NEW LAND OF GOLD DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN ALASKA
A missionary reported gold in the Nome region where a new city has arisen from a small Scandinavian population. By last summer 3,000 minors and traders settled there and as many as 20,000 Americans are expected, with beach sands yielding about $1,000,000 from July to October and vast interior riches unseen.
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Cape Nome
Alaska
Dawson
Skagway
Vancouver
Seattle
Nome
Klondike
South Africa
Alaskan
Los Angeles
Joseph Anderson
Gabriel Price
John Brindensen
Cape None
Edward M. Bottume
Rochester
N. Y
Carl Winkler
Dan Rice Dies At Long Branch Noted Clown and Rich Entertainer
Dan Rice born Daniel McLarin in New York rose to prominence as a circus clown and showman known for a learned pig act and touring with Howe's circus. He died at Long Branch in his 77th year, having become one of America's best known entertainers and wealthiest figures in his era.
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Dan Rice
Long Branch
America
Rice
Daniel McLarin
New York
Dan
Pittsburg
Howe's Circus
Philadelphia
Canada
South
Dr. Spalding Company
John O'Brien
Gardner, Hemmings & Cooper's Circus
California
Girard
Remark on Christie's Shakespeare sale noted for Notes and Queries
Mr Quinntech remarks on the unprecedented sum paid for a copy at Christie's appear in Notes and Queries. His December catalogue No 194 discusses a much finer copy offered for £550, excluding the first two leaves, with emphasis on the price and condition.
Gold Find Sparking Nome Frontier Boom in 1808
Narrative recalls Cape Nome discovery by five Scandinavians in October 1808 and the rapid stampede that followed. By June 2,000, then 7,000 residents, with gambling dens and a full town government forming along Nome beach and nearby streams.
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Bering Sea
North America
Asia
Cape Nome
Cape
Norton Sound
Gape Nome
Alaska
Yukon
Eldorado
St. Louis
John W. Peters
Nome
Ruskin S Last Hours End With Sudden Illness
The London Times reports the end came suddenly on Thursday the 18th as John Ruskin felt irritable throat and general pains after tea. His cousin and servants noted illness as he rested with Baxter’s help then listened to Mrs. Severn sing Summer Slumber before slipping into quiet.
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Mr. Ruskin
Baxter
Thieves’ Secret Language Kept by North Coast Gangs
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report explains a thieves paperrank vocabulary used in street crime. Terms include harness for a uniformed cop the elbow in civilian dress a weeder for a purse thief and a fall when plans fail.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Molly Buzzer
12 Inch and 91 Inch Boer Guns Stir War Talks
The article details Boer artillery as two massive Schneider-Cuffe Creusot guns of 12 and 91 inch calibers, one firing a half ton shell capable of piercing four inches of steel, likely at Pretoria. It contrasts British siege trains with Boer ordnance and explains siege train loads, mobility, and high trajectory advantages of howitzers.
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Transvaal
Netherlands Railway Company
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Schneider-Canet of
Creusot
France
London Daily Mail
Cape
Wence
Britain
Schneider-Canet
Honest Heart and the Kindly Farmer at the Station
An old farmer engages a polite, haughty woman and a mother with children in a rocky exchange at a railroad depot. He jokes with travelers, gives candy to children, teaches a game, and helps the mother board the train, leaving the scene with a sense of quiet warmth.
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Boston
Marm
Novel Indian Foods From Water Lilies And Goosefoot
A column notes the Klamath Indians’ vegetable diet offering new provisions. It highlights the yellow water lily pulp as food, goosefoot seeds ground for bread, and arrowhead tubers forming a starchy root staple in autumn.
Father plans trip after filing papers, says Bessie
In a motherly vignette a girl asks when her father will go home. He answers he will depart once he has filed the papers, prompting the child to quip that he will leave as soon as he has saved his papers.
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Little Bessie
Bessie
Baltimore-Herald
Where Cooks Get Credit at Queen Victoria's Table
A note on a historic dining custom from George II to Queen Victoria where the cook's name is announced at each dish. This article describes how credit was attributed to the chef during service at the royal table.
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Queen Victoria
George II
Boarding a Horse at Sea Shows Shipboard Rations
A horse aboard a ship consumes ten pounds of hay five pounds of oats five pounds of bran and a half ounce of nitre daily. His drink allowance includes half a gill of vinegar and eight gallons of water.
Age No Bar on Diplomats Moves to Lift Ambassador Age Limit
Foreign powers push to end age restrictions for ambassadors, proposing that tenure depend solely on capability rather than age. The reform aims to allow senior or younger diplomats to serve based on merit and effectiveness.
Shanghai Growth at Shanghai Population Rises to 700,000
Since 1804 the Chinese population of Shanghai has grown from 400,000 to 700,000. The attraction lies in the many new industrial establishments.
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Shanghai
The One Dress and Ribbon Fashion Rule
A remark on winter style notes that the average girl owns one good dress and alters appearance by switching a ribbon at the neck.
English Tourist Survives Desert Snakes in Arizona Camp
A visitor joined a desert camp in the Wallapai Mountains and attempted to prospect with burros. At Maggie Springs a king snake fell into a frying pan, causing a frantic scene as the man claimed he had not had a drink for a month and decided to leave the desert the next day.
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Wallapai Mountains
Santa Fe V Pacific
Desert Express
Maggie Springs
Yuna (Ariz
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Earth
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E. ‘Fy Holmes
Indianapolis
Ind
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Columbus
Ohio
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Merrill Glock
Detroit
Mich
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Friends’ Oats
Muscatine
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