Gold on Aoyukuk The Story Told by a Preacher
Pastor H C Nordvig returns to Portland after 13 months in Alaska with rich claims on the Koyukuk river near latitude 68. He reports miners, dige sites, spruce forests, abundant game and berries, and a thriving few towns along the river. He and companion G H Wilson traveled 1000 miles in 50 days by dog team and say prospecting profits and regional activity signal returning prosperity for mining and trade in the Yukon region.
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Portland
C. Nordvig
Arctic Circle
Koyukuk
Yukon
St. Michael
Captain Young
Lavalle Young
Nording
Koyu
Eee
Alaska Commercial Company
Bergman
Peary
Middle Fork
N. A. T. & T. Company
Jimtown
Koyokuk
Davis Creek
Alama
Nordiin
Bennett
Pase
Skagway
G H. Wilson
Browning, Mo
Big Water Consumer Dana Arrest Warrant Issued
Milwaukee report says a warrant for C. L. Dana, a major Wisconsin milk dealer, charges him with selling milk below legal standards. Norton J. Field, state dairy inspector, filed the complaint. Dana supplies 72,000 gallons yearly to the National Soldiers Home. He was previously convicted in May for using "freezine" in milk delivered to Camp Harvey.
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Milwaukee
Wis
C. L. Dana
Wisconsin
Norton J. Field
Dana
Camp Harvey
Cuba
Economic Struggles Lead to Wage Reductions Amid Hard Times
The text notes a recovery from the 1893 depression has reached its final stage while manufacturers first cut wages to meet the downturn and then anticipate wage increases after a long sequence of warnings and portents.
Pump Trust Was Easy Cincinnati Letter Details
A letter from J. W. Dunn of Laidlaw Dunn Gordon, merged into International Steam Pump, states the 27 100000 capital stock was not sub fer thin the first 4 hours. Dunn may join the new trust and possibly move to New York.
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Cincinnat
J. W. Dunn
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Company
Cincinnati
International Steam Pump Company
Dunn
New Trust
New York
Increase of Mail Clerks in Washington D C Meeting in Spokane
Alexander Grant Norman Verkina MH Thrall and Chief Clerk Cotterman met in Spokane to plan distribution of railway mail clerks in the eighth and tenth districts for the new daily Northern Pacific mail train. They already split crews between trains but anticipate needing more staff as mail volume rises.
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Spokane
Alexander Grant
Washington, D. C
Railway Mall
Norman Verkina
S&j. Paul
MH. PF. Thrall
San Francisco
Cotterman
Portland
Daily Mail
Northern Pacific
Moving earth river in northwest India described by explorer
Captain Roberts reports a peculiar phenomenon in a narrow NW Indian valley near the upper Indus. The valley floor, a 609 foot wide moving mass of earth about 12 000 feet high at the head, shifts toward the foot at roughly 69 feet per year with no ice present.
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Capt. Roberts
Pritish Army
Mir Martin Conway
Himalayas
India
Indus
Nullah
New York Sun
Ready made clothing trust targets Chicago firms
Chicago manufacturers have received invitations to join a $190,000,000 ready made clothing trust forming in the East. About 25 local establishments are involved, under Samuel Rosensthal Jr of Baltimore, with the American Clothing Manufacturing Company of New Jersey and the American Woolen Company forming an alliance to control product output and profits. The plan includes $100,000,000 in capital with preferred and common stock, but only becomes operative once options secure an annual output of $60,900,000.
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Chicago
Samuel Rosenthal, Jr
Baltimore
American Clothing Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
American ‘Woolen Company
Locked in a Cell
Mrs. R. Howard once a buyer for Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago is jailed at New York police headquarters charged with swindling merchants out of 560000 worth of goods. Her rise followed a marriage to Charles Howard a Chicago real estate dealer.
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New York
R. Howard
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Marshall Mield
Charles Howard
Wheaton Withdraws in Philippines After Sweep
Manila dispatch reports General Wheaton's brigade withdrawing from Manila to Laguna de Bay area leaving Washington volunteers to hold Pasig and Taguig. Professor Schurman of the Philippine Commission is to draft a proclamation to inhabitants. Examiner asks for opinion on the matter.
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Manila
General Wheaton
Laguna de Hay
Washington Volunteers
Pasig
Taguig
Schurman
Philippine Commission
Philippines
The Isthmus Canal Scheme Advances Pacific Trade
The New York Steamship Company plan to operate on the Pacific coast and Hawaii signals a shift toward steam transport, likely accelerating Nicaragua canal construction. Northwest grain, salmon, and lumber stand to gain from reduced routes and insurance costs, with Oregon and Washington producers potentially saving about two million dollars annually.
Beet Sugar Factory to Be Erected Near Fairfield
Spokane March 21 A $25 000 beet sugar factory will be built near Fairfield in the county and go into operation this year The capital is supplied by D C Corbin of Spokane and a company to be organized by him will run the plant Plans are being drawn and machinery contracts will be let soon About 1060 acres are secured for the site and beet cultivation Farmers will be invited from nearby areas to learn beet growing with incentives including possible rent free land and seed The plant will start with roughly a ton of sugar per season and may expand The beets grown here are as rich as those from other states Benefits include a profitable market for beets and money kept in the country through rotating beet with wheat and increased county payrolls
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Spokane
Pairfield
D. C. Corbin
Corbin
Christian Science Healing A Growing Leg Mystery
A man injured to be left with one leg shorter seeks Christian Science help from an absent healer. Treatment continues in absentia and his leg begins to grow, eventually becoming three inches longer and still growing, with no way to stop the process. The account appeared in the London Truth after Prize Waltzing at Seventh and Columbia.
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London
Reserves to Cruise Prairie for Naval Militia Practice
The secretary of the navy will lend the converted yacht Prairie to naval militiamen from states for eight days of cruising each, starting with Louisiana in April and ending with Massachusetts in September. The vessel at League Island yard will receive slight repairs and armament including 6 8-inch rifles, 6 rapid-fire 6-pounders, and 2 Colt machine guns. It can carry 456 men plus officers and is being staffed by Capt Crowninshield.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Prairie
Crowninshield
Bureau of Navigation
Leap to Her Death On Ferry Leaves Clues Behind
On the Montclair ferry to Hoboken a veiled woman vanishes midriver after 9 p.m. She left behind letters signed Jennie and Charley, a bottle labeled oxalic acid, spectacles, a pocketbook, a brick, and a note implying a lover and a plan to end both their lives. The body is not recovered.
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New York
Montclair
Hoboken
North River
Boston
Jennie
Charley
Horses' Tails Cut Off At Local Wedding
In Chestatee county a visitor’s horse tails were cut off by unknown parties during a wedding. A woman who borrowed a horse from Yahoola district also lost her horse tail, prompting Dahlonega Nugget to call it a new way of treating guests.
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Chestatee
Yahoola
Dahlonega
Comradeship of Peril Amid Southern California Fires
A rancher searches the Descan so hills after forest fires. he seeks cattle and colts feared trapped among charred stumps and smoking brush as the blaze ends. The scene shows bonds forged by danger among beasts and men.
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Ridge
San Diego Union
Descanso
California
Russia lagging twelve days behind world in calendar shift
New York reports interest in switching from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar by 1900. It notes the origin of the Julian system, the 1582 reform by Pope Gregory XIII, and explains how Russia remains 12 days behind as February sometimes has 29 days in Russia but not elsewhere.
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New York
Europe
America
Russia
Julius Caesar
Gregory XIII
Indiana Ghost Seen At Kile Residence
A haunting tale from Indianapolis describes a white robed woman seen on the veranda at midnight by six men led by Officer Bowlin at the James Kile residence. The apparition spoke with the group before vanishing as they neared.
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James Kile
Bowlin
Indianapolis
Competition in Armor Plate Sparks Naval Price Debate
A Philadelphia steel firm offers armor plate equal to any new process at a price below current Navy costs. The claim implies private competition may curb government overcharges. The article notes plate price agreements can be delayed up to 18 months without delaying ship construction, allowing Congress to settle the issue fairly to the government and industry.
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Philadelphia
Navy
New York Mall
Express
Puerto Rico Minerals Scantily Explored Yet Rich in Resources
Washington report by R T Hill of the geological survey describes Puerto Rico as largely mountainous with a sea derived limestone belt and rich alluvial sands. He urges scientific study of streams for platinum and rare minerals, noting abundant brick clay, lime, cement, gypsum, paving blocks, pottery clay, and a belt of variegated marble.
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Washington
United States
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Isthmus
New York Steamship Company
Northwest
Magéllan
Nicarague Canal
North Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Cape Horn
Oregon
Porte
Beattie
Tacoma
Paefic
Nicaragua Canal
Horn
Liem
Patagonia
Strait of Magellan
Christian Science At Work
Columbia
Puerto Rica
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