The Great Gold Find and James Marshall's Leap
A detailed recounting of the 1848 discovery of gold by James Marshall at Sutter’s Mill, his initial fortune and poverty, and the lasting impact on California and global commerce. It covers Marshall’s life from Baden to California, his pension, and the bronze statue at Coloma marking the find. It notes the scale of the gold rush and the broad economic ripple across the United States.
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Malyright
James Marshall
Union
Alaska
California
Wisconsin
Lillie
Congress
Washington
Lititz
Sucher
Wanderer
Baden
Germany
Berne
Sinles
Sue Sosgare
Tuileriés
Switzerland
America
Sutter
Plains
Oregon
Ialden
Jie
Seerrmento
New Helvetia
Moxical
Mexico
Isnel Sutter
Dan
Ranceatt
Wilson Marshall
Johnny Sutter
Marshall
Dore
Sutcee
Coalomag
Yas
Colmar
James Marshmid
Marshell
United States Army
Jyate
Coloma
United States
Bold Robbery Aboard German Liner Revealed In Vienna
Details emerge of a bold sea robbery on a German liner between China and England. An arrested sailor confessed involvement, noting a ringleader who had prior experience, as detectives trace a carefully planned heist of mail room specie bound for English firms. Large sums were found and loot discussed as hush money.
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China
Japan
England
Wirah
Anyl
Rabery
Robbery Aboard Ship Leads to Legal Action in London
An English ship faces a likely negligence action by the consigners after a crew theft. Perpetrators emptied a pox and filled it with bullion secretly brought aboard. The arrested sailor acted fearful during his watch, while the ringleader aided the plot and indicated the hidden hoard. The stash, hidden in the rugbey-house, included about 400 Japanese and American gold coins and fifteen twenty-dollar pieces. The money was wrapped in an oilskin and concealed in the berths. The case may go to English courts for damages.
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Herald
Rugbey-House
Vieaus Une Dey
Lew
London Mail
Last English centenarian clung to pie tail fashion
An elderly Londoner, claimed by Pearson's Weekly to be England's last wearer of the old pie tail headdress from George II's era, is described as a picturesque, vain dandy. His white tittle queue, blue rib bon knot, corded knee breeches, low buckle shoes, and flowered waistcoat painted a fading, squalid scene of bygone style. He boasted of being the only gentleman left dressed as a gentleman should be.
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Phere
East End
London
England
George II
Pearson's Weekly
Boney
Souvenir d Une Morte bound in human skin tale
In Camille Fkioumarien’s library a famed astronomer’s volume titled Souvenir d Une Morte is bound in human skin. A tale says Mr Flammari on admired a lady’s shoulders, and after her death enough skin was used to bind the next work, creating the curious volume.
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Pittsburg Pispatch
Camille Fkioumarien
Flammarion
Renowned boxer's vow and political jab cross paths
Scrap notes quote Bob Fitzsimmons urging a champion not to fight a foe until a specified year value. The passage also mentions President Crespo of Venezuela being decorated by the Kaiser with the Red Eagle order, interpreted as a thinly veiled challenge to U S policy under the Monroe Doctrine.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Oittener
Hlm
Teliaw
Denver Post
Kaiser
President Crespo
Venezuela
Am Hssidious
San Francisco
Religious sect found in Russia mortifies body by avoiding water
The Kansas City Journal notes a Russian sect that refuses soap and water as mortification, contrasting it with a large same-named following in the United States. The Globe Democrat adds that in America famine seen is only a freight-car famine, implying agricultural abundance for farmers.
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Russia
Kansas City Journal
Timine St. Laura
Emperor William in Olympus Puns on Thunderbolt Sliding
A fragmentary remark from the New York Press imagines if Emperor William had lived in old times he would have stepped forward on Mount Olympus to offer pointers on thunderbolt sliding. The quote preserves a witty historical comparison.
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William
Mount Olynmpus
New York Press
Australia Builds Mineral Wealth Beyond Gold
Australia is developing mineral wealth beyond gold with tin nearing 4,090 tons. Tasmania holds some of the world’s richest ore deposits and copper is becoming an important export as the nation expands its mining industry.
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Australia
Tasmania
Advertising as a business promoter and catalyst
An Ad Book from San Francisco argues advertising rarely sells goods directly. It says advertising educates and promotes, guiding salesmen to the deal the ad suggests. Advertising alone won’t build a business without the goods and the salesman behind it.
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San Francisco
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P. T. Barenum
New York
Stockton
Qualifornia
Kelsey
Eldorado County
Jones Marshall
le Henry Powter
Wawahe
Oregon and
Sicramente
Jonas A. Sutter
Fort Sutter
Australian Minerals
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