Rich silver mine found after coyote siege tale
San Francisco report tells how Jack Yore aka Happy Jack Yore, amid dire hunger and a buffaloed horse, fought off coyotes all night before discovering the Rip Van Winkle silver mine in Nevada. He claims to have sold it later for about $100,000 and to have become a major bonanza owner in Lone Mountain district.
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Jack Yore
Happy Jack Yore
Lone Mountain District
Nevada
Famous
Four
Fair, Flood
Mackay
O’brien
Rip van Winkle
St. Francis
Yore
James Doughty
Nevada Mountains
Skinny
Soldier Finds Rich Ore and Secures a Lasting Wealth
A narrator discovers virgin ore glistening on the ground, tests show 2300 ounces to the ton, and after a second sample confirms the find, appeals to wealth. He claims to end financial struggles, plans to fund a life of ease, and will send his niece to a fine boarding school.
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Congressman Wilder Laid to Rest in Gardner
Funeral services for William H. Wilder, who died in Washington, were held at his Woodland Avenue home in Gardner. The body arrived by special car, with Washington officials and family present, and 400 Central Gas and Oil Heater Company employees viewed the casket. Fifty Knights Templars escorted the body to Crystal Lake Cemetery amid numerous floral tributes from Washington.
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Maine
Samuel P. Winslow
Massachusetts
William Oldfield
Alabama
James M. Curley
Frank Dietrich
Thomas B. Thacher
John J. Rogers
John J. Mitchell
William P. Treadway
Charles A. Adams
Georgia
W. J. Higgins
House
Charles P. Higgins
Senate
McKean Smashes His Auto at Pride's Crossing
Quincy A S McKean son of Mrs Marion Shaw McKean, recently sued for divorce by Henry Pratt McKean, figured in a jarring finale to a ball at the Harry Payne Whitney summer residence. As he returned homeward in his auto early this morning he collided with the curbing of the avenue leading from Hale street into the McKean estate on Pride's Hill.
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Pride’s Crossing
Quincy A. S. McKean
Marion Shaw McKean
Henry Pratt McKean
Philadelphia
Harry Payne Whitney
Hale Street
McKean
Pride’s Hill
Young Harvard Man Survives Narrow Car Crash on North Shore
23 year old Harvard 1914 class member Mr McKean drove a low built racer toward Beverly Farms when he skidded struck curbing and lost a rear wheel. He escaped with a shake up and continued to Myopia Club for tennis. He was returning alone from a Whitney estate dance. Mrs McKean, née Marian Shaw of Boston, inherited about 2 million dollars. McKean had filed a desertion suit last July.
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McKean
Harvard
Myopia Club
North Shore
Whitney Estate
Beverly Farms
Marian Shaw
Boston
Aquarium Lobster Weighs 35 Pounds on Broadway
New York reports the grand father of lobsters appears on Broadway at the Aquarium at the foot of the street. The creature weighs 35 pounds and measures 16 inches around the body, surpassing the previous record holder as it performs three shows daily.
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New York
Broadway
Aquarium
Falls From Balcony Leaves Man with Fractured Skull
Thomas Lennon, 28, of 227 Roxbury Street Roxbury, fell 20 feet from the second floor balcony of his home late Saturday night. His brother Patrick found him unconscious on the hallway floor early yesterday morning. He suffered a fractured skull.
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Thomas Lennon
Roxbury Street
Roxbury
Patrick
California Syrup of Figs for Constipation in Children
A period advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a harmless remedy for feverish sick children plagued by constipation. It claims the product cleanses the stomach liver and bowels, relieves sour bile and undigested food, and restores health. The ad warns against counterfeits and urges asking a druggist for the 50 cent bottle made by California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Dreaming of the Silver City by the Sea
Poem praising a silver city by the sea. The speaker laments ships returning empty and honors brave souls sacrificed for the city’s fame. It blends reverence for memory with a dreamlike, nostalgic tone.
Argentine Heiress Prefers Argentina Over New York Visit
Mrs. George C. Dickinson, among South America's wealthiest, arrives in New York aboard the Vandyck with her husband. She declares love for Argentina, noting she and her family were born there and that she would not remain in the United States despite admiring New York. The Dickinson fortune is reported at 40 million dollars.
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New York
United States
George C. Dickinson
Forel Martinique
Lamport & Holt
Vandyck
Mrs. Dickinson
South America
Mr. Dickinson
Woman Leaps From A Speeding Express
Miss Susie Miller of Albany, 38, leaped from a fast New York Central express near Poughkeepsie. She is at Vassar Hospital with a concussion, severe bruises, possible internal injuries, and is feared to die.
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Poughkeepsie
Susie Miller
Chapel Street
Albany
Vassar Hospital
New York Central
Civil Service Classes Open in South End
The Young Men's Catholic Association offers evening civil service classes at the old Boston College on James Street South End. Sessions run Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 30 to 9 30 p m for six months. Courses prepare for federal state and city exams including post office rail way mail and police and fire departments with subjects in arithmetic spelling English composition penmanship geography civil government and copy drafting.
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Young Men's Catholic Association
Old Boston College
James Street
South End
First Arrival of Argentine Beef in New York
The first large shipment of alfalfa fed Argentine beef arrived aboard the steamship Van Dyck of Lambert & Holt. It weighed 1000 quarters and is consigned to B. Frankfeld & Co. at the New York Produce Exchange. Unloading is set for the Brooklyn pier at Montague Street tomorrow.
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New York
Vandyck
Lambert & Holt Line
B. Frankfeld & Co
New York Produce Exchange
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Four Battleships to Dock at Charlestown Navy Yard
Four battleships the Georgia Rhode Island New Jersey and Nebraska will arrive at the Charlestown navy yard Saturday. Workmen expect better employment prospects as they prepare for extensive repairs and overhauls with the Georgia receiving the largest docking and repair effort following damage to Nebraska’s cylinder head during target practice.
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Georgia
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Nebraska
Charlestown Navy Yard
Nersey
10000 Attend Fruit and Dahlia Show in Boston
Last evening closed the fruit and dahlia exhibit in Boston after a record run. Attendance yesterday afternoon reached about 10000, the largest single day crowd of the season for the event.
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Boston
Saint Benigno feast celebrated by East Boston colony
The Italian colony of East Boston honored Saint Benigno Martire with a day of parades church services and band concerts led by the Society of Saint Benigno Martire.
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East
Boston
St. Benigno Martire
Hews Items of the Protestant Churches
The Rev. W. H. Brokenshire of Wood Memorial Church Cambridge has a call to two churches in Denmark and Brownfield Maine. Rev. Samuel Russell has become pastor of the Second Baptist Church at Lawrence. Rev. J Cromwell Hughes resigns at Calais Maine to lead Immanuel Baptist in Boston. Rev. R S MacArthur ends Tremont Temple summer work and will preach in Dublin Scotland and England then join Adoniram Judson centennial in Rangoon. Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer to teach sociology and ethics at Meadville Penn next year. Farewell services for American Baptist Foreign Mission Society missionaries sailing in September to foreign fields at First Baptist Malden. National Methodist men convention in Indianapolis Oct 28-31 to boost missionary work and church policy including the new financial plan.
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W. H. Brokenshire
Wood Memorial Church
Cambridge
Denmark and
Brownfield
J. Cromwell Hughes
The
Second Baptist Church
Calais
Immanuel Baptist Church
Boston
MacArthur
Tremont Temple
Dublin
Scotland
England
Adoniram Judson
Rangoon
Burmah
Anna Garlin Spencer
Unitarian Theological School
Meadsville
Penn
Nicholas P.are Ae
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
First Baptist Church
Malden
Ford
Baptist
Indianapolis
Ind
General Conference
Connolly Freed Under Cat and Mouse Act
Dublin reports labor leader Connolly released from imprisonment for an incendiary speech under the cat and mouse provisions. He began a hunger strike after prior militant suffragette style actions and will be returned to prison when he recovers. The hunger strike is separate from the street carmen strike in which he also acted as a leader.
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Dublin
Connolly
Catholic Church Notes on changes and entrances in Boston area
Catholic Church notes report 30 young women entering the Sisters of St. Joseph novitiate in Canton the largest enrollment to date. Sister Mary Theresa is reassigned as secretary at the mother house in Waltham. Events include confirmations at St. Anthony's Allston and Blessed Sacrament Cambridge. Boston College registration begins at University Heights with classes opening Wednesday.
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Boston
Sisters of St. Joseph
Canton
Order
Mary Theresa
St. Augustine
E Street
Waltham
Order of Notre Dame of
Namur
Anderson
St. Anthony's Church
Allston
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Cambridge
Boston College
University Heights
Wild man captured near Camp Taylor in California
Deputy Sheriff Jack Donahue holds a silent man captured near Camp Taylor last Friday. The prisoner wrote "Ani Bey" when asked his name, a possible corruption of Anthony Benko whose name appeared on a card found in the cabin.
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California
San Rafael
Cal
Jack Donahue
Camp Taylor
Ani Bey
Anthony Benko
Man Arrested in Kidnapping Case Faces Court
Max Martels, summoned from his East Broadway clothing store to Jefferson Market Court, answered to a kidnapping charge tied to his daughter Francis. Louis Testa of Fourth Avenue challenged the claim stating the daughter is his wife and that she is illegally detained.
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New York
Max Martels
Jefferson Market Court
East Broadway
Francis
Louis Testa
Fourth Avenue
Martel
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van Loon
Ours A. Smith
Spokane, Wash
MR. van Loon
Hema
Sitka Alaska
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Hicks and Bicks
Conwright
McClure
Wilder
Chase
India-Ceylon
Formosa
Orloff
Chase & Sanborn’s
M’kean
Dour
Aberdeen
By G. Wallace
U. S
Y. M. Catholic Association
Phinese
Navy Yard
Samuel Russell
Ruggies Street Baptist Church
Lawrence
Catholic Church Notes
Hibernian Building Association of
Boston Highlands
Dudley Street
Society of the Extension of the Faith of the Sacred Heart Church
Father Kelly
Chicago
Cheverus Hall
Winship
Paine
Canal Street
North Station
Haypirket Square
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