Rare United States $50 gold coins auctioned for record price
The two unique 1877 $50 gold pieces, patterns of the half union design planned in 1854 but never legalized by Congress, sold after spirited bidding in New York. They are the only $50 denomination coins struck and were designed by William Barber with copper patterns also extremely rare.
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New York
United States
William H. Woodin
Woodin
Philadelphia
Stephen E Kagy
John W. Hazeltine
Guthrie
California
San Francisco
United States Assay Office
Secretary of the Treasury
Gwin
Senate
House
William Barber
Mint
Charles E. Barber
Clown Becomes Coal Baron After Land Discovery
Jo seph V. Sherry, a traveling circus owner, bought a cheap farm land near Kingwood W V two years ago. Coal veins were found on adjacent land and investors offered large sums for his claim. A local lawyer revealed Sherry had a major coal fortune awaiting formal handling. Sherry plans to seek legal counsel in New York and withdraw from show business.
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Kingwood
W V
Joseph V. Sherry
Sherry
New York
Impetuous Romance Ends in Elopement at Sixty
Emma Higbee aged 60 of Terre Haute Indiana wed 72 year old David J Kemp a wealthy Watsonville fruit planter after a courtship of under a day. The couple met in Watsonville and secured a marriage license the same day before marrying and moving into their home Amid swift romance they settled in married life.
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Watsonville
Cal
Emma Higbee
David J. Kemp
Terre Haute
Ind
Kemp
War Threat by Six Companies Backed Chinese in San Francisco
Hart North, immigration commissioner, reports Highbinders in Chinatown allied with the Six Companies threaten to kill three Chinese interpreters in the immigration department. Edward Park was warned in Chinatown to quit the service and inform colleagues of possible similar actions. North sent agents to investigate and report to Washington.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
United States
Chinese Bureau
Immigration Department
Hart North
Uncle Sam
Spofford Alleg
Edward Park
Chin Jack
Young Kay
Custom House
Sulivan Alley
Washington Street
North
C Q D to Save Forests via Wireless Signals
Spokane timber experts propose wireless C Q D signals to locate and report forest fires quickly. Arm strong advocates a network of signal boxes to alert rangers and summon aid before fires gain headway, reducing line damage and saving lives in the western forests.
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Spokane
Wash
Inland Empire
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
California
British Columbia
United States Forest Service
R. H. Armstrong
Forest Rangers
United States
Dartmouth elects Prof Ernest Nichols president
Prof Ernest Nichols of Columbia University was unanimously elected president of Dartmouth to succeed Dr William Tucker who resigned May 12 1907 due to ill health. Nichols born 1869 in Leavenworth Kansas studied at Cornell and Colgate and spent six years teaching physics and astronomy before moving to Dartmouth. He later taught at Colgate and conducted research in Berlin under Planck and Rubens.
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Ernest of Nichols
Dartmouth College
Columbia University
Dartmouth
William Tucker
Nichols
Ilis
Leavenworth, Wan
Kansas Agricultural College
Cornell University
Erastus Brooks
Cornell
Colgate University
Colgate
Planck and Rubens
University of Berlin
Berlin
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Explorer of Indian Forests Revered Tiger Hunter
Sainthill Eardley-Wilmot arrived in England after 35 years in India where he served in the forest department and rose to inspector general. He says his bag includes 130 tigers and remains modest about his adventures. Locals regard him as the world’s greatest tiger killer, with scores said to reach hundreds or thousands.
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Sainthill Eardley-Wilmot
Ingland
India
Eardley-Wilmot
Indian Forest Department
Forests of India
Eardley-Wilmott
Eardley-Wilmost
Eardley- Wilmot
Church of England
England
John Hardley-Wilmot
Prince Miguel de Braganza and the Vanderbilt Engagement Rumor
A European prince nicknamed On-Again-Off-Again Finnegan draws attention as reports link Prince Miguel to Vanderbilt heiresses. Creditors circle, but the Vanderbilt family denies any engagement. The Portuguese claim to royalty rests on a shaky history, while the prince pursues wealthy brides to cover debts.
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Prince Miguel de Braganza
Finnegan
Lillian Russell
M. Vanderbilt
America
Vanderbilt
Portugal
Imperial House of Austria
Europe
Samuel Sloane Chauncey
St. Louis
Miss Mary Pullman
Chicago
Mary
Princeling
NYC’s Manhattan Bridge and Lindenthal’s Rise to Master Builder
Gustavus Lindenthal, famed bridge engineer, oversees the Manhattan Bridge nearing completion in New York. The project spans nearly two miles with 50,000 tons of steel and four rail and four trolley tracks plus highways at a $20 million cost. Nearby, the Hell Gate, Queens borough, and Williamsburg bridges showcase his giant works. once a Philadelphia mason, Lindenthal rose to railroad construction chief after ten years.
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Gustavus Lindenthal
New York
Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Hell Gate
Queensborough
Williamsburg
Lindenthal
Philadelphia
Anti-Suffragist Bishop Doane Speaks Against Votes
Bishop William Croswell Doane of Albany outlines strong anti-suffrage views to a girls school graduating class. He says the vote movement harms womanhood and mocks it as hysteria and unseemly displays. Doane, a long-serving church leader, notes his English dress and seeks reform on divorce.
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William Croswell Doane
Albany
N. Y
Doane
New Jersey
William of
Tumor of Four Years Growth Removed by Remedy
Dus May Fry of Lindley Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with removing a four year growth described as a tumor by three physicians. The ad promotes the remedy for female ailments and urges readers to write for free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lindley
Ind
May Fry
Beginning Right Eggplant Raising Explained by Father
A grocer notes the deacon's son that their father bought two dozen eggplants after church. The father explains he is trying a new chicken-raising venture learned from books, starting with eggplants despite advice to begin with adult fowls.
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Harper's Weekly
Say what makes your father wheeze
A short satirical verse notes the boy asking why a man with asthma wheezes, with the girl joking that it must be one of his organs playing. The exchange, attributed to Puck, lampoons medical complaints through a playful taunt about internal organs.
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Puck
Perry Davis' Painkiller Advertisement
An old Sumner household uses Perry Davis' Painkiller for bowel trouble cramps and general aches. Available in 25 cent, 5 cent, and 50 cent bottles, this dependable remedy is promoted for everyday relief.
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Perry Davis
Sumner
Teething Relief Ad Warns Against Elevator Bets
An antiquated advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming gum softening pain relief and wind colic cure. It cautions readers not to bet with an elevator boy, noting the product price as 250 a bottle.
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Congress
Clown
Indiana
Dodds
Piabets
Carters
Clarence R. Griffin
Sheridan
Watson F.coleman
Waarington
Crescent Investmunt Co
Bacon Isldp
Oakland
Denver
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