GOVERNOR CORNELL'S GOLD LURED FROM TELEGRAPH POLES
A long profile traces Ezra Cornell from a penniless woodsman chopping telegraph poles in the Mohawk Valley to building Western Union wealth through Morse era pole supply and a windfall from war era stock gains. It notes his son Alonzo B and family fortunes, with social notes on his political reputation and Union League Club ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LN. Y. Star
Cornell
Fifth Avenue
Mohawk Valley
Jalon
Absure
Dintag
Te Wall
Ezra Cornell
Cross
Oli Ezra
New York
Professor Morse
Nestor
American Telegraph
Western Union
Courier and Exquirer
Old Ezra
Alonzo B
Morse
Waa
Ezra
Wilderness
Ithaca
Cad Ezra
Alonzo
Monte Cristo
Union League Club
Quartz Jewelry in California a California Industry
The San Francisco Chronicle notes quartz jewelry began in early California days after the gold discovery. Despite initial mining ties and firms like B Gray and Frontier & Quellmere, quartz jewelry remains a small, high-cost craft with little local demand. Grass Valley quartz yields the best quality. miners deliver rough stone to banks or assay offices, jewelers bid high for consignments, and final slabs are cut, fitted, cemented, ground, and polished for sale to tourists and collectors.
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California
San Francisco Chronicle
Buseness
B. Gray
Frontier & Qellmere
Lave Jong
Grass Valley
Rising Demand For Pocket Dogs Sparks Market Prices
A new profitable industry, the rearing of pet dogs, thrives amid rising wealth and lavish habits. Prices vary by breed from black and tan terriers at 2 to 5 dollars, Skye terriers 3 to 7, Italian greyhounds 2 to 5, English pointers 7 to 10, and fine pairs up to 30 dollars. Mastiffs and Siberian hounds reach up to 100 dollars, St Bernards slightly higher, shepherd puppies 10 to 25, grown dogs about 50, fox terriers in farm roles are prized, and imported fox hunting hounds add demand. English pups are particularly popular.
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Ft. Louis Glote- Democrat
St. Bernard’s
Hog on Horseback Causes Accident in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh reader reports an Allegheny butcher’s wagon with pigs where one pig unhitched itself and leaped onto the driver’s seat. The driver fell, breaking his leg, as the pig alighted on the horse and spooked it. The wagon and horses were damaged and the injured man was taken home.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Penn Avenue
Twenty-six't Street
Allegheny
McCade
Gold Discovery and Marshall Lifesharded in California
The article recounts James Wilson Marshall, born in Hope Township New Jersey, who found gold at Sutter's Mill near Coloma California in 1848. It describes his journey westward, Bear Flag War service, and the subsequent fortune seekers flooding California, robbing him of his land and wealth while he struggled in poverty in Coloma. It ends noting limited state support and Marshall’s advanced age.
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el California
Nate
Listor
California
Iis Intelligence Anl
Marshall
James Wilson Mrshall
Hope Township
New Jersey
Olly
Indiana
Illinois
Pistte Purchase
Fort Leavenworth
Cashe Creek
Sacramento
Marcia
Sutter
Sacramento County
Suttor
Fremont
United States
Sutter Buttes
Sutter’s Fort
Coloma
Amaden County
General Sutter
Tie
San Francisco
Marshalls
Binte
Grandmother of days gone by inspires tender remembrance
The author honors a beloved grandmother famed for her practical remedies and boundless kindness. She cared for family with catnip and mustard, offered solace at illness and sorrow, and kept tales of wars, presidents, and adventures. Her presence bridged generations and left a lasting, reverent memory.
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Olevadhioned
Grandmother
Nore
Mexico
New York
Niagara Falls
Superstitious People and a Dinner of Twelve Arrivals
A French journal notes fear of the number thirteen and the dining practice of Paris artists who waited for a thirteenth guest. A cab driver, invited to join, sat in a seat of honor beside a Cabinet Minister, becoming a cheerful, decorous participant in the supper.
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St. James
Friedland Avenue
Seine
France
M. Sarcey
Moe
Melva Lockwood Battalion Plans Parade in Boston
Wealthy Irish-Americans in South Boston form a Melva Lockwood battalion. They announce headquarters and a Mother Hubbard parade with poke bonnets and broom torches. A Detroit dispatch reports four men killed and two wounded in a Cumminsville Ontario powder mill explosion yesterday.
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Boston
Mother Hubbard
Detroit
Mich
Cumminsville
Ont
Death in Cloud Land on Longs Peak Summit
Miss Carrie Welton a wealthy New York socialite died of exposure after attempting the ascent of Longs Peak in Colorado Estes Park. Guided by Carlisle Lamb the pair faced a brutal snow storm. Lamb carried her down partway before returning for help. Welton lay dead in the snow at four o'clock, with her riding whip and revolver nearby.
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Carrie Welton
New Yorko
Long's Peak
Calcada
Estes Park
Rocky Mountains
Misys Welton
Mrs. Warren
New York
Colorado Springs
Adiss Welton
Lamb
Myuentaumn
Rendal
Miss Welton
le Evere
Gove
Misa Welton
Mystery of the magical albominator on Baltimore street
A hot morning crowds a street sideshow where a long-bearded peddler touts a “greatest invention” the magical albominator. It turns out to be sodium sticks that spark and burn, causing burns, fires, and chaos as bystanders are injured and town folk seek the vendor.
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Baltimore Amrami
Baltimore Street
McClellan’s Alley
Edison
Atad
Toure
Burns
Scrubbing Railroad Cars for Pennsylvanian Livery Work
Workers describe methods for scrubbing railroad cars at the Pennsylvania Kailrog Livery inc. removing old paint with lye and water. The task is hard on arms and varnish, with twice yearly scrubs needed, windows creating extra corners, and winter use of warm water.
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Bunch di Hs Bas Tjorte Cles
Pennsylvania Kailrog Livery Inc
Ag Srule
Hack
Union Depot
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GOV. Cornell's
Western Union Chronous
Howie
Calipornel
Lanes Wien Marshall
Aten
Helva Lockwood Lottation
Prosen
Hino Joux
Kyssinia
Queen Victoria
Guelph
Pittsburgh
Soren
Mary Womman
Philadelphia
Arehive
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