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Various Local Anecdotes and National Topics in Michigan and Elsewhere
A mosaic of brief notes covers school dancing bans in Traverse City and debates on the electric chair in legislatures. It notes a Colorado woman kissing Ben Tillman during silver agitation, rumors about General Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick, a laughing herb near Shanghai, and gold production estimates in Alaska. Also mentioned are Minnesota and South Dakota sentiment for silver, Mrs. Thomas Buchanan’s canal survey chatter, Paw Paw society changes, Jerome district mining activity, and a Verde mill expansion adding stamping capacity for ore processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Cherry Creek
Watsom Donald
Rocus
Ean
Whase
Bond