Benny Hollinger and the Porcupine gold rush tale
In Timmins Ontario a bar tale follows Benny Hollinger, a smooth-talking adventurer who funds a quest for Porcupine gold. He stakes by a friend, stakes 12 claims, and partners with Pare and the Timmins syndicate, eventually striking rich, losing it, and returning to Pembroke with a quiet life and a growing family.
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Benny
Alex Filles
Sae
Porcupine
Old Bill Davidson
Cobalt
Alphonse Pare
Min.eg
World’s Greatest Gold Mine at Hollinger
Benny, in good health, prays as his heart stops. announcements claim $50,000,000 taken from Hollinger mines with $40,000,000 charted for three years and potential $400,000,000 more. Experts note a million dollars of ore extracted monthly, half not profit. some syndicate members receive $6,090 daily in dividends per the New York World.
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Porcupine
Gibbs
Bill Davidson
Pare
Benny
Cobalt
Timmons-McMartin-Dunlap Syndicate
Barney McEnaney
Barney
McMahon
Jack McMahon
Point Alexander
Ottawa River
Pembroke
Nellie Ell
Toronto
Hollinger
Porcupine Claims
Nuisleg
Hollinger Reserve
Harney McTinaney
McHnaney
Nile
Sannie
Picco
Bin
Hila
Amiing
Hollinger Mines
A. I. Brigham
New York World
Twins Remarry Twins In Cascade Of Marital Turmoil
Belle and Nora, 21 from Belle Plaine, Iowa, married twin brothers Dale and Glenn Bricker after eloping to St Joseph last December. Each wife filed for divorce on cruelty grounds, testified the other beat them the same night, and both divorces were granted. Weeks later the pairs remarried in Cedar Rapids amid family blame.
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Belle Tatne
Dale Bricker
Nora Thompson
Bernice Thompson
Glenn Bricker
Nora
Bernice
Belle Plaine
St. Joseph
Bricker Brothers
Buch
Tach
Cedar Rapids
Yank's Bravery Wins Manor in Germany
Major J. O. Thorne of Vancouver has learned he is left a German manor by Herr Gartner. While prisoner of war Thorne saved Herr Gartners grandson from death under a train in Leipzig. A codicil notes the legatee saved the child despite being an enemy. Gartner’s granddaughter offers $10,000 for the manor.
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Major Thorne
Grandson
Germany
Vancouver
J. O. Thorne
Herr Gartner
Thorne
Gartner
Leipsig
Little Earl
Chestin
Boy turns bandit and dies in Kansas City gun duel
Ray C. Bishop, 19, popular high school athlete, robbed two gas stations and was shot dead by Officer Lawrence Ferguson after wounding him in a gun battle. Ferguson hospitalized with a hip wound. badge evidence and Bishop’s bloodstained jumper, overalls, pistol, and $22 were found at the scene.
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Kunsas
Ray C. Bishop
Lawrence Ferguson
Otto Dubach
Tishop
Perguson
Bishop
Radio Concert With Every Shreve in Par-Radio Ad
James Williams, a barber in Reistol, Pennsylvania, advertises a wireless petal to his shop. He claims the radio concert will eliminate talking during shaves and improve work quality.
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Bristol
James Williams
Reistol
Rang Town Fire Alarm Over Witness Subpoena
In Brown County Ravens district a man allegedly rang a fire alarm to obtain 1,050 witnesses for the Industrial Court trial of two shop workers accused of violating the law. The incident occurred at Orton Kansas where the crowd gathered, with many witnesses nearby.
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Brown County
Ravens
Orton
Kan
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Dapper Benny
Lady Luck
Timmons
Cobalt Camp
Benny Hollinger
Jack
Empire Store
Fay
Porcupine Way
Porcupine Field
Buéou
Jack Mytahen
Lachine
Jim
Owa
Thompson Sle Ters
Yank
Boy
Ed Duhn
Chris Christoffersen
THE
SEVDY
C.T. Sevdy & Son
Graettinger
Iowa
Martin Myhre
U. R. Next
Oscar Thompson
Varmers Creamery CO
Main Street
Telesphone
SAME
Bartel Geil
the Farmers Creamery CO. OF
Graettinger Creamery
Frank Lambe
Jorgen Anderson
D.E. McCarty
Farmers’ Grain Co
D. E. McCarty
DRC SI
New Windsor
J. P. Jensen, Picp
Railroads
Rock Island Linea
Rock Island Lines
J. E. Gorman
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