One Left In Town: Former Saloon Keeper Declares He Rules Gillette
In Topeka Kansas, Sam Bolger the former Topeka bartender and Cripple Creek veteran living alone in Gillette Colorado declares himself emperor of the deserted mining town. He recounts a life moving from saloon to boomtown, surviving fires and gold rushes, and choosing isolation since 1908.
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Topeka
Kan
Sam Bolger
Colorado
Gillette
Cole
Bolger
Jeff Topeka
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Old Mexico
Cripple Creek
Dollar Deflects a Bullet in Pendleton Saloon Fight
In Pendleton Oregon a silver dollar in Joe Hays’s shirt pocket interrupted a shooting by George Ackley a Syrian. Hays and Indian companion Patrick Isidore entered a restaurant and ordered hot tamales. A quarrel over Ackley escalated before the coin stopped the gunfire.
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Pendleton
Joe Hays
George Ackley
Hays
Patrick Isidore
Ackley
A. Quarrel Avith ‘Ackley
Heirs sue to recover $60,000 stock hidden since 1890
Heirs of John Gilmore Shelton file suit in St Louis against William H Thompson Trust Co and National Bank of Commerce to recover thirty shares of gas stock valued at $60,000 found by granddaughter Gracie J Rives in 1910. Stock from the old St Louis Gas Co later became part of Laclede Gas, with claimed no accounting prior. The petition seeks pro rata value plus 6 percent interest from 1890, pushing total above $200,000.
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St. Louis
John Gilmore Shelton
St. Louisans
William H. Thompson Trust Company
National Bank of Commerce
Shelton
Gracie J. Rives
Laclede Gas Company
Misa Rives
John @. Shelton, Jr
Inn
Ali
Missouri Wing Company
American Wine Company
Ohio and Mississippi
fragmentary note on bee experiment at city park
fragment mentions a bee in Westwego near a lagoon and a doctor White, but the text is garbled with unclear actions, locations, and dates. No clear event or outcome can be determined from the readable portions.
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Westwego
Iasi
Expecting Another Drop from Eva Divorce
Mrs Green visits Mrs White and discusses Eva's divorce status. Mrs White says Eva dropped all proceedings recently as her husband began aeroplane trips, and Eva decided to let the matter “go” and see what happens.
Seventeen Year Locusts Questioned by Parmer
A fragmentary dialogue questions the timing of seventeen year locusts. Parmer and Coratosgel discuss whether they appear on a seventeen year cycle or more frequently, debating how often the insects return and how long the effects last.
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London Mail
Gnee
Miss Lillah M’carthy
Colin
Syrian
Oregon Town
Jf.b
TD Gates
Glirl
Garret
John Q. Shelton
Ait Rives
Miss Rives
Jonn G. Shelton
West Point
Clas
Carpathians
Speaker
Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
James M. Thomson
New Orleans Item
Honeyshuck
Clark
Bowling Green
Miss Clark
France
POINT
H. G. Gibson
General Gibson
Military Academy
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