Isle of Gold Curse Haunts 1877 Pacific Treasure Tale
A Chicago Times Herald account recounts a Panama to California miner who joins rough sailors to chase gold from a hidden isle. Their ship burns after mutiny, a small crew perishes, and two survivors harvest vast gold from a volcanic ledge guarded by venomous beasts. The tale ends with a dying carpenter revealing maps and a new expedition planned amid superstition of a curse.
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Panama
California
Hin
French Guiana
Ines
Cook
Cat
Ameer
Iis Home
Pacific
Isle of
Gold
Chicago Times- Herald
Siberian Cities and Prosperity Beyond Tonnes of Life
Anna N Benjamin notes Siberian towns like Blagoveshchensk show vitality despite harsh climate. Vladivostok and Irkutsk share brick banks and department stores, strong architecture, and solid education. Blagoveshchensk’s central square hosts large stores and government buildings, with schools fostering Eastern law and interpreters.
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Siberian
Therm
Anna N. Benjamin
Ainslees
Vladivostok
Khabararsk
Blazavestchensk
Irkutsk
Blagavestehonsk
Siberis
Zera
Amur
Bank
Wuseuny
Vindivostek
Fragmented OCR leads to unclear query on casket and ceremonies
The text presents garbled phrases about a Chita imprint casket and wedding/announcements, with embedded questions and nonsensical names. It appears to be a faulty OCR of a historical notice lacking coherent facts or identifiable entities.
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SS. S
U.S. Suprems Court
Suphe V. Government Printing Office
Stme Sureri
Surnors
Diverse Notes on World Facts and Notable Events
A compilation of curiosities and trivia includes medical and labor details in China and Russia, seaweed as cuttlefish eggs, vast European textile production, Palmyra salt harvesting, miniature Indian corn in Brazil, and small grain sizes in cereals. Also mentions a Chinese dinner, Van Buren’s inauguration hat in Illinois museum, plant migration, Ohio flora immigrants, Chaucer’s fifteenth century death centenary, and a London statue effort.
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China
Rustian
Palmyra
Brazil
van Buren
Ilinois College
Harrison
Kellerman
Ohio
Europe
Chaucer
London
Court of Common Council
Guildhall
Bor
The Trotting Circuit Sets New Pace Records
The Trotting Circuit 2 03 is the fastest of new pacers. Lady Pipes 2 07%4 holds the Ohio bred pacing mares record. Island Wilkes Jr beat in 2 06% at Glens Falls for New England bred pacers. Paul Revere 2 14 by Brandon now a Readville mile in 2 07. Abdalbring mares boost new 2 performers Silver Wilkes 2 13 4 trotting Jean Ingelow 2 11% Little Frank 2 11 4 pacing. Diane 2 07% timed half in 1 00% over Woodland track near San Francisco Horse Review.
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Lady Pipes
Island Wilkes
Alex White
Paris
Tenn
Captain Cook
Heitie G
Nelly Gay
Pamlico
Goshen
N. C
Bob Fitasinunons
Rendville
Abdalbring
Silver Wilkes
Jean Ingelow
Little Frank
Reaper
Highwood
Arthur J. Caton
Nawool
Diane
Woodland Track
San Francisco
Stage Glints and Theatre Plans in Early 1900s News
Olive May engaged to John Drew for Richard Carvel. Kyrle Bellew to have a theater built by London admirers. Strauss unable to dance. Olga Nethersole plans Under Two Flags dramatization. Stuart Robson to alternate Oliver Goldsmith and She Stoops to Conquer on western tour. Maclyn Arbuckle writes Red River Gettem Politics sketches. Mrs Brown Potter to play Juliet opposite Martin Harvey. Alice Nielsen’s private car under construction at 74 feet. Henry Guy Carleton patents electrical inventions. Willam T. Francis and Grant Stuart contribute to a musical comedy planned for Jefferson de Angelis. De Wolf Hopper near Saratoga did a rural Sunday picnic entertainment for local children.
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Olive May
John Drew
Richard Carvel
Kyrle Bellew
London
Johann Strauss
Olga Nethersole
Quida
Charles Klein
Grant Stuart
Willam T. Francis
Jefferson de Angelis
de Wolf Hopper
Saratoga
Soiled Frock Care Guide From A Soggy Page
An old fragment offers stain remedies for a soiled frock. It suggests lemon salts for ink, grease treated with iron and cloth, whitening with steam, and turpentine for paints, noting various steps to remove stains.
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Iran
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Jay
Satan Ld
Sigrer
la Plata
Sfc
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Des Moines, Iowa
Davenport Alting © Palling Before
Davenport Malting Co
Webster's
Poor G.& C. Merriam CO
Seclathes
Mass
Playhouse
Ace
Clinton Scallard
Anne
Aed
Andrew Foy
E. Dimler
Branagan Bro’s
Emmetsburg
Iowa
J. C. Paulson
Moore Bros. & Felthous
Burlington Depot
Wood & Grain
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