Unlucky at Last Millionaire Miner Baldwin Holds Directors
In a San Francisco incident a gunman named Baldwin, famed as a “Lucky” with a pistol, forced a bank directors meeting to adjourn by drawing guns and demanding his attorney deliver papers. His dramatic stand, later settled in court, was tied to a disputed $10,000,000 Santa Anita ranch claim and other high stakes.
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Bald Pate
Thera
Baldwin
Sharon
Hle Brama
Santa,Anita Ranch
California
Utah
San Francisco
O'Brien
Flood
Relston
Hank
Maléwin
The Life of Lucky Baldwin Shaped by Fortune and Folly
A detailed portrait of Elias J. Baldwin known as Lucky Baldwin. Once a $20 million mining magnate, he faces financial peril at 76 with $165000 yearly interest costs. Despite gambling on properties and a flamboyant private life, he remains convinced of luck as he plans a spring Klondyke expedition.
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Elias J. Baldwin
Bullarg
Klon
el Dorado
Lucky
Baldwin
Liza Ashley
Nice
Tim
Slater
Miss Ashley
Verona Baldwin
Ashley
Turnip Planting Tips for July Sowing on Farm
The article notes turnip crops are variable and July sowing may work in some seasons. It suggests sowing seed on the 20th if needed, with later sowing possible. If squirrels are active, reseed in cornfield areas. Drill 16 inches apart, then thin and cultivate.
St Mary le Strand Burial Ground and Dickens Era Graveyard
The fragment references St Mary le Strand burial ground once known as the Poor Joe graveyard at Break House. It notes a long-disused churchyard and mentions a fox cutting through the area as part of a Dickens era context.
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St. Mary-le-Strand
Joe
Dickens
Ator
Farm and One Geck. A DIY sack-holding device.
A Massachusetts ploughman describes a crude contraption to hold a sack open. He instructs procuring a two inch by three feet plank, bore holes, insert five foot hickory poles, fit blocks with rock fastenings, and use two bands to keep the top open. The device uses rocks and hooks to spread the sack.
Beets and peppers for farm feeding and profits
The article discusses using beets as a green feed for hogs and sows, noting beets support milk production but require grain to prevent weight loss. It also highlights pepper cultivation as profitable, advising hot beds, March sowing, thin rows, and setting out by early June for steady demand and favorable fall prices.
The Douglass Mixture for Poultry Care
The Douglass Mixture recipe outlines dissolving copperas in water, adding sulphuric acid, and storing in stone jug with proper sealing. It notes a tablespoonful dose per quart of drinking water and warns that sulphuric acid is poisonous and must be handled carefully. It mentions uses for soup cholera and other ailments and cites Homestead as the source.
Thrash in horses and care for the frog
A farmer’s advice explains thrash, a hoof ailment in heavy horses caused by dirty stalls and moisture. It describes stages from irritation to potential canker, and prescribes strict stall cleanliness, frequent applications of strong car delelation, and keeping feet dry. When lameness appears, hot fomentations and charcoal poultices are suggested.
Shade and Order for Living Areas in the Farmyards
New York Farmer stresses that shade trees should not shade the house and urges pleasant, convenient, and healthy surroundings. It argues that order and dedicated spaces improve life on farms, and that persistence yields reward as better methods follow. The excerpt notes a striped melon beetle, a six legged insect damaging melons cucumbers and pumpkins.
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Lfe
New York
Tale
Tomato cultivation tips from old American Farmer era
The passage describes pests attacking vines and melons, noting grubs tunnel near roots and later harm foliage and fruit. It advises Parla green spray or ash and flour mixtures, sulfur mixtures, and gentle morning applications. Tomatoes are praised as a highly important crop that responds to watering, manure, pruning, staking, and careful care for profitable yields.
Notable historical assassination attempts list
A compiled ledger of various attempted assassinations spanning 1780 to 1880s, naming figures from England France Russia Prussia Austria and beyond. Notable entries include George III, Napoleon Bonaparte, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Abdul Aziz, with dates ranging from 1789 to 1880 and mentions of conspirators and methods.
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George SI
England
Mac
Margaret Nicholson
James Hatfeld
Pant
Czar
Russia
Sables
Spencer Percival
Bellingham
George TV
Aneuet Kotzebue
Meunier
Darmes
Lezomte
Henry
Denis Affre
Paris
Rossi
Comte Pellegrino
Frederick William IV
Prussia
Suselage
Francis Joseph
Austria
Libenyi
Irebv
Ferdinand
Charles HL
Parma
Tgabetla II
Spain
Ta Kiva
Merino
Raymond Fuentes
Napoleon Iid
Pianori
Bellemarre
Paria
Richard, Earl of Mayo
India
Shere Ali
Andaman Island
Bismarck, Prince
Bilad
Kuliman
Abdul Aziz
Turkey
Busseln
Avel
Hissan
Buta
Alfonso XII
J. GO. Moneasl
Francisco Otero Gonzalez
Loris Melikoff
J. Pietraro
Alexander IE
Rossia
Notable Assassinations and Attacks Across History
A garbled OCR list references multiple political figures and violent acts across centuries. It mentions President Garfield shot in 1881 and dying, Carnot stabbed in 1894, Bulgarian ex-premier Stambulogt attacked in 1995, plus various dated incidents in Paris St Petersburg and Saint Petersburg with years ranging from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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Karalezow
St. Peterahu
Bercoweki
Paris
Alexander Solovalf
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Wis Waa
St. Peteraburg
Garfield
James A
United States
Charles Jules Guitean
Washington
Guitean
Maria Francois Sadi Carnot
France
Lyone
Ceasaré Satito
Stagtelans
Bulgaria
The Hobby and the Fal A Bizarre Passion in Lens of Leisure
The piece outlines how hobbies vary from soothing pastimes to disruptive obsessions. It notes that even modest pursuits can grow into consuming passions that shape a person’s life, sometimes straining relationships, with the “pestilent creature” described as a dominating hobby that can overwhelm its owner and his family.
Notes of the Day From Various Locales
Nearby Vanceburg Kentucky an apple tree bearing fruit for ninety years is noted while near Brunswick Maryland a cow that twin calved last summer did the same again. A sea lion is said to roam between Lowell and Lawrence, once kept by a menagerie. An American writer in Spain notes travel losses. A new diesel engine uses about six thousand parts with precise assembly. A pastel paper label device applies labels to cans in ten hours. About one and a half million men work in coal mines globally with Britain at six hundred thirty six thousand and the United States at three hundred thousand. Metal miners number four thousand. The Oklahoma rush drew a thousand bushels of plume in a single day. Rev Dr Hancher of Grand Avenue M E church Kansas City opens a bicycle checkroom and a mothers room for babies during services.
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Vanceburg
Brunswick
Trice
Merriman Dyer
Lowell
Lawrence
Spain
Granada
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Oklahoma Country
Hancher
Grand Avene
Fragmented Verse Fragment in Questionable Text
A cryptic lament questions human glory and authority, asking why man should bow to others or rely on women. It frames man as a poor thing and questions the need for greatness or state rule, ending with a plea of pity for man.
Shipside Bond and Regret Echo on the Voyage
In a Detroit Journal excerpt, a speaker muses on friendship at sea and the ache of parting. A woman recalls traveling with her husband, while a second voice notes that sorrow can resemble mist, hinting at deeper loss aboard.
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Detroit Journal
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Kloodyke
Baldwin Willlows
Diatuck
Lucky Baldwin
Klondyke
Douglass
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