Mountain Episode Leads Faraday To Colorado Gold
Faraday travels west to a Colorado mining camp with the Midas Gold Mining Co. He bonds with Margaret Floyd as accidents threaten workers near the Giants sluices. After a deadly near-miss, Floyd's father offers him a seat on the board and a future with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Floyd
New York
Floyd
Bud” Faraday
Rockies
Faraday
Kqinin Mght
Midas Gold Mining Company
Big Harry
Miss Floyd
Fung
Midas Company
Floyé
Little Mountain Station
Colorado’s Vast Peaks and Rich Resources Described
The passage highlights Colorado as the greatest silver and gold producer and notes the Rocky Mountains occupying vast space. It compares Alpine heights with Jungfrau, cites 300 mountains, 900 lakes, and 60 plus rivers, and mentions numerous towns and harsh Alpine parallels. It also references French colonies and wildlife supply in a fragmented survey of geography and economy.
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Rocky Mountains
Colorado
St. Bernard Pass
Remarkable Bird Flight Feats and Urban Transit Growth
A report from Sutton Ireland notes a nest of white blackbirds and the pigeons remarkable flight capacity. It cites a Nantes to Lancashire 440 mile journey in a day and a Shetlands to London 600 mile race completed in 16 hours at 37 mph. Mexico City tramways grew to an electric system with 190 miles of lines and 604 cars powered by 3,600 horsepower. A pawn ticket collection sold at auction for 3200, near the total sums advanced on the items.
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Sutton
Ireland
Nantes
Lancashire
Shetlands
London
City of
Mexico
Handy and Pretty Decorative Table Items Preview
A catalog-like display describes a placid-locking cow bell as a table ornament, vaffa lamp shades with cherries and poppies, a yellow porcelain lamp globe with gold traceries, a shell match holder, canton flannel fox terrier pin cushions, small tabby cat pins, a black satin cushion with nasturtium embroidery, and a vivid contrast of deep reds oranges and yellows against dark fabric.
Notable New Essay Collections and Adventurous Authors
The piece notes upcoming volumes such as Aldrich Ponkapog Papers and Crothers The Gentle Reader and Other Assays. It mentions authors Ice land bound Halli Caine, Norman Dun can sailing to Labrador with Briggs and Dr. Grenfell aboard Strathcona. It highlights Jack London and Sonniscen with sea journeys and Conrad's Youth based on personal experiences.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Samuel M. Crothers
Halli Caine
Iceland
Calor
Norman Duncan
Labrador
Sonniscen
Philippines
Joseph Conrad
Belgian Congo
Notable Local Figures and Historical Military Ties
Mayor Beal of Bangor Maine serving a seventh term has lived at the same hotel for 41 years. The piece notes 14 Confederates and 18 Union veterans in the U S Senate reflecting Civil War era divisions. Grant Allshouse, Indiana’s tallest man at six foot 8 14 inches, seeks a St Louis police post. Dr John A Trembly, eccentric astrologist, has died in Hamilton Ohio with a geometrically designed home.
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Mayor Beal
Bangor
United States Senate
Grant Allshouse
Indiana
Bertillon
Kiely
St. Louis
John A. Trembly
Hag
Just
Hamilton
Missouri Pioneer Capt Courtney Chose His Own Funeral
Capt. A. C. Courtney an aged Missouri pioneer died at Liberty. He named his pallbearers selected the funeral songs and held a rehearsal to show how his obsequies should be conducted. He was the son of a Revolutionary soldier and commanded a Missouri home guards company in the Civil War.
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A. C. Courtney
Missouri
Liberty
Capt. Courtney
Missouri Home Guards
Religious Notes From Past Era Highlight Salvation Growth
A Christian Endeavor society with 30 members forms in Salonica where Paul preached. The Presbyterian board plans 20 workers to Sondon funded entirely by a Christian Greek donor. Waeland Wesleyan Methodist Church reports 1900 Sunday school membership down 7000 but up 22000 in two years, total 981000 with 15000 above previous peak and 70000 in adult Bible classes. Ela May Clemmons opens the first Catholic Sunday school for Chinese and Japanese in San Francisco’s Chine district named St Ann’s School, including a kindergarten for 12 children.”
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Salonica
Thessalonica
Paul
Thessalonians
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Ela May Clemmons
Howard Gould
Chine
San Franciseo
St. Ann’s School
Marriage Drives Prosperity Says Nation in Humorous Cradle
A quirky passage argues that marriage fever among youths signals immediate and future prosperity, claiming a hymenal contagion spurs social cohesion and civic well being. The piece cites disparate quotes about happiness, harvests, and national felicity to support a playful, if improbable, social theory.
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Philadelphia Record
They Like the American Make on German Market Shoes
A German contemporary notes American made lawn tennis golf and cricket shoes have appeared in Germany and imports are steadily increasing.
Heavy coffee drinkers in Brazil and Germany
The article notes Brazilians drink coffee as Germans drink beer with many cups daily. It describes coffee as very strong and very sweet consumed by the average man and woman.
Notice in Alewyn De Heer v Wilson District Court case
Plaintiffs allege a land dispute in Marion County Iowa during the September Term 1903. The summons names numerous defendants and spouses including George S. Wilson S. Wilson Mrs. Gee Susannah Smith and many others as unknown heirs and claimants of a tract of land on the north line of section Commerce.
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George S. Wilson
District Court of the State of
Iowa
Ane
Marion County
Gee
S. Wilson
Steven A. Smith
Susannah Smith
James E. Rawson
Wm. Drake
Mary A. Drake
J. L. Wilson
John L. Wilson
Wm. B. Keeler
Ruth H. Keeler
Emily W. Lewis
Philip Porter
Mary E. Porter
S. A. Smith
Wm. Vinyard
Sarah Vinyard
Alexander Penland
Hrena Penland
A. Penland
Josiah Talbot
Harriet Talbot
Thomas
Thomas }. West,, A West-his Wife, T. J. West, James F. Wilson
Elizabeth J. Wilson
Lewis Smith
Serepta Smith
Commerice
Sec
Land ownership suit seeks clear title to Marion County property
Alewyn De Heer sues to quiet title to sections 32 76 19 and surrounding parcels in Marion County Iowa alleging ownership in fee simple and asking court to reform and correct defective deeds. Defendants and unknown claimants warned to appear by September 1903 to avoid default judgment.
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Marion County
Iowa
Des Moines
P. M
P.M
Alewyn de Heer
District Court of Town
Knoxville
Guo
Ju Thomassen
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Pella
Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Earnest M'Gaffey
Daily Story Pub. Co
Harry
HW. B. Floyd
Mayd
Margaret
Thompson
Dependencies of
France
Panther
Unite Ibon
Washington Star
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