Letter from Capt Kidd Tells of Hidden Boston Harbor Treasure
A 200 year old Captain Kidd letter to John Batley, dated 1700 01 from Boston, describes buried treasure on an island in Boston Harbor. It suggests 15 000 to 20 600 pounds in money jewels and diamonds hidden ten feet deep under a flat stone, with a starred omission masking exact location. The document, found with accompanying papers, is valued as historically credible by descendants and officials in Providence.
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Providence
R. I
Captain Kidd
John Batley
New York
record commissioners
Edward Field
municipal court of
Warner
Warwick
amoney
Boston
Boston harbor
England
gicu
Agricultural low mood and its causes report
The industrial commission on agriculture reports causes of farming malaise across regions. Westward land grants and lower freight rates drive eastern competition, pushing farmers to diversify into truck farming and fruit growing while perishable dairy spans longer distances. Conservatives and finance issues are noted, with southern labor and cotton focus discussed amid credit difficulties.
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Washington
industrial commission
commission
east
Atlantic
north Atlantic
south
Three More Convicts Captured After Alarming Breakout
Kansas City dispatch reports three more of the six dozen convicts from Fort Leavenworth were captured at a bazar near Cattenwood, Kan. after a fight. one guard was shot and another convict wounded. Nine escapes remain at large as authorities urge vigilance nationwide.
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Kansas City
Fort Leasenworth
Bazar
Cattenwood Parl
Kan
Gilbert Mullen
red Robinson
Sol Southerland Southerland
Atchison
fially
Frank Thompson
Oberlin M. Carter
engineers
Jump to escape flames ends fatally in Cleveland
A fire at N O Stone & Co on Euclid Avenue caused $75,000 in losses with $50,000 on stock and $25,000 on the building. Mrs. Graham, a corset factory owner on the fifth floor, died after a fall from a window into a fireman’s net. Other injured included Miss Jeanette Stratton and Kate Mulcahy.
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Cleveland
N. O. Stone & Co
Euclid avenue
Arnstein Brothers & Mier
Graham
Mrs. Graham
Miss Graham
sping
Jeanette Stratton
Kate Mulcahy
Rathbun Confession Details Lone Act in Goodman Death
Rathbun admits he acted alone in planning to abduct and ruin an insurance scheme tied to a dead man. He claims Goodman died from alcoholism, denies any accomplice, and provides a dramatic account of his hotel movements and the evidence police cite against him. The case centers on Rathbun’s assertion of lone culpability and the unknown fate of Goodman.
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Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Gerre Gordo Hooks
busines
Auris
Goodman
Indiana
Louisville
Newell
Techinan
Ind
Charles Goodman
Evansville
Sullivan
Applegate
Coots
Jeffernonville
Rathben
Rathbun
Captain Sullivan
Salvation army
Goodman laudarin
John D. Rodman
United States
Jeffersonville
Washington
Manchard
J. G. Pelton
Pelton
Donahue
Falls City
Ten Eycke
Murderer Respited by Governor Stone in Harrisburg
Governor Stone respites John Lutz of Luzerne county from November 21 to January 21 to allow Dr. Henry M. Wetheral of Philadelphia to appear before the state board of pardons on November 20. The delay follows payment of 1,500,000 dollars by the Kentucky Company. Dover reports the White Lick Gas and Oil Company of Henderson, Kentucky, capital 1,509,000 dollars, was incorporated, with powers to bore for all and to furnish light heat and power in the city.
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Trenton
Seaboard company
Oil Company
Rome
Rome Petroleum and Iron company
South Dakota
Chicago
Alabama
Georgia
Harrisburg
Stone
John Lutz
Luzerne county
Henry M. Wetheral
Philadelphia
state board of pardons
Kentucky Company
Dover
Det
White Lick Gas and Oil company
Henderson
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ss OL t elf
nat farvedll
N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
St Louis
bel
EBERT & SONS
Daytons, Surreys
MARKEY 'S
NORTH MARKET STREET
Sterling Silverware
GALT & BRO
Penn. Ave
Coleman’s
J.C. Farrag
Danville
Coleman
WILLIAMSON'S
Dr. iHNLE Exraatt
THE
CARROLLTON CHEMICAL CO., Sole Proprietors
BALTIMORE, MD
Harry
ERNEST HELFENSTEIN
W. Partick Sr
Frederick, Md
CAPT. KIDD
utt
James
Bishop McCabe
Cayenne
ALLEN ROHRBACK
nalaewe CITY HOTEL
Dr.Bulls
br. Bull
Ireland
London
Britain
Yorkshire
Dublin
J. F. Pfeteh
St. James Hotel
Richmond
F. G. Frese
Pfetch
Frank Margon
Milwaukee
Shuefields
W. Va
Thomas Sykes
Sam Davis
William Woolson
Plier
ueen Elisabeth
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Douglass Haynes
Bath
Blaisdell
Port Johnson
Yallowell
Luther T. Garretson
Nanturket Shoals
Luther T. Garreson
Reese's Harrison
Inarapaus, Inn
Coonel Foeestt
Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
W JI
Minter
Taylor
Christian Haddenus
Columbus
Adolph Kerier
Haddeus
M. Kerner
Broad and
Franklin streets
Murphy Varnish company
Nashua
N. M
milla
Nashua Manufacturing company
Jackson company
Winsted
Conn
Winsted Opera House
Wetmore block
RATAREN
Baltimore
Crneshta Steel Company of America
Cumberland
Clayton Station
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