taiopa or Tarasca Ubarbe. It notes Pima traditions claim Taiopa exists in Sahuarpa district, with rich ore reportedly guided by a Mexican woman who followed Indian trust and danger. others like Reina Mercedes and Casa Blanca are tied to Crown ownership and later rediscovery, with tales of treasure and peril.
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Tarasca
Sonora
Humboldt
Ward
Tarascea
Mexico
Guaymas
Crown of
Spain
T'barbe
Guasmas
Taiopa
Sahuarpa
Madrid
Crown of Spain
Sierra Madre
Rio Ares
Reina Mercedes
Casa Blanca
Mulatos
Casitas
Guadalupe de Talopa
Talopa
Land of Sunshine
Pug dog caps a costly luncheon in Allegheny tale
A Pittsburg Press item tells how a pug dog chewed a two carat diamond from a saloonkeeper Peter Donaldson, denting and biting the gem and forcing its recutting. Jeweler August Lock notes one corner of the stone was bitten off, making the dog famed in Allegheny chatter.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Peter Donaldson
Second Ward
August Lock
Federal Street
Donaldson
Lock
Allegony
Copper Mines of Mount Sinai Described in Scientific American
The article notes ancient copper and turquoise mines on Mount Sinai near the Gulf of Suez, visited by M. P. Morgan and French engineers. It details deposits in sandstone, mentions iron-bearing minerals and turquoise, and cites Merthélot's report on low copper content. The workings are said to date back roughly 7 400 years, with abandonment due to material scarcity.
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Scientific American
Mount Sinal
Moses
M. P. Morgan
Gulf of Uez
Merthelot
Patient Chinese Mristle Sorters in 1878 Hog Bristle Trade
An 1878 report describes Tientsin workers sorting hog bristle hairs by length. Each of the 00.00 kilograms exported required picking hairs, measuring, and bundling by exact strand length, with numerous length categories.
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Tientsin
China
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Pilate
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N. Main ST
Hennessy
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Tassell
Boots
Shoes
West Park
Lewis A. Smith
Silver Bow Block
Standard
Tassel
Grey Epon
Cupid
Pug Dog
Copper Mines
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Sacred Hill
Grand Opera House
G. ©. McFarland
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New York City
E. Park St
E. Park Street
T. F. Courtney’s Cash Grocery
J. N. Nevills
C O
East Park St
Montana Electric Co
East Broadway
F. A. Ironside
Curtis
West Park Street
Butte, Mont
G. O. McFarland
Phons
W. H. West
Sutton’ S New Theater
Bergerac
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Hardware Department OF Butte
Alsen
Yankton
Steel
Portland
Lumber Department
Hamilton, Mont
Omce
Drs. Murray & Freund
Silver Bow County
Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Co
Batterman
Munyon
Arch St
Phila
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