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Newspaper

Orange County Observer

Location

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1912

Page

3

Daylight's Yukon Venture and Love in a Harsh North

Elam Harnish known as Burning Daylight faces a gold rush gambles away his fortune yet gains a mail contract. He pursues wealth and romance with Dede Mason, debating legitimacy of wealth while recalling Ophir's dam and his own building feats amid a swirl of high finance in San Francisco and Dawson.

Elam Harnish Alaska Circle City Tivoli Harish Yukon Tivoli Newld Hamish Dawson Klondike New York San Francisco Dede Mason Daylight Dede United States Steel Corporation Carnegie Homestead Ophir

Grand Bay Area plan to reshape transport and land use

In a dramatic dialogue, Daylight outlines a bold economic gambit: buy hills and quarries from Oakland to San Leandro, plant millions of trees, and merge streetcar systems to create faster ferry crossings. He envisions land value surges as transit improves, with offshore ferries shrinking travel time and spurring development.

Ophir Dede Berkeley San Leandro Piedmont Oakland San Francisco United States Bay Daylight Alameda Goat Island Ro &E

Mrs. Littleton Wins Senate Committee Support for Monticello Study

Mrs. Martin W. Littleton secured unanimous Senate committee authorization for a favorable report on a resolution creating a joint committee of five senators and five representatives to study government acquisition of Monticello. Opponent Representative Levy refuses to sell. eminent domain hinted as possible if public demand is shown.

Martin W. Littleton Littleton New York Senate Committee On Library Martine Monticello Thomas Jefferson Mount Vernon Arlington Jefferson M. Levy Duke Levy Senator Cummins Cummins

Czar's Cousin Guards Romance Spark At Court

Grand Duke Gabriel Constantinovich, a czar cousin and 25, pursues Xenia Ivanovna, his former sister's governess and now companion. Forbidden love triggers a guarded, dramatic chase amid court gossip as his father seeks exile while the czar hints at marriage, prompting a potential sanity inquiry.

Gabriel Constantinovich Xenia Ivanovna Gabriel Xenia Paul Grand Duke Constantine Moscow Ducal

Surrender for Lord Kitchener Prophesies Marriage Rumor

A London society forecast says Lord Kitchener will marry soon after returning from Egypt. A close friend reports the famed soldier softening toward marriage and planning a life with a wife on his English estate. The rumor notes implications for India as viceroy and Mayfair society flutter.

London Egypt Lord Kitchener Kitchener Mayfair India

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Martin Lden The New York Herald Company MacMillan Company Mr. Harnish Mrs. Littleton Czar
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