Gold rush tale of Stikine River and Cassiar diggings
A National Geographic bulletin in Washington recounts Stikine River lore from British Columbia to Wrangell Alaska. It highlights rumors of a Cassiar golddeposit on Onnalnn creek, the perilous overland trek by pack, dog, ox, and tractor teams, and the region's grand glacial scenery noted by John Muir.
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Washington
Wrangell
Alaska
Siikine
Yukon
National Geographic Society
Stitine
Muir
Qasslar
MacKenzie
Weat
Bering Sea
British Columbia
Stikine
United States
Spain
Yekon
White Horse Pass
Telegraph Creek
Avamp
Rock
Noimal
Ita
Doge
Norgen
Boman
Ite
Armstrong
Cara
Londy
Plade
Lee
Armatrong
Pig puts owner through college
A 400 pound pure bred Durne sow named Red helped her owner Paul Bates, a 22 year old from Marietta, raise funds for his college education. Red bore nine piglets and enabled Bates to pursue electrical engineering at Clenton College, planning to graduate as a junior. Bates says he will honor Red’s memory after retirement.
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Greenville
Mat G. Bates
D. 2. Bates
Marietta
Wotherhond
Hater
Paul
Aniah Cleingon College
Slea
Provialen
Clenton
Red
Red Dog 104 Is Oldest Indian At Pender Reunion
Red Dog, a 104 year old famed Sioux figure, attended the In Man reunion in Pender Nebraska as the oldest Native American among 28 tribes. He bears 18 wounds from conflicts with white settlers in early western days and speaks good English. He is the sole survivor of the delegation that visited President Lincoln to protest treatment.
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Red Dog
Pender
Neb
Lincoln
Hair-Trigger Alarm Box Is Daylight Ghost
New Orleans harbor fire tug Delage chased a daylight ghost after arduous hunting. The crew returned to tasks when a hair-trigger alarm, once a mystery, was made useful by proper adjustment. Alarms from the waterside box had kept the Deluge in motion before a loud truck passing triggered the sound.
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New Orleans
Delage
Ancient Bones Found in London Cave Mystery Unfolds
Two human skeletons claimed to be from the Paleolithic era were found in a London cave, with estimates suggesting an age far exceeding ten thousand years. The discovery sparks debate among archaeologists about early human habitation in Britain.
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Ancient Bones
London
Crimaa
Farm Machine Powers Work of 32 Men
A machine developed by Sir Charles Ross uses American farm machinery methods to replace four workers, performing the labor of thirty two men. The shipment from La Crosse Wisconsin was sent to his estate Bale nagown in Scotland, including a cutter and a crawler type tractor to supply power.
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Chicago
Sir Charles Ross
la Crosse
Wis
Hia Eatate
Balenagown
Scotland
Mio Machina
Rockefeller Meets Oil Drivers on Road
New York report describes Harold Riley arriving on a oily road between Riverdale and Rhonoydale at noon. He stops as a large truck from the Tidal Of company nears. Charley Stout of Dundes Lakes, driving, pauses and comments on the country. An old man in a gray duster emerges from a Riverdair car and says we are lost boys, addressing the Standard driver.
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New York
Harold Riley
Riverdale
Rhonoydale
Charley Stout
Dundes Lakes
Charley
Riverdair
Hilmself
Rockefeller Hands Dimes to Oil Men in Riverdale Meeting
Riley and Stout greet Mr Rockefeller amid a tense scene with an oil business clash involving the Standard Oil proxy. Rockefeller, shaking hands with the rivals, praises families and awards fresh minted dimes to drivers and their kin, while commenting on the oil dispute and noting a moment of cordiality.
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Riverdale
Rockefelier
Riley
of Yam
Rockefeller
Stout
Stent
Elf
Iiley
Aonch
Texas Cowboy 95 Still Active Rides the Range
H R Mangum, ninety five, remains active on the Siulth brothers ranch near Obildrens Texas. He is said to be the oldest cowboy in active service in the country having followed cowhand work since arriving from South Carolina over seventy five years ago. He rode the Chisholm trail and worked on southern Texas ranches as western lands opened, witnessing Indian raids and buffalo herds. Heith no formal rules of living but follows the hard work and open air life of a cowboy through the years.
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Texas
H. R. Mungum
Siulth Brothers
Heta
Mangum
South Carolina
Middla Ife
Chisholm
Boy Finds Pail of Gold in California Pool Legend Alived
In Dry Creek near Robbing Yuba county twelve boys diving in a 12 foot pool recovered a rusted pail filled with nuggets and dust of gold. The old legend of Hambow's Hod is tied to the find and the pale bears the date 1868 and a ciphered name. The value is not yet estimated and the boys show little interest in the amount.
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California
Maryavills
Cal
Hambow
Dry Creek
Yuba County
Lal
Prisoner Enjoys Hard Manual Labor After Mutiny Attempts
A burly Canadian convict in Knoxville county workhouse faced mutiny and escape attempts. After daylight shined with ratines to leave, the inmate’s death previously noted, now reportedly finds value in continued hard manual labor despite earlier troubles.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Hag Te
Six Ancient Reservoirs Unearthed in West
In Spring Valley Nev, six large triangular reservoirs dating about 60,000 years ago were found by the Cosmographite Society. Walls 6 to 25 feet thick, built of granite debris, extend 800 yards along a hillside above a valley with conch deposits. Smithsonian finds include crude arrow springs suggesting pre-bow technology.
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Spring Valley
Nevarin
Coxtmographile Society
Fertha Valley
Society
Cosmographite Nociets
Smithsonian Institution
Thousand Year Old Relics Unearthed by Ohio Farmer
A Jackson area farmer, George N. Miller, unearthed five adult skeletons and related artifacts from a rock shelter near Warren. Ohio historians classify the find as among the most important prehistoric remains in the region, dating over a thousand years, with evidence of embalming efforts still clinging to bones and a wealth of bone implements clothing and moccasins. Researchers from the Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society note excellent preservation and compare the site to discoveries in the American Southwest and South American areas.
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Conmling
Ohio
Sha Ohin
W. C. Mills
Xpciety
Ita Oftery
Doctor Mills
United States
Dacer Mills
Fire Attacks 618 Homes Daily in United States
A National Board of Fire Underwriters report claims fires attack 618 homes daily nationwide, equating to a home fire every three minutes. From 1910 to 1925 total home fire losses reached 22 million dollars with chimneys and fires, roof sparks, heating devices, matches, petroleum products, and electricity cited as top causes. Four origin factors deemed preventable by fire prevention engineers. two partly avoidable.
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Washington
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Parading Bathing Beauties Draw 100000 to Long Beach
In Long Beach California a huge throng estimated over 100000 lined streets and aatriad to watch a parade of 924 bathing beauties. Church and reform organizations for six weeks had fought to prevent the spectacle, but the event proceeded amid public interest.
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Long Beach
Cal
Atriad
Lake in Tennessee Disappears Through Cave Collapse
A small lake on G. P. Warfield’s Tennessee farm vanished when a cave roof collapsed. Witness W. L. Warfield saw water plunge into a cavern creating a subterranean channel and exit a short distance away, leaving only a tiny pool in place of the lake.
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W L. Warfield
Neh
Turtlea
Old Law on Indecent Music Puzzles Capital Washington
Washington police rediscover an 19th century rule banning indecent music without words. Regulators disagree on what constitutes indecency with officials offering varied, humorous definitions from hootchy to tom tom to desert tunes. A police psychologist cautions that proving indecency may be difficult amid the mixed opinions.
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Washington
Agslatant Corporation
Fart
Mina van Winkle
Phillips
Rauste
Starving Couple Pleads for Aid in New York
Joseph Mauretin and his wife Ethel of Philadelphia, starving for nearly three days while others feasted nearby, appealed to police after Mrs. Mauretin collapsed on Hippodrome steps. Rain-soaked and sleeping in parks, they sought help as officers fed Mrs. Mauretin and a stimulant-assisted Martin ate ham. cabmen collected for them after both lost their jobs as a merchant and companion.
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New York
Joseph Mauretin
Ethel
Philadelphia
Martin
Trade of Violin for Saxophone Unveils $10,000 Guarneri
In Beechview, William P. Schwartz bought a dust-covered violin in a second-hand shop for a few dollars after a youth sought a saxophone. A connoisseur identified it as a genuine Peter Guarneri made before 1700, valued at more than $10,000.
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Thal
William P. Schwartz
Beechview
Saint Christina relics arrive in New York for transfer
In a plain oak box the bones of St. Christina rest on American soil before their move to Cleveland, donation tied to $200,000 for a house of catacombs. Bishop Schrembe, Bishop Gallaghar of Detroit, and others return from a four month holy year pilgrimage aboard the liner Homeric. A pope sent message praising America as Providential hand in world affairs.
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New York
Christina
Clevaland
Ohio
Piug XI
Joseph Schrembe
Cleveland
Kore
Schrembe
Michael Gallaghar
Detroit
America
Providenca
Watovubaie Higtone
Coal firms' heads rule Spitzbergen community
In Spitzbergen three coal company leaders Chief Engineer Sigurd Westby at Advent Bay Dire H. Dreaselhuys at Green Harbor and Director Knudsen at Kings Bay exercise near autocratic control. They enforce strict mining camp rules, clamp down on illicit trade, and dock $25 for first offenses, with harsher penalties including deportation for repeated violations.
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Congyear City
Spitzbergen
Fesulta
Bpitzbergen
Haakon
Svalbard Inn
Thage
Spitz4bergen
Shi Captaina
Rats Warn Miners of Impending Roof Cave In
In the Empire colliery Anthony Kopalski and his son escaped a mine roof collapse after two rats repeatedly annoyed them with peculiar actions. The incident followed the rats’ warnings by drawing attention away from danger. Miners praised the rodents for saving lives, noting crews often hesitate to harm rats in unstable chambers with potential gas or cave-ins.
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Wakesuarre
Pu—Rata
Empire
Anthony Kopalski
Kopnaki
Large Pay Gaps Among Movie Directors in Hollywood
At a Alm executives meeting, the wide variance in weekly salaries for motion picture directors was discussed. Top directors average about $2,000 weekly while many newcomers earn as low as $1,600. A producer noted that an inexperienced director can cost studios more through retakes, sometimes exceeding the saved amount by hiring a top director.
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Hollywood
Cal
Alm
Kansas City Observers Witness Meteor Shower
Kansas City observers reported a meteor shower from 9 to 10 PM with 12 bright flashes noted by Dr Davis, president of the Kansas City Astronomical Society. Meteors traveled southwest to southeast, varied in color from white to blue, and were linked to the Perseids meteor belt. The expert predicted the activity may continue for several hours.
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Kansaa’ City
da DG Davis
Kansas City Astronomical Society
Pr. Davis
Meteo
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