Alaska’s riches spark optimism after early prospects
The Register notes Alaska yields gold petroleum and coal in abundance, easing fears that the purchase was a risky gamble. It recalls three Ionia youths who planned to seek fortune. in Chicago one ran out of money and vanished, the others returned home with a sheriff locating the missing companion. The tale underlines the dangers faced by early gold hunters as spring approaches.
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Alaska
Ionia
Mich
Chicago
Novorossiysk Port Becomes Grain Export Hub in Winter
The new Russian port at Novorossiysk at the railway terminus concentrates traffic from southern grain districts and is crucial for grain exports. It remains ice free all winter, unlike Odessa and Axoff, and boasts an electric elevator and well equipped facilities.
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Novorossisk
Russia
Odessa
Axoff
Mexico Bride Story Linked To 12-Year-Old Missing Daughter
Miss Dickerson of Mexico Mo ran away last week and married Mr Ernest Cross. The bride wore a pink muslin knee length gown. Coincidentally Thomas Dickerson also from Mexico reported his 12-year-old daughter missing but later learned she was the bride.
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Dickerson
Mexico
Ernest Cross
Thos. Dickerson
Magnitude of a Firm Planned English Summer Outing
The piece describes a large scale employer outing in England that serves ten thousand people connected to a single firm. It notes sixteen special trains, hotel and restaurant bookings, pleasure steamers, bathing machines, bands, and other arrangements, all funded by the firm with the aim of boosting morale and productivity.
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England
Banking branches knit East and West in Canada model
The article notes interest rates differ 4 to 8 percent across western and eastern states while East and West Canada vary only 1 to 2 percent. It cites the American Agriculturist on Canada’s many branch banks, with 38 banks and over 500 branches in 287 towns, linking surplus eastern savings with western expansion. It praises faster loans for farmers and sees Canada’s system as a partial model for rural credit needs despite flaws.
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East Canada
West Canada
Scotland
Canada
Booth-Tucker seeks Denver loan to fund Arkansas valley colony
Commander Booth-Tucker tours Colorado seeking local capital to back a Colorado colony amid apathy from Denver elites. He plans 500–15,000 acre tracts for 500 families with irrigation expertise from his Salvation Army background, targeting Holly or Lamar for land cheapness. a public meeting may be held before his departure.
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Denver
The
Republican
Booth-Tucker
Coliseum
Colorado
California
Claus Spreckles
Salinas Valley
Clearing House Association
Beckles
Arkansas Valley
Ford
Rocky Ford
James A. Crowley
Holly
Lamar
Pueblo
Salvation Army
India
Land Grant Appeals Move Toward Supreme Court
Mat G. Reynolds of the land court departed for Washington to represent the government in twenty three land grant cases appealed from the Court of Private Land Claims. The disputes cover over one million acres split roughly equally between New Mexico and Arizona. Major matters include several significant grant questions.
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Karl B. Lee
Denver
Gila
Colorado
Yuma
Juan
Mission Lands
Court of Private Land Claims
Santa Fe
N. M
Mat G. Reynolds
The
Land Court
Washington
Supreme Court
New Mexico
Arizona
Venezacian Umpire Chosen for Boundary Arbitration
Washington readers learn that a fifth umpire for the British Venezuelan boundary dispute will be named by the sitting arbitrators though the exact identity is not yet released. The panel includes Venezuela's side Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Washington
Baron Courcelle
Oscar
Sweden
Venezuela
Fuller
Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Fierce Attack on Camp Nawagal by Insurgent Tribes
A Lakari dispatch reports Haddad Mullah leading a large insurgent force against Camp Nawagal at 9 PM Monday. British defenses with General Sir Bincep Blood and General Elles repel multiple frontal charges. Blood supports Elles and Jeffreys amid Mahnund troubles, consolidating forces at Lakari.
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Peshawar
Lakari
Haddad Mullah
Nawagal
Bincep Blood
General Blood
General Elles
Blood
Elles
Jeffreys
Kansas City Moves to Shut Down Pool Rooms
Police Chief Hayes was ordered by the Police Board and Mayor Jones to suppress all gambling houses in Kansas City. The mayor called the stance that pool rooms can operate under license untenable and urged raids daily until gamblers stop. The fight follows July anti pool room law and ongoing Criminal Court appeals. Dr J W McCowan seeks $1250 in restitution after losing money in a bucket shop.
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Kansas City
Hayes
Lexow
Jones
Gregory
Caim
Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Criminal Court
J. W. McCowan
Explosion in Williams County Coal Mine Kills One
An explosion of gas at the Williams County coal mine in Marion Illinois today leaves one man dead and three fatally injured. Six others are severely burned and bruised, with an unknown miner reportedly trapped in the shaft and presumed dead.
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Marion
Williams County
Cure a Cold in One Day Claims and Local Cycling Note
An old advert claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. It also notes that in Johannesburg South Africa 4 000 of 104 000 inhabitants are bicyclists.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
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