United States Mint 1960 Gold and Silver Output Report
The Mint director reports 1960 gold production at 77 048 400 dollars and silver output at 64 7Hd608 tines ounces. Total world gold and silver for 1960 valued at about 68.502 4st, with an average price of 62 cents per ounce. Canadian production not included. figures cover American mint work and Canadian fields partly referenced.
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United States
Mint
Roberts
George Leherts
Usl
Snme
Robbers Fail Safe Break at Cavette Ohio Store
Ninjas or robbers attacked the Joma safe at William Tounard’s General Store in Cavette Ohio. An explosion started the incident as townsfolk rushed the scene and a running gun battle occurred with about fifty shots exchanged before the thieves fled toward the river. The burglars took roughly ROC cash and valuable papers while enduringersi guards sheltered at the docks.
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Cavette
Ohio
William Touanud
Cuba Customs Receipts Reported for Eleven Months
The War Department division of insular affairs released a comparative statement showing total customs receipts at Cuban ports for the first eleven months, totaling 1,451,404.00, with a rise over the prior year. Also noted are isolated items about theft, weather, cattle losses, and Boer colonial developments with multiple named locations and entities.
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Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Cuba
Vessel Wrecked in Snow Storm Near San Manche
The steamer Twyne, Captain Milburn, inbound from Hamburg to Wilmington, ran ashore during a snow storm at San Manche and is a total loss. The crew are safe and had a frightful experience in the open boats. no further details have been learned.
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St. Johns In
Tvvdene
Milburn
Hamburg
Wilmington
San Manche
Death Inn Fire Traps Six Children Missing
A tenement fire at 201 East Third Street New York leaves Jia Derwitz six dead and six other children reported missing. Firefighters search the crowded building for the missing youngsters as tenants panic and aid crews work through the disaster.
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Death Inn
Jia Derwitz
East Third Street
New York
President nominates Williams and Mowrer to Senate
The President sent to the Senate the nominations of Oscar Williams of New York as Consul General of the United States at Singapore and Frank R. Mowrer of Ohio as United States Consul at Antigua in the West Indies.
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Senate
Oscar Williams
New York
United States
Singapore
Frank R. Mowrer
Ohio
Antigua
West Indies
Pittsburg Foundry Fire Causes $90,000 Loss
The S Jarvis Adams foundry at Fourteenth and Edna streets Pittsburg Pennsylvania suffered a fire damage estimated at $90,000. The plant employed about two hundred workers.
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Pittsburg
S. Jarvis Adams
Fourteenth and
Edna Streets
Volksblatt
Keneits Freund
Grand Opera Horse
Nortown
Foss
Sloe
Peru Petroleum Company
Corvapolis
Pac
Dover
Del
Michael Canal Company
Fargo
Nob
Five Trainmen Killed in Melton Collision
Five trainmen were killed and one seriously injured in a head on collision between two freight trains on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line at Melton Mississippi. Both engines and several cars were demolished in the wreck.
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Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Road
Melton. Miss
Great Gold Discovery Near Tanana
Victoria dispatch reports the steamer Ameer arriving from Alaska with news of a rich gold strike near Tanana. Prospectors have extracted gold at about 14 dollars per pan, indicating a major discovery and potential rush to the area.
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Victoria
B. C
Ameer
Tanana
Scranton street car strike ends in compromise
A wide range of early 20th century notes report local and national incidents. Scranton ends street car strike with a compromise while other items describe jail violence in Brooklyn, fires destroying plants in Corvalis and Nor town, a German newspaper merger in Pittsburgh, and various accidents, deaths, and legal actions across the country.
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Scranton
Brooklyn
War and misfortune sweep across the nation in terse report
Reports from multiple states describe famine threats near Anamoose North Dakota and a ransom twist over rewards for arrest. A Missouri shooting leaves two dead. a Montana laborer case follows a fatal railway accident. Quarantines hit Minnesota and a national soldiers home outbreak grows. Fire destroys a Illinois stamping plant, and a string of deaths and accidents follow in Ohio Ohio and Kansas City.
Multiple Tragedies and Crashes Reported Across States
A string of violent incidents and disasters includes a lynching near Marion Georgia a shooting death in New Orleans a Georgia King murder in Danville Virginia a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley collision near Plays Mississippi seven crewmen killed a Buena Vista NC gun incident a Kentucky train wreck a Durbin West Virginia dynamite blast killing six and a Williamson West Virginia fire destroying most of the business district The report lists individuals and places including Dr James Gibbons Cardinal Gibbons nephew and names Frank Davis Buck Chadwell Estepp.
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George Fuller
Marion
James Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons
New Orleans
Vester Griffin
Georgia King
Danville
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Plays Station
Miss
Buena Vista
N. C
Jennie V. Burger
Henderson Road
Henderson
Baker Camp
Durbin
W. Va
Davis Fatal Fight After Dance at Walnut Hill
Morgan and Richard Davis clashed with others at a Walnut Hill dance near Middlesboro Kentucky. A pitched battle followed with fifty shots fired. Frank Davis was killed Morgan Davis and Dick Davis were mortally wounded Chadwell was slightly wounded.
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Morgan
Richard Davis
Walnut Hill
Middlesboro
Frank Davis
Dick Davis
Chadwell
Foreign notes and wars across continents
Croker summoned before British tax commission departs for the continent. England ends Ashantee rebellion. Kroger asks Queen Wilhelmina to lobby Europe against Transvaal war. Incendiarism in Barbadoes with 13 cane fields burned. Tsukishima Maru lost near Namadza with 121 aboard. Su llai beheaded in Pekin after killing German minister. Gen Botha's forces strike in eastern Transvaal. Helvetia garrison routed. 50 killed, 260 prisoners. Empress Dowager plants new emperor Tung Lisu in Shan-Si. Dresfus denies Rochefort claim about Dreyfus letter.
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Croker
British Tax Commission
England
Ashantee
Africa
Mr. Kroger
Wilhelmina
Transvaal
Barbadoes
Namadza
Japan
Su Llai
Baron von Wetteler
China
Pekin
Botha
Helvetia
Shan-Si
Yuen Pu
Dresfus
M. Waldeck-Ronusseau
Eldossing
M. Henri Rochefort
de Dreyfuss
Willian
Germany
Ist
Paris
Various Early 1900s Items From North America and Canada
Reports describe a sea serpent near Chihuahua and Sonora lakes amid Apache and Yaqui raids on ranches, a team of coach horses shipped to President McWhinner from Fairlawn Ohio, and the collapse of Francisco Martines Negrete & Sons of Guadalajara with 2.3 million in liabilities. Canadian news notes gold findings, lottery bans, and Bradstreets on holiday business while wheat and corn data hint at steady prices and mixed fortunes.
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Itootenay Lake
Chihuahua
Sonora
Mexico
McWhinner
Fairlawn
Ohio
Francisco Martines Negrete & Sons
Guadalajara
Mexico City
New Westminster
B.C
Pitt Lake
Canada
Bradstreets
USO
United States
Market Notes From Cities Afield And Back
Market reports show Chicago cattle common to prime 3.00 to 9.30. hogs shipping grades 3.00 to 9.50. sheep 3.00 to 4.50. Grain prices cover wheat No 2 red 60 to 70 cents, corn No 2 white 34 to 38 cents, oats 21 to 25 cents, rye 52 to 70 cents. butter 22 to 23 cents. eggs 20 to 21 cents. potatoes 43 to 48 cents per bushel. City reports include Indianapolis cattle 3.00 to 5.50, hogs 4.00 to 4.95, St Louis cattle 3.25 to 5.45, hogs 5.00 to 4.80, Cincinnati etc. Detroit cattle 2.50 to 4.50, Toledo wheat 74 to 75 cents, corn 30 to 36 cents, oats 22 to 28 cents, Milwaukee wheat 70 to 72 cents, pork 10.50 to 11.15. New York cattle 3.25 to 5.40, hogs 3.00 to 5.40, sheep 3.00 to 3.80, butter 24 to 25 cents, western eggs 23 to 24 cents.
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Chicago
Bashel
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
McKinley the Host at White House Reception
The 1900s Washington scene saw President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley host a reception for 6000 guests from 36 nations. Diplomats, army and navy officers, and dignitaries from the Supreme Court, Congress, and cabinet attended as bands played Timely Thoughts. The event extended past 2 PM despite space limits.
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White House
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Marine Band
Tnnfantry
Lieut
Santelmann
McAkinney
Army
Navy
Miles
Adjt
Corbin
Lnt
Admiral Dewey
Mary
McWhinley
Lord Pauncefote
Pauncefote
Miss Pauncefote
Baron Fava
Dr. von Hollehen
M. Camben
Count Cassini
Senor Don Aspiroz
Maine
United States Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Congress
United States
Free Homes Out West Open for Settlement at Fort Sill
The Fort Sill country between Texas and Oklahoma, sixty miles square and called Beautiful Land, will be opened for homesteads under a new law. About one third of the land goes to Indians, with sections reserved for schools and government, leaving roughly 1,014,076 acres for settlement and mineral lands. Wichita reservation may open simultaneously, offering about 2,000 farms there. Thousands seek free homes but few will win, while towns will arise quickly along with new counties in Oklahoma.
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Fort Sill
Texas
Oklahoma
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Wichita Reservation
Port Sill
Politierl
Nininger Sage Donnelly Passes After Long Public Life
Ignatius Donnelly, 70, a Minnesota statesman, author, and Populist vice presidential candidate, died suddenly after visiting his father in Minneapolis. A former governor, lieutenant governor, and congressman, he was famed for his Baconian Shakespeare theory and a life split between politics and letters.
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Minnesota
Ignatius Donnelly
Barton Liisen
Donnelly
Murphy
Sage
Nininger
Laut
Congress
Democratic Party
ISG
Tenatius Donnelly
Philadelphia
Farmers’ Alliance
House of Representatives
Mr. Donnelly
Marion Olive Hanson
Eilwold
Christiana
Norway
Atlantis
Birth of Federation in Australia sworn in as first governor
The Earl of Hopetoun was sworn in at Sydney as first governor of the federated Australian colonies in a grand ceremony. Queen Victoria sent a message read by Hopetoun, thousands attended, and a twenty one gun salute plus the national anthem accompanied the oath and signing of commissions for the first federal ministers.
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Earl of Hopetoun
Sydney
N.S. W
Commonwealth
Mressage
Australia
Isars of
Drowning of Child During Skating in Delphos Ohio
A seven year old, Frank Koutch of Delphos, Ohio, drowned while skating. Other items note Spain's navy bill defeat, Beckham plurality of 3,689 at Frankfort, Klondike output of 9 million, Oswego County jail prisoners in highway work, Spanish speaking population rising to 42.8 million, Napoleon era tunnel fire in Cherbourg arsenal, Henry Segal of New York abandoning his infant, McKinley sending $30 to Canton Saxton fire fund, Mrs. McKinley as heir to the block, Frank Smith arrested for throwing a stone at Kru ger, Quantrell raid damages in Kansas with paid and unpaid claims totals.
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Carey Hotel
Omaha
Eddie Cudahy
Roy Grittiz
Swift Company
East St. Louis
Gordon Freeman
First
Nevada Cavalry
Philippines
Reno
Nev
Fourth and
Main Streets
Columbus
Ohio
Sua
Stonewall J. de France
Jackson
Mich
Kakimazoo County
Kalamazoo
Wingree
I. Lavery
Olympia
Wash
Columbus, Winchester and Lancaster Traction Company
Lanediver
Hocking Valley and
Toledo
North Amherst
WL A. Phite
William Boardman
Goardman
Dol Brown
Methodist Church
Gotheb Stacker
Stillwater
O. T
Roger Mills County
Kansas
Fairbank
Iowa
CC. W. Bekelberg
Waterloo
John MccCunniss
Toss
Cleveland
Sydney
Farm of London
Wyandotte
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central
Akron
David R. Paige
New York
AL T. Paige
Paige
Frank Koutch
Delphos
Spain
Beckham
Frankfort
Oswego County
N. Y
Napoleon
Cherbourg Arsenal
Henry Segal
McKinley
Saxton Block
Canton
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Copydon
Indiana
AS & Ellis
Terady
Burghire
Widsenburg
Vis
Kitcheners
Cape Colony
Colesburg
Kimberley
Mafeking
Mose
Coit Pyler
Cornel University
Dthaea
Noy
James TI. McClutleugt
Uixes
Altoona
Mee
Cubllougi
Edvndne Cosder
Ector
Sideeerh’s Hospital
Tfe
Edwin Booth
Jebus McCul- Totty
Ter
Tylay
Spk
Wenzell
Torkel
Lily Row
William Westhike
Adame
Westlake
Spencer Plavre
New York Legislaaure
Wakaroo
Wyoming Valley Electric Hallwar
Pennsylvania
Pdace
New Jersey Trading School
Virvdand
Thomas Hi. Vieter
Miaxdinm
Warden Hares
Istues County
New York City
Buffalo
Twee
Western
Anamoose
N. D
Cudahy
Roy Gillette
Th. A. Gillette
Nevada
Great Northern Railway
Culbuank
Mont
Charles May
Robert Martin
John McGee
Dance
Kalb
Martin
McGee
Justus O'Tage
St. Paul
Winona
Minn
National Soldiers
Leavenworth
Kaw
Hitchcock
Courtland
Edward
Lucius Hitchcock
Steve Holgate
Pacific Coast
Grand Forks
Bellfire Stamping Company
War« Vey, Jil
Ignatius Jlennelly
Minneapolis
Barton Transon
Martin Terpel
Carroline
Matthew
Viamma Divinity Tall
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Theological Seminary
Wichita
Irian
Carrie Nation
Southern
Williamson
Buck Chadwell
Estepp
Market Reports
Free Homes Out West
Homestead
Cincinnati
F. Lowman
Steubenville
Obio
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