Benny Hollinger's Porcupine Quest and the Hollinger Mine
In Cobnin Camp Ontario a gambler Benny Hollinger persuades Jack McMahon to grub stake gold prospecting in Porcupine country. Benny and ally Pare strike rich in 1900 near Cobalt, forming the Hollinger Reserve. The find launches a mining empire, but fortunes fade. Benny eventually retires to Pembroke, marries Nellie, and dies peacefully as the Hollinger mines yield billions.
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Benny
Jack
Porcupine Way
Porcupine Field
Toronto
McMahon
Jack Mettahen
Labine
Jim
Hhis
Alex Gilles
Porcupine
Old Bill Davidson
British Columbia
Bil
Henny
Renny
Hig Rend
Thage
Cobalt
Alphonse Para
Timmons Brothers
Pare
Jock
Gillies
Bill Davidson
Para
Timmons-McMartin-Dunlap
Pal
Barney McHnaney
Barney
MceMaton
Jack McMahon
Pelt Mines
Lenny
Arc- Aannon
Quile
Barney McEna
Hollinger
Point Alexander
Ottawa River
Pembroke
Henry
Nellie
Hollinger Reserve
Sheriff's Dole
Barney Mc Rbnaney
Hollfinger
Mckinanty
Miling
Iowa Twins Remarry Twins in Cedar Rapids Reunification
Belle Paine Indiana and Nora Thompson and Bernice Thompson, twin sisters aged twenty one, eloped to St Joseph Missouri last December to marry the Bricker brothers who are also twins. After a brief separation they divorced their husbands for cruelty and remarried the same men in Cedar Rapids, three weeks later. Parents blamed for the fractious double family.
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Belle Paine
Dale Bricker
Nora Thompson
Bernice Thompson
Glenn Bricker
Nora
Bernice
Belle Pinine
St. Joseph
Bricker Brothers
Nso
Kelle
Neh
Cedar Rapida
Yank's Bravery Wins Manor in Germany Prison Rescue
Vanover, HB, O Major Thorne of his city received word that he has been left a manor in Germany by Herr Gartner. While a prisoner of war Major Thorne saved Herr Gartner's grandson from death by leaping in front of an approaching train. The rescue occurred during transfer to Chestin for solitary confinement after an escape attempt in Crain prison camp. Gartner's granddaughter was offered $10,000 for the rescue.
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Major Thorne
Grandson
Germany
Vanover
FO. Thorne
Flerr Gartner
Thorne
Herr Cartner
Delp Sig
Herr Gartner
Little Earl
Boy turns bandit and dies in gun duel
Ray C. Bishop, nineteen, popular Kansas City high school athlete, robbed two gas stations in a long police chase and was shot dead after wounding Officer Taurrence Pergugon in a duel. Bishop’s jacket and overalls bear bloodstains, a jumper, and $22 in bills found afterward.
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Kaneas City
Ray C. Bishop
Taurrence Pergugon
Otto Dubach
India
Fred
Radio Concert With Every Shave in Bristol
James Whims, a Bristol barber, advertises wireless radio music in his shop to replace talking during shaves. He believes the broadcasted concerts will improve efficiency and workmanship.
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Bristol
James Whims
Wiliams
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Dapper Benny
Lady Luck
Timmons
Cobnit Camp
Benny Hollinger
Empire Store
Hollinger Mines
A. WY. Brigham
Orginal Syndicate
New York World
Iowa
Thompson Sip Tere
Yank
Manor
Boy
Boba
Ed Duhn
Chris Christoffersen
THE
SEVDY
BOX Bai
Candtes
T. Sevdy & Son
Groetlinger, Iowa
Martin Myhre
U. R. Next
Oscar Thompson
Farmers Creamery CO
Graettinger
Main Street
LAMB
Bartel Gal
the Farmers Creamery CO. OF
Grarttinger Creamery CO
Frank Lambe
Jorgen Anderson
D. BE. McCarty
Farmers’ Grain Co
Ghaettinger
D. E. McCarty Yartthee
New Windsor
J.P. Jensen
Railroads
Father
Mother R
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
J. E. Gorman
Industrial Court
Brown
Krugas
Horton
Kin
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