From hired man to U.S. Senator Tom Kearns rises fast
The life of Thomas Kearns, born 1882 in New York, charts a meteoric ascent from a farm laborer on the Nebraska plains to a prominent Utah state senator and industrial magnate. His early years in the Black Hills and Utah forged a figure of brain and backbone who, within a decade, amassed wealth from mines and business to influence national policy.
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United States Senate
Thomas Kearns
New York
Wilson Barrett
Tom
America
Utah
Markham
Empire State
Nebraska Prairies
Black Hills
Rise of Thomas Kearns from laborer to Utah magnate
The narrative chronicles Thomas Kearns rising from a laborer earning about three dollars daily to become Utah’s top mine owner, a leading railroad director and Senator. It notes his partnership with David Keith, the development of the Mayflower claim into the Silver King group at Park City, the property’s value and dividend success, and his early boxing prowess shaping his political and business ascent.
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Thomas Kearns
Ontario
David Keith
Utah
Silver King Group of Mines
Park City
Kearns
Keith
Mayflower
Silver King
Worldly Beauty and Duty in a Travel‑tone Verse
Brief poetic excerpt attributed to John A. Joyce from the Washington Post counsels resilience and optimism. It urges moving beyond grief, embracing beauty in life, and finding love and duty even amid hardship, framed as a worldly reflection.
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John A. Joyce
Washington Post
Apple blossom courtship and a tale of two youths
A peachy spring scene unfolds in a yard where a rosy maiden and a boy discuss an engagement after overhearing a marriage proposal. A mockingbird sings as lovers drift toward the house, recalling eight years since a similar proposal and reflecting on growing up commonplace yet heartfelt.
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Rob
John
Lucy
Jove
Alaska's Malamoot Dog Too Valued By Miner Lad
A Klondike miner in the Butler Hotel lobby displays a thoroughbred Malamoot dog, valued at $100 by its owner, while noting how railroad steamers and roadhouses depleted demand and prices for sled dogs. He recalls old prices of $250 to $500 in Skagway and $500 in Dawson, contrasting with today’s scarce four-dog teams and higher freight limits. The dog’s lineage traces to Mackenzie river stocks and Scottish collies with wolves, as the breeder touts Siberian wolf matings producing $10,000 fortunes.
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Butler Hotel
Seattle
Alaska
Skagway
Yukon
Dawson
Shepherda
Newfoundlands
St. Bernards
Skaguay
Mackenzie River Country
Beattle Post-Intelligencer
Pearls From Panama Shine in Spanish Cathedrals
A visitor to Seville and Toledo is shown the grand cathedrals whose pearls, the finest decoration, originated from the Bay of Panama. The note describes the abundance and allure of these rare treasures collected by Spaniards.
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Bay of Panama
Serville
Toledo
The Boers of Table Bay and Their Frontier Life
The Cape of Good Hope was found by Diaz six years before Columbus reached San Salvador. In the mid 1600s the Dutch East India Company established a settlement at Table Mountain. Early settlers included French Huguenots Dutch Protestants and German Lutherans. As immigration grew settlers moved north from Table Bay to the veld. There pastoral shepherds forged a life that bred courage independence and solitude, traits of the modern Boer. They were called boer meaning farmer.
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Cape of Good Hope
Diaz
San Salvador
Dutch East India Company
Table Mountain
Table Bay
Great
Prairies
Veldta
Wealthy Greek's odd will seeds yearly aid for Crete
A rich Greek who died in Corfu left his fortune in trust to the island's archbishop. The archbishop will allocate the interest to a poor Cretan annually by lot after investigating applicants. Eligible candidates will vote to select the recipient. Local gossip mentions women and their fathers noting fashion and crossing habits.
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Corfu
Island
Lot
Novel Factory Religion Spurs Daily Sermons in Washington
L H Creager of a stave and heading factory hires Rev Gorby to deliver fifteen minute sermons each morning. The First Baptist Church choir is paid by the factory to assist in services as fifty workers gather before daily toil. The plan, said to aid labor, may spread to other factories and cities.
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L. H. Creager
Washington
Ind
Mr Gorby
Presbyterian Church
Creager
First Baptist Church
Mr. Gorby
Olt
Romance of a new state Oklahoma growth and promise
Oklahoma’s rapid growth as a future state is likened to Chicago’s expansion with annexation of Indian Territory. Governor Barnes’ report notes 1900 census around 308,000 and projections beyond 400,000, public lands nearly 6 million acres, property value about 125 million, farm and mine outputs near 75 million, 100,000 public school children, and extensive higher education.
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Oklahoma
Chicago
Indian Territory
Barnes
Nevadas
District of Columbia
Learning to be a Telephone Girl
Ledger Monthly describes yearly recruits in the telephone brigade, detailing a school system with dummy switchboards and multiple instructors. Newcomers train beside experts, observe, and gradually take on duties during slack hours, aided by a new system with a tiny electric light to signal a connection reducing nervous strain and reducing prompts from operators.
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Telephone Brigade
Ledger Monthly
Oklahoma’s opening day to statehood progress praised
Washington Dost reflects on Oklahoma’s 1889 opening as a wild frontier becoming a thriving territory. He notes the April 22 1889 settlement, Guthrie bank, 100000 acres sown, early schools and churches, the May 22 convention, Harrison’s 1890 territorial act, and population growth from 61000 to 400000 in ten years, arguing for statehood.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Iss
Harrison
Territory of
Draining Ancient Mexican Mines Opens Rich Sirena Prospect
In Guanajuato, New York capitalists begin draining the Sirena gold mine, abandoned since colonial times. After two years of pumps, water depth drops from 1000 to under 400 feet, revealing skeletal relics and promising further drainage of Valenciana and other mines along the Veta Madre. A German syndicate backs Valenciana while plans to clear more mines pursue the Humboldt era dream of a giant tunnel.
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Mexico
Guanjuato
New York
Charles V
Valenciana
Veta Madre
Spain
Humboldt
Man Escapes Cat Fury With Harsh Warning Hiss
In a cage performance a powerful big cat turned aggressive toward the trainer and barred door. One spectator used a sharp rasping hiss like a constrictor throw call, startling the animal and forcing it to retreat whimpering.
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Steels
Boly
Buffalo Fight Ends With Narrow Colonel Escape in India
C EB M Russell recounts Colonel C of Lord Roberts's staff surviving a fierce buffalo attack in Indian woods. After a legible tree barrier and a bamboo stumble, the buffalo charged, tossing the colonel and mauling his garments. In a misguided reply he punched the animal in the eyes and nose, sparing him yet leaving his knuckles torn and ring crushed.
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Indian Forest
C. EB. M. Russell
Lord Roberts
India
Colonel C
How Snake Poison Kolbe
The venom divides into blood acting and nerve acting parts. It damages blood vessels causing internal hemorrhage while attacking the vasomotor nerves controlling respiration, leading to paralysis and death from inability to breathe. This account cites experiments and describes the lethal sequence in clear terms.
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New York Ledger
Howard, Young Lady Recognizes Seaside Rescue
In Tit-Bita humor, a shop assistant greets Maud, recalling saving her life at the seaside last summer. Maud replies with warmth and buys two yards of ribbon after the memory resurfaces.
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Howard
Maud
From Stable Boy to Millionaire in Orange County
Schreiber & Sons sue Lela Moore Newman and Walter G. Newman in the United States Circuit Court at Richmond Virginia for $4,006 claiming breach of contract on an iron fence project around a Somerset area estate. The suit highlights a Fairytale ascent from penniless boy to wealthy landowner aided by Governor Flower with copper mine ventures and a private rail service.
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L. Schreiber & Sons
United States Circuit Court
Richmond
Lela Moore Newman
Walter G. Newman
Newmans
Somerset
Orange County
Flower
Wall Street
Newman
North Carolina
Schreiber & Sons
Persia's Future Shah Placed Under Russian Tutor
Prince Mohammed Ali Mirza may become shah as Russia loans a tutor. Shapsal from St. Petersburg arrives in Teheran for three years of instruction. The current shah is frail, with primogeniture unclear. The crown prince has many royal brothers, needing outside help to claim the throne. The shah controls vast wealth, including a $200 million private fortune largely in precious stones.
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England
Persia
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Russia
8. M. Shapsal
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Shah
British India
Mussin
Law as interpreted in two court decisions
The text discusses Brownback vs North Walesa ruling on city licensing of street sellers and door to door solicitors, Gray vs Kaufman Dairy about surrender by silence, and Bageard v Consolidated Traction on accidental death of a sick passenger. It notes no civil liability for the carrier due to accident interpretations.
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Brownback
North Walesa
Gray Vs. Kaufman Dairy and Ice Cream Company
Bageard
Consolidated Traction Company
L. RR
New Name Coimed Votameters In Voting Machine Nomenclature
A new designation for voting machines called votameters is introduced. The term signals a naming shift in equipment discussed in political coverage. The piece also notes a wagering quip about horse races being predictable yet bettors often choose poorly.
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Thomas Krarns
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Children of the Soil
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Kolbe
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