Airborne rush to Brett lake gold field in Canada
Eight airplanes shuttle prospectors mining engineers and gear from Minisakwa lake to Brett lake in Swayze township about 45 miles west as Canada’s latest gold rush begins. After the Kentone brothers discovered rich ore on August 18, prospectors from across the country rushed in, staking over 600 claims across more than forty square miles by early November.
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Gogama
Ont
Minisnakwa Lake
Brett Lake
Swayze Township
Brush
Canada
J. G
J. L. Kentsone
Canadian National Railways
Sudbury
Brettlake
Kenty
Cobalt
Tom Montgomery
Bert Millar
Montgomery
Austin E. Dumond
Dominion Explorers, Ltd
Dumond
V. K. Stevens
Temagami
Bear Lake
Arctic
Ontario
Elk Lake
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Seventeen Still Flying From Lindbergh's 1925 Class
In San Antonio a letter from the United States Army Air Service graduating class of March 1925 reports that 17 of 18 members are alive and flying. Col Charles A Lindbergh is noted in a tersely worded summary of his activities, part of a three year world journey shared via a class chain letter started by Lieut W R Wolfinbarger.
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San Antonio
Texas
United States Army Air Service
Charles A. Lindbergh
Eugene Stevens
Lieut W. R.wolfinbarger
Lindbergh
Duplicate Napoleon Sarcophagus Forged in Waterbury Granite
A duplicate sarcophagus holding Napoleon’s remains was fashioned by Waterbury granite cutters after ten weeks of work. The 8 ft 5 in long 5 ft 6 in high 3 ft 8 in wide sarcophagus will be placed in the Windsor mausoleum of L. Cady, poet, on the ancestral estate.
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Waterbury
Napoleon
Ancestrat
L. Cady
Windsor
Gogama Eyes New Gold Rush as Spring Breakup Hits
In Gogama during spring breakup locals expect a bigger gold rush and wonder if Canada’s find will become a major producer or fade as a flash in the pan. The town buzzes with feverish activity as the rush continues.
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Gogama
Canada
Girl Swallows Nail Returns To Full Diet After Treatment
Nine year old Mar yella Donovan of Pasadena California swallowed a four inch nail. Doctors fed spinach and raw cotton to dislodge the spike after X ray located it. The girl is cured now and can eat anything she wants.
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Pasadena
Calif
Maryella Donovan
Marvella
Trap Contract for Fifty Skunks Sparks Local Debate
Missouri flatlands story notes George Herrilott a veteran trapper signed a contract to catch fifty live skunks amid economic stress. The piece highlights his pragmatic view that precision matters under pressure.
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Missouri
George Herrilott
New Theory Revises Ages of Early Humans and Elephants
Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn, at Yale, argues enamel patterns on teeth show Piltdown man at least 1,250,000 years old and Java man at 500,000, redefining Plio Pleistocene timing. He describes a method linking human age to fossil elephant tooth enamel to place relics in time.
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New. Haven
Conn
England
Java
National Academy of Sciences
Yale University
Henry Fairfield Osborne
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Doctor Osborne
Conner Elected Mississippi Governor Without Opposition
Forty year old Democrat Conner wins the Mississippi governorship unopposed in a decisive election. The verbiage notes the governor elect is also known as Mike.
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Martin Sennet
Mike
Conner
Mississippi
Chihuahua Has Had 285 Governors in 107 Years
El Paso, Texas. Governors come and go in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Col. Roberto Fierro is the two hundred eighty fifth man to hold the post since 1824. Historians in Juarez note an average of two and a half governors per year and that no governor in the last twenty years completed a full two year term. Enrique Creel left office in 1910 as the last to serve a full term. The state has had seven governors in the last three years and the shortest term ever ran for one hour.
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Chihuahua
Gate to "Heaven" Closed During Winter Months
A village church in Chester, England, displays a sign over its door declaring this is the gate of Heaven and another notice stating the entrance is closed during the winter months.
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Chester
England
Father of Baseball Abner Doubleday Honored in Cooperstown
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes Abner Doubleday is honored as the founder of baseball by the Spalding commission in 1907. It recounts his Civil War service, West Point career, and monuments at Arlington, Cemetery Ridge, and Cooperstown where the first game is claimed to have been played in 1839.
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Kings
Swat
Earnshaw
Abner Doubleday
Spalding Commission
Cooperstown
N. Y
Doubleday
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Pickett
Cemetery Ridge
Arlington Cemetery
New York
Albany
New Orleans Times- Picayune
Old Timer Recounts Giants Old Game Of Football
An elderly Pudge Heffelfinger returns to Yale to critique and replay the old charging style. He charges the Yale line, shreds the varsity, and Tad Jones pleads for him to stop. The tale frames a view that modern football is softened from the old hard era.
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Yale
Pudge Heffelfinger
Old Eli
Tad Jones
Jones
Pudge
Tad
Yale line invitation ends after exchange
A record notes that he was never again invited to charge a Yale line following an exchange.
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Yale
The Value of Labor and Employment Amid War
The Kansas City Times argues that work heals social ills and sustains society during war. It champions employment as the highest vocation, claiming skill in labor cures misery and that every able person should have the opportunity to work.
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Carlyle
Kansas City Times
Unbreakable spectacle lenses debut in glasses evidence
The article explains unbreakable glasses made from two glass pieces with celluloid pressed between them forming a single, transparent pane. It notes prior use in windshields and goggles and cites this as a possible first use in spectacles.
Morning Foot Race Says They Miss It
A fragment from a Morning Foot Race column notes a query about something being taken off and a cautious reply. The dialogue suggests reflection on changes or removals discussed in passing.
Club Chat Sparks Marriage Driving Lesson Demand
A light exchange in a club room reveals a playful plan as one member asks if another will teach his wife to drive. The reply confirms motivation, citing a need for a new car as a practical incentive.
Earthquakes Oddities Mentioned in Historic Quakes
The 1925 Tokyo quake reportedly spared nearby coal mines and the event was noted that a Texas quake felt over hundreds of miles did not affect Carlsbad Caverns within the quake zone.
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Tokyo
Texas
Arlsbad
No End of Variety Deadbrooge Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue depicts a tense exchange about money and value with characters Penny, Nickels, and Dimes in a cryptic street scene. The line signals a muttered truth about wealth and the limits of speech.
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Deadbrooge
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