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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1900
Page
6
The article recounts the gold rush era from Circl e City to Cape Nome, profiling hopefuls like J Anderson and Harry Mayfield. It contrasts peril and profit, notes that few miners grow wealthy, and follows tales of misfortune, shifting fortunes, and enduring desire for gold.
The text notes how some Cape Nome Klondike Cripple Creek fortunes vanish as others prosper. It mentions men who return east yearly to Pennsylvania relatives, while many fail to honor promised payments. It questions how many gold millionaires will pass wealth to the next generation, naming Floods Stan ford Hearst Falls Mackay a Huntington.
A historic account details Tillamook Rock Light in Oregon as a perilous offshore lighthouse station. It notes its rock summit, 40 foot above sea level, 138 feet above mean tide, erratic Pacific currents, and the rigorous demands on keepers. The article covers construction, station buildings, water supply, freight handling, and the famed wind conditions shaping life at the isolated outpost.
The New York Journal reports Mrs Webster Jones of San Francisco, famed as one of the city’s most beautiful women, is to wed Count Artsimovich, the Russian consul. The match requires czar approval and special dispensation from church hierarchy under Russian rule. The bride was recently divorced and the groom plans to leave San Francisco Friday for Berlin then New York to await the ceremony.
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang plans to arrive in St Petersburg after an Atlanta auto show delay. He commissions a four seat yellow phaeton built in New York with oriental styling. He has challenged several women to car races and expresses optimism about the coming chariot event.
A recent ghnench scientists study explored whether disease could spread via hooks. They found bacilli might be carried, but those of typhoid fever and tuberculosis were not. Formic aldehyde fumigation proved best yet damaged bindings. after exposure the safe option was burning the books.
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