Lost mine tale spurs west coast treasure search
Southern California prospectors chase a legendary gold mine linked to Peg Leg Smith. The story claims a trapper rediscovered gold brass mistaken for metal, triggering a later expedition along the Gila and Colorado regions. Miners plan a perilous trek across 15,000 square miles seeking the “Pes-Leg Smith” hoard.
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California
New York World
Gila River
Smith
Gila
Santa Fe
Ming
Marshall
Peg-Leg
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Colorado
Carrico Creek
Indiana
Visit Sees Novelist Clark Russell in Ill Health
A visitor describes the well known novelist Clark Russell greeting guests with warmth and cheer while confined by chronic rheumatism. Despite months of illness he remains lively at home, entertaining family and visitors as he endures wheel chair mobility and constant care.
Milan Hats Mara d Asty as New Opera Sensation
Milan fans swarm to hear Miss Mara d Asty, a beautiful Roumanian soprano, as her performance shocks the city. Critics call her almost a phenomenon and predict she may become Patti’s successor in the operatic world.
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Milan
Mara d’Asty
Adelina Patti
Chipper-Sponger Celebrates 71st Birthday
The Richmond Dispatch notes Chipper-Sponger marked his 71st birthday yesterday with a joking remark about a "goal" of life. The piece questions why this milestone should seem different for him, describing him as a lifelong borrower now living on borrowed time.
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Chipper
Sponger
Lipper
Richmond Dispatch
Behind the Times Exchange in a Lively Quip
A humorous exchange quotes a colonel claiming a silver plate descended from his great grandmother and a laugh about being behind the times. Mrs Perve interjects with a blessing, remarking on the era above. The dialogue reflects playful aristocratic nostalgia.
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Soul
Not To Bac Stop Smoking and Cure Claims
Chorus of patent medicine pitches and quack cures clutter a 1890s page with ads for Not To Bac tobacco quit aids and Piso's Cure. Spurious testimonials mix with sensational health claims about strength and vitality. Snakes, wild animals, and fearmongering notes appear beside questionable health remedies and love quips from unrelated comic blurbs.
Did You Ever See Indian Picture Offer
A vintage railroad promotion suggests sending a two cent stamp to the General Passenger Agent of Colorado land in Denver to receive a colored image of an Indian. The item promotes mail order imagery with a playful tone and regional branding.
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Colorado Land Railroad
Denver
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Clark Russell
Mare de Asty
the Times
Chicago
New York
Simon
Anna M. Ross
Willtiamsport, Pa
Barbara
Riss
India
Peaser
Ehlef
Ower
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Sanko
Bosanko
Phila
Acme
Acme Company
Wendell St
Continenta
Tan Maclaren
Rudyard Kifling
Mall Caine
Frank KR
Stockton
Harold Frederic
Lillian
Aliceongfellow
Gui Arner
Thomas B. Reed
Andrew Carnegie
KR. E. Peary
Cyrus Edson
Lyman
Tur Companion
Ig7
Dackbers
Mame
Pandy Cathartig
Sterling Remedy CO
Montreal
Can
Walter Baker & Co
Warren Waxer & Co
Dorchester
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