Happy Luck Trio Find Hidden Gold After Solo Life
In a Yukon like camp called Happy Luck three men, Joe the gambler St John the miner and the Apostle vow to live apart from society. A chance arrival of Rose Grace exposes their love triangle and a stash of gold up the watercourse seals a dramatic, fateful ending. The tale shifts to a Chicago note on marital pride and medical confinement.
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Faro
Joe
Apostle
St. John
Happy Luck
Ruth
Sir John
St.John
Grace
Mr. Grace
Charity
Yee
Con
Rose
St. John’s Prison
Perovidence Agin
Henry Avery
Fire guts Emery candle works warehouse at Ivorydale
Fire discovered at midnight gutted the Emery candle works ware room and cooper shop at Ivorydale near Cincinnati before the fire department arrived. Loss estimated under $60,000 with insurance.
Former Resident Reunites and Recounts News from the Past
A visiting former resident greets Bicksby and recalls changes in town. He asks about 81 Draper and learns Si fell sick with lung trouble, went to Colirady, and was cured quickly after being sent home by express C. O. D., in a box.
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New England
Bicksby
Bill Jenkins
Draper
Denver
Express
Republican State Conventions Nominates Slate in Massachusetts and New York
Massachusetts convention at Tremont Temple nominates J Q A Brackett for governor and officials including W H H Haile and George A Marden. New York convention in Saratoga names G B Sloan permanent chair, nominates John J Gilbert secretary of state and Martin W Cook comptroller among others, with a platform backing national administration and criticizing Gov Hill.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
Robinson
Republican Party
Treasury Department
Massachusetts
Congress
J.Q. A. Brackett
W. H. H. Haile
George A. Marden
Henry B. Pierce
Charles R. Ladd
O’ Brien
New York
John J. Gilbert
Franklin County
Martin W. Cook
Monroe
Ira Hedges
James Varnum
William P. van Rensselaer
S Hill
Plans for 1200 Foot Tower at New York World’s Fair
Charles Kellogg, superintendent of Kellogg Seamless Tube, says New York plans a 1200 foot tower costing about 2 million to surpass Paris Eiffel Tower. Backed by Jay Gould and Russell Sage, the design features seamless steel pipe framework, triple plate glass, four elevators to a mid level then two to higher tiers, with one elevator on the final ascent. The second floor would host a restaurant and reading rooms, with the government possibly using the top for an observatory.
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New York
Charles Kellogg
Kelloge Seamless Tube and Manufacturing Company
Findlay
Paris
Kellogg
Chicago
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
Tam
Jailhouse Rescue Attempt by Rio Grande Robber Foiled
OGpdEN Utah Sept 26 Deputy Sheriff White sleeping in the jail heard noises near Edwards Dayton cell window. He fired when a man fled into darkness. The attacker fired back wounding a man, leaving a blood trail and evidence the cell bars had been half filed.
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Ogpden
Utah
Edward Dayton
White
Dayton
Literary Odds and Ends Spotlight 19th Century Figures
A survey of literary notes mentions Edgar Saltus’s father selling Napoleon the guns for Solferino, and the US Holland and France sending alien literature to England. Tennyson plans a farewell volume, Grovetown memorials honor Paul Hayne, and Marlowe’s legacy inspires a Canter bury memorial. George W. Childs H H Furness James Russell Lowell back the effort. Holmes declines an autobiography while Leipzig professor George Evers turns to fiction after illness.
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Edgar Saltus
Louis Napoleon
Solferino
United States
Holland
France
England
Lord Tennyson
Grovetown
Paul H. Hayne
Canterbury
Christopher Marlowe
Goethe
Faust
George W. Childs
H. H. Furness
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Grorce Evers
Rider Haggard
University of
Leipzig
Bold Train Robbers Strike Two Rail Lines
In Mississippi and Texas a pair of daylight train robberies unfold. Rube Burrows is suspected of leading the Buckatunna heist on Mobile & Ohio rails, with about 70,000 in government funds left behind. Santa Fe robbers take Mexican silver bags near Crowley, Fort Worth, missing several sacks totaling around five thousand dollars each. A large posse pursues both groups as authorities offer rewards.
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Moss.r, Ala
Mobile & Ohio
Buckatupna
Miss
Jack Sherell
Hust
Buckatunna
Florida
Meridian
Citronelle
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Rube Burrows
Fort Worth
Tex
Santa Fe
Crowley
Veterans of the Army of the Tennessee meet in Cincinnati
General Sherman presides over the annual meeting at College Hall with General Howard and other veterans present. The group votes to hold the next gathering in Chicago for the Grant monument unveiling and discusses locating the society’s headquarters, ending with a military paper by Colonel Loudon.
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the Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Sherman
Cincinnati
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Howard
Burnet House
College Hall
Hickenlooper
Chicago
General Grant
Loudon
Ives Jury Disagrees with Verdict On Conviction
New York news reports the Ives case jury discharged after voting ten for conviction and two for acquittal. Initial ballots were eight to four in favor of conviction, with Colonel Fellows indicating a retrial would be sought once DA arrangements are made.
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New York
Ives
John C Anderson
Manuel Williams
Fellows
Arrest of Drunken Engineer After Rock Island Collision
Curiaco Sept 26 Lieutenant Healey of Englewood arrested engineer Twombley, blamed for the freight train that plunged into a suburban train on the Rock Island road Tuesday night, killing about six people. He remained under liquor influence. Conductor Buford and brakemen Whitten and Parker, from the same freight, were arrested on a southbound passenger train as witnesses.
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Curiaco
Lieutenant Healey
Englewood
Engineer Twombley
Rock Island Road
Healey
Twombley
Buford
Whitten
Parker
Washington Heights
Tense Race Tensions Ahead in Mississippi Delta
In Correy Mississippi on September 26 the Illinois Central line and delta counties see white residents preparing for a possible black assault. Conservatives fear unrest as rifles are bought. Water Valley organizes 200 men for protection while Grenada reports black cotton hands ready to demand higher wages or guard fields with shotguns. Cotton picking pays fifty cents per hundred.
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Correy
Vilue
Miss
Illinois Central Railroad
Delta
Water Valley
Here
Grenada
Marriage of Anita McCormick and Emmons Blaine in Blaine family home
Miss Anita McCormick daughter of the late Cyrus H McCormick and Emmons Blaine eldest son of the Secretary of State were married in Blaine Blaines Baltimore wedding follows ceremony at Presbyterian church amid rain. Guests included Secretary Blaine and Cyrus McCormick relatives. They will reside in Baltimore with Emmons in railroad work.
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Secretary of State
Anita MurCormick
Rucuriciy Srrmes
N.Y
Anita McCormick
Cyrnus McCormick
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Blaine
Cyrus McCormick
W. Holmes
Herrick Johnson
Walker Blaine
F. A. Keep
President Keep
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
C. F. Sprague
Boston
Harold and Stanley McCormick
Clayton Cottage
Bar Harbor
Blaine Cottage
Cyrus H. McCormick
Great Reaper
McCormick
Baltimore
Furnace Disaster at Edgar Thomson Works Braddock Pa
At Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock six men and manager Cap W B Jones severely burned when molten iron and cinder burst from a furnace flaw. The fatally burned are Mike Quinn Harry Connell Patrick Burns John Nee. Jones and others were rushed to hospitals as the plant sustained limited damage.
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Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Braddock
Jones
Pittspurgh
W. BR. Jones
Steel Weis
Captain Jones
Mike Quinn
Harry Connell
Patrick Burns
John Nee
Two Million Dollars Sunk in Buffalo Gold Scheme Collapse
Buff alo capitalists lose two million in the Big Bend Tunnel and Mining Company venture. Headquartered in Buff alo, with a Big Bend California branch, the plan aimed to divert the Feather River to reach rich beds of gold. Only little metal was found and the project is abandoned with a circular from President Dr R V Pierce announcing the failure.
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Buffalo
Buffato
N. Y
Big Bend
R. V. Pierce
Feather River
Michigan governor surrenders 220000 acres of lands
The Michigan governor surrendered to the United States the unearned lands granted in 1865 for railroads in the upper peninsula. Lands totaling about 220000 acres, previously in trust for the Ontonagon to Wisconsin line and Marquette to Ontonagon road, are returned. Railroads are expected to contest the action.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
United States
State of Michigan
Congress
Upper Peninsula
Ontonagon
Wisconsin State Line
Marquette
Express Train Wreck on New Jersey Line At Lodi Junction
The Haverstraw Express from Jersey City collided with a freight train at Lodi Junction on the New York and New Jersey railroad. Engineer Theodore Sherman kept passengers safe by staying at his post. Fireman William Young jumped and was badly burned by acid spray from a wrecked car. None of the 200 passengers were injured.
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New York
Haverstraw Express
Jersey City
New York & New Jersey
Lodi Junction
Theodore Sherman
William Young
Confession Tied to Murder Plot in Decatur Farm Case
A Decatur informant reports Tom Haywood, a Black farm worker, confessed to killing his employer’s husband and forced the widow Mrs. Thomas Williams to sell her land and flee north. He brandished a revolver, but she escaped and alerted authorities. Haywood remains at large.
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Birmingham
Ala
Decatur
Tom Haywood
Thomas Williams
Haywood
Morgenstern Absconds With Polish National Alliance Funds
Morgenstern, longtime general secretary of the Polish National Alliance of North America, vanished with the order’s funds estimated at 310000. He also served as secretary of the Polish National Building and Loan Association and financial manager of the Zzorda weekly, and was seen with his wife en route to the Wisconsin Central depot after a recent convention defeat.
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Polish National Alliance of
North America
Polish National Alliance
Buffalo
Morgenstern
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Newly Married Couple slain in revenge killing on Big Hart creek
In Lincoln County near Big Hart creek a newly married man Al Brumfield and his wife were shot as they returned from visiting relatives. Mrs Brumfield died from a head wound and Brumfield, dying, named no suspect though he believed the assassin was a rejected suitor. The killer fled and is at large, with locals assuming a jilted rival committed the crime.
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Hentington
W. Va
Big Hart Creek
Lincoln County
Guyandotte River
al Brumfield
Collision at sea damages a steamer and schooner
Off Schuyler's Light twenty five miles from New York on September 28 the steamer Providence collided with the three masted schooner Avis. The Avis tore away deck guards and upper decking, the wheel was carried away and the captain was badly injured. Crews were transferred to Hart Island. passengers feared in starboard state rooms while others slept through the incident. The Providence pilot claims the schooner had no lights.
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Newport
R. I
Schuyler’s Light
New York
Providence
Avis
Hart Island
Gold bearing quartz found near Canton China meeting $375 to $400 per ton
News from Portland reports rich gold bearing quartz discovered five months ago in Canton province China about 100 miles from Canton city. A Pacific coast company with $20 000 capital organized by Chinese merchants sent experts from New York who estimate value at $375 to $400 per ton. The ledge runs a mile and a half long and thirty feet thick. The governor issued a mining proclamation and the company plans $200 000 in machinery in the United States with Americans to work the mines.
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Porrtland
Canton
China
Seid Back
Pacific Coast
New York
United States
Plymouth citizens sue Fort Wayne Jenney over $50,000
George H. Reynolds of Plymouth leads a suit against Fort Wayne Jenney Electric Light Co for $50,000. The company promised to operate an arc light plant in Plymouth if citizens contributed $110,000, of which $50,000 was raised to build the factory. The firm refused to prove stock value, additional funds were not paid, the Plymouth factory was abandoned and now idle.
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Fort Waying
Ind
George H. Reynolds
Plymouth
Fort Wayne
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