Discovery of Coolgardie Goldfield and Early Riches
The account chronicles the 1890s Coolgardie find in Western Australia, detailing how two Victorian prospectors survived drought and hunger to strike water and gold. They revealed a reef that yielded hundreds of ounces, sparking a gold rush that built Beiley and Ford’s mining camp into a major field.
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Coolgardie
Western Australia
Luck
Uawley
Lord
Australia
Usey
Bayley
Beiley
Ford
Maine
World of Nations reef gold sale quoted in London
Fragmentary text notes a sale linked to Werld of Nations reef gold and a £20,000 value realized in a few days, with reference to London. The garbled passage mentions ounces of gold and a rapid sale, but lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes.
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London
Origin of Cieth Names and Fabric Etymologies
The article traces textile name origins from languages and places. Velvet derives from velluto Italian, cashmere from Kairo, damask from Domaiscos, cambrie from Cambrai, muslin from Mosul, and midlinery from Milan. Silk is linked to Seres words and Greek naming of Chinese wigworm.
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Rafe
Aetrakhan
Vusiat
Kairo
Mosul
Mesopotamia
Domaiscos
Cambrie
Cambrai
Milan
Getting Out of a Corner in a Chicago Lounge
Two people discuss a beautiful lounge and a birthday gift from a husband that costs as many dollars as the wife’s age. They compare it with their own lounge bought for 38 dollars and remark that the home piece costs much less.
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Chisago Tribune
Not So Very Far in Between Fer and Nigh
A Kansas City Newsbook quip on distance asks a traveler and a local man about the journey to the next town. The playful reply suggests it lies between far and near, neither extremely close nor remote, yet explainable by its mid course.
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Kansas City
There Is That Man Harassing Her in the Street
A timid girl describes a man who has followed and harassed her in public. She requests the hallboy to eject him, but the hallboy notes the man lives on the building’s third floor and cannot be ordered away.
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New York Press
Lowe Brothers
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Coolardia
Londonderry
Mary Hudson
Mastman, Miss
Cardui
United States
U. S
Q.g.pridgen
C. W. Hilliard, M.D
Hammond's Drug Store
Dothan Guano
Dothan
Grant Clothing Co
Dothan Hardware Company
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