Puzzle for Jersey Assessors and Mining Speculation
The Morris county assessors report 171 acres gained in a year with gains and losses by townships including Roxbury expanding 494 acres while Washington and Chatham shrink. Also notes a rare mining opportunity in Tortilita Mining Company with $150,000 bullion from twelve Arizona mines and stock at 2 dollars a share.
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Newark
N. J
Morris County
Washington Township
Chatham
Pequanac
Randolph Township
Roxbury
Pfce
Tortilita Mines Promising Gold and Silver Venture
The Tortilita Gold and Silver Mining Company, based at 57 Broadway New York, promotes extensive discoveries in southern Arizona. Reports cite rich ore at By Chance Jesse Benton Red Peach and other mines, with plans for a twenty to forty stamp mill and strong dividends potential.
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Tortilita Gold and Silver Mines
Owl Head
Pinal CO
Arizona Ter
Survey O¢ Wort
Tortilita Gold and Silver Mining Company
Broadway
New York
America
McGovern
Jesse Benton
By Chance
Elmore
Bank of California
Emore
Pacific Coast
Tucson
Tortilita Company
Raymat
Vikol
Tortilita Gold and Silver Milling Company
Joseph H. Beall
American Agricultural and Dairy Association
Farmers of America
WIAT
Reall
Boston Globe
Tortilitas
Sam
Tucson Star
4. C. Hughes
Clements
Tortilita Mining
Arizona
D. T. Elmore
Pacific Slope
Nevada
San Francisco
Arizona Enterprise
Pinal County
Silver King
Vekol
Mammoth
Tortilitas Gold and Silver Mining Company
Owl Heads
Tertilita Company
New York Star
Jury Fines for Eating While Locked Up in Tudor Court
A historical note cites Henry VIII era cases where jurors were fined for eating or drinking while locked up before verdicts. It recounts Lord Chief Justice Reed fining jurors, the queen's bench ruling, and a Dyer's Reports instance showing jurors with pippins found on them and fines imposed for eating or not eating during confinement.
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Reed
Henry VIII
Queen’s Bench
Dyer
Castoria: A Century of Gentle Care in Ad Lines
An advertising verse traces Castoria through life stages from infant to grandmother, claiming the product soothes colic and stomach troubles across generations. The lyrical jingle emphasizes trust and continuity for children and families.
Lottery Tickets In The Daily Wheel Of Fortune
A narrator observes a Mexican man reading lottery sheets and buying more tickets after not winning. An elderly woman, a weary neighbor, buys a ticket and heads to the money office. A priest examines a ticket, a servant buys one, and even a beggar earns by tickets in a never stopping enterprise.
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Stroudsburg
Joseph Dennis
Kate Dennis
Davis P. Walton
Dennis
Joseph
Kate R
Kate
London
Siberia
X3 Baker
Raker
Baker
Phila
Jounal
F. A. North & CO
Philadelphia
Grand Outfit
Tang & Co
Augusta
Maine
The Quaker Bellows Story On A Horse Hoof And Touch
John Bellows relates a child episode where a horse’s hoof pressed the head without harm, the horse pausing to hold the boy as the team stopped. The tale emphasizes the horse’s powerful yet delicate sense of touch and memory of that moment.
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John Bellows
Friend Bellows
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Jersey
Tortilita
Tortilita Mining Company
Comstock
Boston Grove
THE
NEW York ‘Star
Wall Street
Ariz
Florence
Hartford Post
Hartford “Post
Owl’s Head
Post
Pacific
MacGovern
Comstocks
Lau
Castoria
Misa
Sphhr’s Grape Wines
Speer
Oporto
S P. J. Brandy
Alfred Speer
Passaic N. J
Keystone Hotel
Selinsgrove
Penna
U. S
Washington
C. A. Snow & CO
Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Mane
Excorn& Feed Mills
Springfield
Ohio
Ort
Udeer
IS al AS
TC Auer Taser
Co Hs Rae
Ann
J. Weidener
Sele
Second Street
Co-Operative
Heretstone Watch Club
Box
Keystone National Bank
Cit and Surety Co
Jamaica
Joseph Burnett & CO
Boston
Chicago
Natural History
John
Board of Health
Moore
County
George & Co
Portland, Maine
H. Hauer Co
Portland
Parkewood, Moore CO
H. D. Cushman
Three Rivers
Niin Ayer & Son's
Ilanual
Police Gazette
United States
Richard E, Fox
Franklin Square
Athens
Mabion
P. A. North
Chestnut Street
Spiadephta
Musicheeusic
Joe Mayreh
Keystone House
Reading
Marsh
Battle Creek Machinery Co
Attle Cattt
Harwood
Furniture
Piper A
Ab Ft
Reading Organ CO
F. J. Kantner
IT Atgr
Palmer
H. H. Palmer & CO
Rockford, Il
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