See Yup and the Tailings Tale of a Fraudulent Boom
A frontier camp tale follows See Yup a Chinese cooly operator who profits from tailings and a borrowed gold dust scheme. Doctors miners and a Wells Fargo office expose a synthetic boom, leading to a forced sale and questions of legality and salting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
See Yup
San Francisco
Lee Yup
Wells, Fargo & Co
Shabbee
Cooly Company
Palmetto
See Yup Company
Cy Parker
See
Yap
Express Company
Witty Atheneum Club Founders Quip Recalled
Walter White, longtime assistant secretary of the Royal Society, records amusing maxims in his journals. A Croker quip about the Atheneum's founding notes that the Duke of Wellington, though not a author, is "a capital hand at reviews."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poy
Cy Parker
Lee Yup
Abe Wynford
Seo Yup
Jong
See Yup
Poker Jack
Shastz
Doc
Cy Parger
Parker
Shasta
Dr. Duchesne
Walter White
Royal Society
Atheneum Club of London
Atheneum Club
Croker
Duke of Wellington
Glass blowers entertain Middlesex with music and a fair
The town enjoyed a week of glass blowing at Music hall along with music and dancing. profits near 300 dollars. A church fair was planned, and snow removal cost 1287 dollars, with shovelers paid 25 cents per hour. The community learns of a recent death, Martha Ann Dodge, aged 78, and the forthcoming service in her memory at her home in Billerica.
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M. E. Church
Sweetser
Wm. L. Puffer
The
Institute of Technology
Herbert L. B. Lawton
Henry Donlon
Miss Glenn
Ruth Priest
Cora Stone Barnard
Town Hall
Wm. F. Young
Lakeside
Morrill & Atwood
Parker’s
Young’s
Touraine
Lake Quannapawitt
Martha A. Dodge
Martha A
Martha Ann Dodge
David Dodge
Charlestown
Richard Dodge
Tristram Dodge
Providence
R. I
Dodgeville
Attleboro
John Crawford Dodge
Philadelphia
George Henry Dodge
Billerica
Capt. Dodge
Roland Holden
Mrs. Fitch
Grace L. Knowles
Minot O. Simons
Whittier
Longfellow
God
Tom Glad
William Batt
Concord Reformatory
Mr. Batt
Quartette
Chadwick
Mr. Simons
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Quick Relief
A brief testimonial from Mrs. S A Lewis of 82 Grand Street recounts rapid relief from years of backache and urinary troubles after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Ellingwood & Co. The ad notes the 50 cent price, claims immediate improvement, and urges readers to remember the Doan's name and avoid substitutes. It cites Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo as sole US agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Lewis
82 Grand Street
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
United States
Doan
Imports of Manufactures in the United States in 1898
The Boston Herald notes importations of manufactures in 1898 surpassed imports for the first time, with total imports at $226,000,000 and exports at $291,000,000. Iron and steel imports fell below $13,000,000 while exports reached $70,000,000. Silk, wool, glass, cotton, chemicals, jewelry, toys, and feathers show varied trends across 1868 to 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cottom
Boston Herald
Local Patent Remedy Adverts Promise Refunds
A card from multiple firms including Geo C. Osgood and Brock & Co offers refunds on Greene's Syrup of Tar and a twenty five cent bottle guarantee. Also promotes Hood's Pills for cures and various ailments with claims of ease of use. Address given at 391 Middlesex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene’s
Geo. C. Osgood
M. D
G. C. Brock & Co
Ellingwood & Co
Central and
Middlesey
F. H. Futler & Co
Middlesex
C. F. Blanchard
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Wormield
Middlesex County
Sudbury
Wakefield
Lowell
Carter & Sherburne
Varnum Avenue
Pawtucket
Eewrecker Street
Gorham Street
Varney Street
Stevens Street
Bridge Street
Cestralville
Centralville
Queen Street
Rock Street
Cushing Street
Franklin Street
E. Podge
Central Street
T. H. Elliott
Milford
N. H
Fish & Plummer
Mass
Fich & Plummer
Lawrence
Central Trees
Walker
Grove Streets
Oenedish & Plummer
Owell
New Hampshire
Thomas F. Burgess
Hastings, Shaw, Burgess, Grace, Spaulding and
E Streets
M. L. Hamblet
Entitf
Mt. Vernon Street
A. J. Ryan
Billerica Centre
H. A. King
Moody Street
Race Street
Chelmsford
Grand Streets
U. S. N. Marine
Billings, King & Co
Pearl Street
New York
Emiir
Wansted
M. H
Citizen Office
Ripans Chemical Co
N. Y
Ejyls Ily
J.T. Rhodes & Sons
SEID
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack Street
Courier-Citizen
Hood
Lowell Rendering Co
A. L. Brooks
W. T. Griffin
Appleton Street
Meadowcroft Street
Courier
Wy. EH. Dodge
Central St
Frank W. Dobson
Central Block
Sewall G. Mack
Jacob Rogers
Samil E. Raymond
Levi Sprague
Alexander G.cummock
Georges. Motley
Edward M. Tucke
James Francis
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