Copper King Emer sley Dies Waiting for a Sign in Arizona
The hermit prospector John D Emer sley, who claimed vast Dos Cabesas copper deposits eighteen miles from Wilcox Arizona, perished in a sunken Arizona cabin while his unworked claims drew vast riches. He believed God would signal when to mine, leaving him destitute despite riches nearby. His remains were found with old papers explaining his religious vow to dedicate all wealth to God.
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John D. Emersley
Arizona
Land of Plenty
Hmersley
Dos Cabesas Consolidated Mining Company
Tombstone
A.C
San Francisco Examiner
Wilcox
A. T
Dos Cabesas
Emersley
Somersley
Reasov
Israel
No bargains for Noahs ark tale
A traveling circus halted near a town and paid a farmer to allow a field use. The agent agreed to a crown but accepted a second crown. Later the field hosted elephants dromedaries and hundreds of horses destroying the grass. The farmer complained while the circus owner said he got twice his request.
A Queer Transaction At Poydras Street Trade
A New Orleans merchant recalls a curious episode from 1896 involving a shipment of onions sent without any directions. After the first sale and a long wait for a claimant, a later onion consignment arrived with a letter claiming satisfactory business relations, prompting a payment despite unclear prior dealings.
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Poydras Street Commission
Cickens
New Orleans Times-Democrat
What Must Be Done The Lady With A Patient Plan
A charming elderly woman visits a carpenter with a basket asking for a comfortable chair and promises to stay until a worker is ready to come to her home. She brings luncheon and a book, demanding action and resolved to secure the promised labor.
Reading Elephant Palms and Kimberley Diamonds
A Philadelphia elephant Jolly undergoes palmistry on his foot to reveal character and longevity, while Kimberley diamond smuggling stories recount boot heels stuffed with gems, a dog concealed stones, pursuit feats, and a graveyard diamonds tale.
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Kimberley
Europe
Travers
England
Cape Town
Tie
South Africa
Ostrich Quip At Breakfast Sparks Domestic Banter
A husband jokes at the breakfast table about becoming an ostrich to gain feathers for his hat, while his patient wife interrupts with a witty reply. The exchange reflects light domestic humor in a 19th or early 20th century Chicago News voice.
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Chicago News
Numerous Local Disasters and Fatalities Across the Nation
An 8 year old Columbus boy dies after a mad dog bite from January. The transatlantic steamer Brisgravia ran aground near Philadelphia and will be floated. Two boiler explosions destroy three National Tube Co buildings in Wheeling costing 50000 dollars. In Denver Mrs. J B Sinnington and her twin babies perish in a house fire. A boiler explosion at Riter's sawmill in Big Rapids kills David Zimmerman and James Moffit. mill destroyed.
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Jacob Windlinger
Columbus
Brisgravia
Philadelphia
Delaware River
National Tube Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Denver
Sinnington
Riter
Big Rapids
Mich
David Zimmerman
James Moffit
Australian Consul Rogers Seeks U S Trade Ties in Queensland
J H W Rogers a Townsville hardware merchant and U S consul for North Queensland toured America from Philadelphia to New York and beyond. He urged American manufacturers to target Queensland’s undeveloped natural resources, noting duty free imports and strong mining and grazing potential including Mount Morgan mine profits and large cattle and sugar exports.
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J. H W. Rogers
Townsville
Queensland
Australia
Cincinnati
America
United States
Mr. Rogers
Vancouver
B. C
Philadelphia
Rogers
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
St. Louis
England
Sydney
Cial
North
Charter Towers
Chilaoge
Mount Morgan
Sheen
Scots fiddle tale in Perthshire village
A Dundee Journal note recalls a village fiddler in Perthshire who after two tunes pauses to tell friends he will not claim mastery. He recounts a lesson from a teacher about practice and humility, joking that even with all Scotland’s good players, no head would stay dry if the bad side were drowned at once.
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Jolly
Mr. Johnson
Mart Weller
Richard de Kenso
Mme. de Mora
Jumbo
London
Prince of Wales
Venus
Professor Johnson
Alexander Day
Zoo
Frank C. Bostock
Old Town
Kimberley
Perthshire
Dundee Journal
Scotland
Beauty Ad Promises Clean Blood and Skin
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a blood cleaning remedy to improve skin. It claims beauty comes from clean blood and urges readers to banish pimples boils and blemishes by taking Cascarets priced at ten to twenty five cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Mackintosh
Thi Mackintosh
Davis
Sears, Roesuck & CO
Chicaco
Ill
Roebuck & Co
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Reading
Olly
New York World
Matthew Johnson
Tyson
Dciseares
Eae
Kuan Lumber
Ai Spees
Perry Street
Colony
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan
Madioun
Beauty
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