Benny Hollinger and the Porcupine Gold Mine Saga
In a Pembroke setting the tale follows Benny Hollinger, a suave adventurer, who bankrolls a Porcupine gold claim with Jack McMahon. He stakes five claims, lures investors, and builds the Hollinger Reserve, turning later to Pembroke life after fame and fortune fade. Benny dies peacefully after a life of mining risk and triumph, while Hollinger mine profits soar to become a global gold giant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timmons
Cobalt Camp
Slamp
Jack McMahon
Benny Hollinger
Jack
Benny
Jana
Porcupine Way
Bop Jvclk
Amy Luck
Porcupine Field
Toronto
McMahon
Bat Jaw
Labine
Jim
Porcupine
Kim
Benny Mushed
Ward
Alex Gillies
Bill Davidson
Bil
Elx
Daea
Tim‘mong
Barney Melnaney
Barney
Gigie
Barney McEnaney
Hollinger Mines
Point Alexander
Ottawa River
Pembroke
Nellie Hitt
Shia
Hollinger Mine
Hollinger Reserve
Hollinger
Barney McBnaney
Greece
McHnaney
Atake
Hoallinger
Renay
Faye ‘Kaye
Ga Bay
Iim
A. F F. Brigham
New York World
Iowa Twins Remarry Twins In Belle Plaine Remake
Nora and Bernice Thompson from Belle Plaine and their husbands Glenn and Belle Bricker, both sets of twins, renewed marriages after divorces following alleged cruelty. Both women testified against their spouses at trial, then remarried the same day after divorces were granted. Parents blamed for the earlier split in the double family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Paine
Dale Bricker
Nora Thompson
Bernice Thompson
Glenn Bricker
Nora
Bernice
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapides
YANKS BRAVERY WINS MANOR IN GERMANY
Vancouver’s Major J C Thorne, a POW, saved Attle Kari by jumping in front of a train at Leipzig station while under guard, earning a manor from Herr Gartner’s estate. Thorne’s escape attempt preceded his transfer to Chestin for solitary confinement. Gartner’s granddaughter offered $10,000 for the manor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Bar
J. C. Thorne
Germany
Herr Gartner
Thorne
Leipzig
Chestin
Hog
Boy turns bandit and dies in gun duel in Kansas City
Ray Bishop nineteen year old high school athlete dressed in overalls and jumper robbed two gasoline stations and was shot by Officer Lawrence Parguson who was wounded. Parguson remained hospitalized with a bullet in his hip as the incident stunned Otto Dubach the high school principal who described Bishop as rugged and loved by friends. A blood stained jumper overalls and twenty two dollars were found on the fallen youth at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ray
Bishop
Waos
Lawrence Parguson
Otto Dubach
Perguson
Dirst
Radio Goncart With Every Shave in Bristol
James Williams, a Bristol barber, advertises radio concerts in his shop and claims a wireless setup will improve work by eliminating talk during shaves. The notice highlights in shop entertainment and suggests increased efficiency through radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Goncart
Bristol
James Willams
Williams
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Lady Luck
Gillles
Bill Daviason
Pare
Cobalt
Timmons-McMartin-Dunlap Syndicate
Pal
Iowa
Bricker
Thompson
Yank
Major Thorne
Grandson
Boy
Robe Stations
Ed Duka
Chris Christoffersen
THE
SEVDY
C.T. Sevdy & Son
Graettinger, Tows
Martin Myhre
U. R. Next
Oscar Thompson
Farmers Creamery CO
Graettinger
GREAM
Main Street
SAME
Bartel Geil
the Farmers Creamery CO. OF
Graettinger Creamery CO
Frank Lambe
Jorgen Anderson
D. E. McCarty
Farmers’ Brain Co
Owa
Farmers’ Grain Co
Ures
New Windsor
J.yp, Jensen, Piop
Railroads
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
J. E. Gorman
Tncde
Sherif
Brown County
Wanans
Morton
Ian
Wietunly Femry Pao Lp
Howe Leis
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