Prospectors chase rich lodes as no good lands deter them
The piece satirizes mining expeditions where prospectors ride far and wide across the Pacific states and territories, chasing a “big thing.” Veteran miners call regions “no good,” though districts in Montana Nevada and Arizona later yield vast riches, while trail leaders insist the land holds promise.
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Pacific Coast
Oregon
Idaho
Ontana
Nevada
Colorado
Arizona
Montana
The Daily Idaho Leader Suspends Publication
The Daily Idaho Leader of Nampa has suspended publication after a brief run. It was a splendid daily paper, carrying AP dispatches and would have been a credit to a much larger city, but efforts to publish a Nonpareil newspaper in a small town failed.
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Idaho Leader
Nampa
Leader
Associated Press
General Otis Confirms Luna Assassination Report
Gen Otis dispatches to the War Department confirming the assassination report of General Luna. The communication underscores wartime developments and clarifies the claim amid ongoing campaigns in the theater.
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Otis
The
War Department
Luna
Liberty and Fourth of July in a Turbulent Year
A fragmented Fourth of July celebration tale intertwines American liberty ideals with farm life. Jem Graham uncovers a long missing settlement proving ownership of Spring Farm as a gunpowder mishap threatens to ruin plans. Meanwhile Newton Nordyke’s aspiration to become a Charlotte school principal faces a mix up with a comical reading of Herschel comet papers.
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Carrol Graham
Jim
Jem
Chester Road
Grabaro
Nellie Mason
Spring Farm
Graham
Jong
Nellie
Tilbet
Nordyke
Newton Nordyke
Bidney Clemons
Sidney
Newton
Charlotte
Clemons
Clemens
Charlotte Depot
Squire Hawkins
Columbia
Ben
Renton Nordyke
Comets
Herschel
A.D. Baldwin
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Santiago Bay
Washington
Lincoln
Cuban Coast
Sinai
Charles Eugene Banks
Challis
Iprho
Chiitib
Custer County
MM. Swicer
Chicago
Lake City
Libertyo
Pacific
Runnymede
Bunker Hill
Lou V, Chapin
Aham
R. N. Howe
James Gayle
H, Fpevener
R. N. Hull & Co
Inxs
FR. N. Hull & Co
Shallis
Idamo
John P. Spalding
Prop
Pabst
Milwaukee Beer
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