Gogebic Iron Range Emerges as World-Bedrock Bonanza
The Gogebic iron range near Lake Superior explodes into prominence as towns arise, ore deposits prove vast, and $60,000,000 in stock floods the market. Colby mine leads with surface mining yielding high grade ore at low costs while several docks and ships expand operations toward Cleveland and Pittsburgh markets.
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Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Michigan
Bessemer
Milwaukee
Ashland
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway
N. C. Moore
Colby
Tirley
Tronwood
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Pittsburg
Chicago
Lake Shore Railway
A Maid of the Mist Touches Clouds From Manitou Hotel
A 16 year old girl climbs toward drifting white clouds from the Manitou hotel veranda, straying into a mountain trail above the Mount Washington area. Spectators on the porch and across the glen hear cheers as she ascends into the vapor and nears the cloud line.
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Maniton
Cameron
Hiawatha Mountain
Mount Washington
Inter Ocean
Shop hours regulation bill aims at 10pm weekends in England
Sir John Lubbock has introduced a shop hours bill to close shops by 10 pm on Saturdays and holidays and 8 pm on other days, starting January 1. Exemptions include taverns refreshment houses tobacconists and news agencies. Fines apply to late openings for occupiers. Chemists can dispense medicines after hours but must keep shops closed visibly after the cutoffs.
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Sir John Lubbock
England
London
Deaf and dumb dramatic club stages Hamlet in Brooklyn
A mute dramatic club in Brooklyn presented Hamlet with all dialogue interpreted by mouth. The treasurer stood on a table at the proscenium to relay lines, a method described as tedious yet the speaking parts moved briskly, according to the Argo naut.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Worcester reception for George Bancroft stirs town pride
Worcester residents greet George Bancroft with cheers as he returns to his hometown. Other items note Brooklyn Connecticut shingles replacement, Reno ant fighting pastime, an Italian mother inspecting a child, and a cantata bell casting for The Golden Legend.
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Worcester
Mass
George Bancroft
Chicago Times
Reno
Nev
Chicago
Boston Pledge Circulates Over Early Leaf Color
A citywide pledge circulate seeks signatures promising not to criticize the season's leaf color or unusually early cold. The handwritten note urges residents to refrain from remarks about autumn when discussing weather.
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Boston
New Amusement Sought by The New New 4 Picayune
The New 4 Picayune calls for a fresh form of affordable amusements to replace existing skating rinks. The brief asks for ideas that are inexpensive to implement and can fill a current entertainment gap.
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Picayune
Notable World Figures and Events Sketched in NYC Letters
A digest of society notes and highlights from New York letters. Mentions include Oneida paying for corn, Elberon wedding gifts to A J Drexel, Rita Armstrong’s nuptials and large appreciations, John Boyle O’Reilly dedicating a poetry book, Mme. Adam’s La Nouvelle Revue salary, Empress Eugenie advised to seek Italian climate, Carnegie’s stone mansion plan near Cresson Springs, and Governor Porter’s Indiana history research.
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Oneida
Texas
Theelain
Mandalay
London
M. Bartholdi
Havre
New York
la Bretagne
John Boyle O'Reilly
Bohemia
Stanley
Mme
Adam Got
la Nouvelle Revue
Pablos Mountain
Kodiak
Alaska Peninsula
Montana
Ocean Grove
A. 8. Grant
Cramer
Potter
Rita Armstrong
A. J. Drexel
Elberon
Joel C. Harris
Remus
U. S. Grant
Long Branch
Empress Eugenie
Pma
Pisa
New York Post
Porter
Indiana
Chicago Times
Andrew Carnegie
Allehennes
Cresson Springs
Carnegie
Chicago Tribune
Hidden Soane rooms set to open at Lincoln's Inn Fields
The twenty sealed rooms of 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, long closed under Sir John Soane's will, will be opened. Rumors swirl over possible art treasures or a family secret that may interest current descendants.
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Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Sir John Soane
London
Dr. Clark
U. S
M. A. McLaughlin & CO
Skinner Bro
Denver
Col. N. B
Magyars Demand Liszt's Burial in Hungary
German papers note Liszt lived so long abroad that he appears to have forgotten the Hungarian language while his body is sought to be interred in his native land.
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Liszt
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Bonanga
Mich
Mx Bancroft
Unitarian
Conn
Sir Putnam
Old Pitt
Bunker Hill
Mulberry Street
Strasburg Cathedral
Arthur Sullivan
Leeds
Lucifer
Jesse
James
Fourhal
Meissonier
Paris
Venice
St. Mark's
John D. Lankenau
Philadelphia
Mary Drexel
Boston Transcript
John, Sartain
America
Edgar A. Poe
Harper’s Bazar
Adam Badean
Tom Ochiltree
Parterre
Donn Pratt
Gen. Grant
New York Mail and Express
W. Hamilton Gibson
Louisiana
New Orleans
C. B. Ramedell
Evans
Cooley Creamer
Cooley
Alex Ferguson
Weld County
Greeley
Colo
T. C. Mornery
Kt, Steele
T. C. Morley & CO
Scituates Prize
N. R
Fred Billings
Woodstock
Belle of Scituate
Scituates
H. B. Jackson
KE. H
John J. Stevens
Wilson's Book and Variety Store
A. Igo
J. F. Fezer
A.igo
Greeley, Colo
Walnut Street
Madison. Avenue
H. A. French
Educate
THE
Greeley Business College
Rocky Mountains
Wood
Mayarr
Portland and Louiville
Comey
Plaster OF Paris
RD Cross Paints
Marshall and Welch
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee
St Paul R
Eas
Rock Island Freeport
Elgin
Madison
Beloit
Winona
Rockford
Janesville
LaCrosse
Greeley Cole
Pullman
Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul
R. Meller
A. Vv
H. Carpenter
J F. Tucker
GHO
H. Heafpfor
J.T. Clark
Jones
Evi
Isaavos Th
Liga Ba
Hemtterp
Bodon
Iis Tel
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
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