Arizona Diamond Mine Mystery Unearthed in 1907 Tucson
Porter Porterie, an Arizona assayer, identifies four greenish stones as real diamonds after tests, including heating to carbon. He seeks the unknown prospector who left the stones and cannot locate him, while another man may have kept some stones for a potential claim.
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Arizona
Tucson Daily Star
Phoenix
Porteric
Porterie
Wal Street
Poterie
Porti
One Grain of Salt and a Counterfeit Note
A depositor and teller discuss the credibility of a note described as counterfeit. The exchange highlights doubt about newspaper reports and the ease of fabrication in those times. The Philadelphia Ledger is cited as the source for the claim.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Evolution In Society
A dialogue notes shifting social anxieties as an older friend observes, and Mr Camros replies that his mother and daughters now stay busy keeping other women from entering society, echoing changes in social boundaries.
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Mr. Camros
Washington Star
Amazon River Expedition Planned From Harvard Team
Harvard University anthropological department is organizing a three year expedition to study the headwaters of the Amazon. Dr W Farabee will lead with three students. A base will be established at Arequipa Peru for part of the work.
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W. ©. Farabee
Anthropological Department
Harvard University
Amazon
Arequipa
Peru
Railway Construction Surges with 2 297 Miles Laid
In the six months ended June 39 2 297.20 miles of new railway track were laid, a record for the period in 15 years except for 1902 when 2 314 miles were constructed.
Bomb outrage in Calle Mayor kills civilians and wounds many
Correspondencia de Wapana reports 15 civilians dead and 70 injured in the Calle Mayor blast. A horse pulling the royal coach was also killed and 28 bullets were recovered from its body.
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Correspondencia de Wapana
Calle Mayor
Gold Fails to Excite in Seattle Assay Pool
Nearly four tons of gold were piled up in the assay office in Seattle, most of it shipped from the north. The Gretshl of the gold did not excite much interest in the city as residents and business leaders watched the accumulation with little fanfare.
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Seattle
Attle ‘Ost-Intelligencer
Drunk Patron Denied Orchestra Seat Angers Theater Manager
A metropolitan theater manager tells of a refined but intoxicated man who demanded an orchestra seat. When refused, he pressed for a reason and was told he was drunk. The patron replied that drunkenness was precisely why he attended the theater, uttering a hiccuping response.
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Henderson
Metropolitan Theater
Strenuous Treatment of Children in Milwaukee Practice
Milwaukee physician Dr. John E B Worden advocates strenuous early life conditioning for babies. His eight and three year old daughters Shirley and Jane are cited as examples of health and resilience, thriving barefoot in cold weather with minimal clothing and no skin blemishes.
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Milwaukee
John EB. Worden
Shirley
Jane
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