The Cape Horn Gold Diggings Adventure Spearheaded
A sweeping account argues that South American goldfields between Cape Horn and Magellan offer massive placer riches yet extreme danger. It details the 1586 find near El Paramo, the Sloggett bay lure, harsh gales, brutal terrain, and the lure of adventurous youth chasing wealth and hard-won experience in Tierra del Fuego.
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Cape Horn
Barney Barnato
Midas
Monte Cristo
London
South Africa
South America
Australia
California
Atlantic
el Dorado
John R. Spears
Strait of Magellan
Tierra del Fuego
Punta Arenas
San Francisco
Virginia City
Nevada
Don Grégorio Ibanez
Cape Virgin
Patagonia
Don Gregorio
United States
el Paramo
Popper
Buenos Ayres
Paramo
Colorado
Mojave Desert
Checkers Along Shore Championship Game Draws Crowd
Longshoremen on West Street gather for a skillful checkers contest described as a brick and stone version of the game. Two players on a platform rearrange bricks as kings and pieces, drawing a cheering crowd when a successful coup secures victory for the West Street champion over a South Street challenger.
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West Street
Akill
West
South Street
New York Sun
State Sued Over Moose Attack in Peculiar Case
A Willow River homesteader Alexander Phair sues the state of Minnesota claiming liability for injuries after a moose attacked him on his way to Grand Rapids. He argues the animal is a ward of the state and that self defense was hindered by legal restrictions on killing the beast. The suit tests state responsibility for protected wildlife.
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Minnesota
Alexander Phair
Willow River
Grand Rapids
Phair
Chicago Tribune
Old couple parts in life and poverty near Clifton Ohio
An elderly couple, childless and penniless after a long marriage near Clifton Ohio, faces winter since relatives will care for the wife but not the husband. The wife leaves with friends, while the husband heads to the poorhouse. In Norris town Pa, three offenders receive a Puritanlike sentence to attend church for 12 Sundays after assault and battery.
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Norristown
Wilson’s Life Story Returns After 24 Years Away
J B Wilson, long believed dead by his Brazil Indiana family, reappeared after nearly a quarter century. He had left in 1860 for Kansas, then joined prospectors in Indian Territory where a massacre left him unconscious with a head wound. Government troops saved him, and he later lost memory until a Florida visit revived it. A pension mixup revealed his survival, leading to his homecoming.
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Brazil
Ind
J. B. Wilson
Kansas
Indian Territory
Florida
Wilson
Cincinnati Enquirer
Oregon
Dallas
Granite Blasters Prepare For Record Breaking Explosion
Coastal Maine activity near Long Cove in Knox county features two laborers Andrew Johnson and Henry Hendrickson blasting a tunnel to topple 100000 tons of Maine granite. The plan includes dual hermetically sealed caverns and a back battery of wires likely to trigger a massive detonation near the quarry.
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Maine
State Point
Long Cove
Knox County
Andrew Johnson
Henry Hendrickson
Booth Bros
Hurricane Isle Granite Company
Pittsburg
Liberty Bell Visit Sparks Southern Patriotism in Atlanta
Philadelphia delegates received with ovation as the Liberty Bell arrives in Atlanta. The Liberty Bell, loaned by Philadelphia, inspires a holiday and strong patriotic sentiment across the city and along its route. A Chicago Times-Herald Washington correspondence notes Spain’s slow evolution and Cuba’s path to home rule, urging swords over swords for independence.
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North Atlantic Squadron
United States
Venezuela
British Guiana
Herbert
Valparaiso
Chicago Times-Herald
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Dixie
Boston Herald
Liberty
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Cleveland
Spain
Cuba
Columbus
America
Washington Cor
Paradox Personified by William Mahone
The Boston Herald surveys the life of William Mahone as a dramatic paradox from aristocratic birth to plebeian career. Once Virginia’s richest man he rose to popularity yet ended bankrupt, admired and detested in equal measure.
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William Mahone
Virginia
Boston Herald
Outrage in Chicago Police Court Fine for Sleeping in Church
A Chicago police court fined a man ten dollars for sleeping in a church. The New York Journal cites municipal revenue zeal and hints at broader punitive aims beyond the incident.
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Chicago
New York Journal
Editors urged to follow example of governors in prize fighting era
A Washington Star item notes editors should imitate Govern or Culberson to save prize fighting as an art. A Maine editor sent young Marion Claveland a poodle while many editors focus on guiding her father, a gesture echoed in Galveston News reporting.
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Culberson
Washington Star
Maine
Marion Claveland
Galveston News
Enid
Two Step Dances Dominate This Year's Social Season
The New York World surveys social dancing with the two step at the lead under new names such as Trilby and Yale two step. It notes a standard set of lancers, a shift to four figures, and a mix of waltz caprice polka and coach figures, as debutantes and beaux practice new forms amid prize favors for best form and timing.
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Sesson
Bournique
American Society of Professors of Dancing
Saratoga
New York World
Four venues tell a life tale of eat drink and die
A West Side observer recalls a row of four nearby establishments a restaurant a saloon a concert hall and an undertaker noting the stark contrast between merriment and mortality. The reflection echoes the old saying eat drink and be merry for tomorrow die and the undertaker comes. The piece ties the scene to broader musings on life and fate.
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Svid
West Side
Chicago
Canadian Competition Hits American Farmers Along the Border
An official report shows Canadian farm imports from Ontario Quebec and maritime provinces reached over 1 500 000 in three months ending March 31 begging anxiety for American producers. Wool barley beans hides horses eggs potatoes tobacco hay and poultry lead the list as Canadian supplies threaten U S markets and push prices down along border towns.
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State Department
Washington
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Whiffs from Chicago and a Wedding Picture Gag
A quaint Chicago society note recounts a bemusing wedding gift scheme by an elderly woman. She presents three couples with duplicate steel plates titled Suffer little children to come unto me, provoking amused suspicion before the intended moral becomes clear. Also includes a New York wedding notice and stray anecdotes about editors, police, and a cannon joke, followed by a Mount Rainier tale and a railroad promotion with a book offer and excursion details.
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Netiery
Benedict
Christ
Fiim
Northern Pacific Railroad
North Pacific Coast
United States
Mount Rainier
Tacoma
Railroad Co
Cias
S. Fem
St. Paul
Minn
Life and duties of railroad trainmen described
A historic notice summarizes rail travel etiquette and passenger conduct. It cites engraved advice from a major railroad as guidance for tickets, baggage, and proper use of passes. The piece also shares testimonials on irrigation farming and early medical remedies, highlighting advice from multiple readers and vendors.
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Masconger
Violet
Parssongers
Burlington
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Denver
W. J
Kenyon
Gen. Vasa
St. Paul
Minn
Atlanta Exposition round trip excursion tickets on sale now
Round trip excursion tickets are now on sale for the Atlanta Exposition and will be until December sist, at 300. Final return limit January 7th, 106. No stop overs in either direction. M. M. Onan, Agt. Acts at once, never fails. One Minute Cough Cure promotes immediate relief for coughs and colds. For sale at Hogan's City Drug Store, Lanark, 20 and 50 cents per bottle.
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M. M. Onis
Apt
Annapolis
Jom G Brooms
Main St
Mechanicsville
St. Mary County
A. . McGuor
Wm. Hogan
City Drug Store
Atlanta Exposition
M. M. Onan
Agt
Austin
Hogan
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