Panama canal death toll and regional bids spark concern
A letter from Aspinwal reports eighteen of thirty Belgian canal workers in Panama died from Tathmua fever, with a total claimed death toll near one thousand since work began. Potential bidders Huerne Stevens & Lynch propose a low price to excavate six tillions cubic metres, facing swamp and alluvial soil. The piece also mentions panama deaths during rail construction and notes Western land title debates, plus Senate inquiry into Star Route corruption and other international updates from London, Paul, and Mecca.
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Nuw Yous
Aspinwal
Panama Canal
Huerne, Stevens & Lynch
San Francisco
Panama
The Salt Lake Racer Ruffian Ends Frontier Tramp
In 1860 near Denver two Utah outlaws, Tom Hunt and Jim Harrison, arrive with Border Ruffian the famed Salt Lake racer. Sick horse and battered party intrigue locals as Ruffian recalls his career and the Mormon turf era amid peril and frontier drama.
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Denver
Salt Lake Trail
Cabin
Elephant Corral
Salt Lake
Tom Hunt
Jim Harrison
Utah
Euddle
Hunt
Salt Lake City
Overland Road
Harrison
Rouffian
Roffan
Multtude
Webber Canyon
A .B. Miller
Ruffian and Chief Face Historic Mile Race Riot at Denver
Ruffian the fastest horse teams with Chief in a sunlit mile heat on September 10 near Denver. Thousands crowd the frontier track as violence erupts over bets, with $95,000 purse and rival owners leading a chaotic chase across Mockingbird Canyon.
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Greer
Iowa
Ruffian
Rocky Mountain
MacNassar Farm
Denver
Tarryall
Breckinridge
Alia
California Gulch
Clear Gulch
Chief
Westake
Greer Boys
United States
Charles Hamilton
Eugene Teate
Eats
Hamilton
Wirea
Don Orem
Charles Switz
Twiges
Notable Turf Riot and Mysterious Horsefolk Tale
A brutal melee over a $95.05 nugget ends with the Greer brothers and companions seizing the prize and loading it for town under guard. Many stabbed or shot, but none die. The Mormon racer Ruffian, once famed, declines after a pivotal race and is later found lifeless. Also ad copy extols remedies for consumption and stomach issues, touting Haes Hongy, Pike’s Toothache Drops, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, Glenn’s Sulphur Soap, and Hinn’s Tamarind Wrusker Dre.
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Greer Brothers
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ACORN
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Frank
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Justin
Belmont
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Murray
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Teugguteet
Murray St
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Vick
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Ager
M. C. P. Rowell & Co
Spruce Scott House
Deer Lodge
Sam. Scott
ST. Vincent's Academy
Helena, M. T
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Sisters of Charity
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Levine
Daily Independent
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Senate Committee On Public Lands
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Helena Township
Ira Bateman
Albert Kleinschmidt
Reinhold Kleinschmidt
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Buen
Kleinschmidt & Brothers
Wbole
Inintus
Advi
Justice of the
Third Judicial District
Territory of
Lewis and Ghirke
Mary L. Hope
Richard Hope
Third Judicial Distriet
Kebruany
Beattie
Masseaa Hillard
Jeb. Tisddin
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Belafont Township
Kemp
Bruce Wilbon
Lawrence Walsh
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Belmont Township
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A. R. H. Kemp
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Hewes
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