Big Buffalo mining deal in Idaho areas sold to Guggenheims
Spokane Chronicle reports one of the Northwest’s largest mining transactions, with Charles Sweeney selling the Big Buffalo mine group in the Buffalo Hump district to the Guggenheims. The deal plus Vesuvius mine and several claims gives control of 65 claims and water rights, with ambitious railroad plans and a tunnel project. The Guggenheims reportedly paid about $23 million for control. the mine past dividends totaled hundreds of thousands, while the operation has been idle in recent years.
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Spokane Chronicle
Northwest
Spokane
Charles Sweeney
Guggenheim
Big Buffalo
Buffalo Hump
Idaho
Vesuvius
Callendar
Guggenheims
Sweeney
Salmon River
Fish Lake Gulch
Callender
Crackerjack
Guggenhimsa
Big Buffalo Company
Gugnenheims
Sweeny
Callendar Gulch
Buffalo
New Head for the Oregon Insane Asylum
A Salem dispatch reports Dr Lee Steiner selected to succeed Dr Cal Breath as superintendent of the Oregon insane asylum. The board held a special meeting to announce the appointment and outline plans for the institution's leadership transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Oregon
King’s New Life Pills Promote Liver Health
An advertisement describes an harmless citizen using a small tube called the appendix as a joke before praising Tr King’s New Life Pills for liver improvement and regular bowel habits. Sold for 25 cents at Tallman & Co.’s drug store.
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King
New Life
Tallman & Co
Prominent Figures Gather at Mohonk Lake Conference
At Mohonk Lake New York the Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples opens with many prominent attendees. Sessions run through Saturday covering Indians, the Philippines and Hawaii. Francis Leupp will lead a session for government Indian service officials. Speakers on the Philippines include Odlin Chariton Jones Drincol Coohran Lawlor Creegan Clark. Hawaii discussions feature Reesetar Hatch Emerson Lewis and Litt lefield.
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Mohonk Lake
Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian
Philippines
Indian Service
W. H. Hare
South Dakota
Joseph H. Johnson
California
BE. R. Hendrix
Missouri
Arthur F. Odlin
Philippine Court of First Instance
Paul Chariton
Bureau of Insular Affaires
W. A. Jones
Virginia
Michael EB. Drincol
New York
W. Rourke Cochran
Thomas Lawlor
Boston
Charles C. Creegan
C. H. Clark
Hartford
Conn
Hawaii
Henry B. Reetarick
Frank M. Hatch
M. B. Emerson
A. Lewis, Jr
Honolulu
Charles B. Littlefield
Maine
George FE. Lilley
Connecticut
Arthur L. Bates
Pennsylvania
Inventor Granted Indian Grant for Mono-Rail Gyro Car
Louis Brennan, inventor of the mono-rail gyro scope car, received a 20,000 subsidy from the Indian government to support his experiments in developing the full size motor rail vehicle.
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London
Louis Brennan
Inventions Impress Governments During Gyroscopic Trial
Brennan reports progress on a gyro scopic model whose improvements are drawing interest from the Australian and Cape governments and the British War Office. Military support and experimentation efforts are noted as the project advances. In Boston, three hundred delegates attend the Woman’s Home Missionary Society convention opening in October, with talks on the Mormon problem Pacific coast racial groups and frontier work.
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British War Office
Mr. Brennan
Experimenta
Home Missions
Boston
Mass
Woman's Home Missionary Society
The
Mathodist Episcopal Church
St. Mark's Church
Brookline
Pacific
Porto Rico
Indiana Bankers In Session In Indianapolis
Indiana Bankers Association opens its annual two day meeting in Indianapolis with headquarters at the Claypool Hotel. Prominent bankers attend as papers addresses and discussions cover live financial topics. Officers include President Jonce Monahan Seymour Vice President H Johnson Bedford Chairman Joseph N Vorls executive council John C Shirk treasurer and Andrew Smith secretary all from Indiana locales.
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Indiana Bankers In
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Claypool Hotel
Jonce Monahan
Orleans
H. &. Johnson
Seymour
Joseph N. Vorls
Bedford
Oates to face fourth trial in Aronoff murder case
Dallas Oct 23 Burrell Oates awaiting a fourth trial for complicity in Sol Aronoff’s murder. Three prior trials ended with guilty verdicts and death sentences, each reversed on technicalities. Chattanooga Anti-Saloon League delegates rally to push Tennessee dry statewide with plans for vigorous campaign before legislative sessions.
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Dallas
Texas
Burrell Oates
Oates
Sol Aronoff
Holly Vane
Chittanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Anti- Saloon League
Sest
Georgia D A R Holds First Day of State Conference
Women from across Georgia gather in Rome Cher for the Georgia Society Daughters of the American Revolution annual conference. The first day featured a reception for delegates with an elaborate social program planned through Saturday including evening receptions musicales and luncheons.
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Rome
Cher
Georgia Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Dear Old Mother Benefits from Electric Bitters
W B Brunson of Dublin Ga praises Electric Bitters for his eighty three year old mother who has used them about two years and now enjoys an excellent appetite, strength, and sleep. The tonic is also claimed to help female weakness general debility and weak children. Guaranteed for stomach liver and kidney troubles by Tallman Co druggists 50 cents.
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W. B. Brunson
Dublin
Tallman & Co
Norfolk Road Stockholders Vote on Bond Issue Plan
Stockholders of the Norfolk and Southern railway met in Norfolk Va on Oct 23 to vote on authorizing 25 million dollars of 5 percent first and refunding mortgage bonds and equipment trust obligations. The vote also covers selling blocks of common and preferred stock with proceeds earmarked mainly for new equipment for the road.
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Norfolk Road
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk & Southern Railway
Traction Train 2A Failure Delays Oregon Wheat Freight
After years awaiting rail service, Cronk County and central Oregon farmers attempted a traction engine train to haul wheat to Madrasa. The trial showed roads buckled and dusty, making operation unprofitable. Promoters temporarily abandon freight to Madrasa, awaiting rain to improve road conditions and a later trial. Farmers seek other transport as the plan’s future remains uncertain.
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Cronk County
Oregon
Madran Pioneer
Madras
Madris
Shaniko
Madrasa
Traction Company
Cross Keys
List of names appears in scattered notices across multiple cities
A long, comma separated string enumerates numerous individuals and spouses across U S cities including Chicago New York Oakland Philadelphia Denver Omaha Grangeville La Crosse Seattle Spokane Portland The Dalles Walla Walla Pendleton and others. Many entries pair names with spouses or families and include several street or place references.
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E. M. O’brien
Chicago
F. &. Baker
New York
J. Munroe
Oakland
Golamith
Philadelphia
E. S. Ward
Denver
H. A. Hathaway
Omaha
BR. Many
Grangeville
J. Rittenmister
Mise Gertie Purden
la Crosse
Wash
Harry Hilburn
Co. J. Vassar and Wife
Lewiston
Golds
BE. F
Walla Walla
Kyle McDaniel
Freewater
John Pumber
San Francisco
E. J. Morency
M. A. Miller
Lebanon
J. W. Simmons
Ortland
Linmore Pierce
Pendleton
Pellie King
Echo
W. J. Shirey
Portland
James Mace
H. J. Miller
B. H. Davis
U.S. A
EB. Flanders
Mrs. Serface
The
Dalles
Burlingame
W. H. Bell
Cabbage Hill
Connecticut Remembers Her Dead Monument Dedication
Andersonville Ga Oct 23 A Connecticut state monument to soldiers who died at Andersonville prison was dedicated today. A large gathering of state officials war veterans and representative citizens attended the ceremonies in memory of Connecticut soldiers.
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Connecticut
Andersonville
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Alexander Department Store
Insane Asylum
W. 5. Benson
Robert Lee Steiner
J. F. Calbreath
Steiner
Bhiv City
Klamath Falla
Chamberlain
Calbreath
Steel
Benson
Dr. Steiner
Dr. Calbreath
Bluffton
Willamette University Medical College
B. I. Smith
Lee Steiner
Cal
Oregon Insane Asylum
France
Bond Brothers
Georgia
D. A. RR
Crook
Hotel
St. George
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta. Ga
Maker
Earth
A. Eklunds
Coure Se
Konaurror
Preston B. Keith Shoe Co
Brockton, Mass
Schmidt Building
Allen & Lewis
U.S.A
Beecham’s
Beecham
Beat Business Ahern Is
Gregg
Washington & Tenth Sts
Portland, Org
Frank B. Clopton & CO
E.court St
Pendleton, Ore
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