Nome the Golden After Ten Years Have Passed
Andrew Reid profiles Nome in the Seward peninsula Alaska, noting over sixty million dollars in placer gold extracted in ten years. The piece surveys the harsh landscape, rapid town growth, and the enduring lure of gold, from ancient beaches to hydraulic mining, with wild stories of strikes and the promise of future quartz gains.
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Nome
Seward Peninsula
Seattle
Salmon Lake
United States
Northwest
San Francisco
Angelic verse and crowd surge end game in darkness
A fragmentary scene blends a romantic poem by Laing Hunt with a sports crowd. An ending remark by the umpire declares the game called due to darkness as spectators press around the wickedly contrasted tableau of verse and sport.
Contested Negro Baseball Game At Open Lot
The Philadelphia Times reports a great contest between two negro teams on open lots at Twelfth and Porter Streets. In the eighth inning the score was 2 to 8 with two on and two out. A hard-hit ball sent the runner around the bases as the center fielder flung the ball toward home and the catcher touched the runner as the umpire shouted.
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Philadelphia Times
Ywelfth
Porter Streets
Well Dressed Buyer Smashes Balzac Price At Bookshop
A sharply dressed man stood outside a Charing Cross Road bookseller examining Balzac illustrated by Gustav Doré. He offered seven shillings and, after a brief negotiation, accepted the highest bid and departed with the tome.
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Weekly Telegraph
Charing Cross Road
Balzac
Gustav Dore
Wrell
Oly Cob
Balzac Edition Sells For Seven Shillings Complaint Lodged
A book seller complained to police after a copy of Balzac sold for seven shillings in the edition. The incident prompted a police report and inquiry into the sale transaction and pricing practices.
Senators Argue Over Ages Amid Vegeatarian Jibe
The Washington Herald notes a light moment among aged senators as McCreary quizzed Frasier about his real age beyond the printed directory. The piece also mentions Depew growing older and turning to a meatless diet, seemingly amid lingering rheumatism.
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Anya
Washington Herald
Congressional
McCreary
Taliaferro
Foster
Milton
Fragier
Frazier
Frasier
Bragter
Depew
Jones Awaits Breakthrough After Slump In City League
A garbled note from a local basketball recap cites player Jones as enduring a scoring drought with missed shots in multiple straight games. Coaches urge focus on form and practice to regain rhythm and contribute as the season advances.
He Leadeth Me Poem Fragment From M W Greenleaf
A religious verse reflects on divine guidance amid sorrow and uncertainty. The speaker trusts God’s lead while renouncing worldly honors and possessions, acknowledging pain and loss as part of life and awaiting the heavenly path beyond. The fragment cites assurance and faith in eternal destiny.
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Aven's
Cors M. W. Greenleaf
Le Gallienne Summer Home in Prentice Woods
Buffalo Times reports poet Richard Le Gallienne kept a wooded hut in Prentice woods near East Aurora during the summer. He hosted readings and pink teas, hosted parties with Roycroft figures, and paid damages after a late night automobile party spooked farmer Prentice, ending his hermit spell for the season until spring.
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Elbertus
Buffalo Times
East Aurora
Richard le Gallienne
New York
le Gallienne
New York City
Métropolis
William Watson
Asquith
England
LaGallienne
Roycroft
Dickey
Prentice's Woods
LeGaliienne
Prentice
LeGal- Henne
la Gallienne
Buttonless Cutaway Sets London Fashion Trend
The New York Sun reports London men embrace a buttonless or single button Cunwey coat this spring. The style, started by the king, features braid links at the waist to hold sides apart, producing a horizontal offset across the waistcoat. The king extends the trend to evening dress, where a decorative onyx button appears at the flaps.
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London
New York Sun
Moat
Aldo
Oldest Ancestry Claims From East And West Compared
A Harper's Weekly overview contrasts European and Asian noble lineages with ancient origins. It cites the Mampower of Japan ruling for 2500 years, the Konqueror era 1066, and royal houses like Habsburg Bourbon and Campbell as examples, noting sacred records in Mecca for Mohammed's descendants.
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Harper's Weekly
Great Hritian
Mar
Scotland
Campbella
Argyl
Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
Japan
Nebuchadnesaar
B.C
Mohammed
Mecca
Submarines Reach New Speed Range
The latest submarines achieve speeds from eight to ten knots per hour, marking a notable advance in underwater propulsion and naval design.
Money Carries Disease A Debate From The Literary Digest
The piece reviews A Cressy Morrison and Warren W Hilditch claims on money transmitting disease. Morrison argues that negative tests on money reflect broader infection pathways as in water and food studies. He notes money may host bacteria like staphylococcus and may transfer pathogens such as diphtheria and tuberculosis through handling, urging precautions to curb circulation.
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A. Cressy Morrison
Chicago
Warren W. Hilditch
Yale
Orrison
Popular Science Monthly
New York
Hilditch
United States Treasury Department
Morrisan
Morrison
Park
A Bippo Folly in Brooklyn Station H Misnamed
W W Aulick recounts a poker party misled by a bachelor friend to Flatbush. After dinner in New York the group rides the Brooklyn L line seeking Station H only to end at an unnamed stop where a puzzled Irish ticket agent teases their error and sends them home.
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New York World
W. W. Aulick
Boswell
Astor
Flatbush
Broadway
New York
Latbush
Station H
Bridge
Brooklyn L
Friend Flatbush
Getting It Printed in London Like a Poet’s Cry of Print
Walter Browne, return from Europe with a tale of London where aspiring poets chase prints. In a Baker Street hotel the AmericanLondon Chicago trio overhears a young poet lament that no paper will print his work, until a grim joke about gas reveals a brutal truth and humor.
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New York
Walter Browne
Colonel Savage
Europe
Forty-second Street
London
Walter
Baker Street
Chicago
Ereell
Harry
Sister’s Novel From the Dallas Nova Causes Quiet Turmoil
A sister known for writing a novel secludes herself for weeks then reemerges altered. She eagerly awaits mail and receives fat packages from the postman. After a third delivery she burns papers in her room, then returns to normal behavior.
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Dallas
Sister
Ashe
Uline
Slater
Shiv
Tips in New York Hit by Higher Tipping Standards
Albert Davis of London says American tipping has risen notably since he visited seven years ago. He notes meal costs have grown and waiter service is pricier, yet claims New York waiters are among the most insolent he has encountered, while earning more than Europe.
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Nome
Seward Peninsula
Tenderfoot
Chilberg
Anvil
Seward
Albert Davis
London
England
New York Telegram
New York
Eingland
Europe
Aerial London Sketches Skyward View From a Balloon Over London
A balloonist has studied London's atmosphere for years and finds a striking view of the city from above. Dust and fibers swirl in the air up to about 6,000 feet, giving the city a imagined, layered aerial panorama. From higher altitudes one looks down on the ground like a distinct surface.
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London
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