Nome Letter Describes Harsh Nome Mining Camp
H Warren writes from Nome Alaska in June 1900 detailing a tent and shanty town on a bog with terrible odor, sky-high land prices, and lawlessness. He notes murders inflation and corruption tied to A C Co, extreme prices for food and services, and vast claims on tundra while gold pay exists only in select draws and creeks.
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Nome
Alaska
The
Silver State
H— Nome
Henry Lucas
A. C. Co
Lacas
Snow Gulch
Glacier Creek
Dexter
Snake River
St. Paul
St. Michaels
Harpies
Burned hotel at Castle Crag reported in Shasta County
Telegrams note a hotel at Castle Crag California burned yesterday morning. General A R Chaffee named Major General of Volunteers to command American forces in China. Chinese fleet rebuilt after war with Japan, includes fifteen modern cruisers. Railway men believe US soldiers will deploy to the Orient. Mount Azuma eruption near Bandaisan Japan killed or injured two hundred. General Wheeler requests China duty. no action yet. Peking under arms estimated at one million using Mauser rifles and smokeless powder. Japan approves unspecified action.
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Alaska
Corneil City
Council City
Council
Windle
H. Warren
Castle Crag
Shasta County
Cal
A. R. Chaffee
China
United States
Orient
Mount Azuma
Bandalsan
Japan
Joseph Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
War Department
Peking
Woman’s Health Remedy Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham
Advert reads that backaches and female ailments plague women, claiming Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieves pain. It cites thirty years of use, calls it a women’s medicine for women’s illnesses, and invites readers to send letters and contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Cuba Election Date Set and Boxing Bout at Nagsaki
The piece notes a U S government land troop permit to move through Nagasaki en route to Cuba and a San Francisco bout between Tommy Ryan and Jack Moffat for a 5000 purse with a 158 pound limit. September 7 is battle date. September 15 is set for Cuba constitutional convention election.
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United States
Nagasaki
Cuba
San Francisco
Wood
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Cape Nome
Sackaches
Lydia E. Pinkham
Trib
Diehl’s Book Store
Bridge Street
Winnemucca
Eire
C. Diehl
the Pooh Man's St.rf
Paradise
Nevada
Kie
John T. Wheeler
Winnemucca, Nevada
E. D. Giroux
Gotcoxpa, Nevana
Golconda Hot Springs Hotel
Ita
de Me
Frank X. Murphy
W. L. Samuels
Bridge and
T. C. Hanson
Weber Bullding
Eagle Bray ‘Store
Fron
Tod P. A
Alfred Chartz
Carson City, Nevada
W. H. Holt
Humboldt County
Paradiise Valley, N
Charles M’connill, Beputy
Thos
Hone, Prevretor
Superior Accommodations
Neanhe Depa
Winnemuces
G. P. Griffith
P.O. Box
J. H. Hoyt
B. Reinhart & Co
Jae
Peatness
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