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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1898
Page
9
A brazen diamond heist plan unfolds around the famed Pink diamond known as The Light of Guznee. Conspiracy artist Lamprock forges letters toCongleton Co and Bousfield Bros, plans a Bristol stopover, and stages a London pickup aided by a forged identity and staged hospitality on a train.
Harry Borsfield and two companions were found asleep on a Swindon Junction train. Investigators linked cigars, cigar stumps, cannabis remnants, and a drugged sample to a planned robbery. All three were taken to police custody, with Lamprock and the jovial gentleman later convicted.
A generous Atlanta man, once sympathetic to newsboys, treated them to a gallery visit after a Shreoroticen exhibit. The crowd cheered a show, but as pictures ended, rocks, corn, cigarettes, and dirt rained down. Newsboys attacked a woman, forced a panic, and compelled police to eject them. the man’s earlier favorable view was lost.
The article notes swimmers distrust bulky belts like cork lifeboat waistcoats and cites a Margate lifeboat tragedy where cork belts hindered action. It introduces a French journal's Leviton float, a rubber sheet life belt worn around the neck chest and waist, inflated in a minute by the mouth, weighing about one pound, light and flexible for school use.
English Post office in 1677 shows postmasters free from public offices and duty to quarter soldiers. They gained gazettes free of postage and could send letters to London at reduced rates. A single letter up to 60 miles cost two pence, up to 80 miles eight pence, with mail dispatch from London on Tue Thu Sat and arrival Mon Wed Fri mornings. Mails traveled on horses at five mph with limited delays at each stage. England was divided into six routes from Plymouth Bristol Chester Edinburgh Yarmouth and Dover.
Lewis County offers agriculture hops dairy and fruit potential with timber mining and lumbering fueling wealth along Cowlitz Chehalis and Newaukum rivers. Chehalis county seat boasts schools churches mills a bank rail depot and diverse industries inviting homeseekers to visit this ideal climate valley with plentiful farming land and climate suited to aging residents. Mr Paul Nebrasa farmer visited and encouraged neighbors to relocate, praising the region’s prospects and inviting inspection.
In town, Urquharts stands out as the best place for all shoe needs with wide Lig stock and good goods. Hix bargains attract bargain hunters to the shop, offering value and variety.
A garbled OCR appears listing church notices, prayers, epiphany, and Sunday school plans. Names such as Wisner and Wisner Travicdl appear amid references to St Helens and St Folin Evangelist. Court and state references, clergy titles, and service times mingle with unclear fragments.
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