Old Prospector Comes Home In Luck At Last
In a dusty desert town Panhandle Pete learns Buck, a young grubstake beneficiary, has struck it rich on the old man’s claim. The sheriff reveals the windfall means Panhandle can quit prospecting, ending decades of hard scrabble.
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Fanhandle
Pete
Nod
Panchol
Endian
Panhanodze
Bella
Alga-Post
Pabhandle
Pancho
Panhandle
Hank Blasdon
Sherif
Order of the Law
Les Why
Elia
Sheriff Watkins
Gruffy
Keer
Buck
Sheriff Watking
Née
Panhandile
Fear Cedar Wood Famine Threatens Pencil Making
The article notes cedar pencil wood near large factories is nearly exhausted. Investigators seek suitable red cedar for lumber used in pencils as European Japanese and American makers demand over 800 tons monthly. Cedar must be soft, close grained, straight, and kiln dried for three months to remove moisture.
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Gregan and Weatery
Washington
Advised Hard ta F a aa P 'aban. . A ran . stoke he'd
Fragmentary text mentions a ran and stoke and adv. No clear people or organizations identifiable.
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Stoke
Atrale
Motor Caravan to Cross Asia Expedition Plans Revealed
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society announced a joint France US project with Georges-Marie Haardt to deploy eight caterpillar cars carrying 85 scientists for a six thousand mile trek from Beyrouth to Peiping and back via Indo China and Siam. The mission includes geography archeology ethnology and geology studies plus two motion picture trailers and a radio link to Paris. Haardt famed for Sahara expeditions leads the party with Citroen backing and official French government approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gilbert Grosvenor
National Geographic Society
Georges-Marie Huardt
Paris
Scientieta
Asia
Beyrouth
Beirut
Syria
Peiping
Peking
Ching
M. Huardt
Society
France
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Scientiste
Andre Citroen
M. Haardt
Africa
Sahera Desert
Iraq
Persia
Itaaelan Turkestan
Sinkiang
China
Indo-China
Salggpe
Siam
Burma
Opig
Heluchstan
Arabia
Marco
Polo
Gobi
Wrashington
Georges-Marie Haardt
Algeria
Sahara
Chad
Belgian Congo
Mozambique
Hils Cara
Madagascar
Old Documents Report Gold Discovery in New York
Papers found after Lee Lines of Cheektowaga N Y dies reveal gold was found along the Lake Erie shore in the Hamburg Lackawanna area about 1880s. Four 1881 claims by Grove Lines include most of Bethlehem Steel land at Lackawanna and much of Hamburg. If filed properly, Lines heirs could mine the gold under public lands law despite current factories and homes.
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N. Y
Buffalo
Lee Lines
Cheektownga
Hamburg
Lackawana
Grove Lines
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lackawanna
Nebraska
Secretary of State
Mra
Public Lands
Good Samaritan Helped 300 Motorists in Gloucester
Mrs. Athel M. Smith near a dangerous S curve on the main highway has aided about 300 injured motorists in eight years. She provides first aid at the scene, tears sheets for bandages, and stays until medical help arrives, though only eight have ever thanked her.
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Gloucester
England
Athel M. Smith
Smith
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D. J. Walsh
AbugaMleet
Neal Agaip
Ivory Coast
Nebraska City
Neb
Samaritan
Don Hamilton
Matachewan District
Bannockburo
Ont
Bert Aghley
Garvey
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