Regulations for placer patent applications amended
A memo from the United States mining officials enlarges requirements for placer claims. Deputy surveyors must document land quality soil and vegetation, note watercourses and streams, and include trial workings and proximity to trade hubs. Applications require sworn reports, restrict associations to 160 nerves per patent, suspend existing entries for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuiNthan Lannb Obra
Washington, D. C
Qentlemen
United States Mining
Ile
Association of Persons
N. GC
Melannann
A Quar ter Night Romance and a Cave Discovery
A lyrical summer night scene unfolds with Daphne and Bertie under old oaks as rain threatens and oysters loom in a playful exchange. The piece shifts to a Grand Lake report describing a Medicine Bow range cave system with a bottomless Mammoth cave, an carved image, and quartz specimens found by prospectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lake Prospector
Grandfather Lickshingle on Punched Coin
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Grandfather Lickshingle condemns punched coins as a national blight. He claims a cure exists by swapping mutilated coins for whole ones through careful change exchanges with a sly wink, sparking reader attention on debased money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandfather Lickshingle
Enquirer
Cincinnati Enquirer
Strangers Now After a Winter Sleighing Incident
A Middletown girl recalls a sleigh ride with two Hartford gentlemen last winter. While she drove, one man slipped his hand into her muff and another followed, provoking a flurry of glances. She quipped her hands were cold and the two men felt an arctic chill, leaving them strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Hartford
Emma Abbotts Baby Rumor Debunked by Denver Times
The Denver Times asserts Emma Abbott has no baby and that the infant report was a hoax spread by a Tribune humorist. It notes misreports were used to boost Abbott’s fame and hints of paid fabrications, while mentioning she has a small dog instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugene Wield
Emma Abbott
Miss Abbott
Wetherill
Ood
The
Tribune
Field
Abbott
Hield
Miss Abbot
An Old Letter from Holonia in Year Two
The letter writer Adam reports a difficult search for a new home, noting cold, thin clothing and a harsh frontier life. He mentions Cain as a trusted ally, promises to return after striking a claim, and signs off with affectionate regard to Erik and Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holonia
Hive
Erik
Cain
Adam
Anthea
Christian
Soldier advantage over clerk in Treasury promotions
Two Treasury Department clerks competed for a promotion with similar records. Seniority favored the veteran, who had two extra years of service due to his war duty. The unsuccessful applicant appealed to Secretary Alger, who noted both were good clerks, and upheld the soldier’s precedence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Ife
Richmond
Alger
Union
Picnic misadventure in Kentucky creek clothes swap
A Kentucky picnic tale describes a rain swollen creek washing away clothes left on a rock. After an hour of swimming the group realized their garments were gone. local girls organized aid by donating overskirts and petticoats to clothe the boys. They returned to New Castle in makeshift dress amid loud cheers as watches, clothes, and money were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Will Coplinger
Masterson
New Castle
Remarkable tale of former slave Charles Long arrives for shelter
Charles Long, claiming to be born a slave, recounts a brutal escape from Virginia owner George W. Bearfield who took him and hundreds of slaves to the Gold Coast, was sold in Cuba, and endured years of servitude. He bears branding marks and says Cuban life included servile work on a Spanish warship and rice plantations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Long
George W. Bearfield
Richmond
Bearfield
Gold Coast
California
Cuba
St. Juval
Vanstell Thinkenburr
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Foolish Traveler Rescued After Jump From Rail At Haiper’s Perry
A night traveler leaned against a rail at Haiper’s Perry Railroad station. He sprang over the rail to avoid a presumed danger, but landed in a muddy stream forty feet below. Rescued, he refused to give his name and called himself a fool when asked for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ethelbert Cecil
Daphne McCarthy
Bertie Cecil
Bertie
Daphne
Chicago Tribune
Emma Abbotts Baby
Rocky Mountain
Datley
H. C. Chandler
P. O
Tat Creek Range
Cheyenne River
Lodge Creek
Wyo
Sturgis & Lame, P. O. Chey
Inne
Range
Horse Creek
SF Horse
H. A. Blair
Powder River
Johnson County
Wyoming Range
Lemuel Smith, Jr
P.O
Ft. Fetterman
Ange
Stoddard, Lapiam & Teoward
P. O. Address
Buffalo, Jobson Co
Wyo. Range
Clear Creek
Crazy Woman
L.Q
Philip & James Dater
Cheyenne, Wyo
Bear Creek
Samean
Creighton & CO. P. G. Omaha
Neb
Pine Bluffs
W. T. Range
Wye
Pumpkin Creek
D. Il
J. W. Snyder & CO
J. O
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Range Pole
Horse Creeks
North Park
Colum
Cleveland
Cratic
Columb
Clevela
Republicar
Républicar
Arabi
New
Cairo
Uni
REPI
Dida
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!