Maybrick case reaches Congress and satire on politics
A spread of satirical remarks on politics and society runs through Townsend Messenger. The column notes Congress engagement with the Maybrick case, quips about campaigns, theater feuds, Cuba reports, a Kip vs Goodwin incident, a Berlin probe into a doctor father’s serum, a Bachelor’s club at a New York church, and Yale’s halt to Phelps modern fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorrilard Kip
New York
Nat Goodwin
Hoffman House
Kip
Yale University
William Lyon Phelps
Dr. Phelps
Homer
Virgil
Pliny
Chaucer
Spenser
Robert Louis Stevenson
Rudyard Kipling
Tolstoi and Howells
Hall Caine
Marion Crawford
Women Hat Crusade Spreads To Brooklyn Theaters
The Ohio law against women wearing high hats in theaters has stirred agitation in other quarters. The Brooklyn Women’s Health Protective Association forms a committee to urge managers to post notices asking hats be removed and to provide hat storage. The piece notes past male-led action and wonders if women crusaders will ease the burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Health Protective Association of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Weller
Riches Seen in Gunnison Gold Belt Prospecting Tour
Mining journalist Thomas Tonge reports an eight day survey of the Gunnison gold belt south of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad between Cochetopa and Cebolla. He notes promising drillable veins at Iris Chance Vulcan Spencer Du Bois and Tolifer o and praises Posey of Telluride for developing Mineral Hill with a twenty stamp mill planned to expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tonge
Colorado
Mining Journal
London
Gunnison
Denver & Rio Grande
Cochetopa
Cebolla
Ponge
Lakes
Iris
Chance
Vulcap
Spencer
du Bois
Carpenter Hill
Tolifero
Ti’. Posey
Tom Boy
Telluride
Mineral Hill
Stubb's Gulch
Posey
Mineral Hill Group
Vulcan
Mammoth Chimney
Bonanza
Iowa Capital
Lion Cap
Goose Creek
Towa
Pilot Knob
Iron Mountain
Missouri
Gunnison City
Kezar Basin
Lake Fork
Placer Mining in Winter Demonstrated by Westerman
Conrad Westerman reports successful winter placer mining in Colorado near Breckenridge in the Blue River valley. He describes a dual insulated sluice system using heat from exhaust steam to keep ice from forming, claims deep winter workings can reach bedrock, and notes current 38 feet depth with $4 to $5 per cubic yard yield, expecting better results as they go deeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Westerman
Denver Republican
Valley of the Blue
Breckenridge
Ld Placer
Bed Rock
Mining notes show rising gold rush in Colorado and New Mexico
Reports detail a major strike at the Maud S. mine in the Mogollons New Mexico and expansion at the Pret Trachsler mill in La Plata. Shippers sent 3136 tons of ore from Black Hawk depot to Denver and other smelters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud S
Mogollons
New Mexico
Pret. Trachsler Company
la Plata
Black Hawk
Denver
Pueblo
Placer
Roscoe
Clear Creek
Pine Creek
Cripple Creek
Denver Republican
Moose
Hazel & Samuels
Elizabeth
Bare Hills
Bare Hills City
Fine P. Ernest
G. L. Stone
J . Owens
Battle Mountain
Moon-Anchor Company
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Townsend Messenger
Stout & Watt
Montana
Congress
Effet
Booth
Li Hung Chang
America
Chicago
Cuba
Berlin
Langenhaus
Trict
Missouri Hill
Iron Cap
Ike G. P. Posey
D. Hyman
A. T. Hathaway
H. K. Devereaux
Indiana
Iowa
C. le. Westerman
Upper
Arkansas River Valley
Swiftwater District
Chaffee County
Twin Lakes
Granite
Swiftwater
Park County
Fairplay
Alma
Hock Hocking
Hill Top
Tarryall
Michigan Center
Rocky
Ward Maee
White Pine
Upper Spring Gulch
Ward
JR Dealer
Pdouglas OE
Wolo
Amine
W. L. Douglas
Smwe
R. W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Lyon & CO. Tobacco Works
Derham, D. C
Hires Rootbeer
Charles F. Hires
Philadelphia Age
Northern
Wisconsin
Consin Central Railroad
Frederick Abbot
Wicconsin Central R. B
Milwaukee
Wis
Sioux City
Pech Mfg. Co
Crease Machinery Co
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