The United States vs Six Parcels of Placer Gold
A Hermosillo banker reports to a Tucson observer on the case of smuggled placer gold seized by U.S. authorities. He explains tax and minting laws, the potential impact on lenders, and the likelihood of further litigation and investigations in Mexico and the United States as public interest mounts. The report notes the case is already drawing wide national attention and urges caution until new developments appear.
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San Savier
Hermosillo
Mexico
Nuven
Roush
Sita
Hermosiilo
United States
Republic
Tucson
This Pedagogue Earns His Living
William A Dennison, a long distance pedagogue from Sutton, teaches at Cleveland school on Poplar Ridge nine miles away. In four months he walked 1 710 miles totaling eighteen miles daily, arriving at 7 30 each morning to light the fire and heat the building. He earns forty dollars a month.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Wiliam A. Dennison
Sutton
Cleveland School
Poplar Ridge
Dennison
Optician Dr Schell Plans East Trip for Glasses Adjustments
About May 15 Dr H A Schell the optician will take a trip East and cover different points in the Territory to Byne for about three months. Call now and have your eyes tested free in order to give him ample time to make any necessary changes in glasses before he leaves.
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H. A. Schell
Byne
Mascots and Superstitions of Gambler Players
Habitual gamblers cling to portable mascots in every game of chance. Tales abound of bullets from a suicide, a broker’s hairpin found in a theater, and a lawyer’s 4 coin given by a murderer on the day of execution. The mascot collection could continue indefinitely.
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Wissahickon
Philadelphia Record
Magpie superstition and Adelina Patti on stage
A column of quirky anecdotes recounts the Kaiser and the Duke of Cambridge debating magpie omens. It then recalls Adelina Patti describing her traits and appeal with a humorous self‑assessment. A joke from a country man about elephant demand follows, ending with a note on Russian imperial kitchen riches of Catherine the Great.
Tongue Sandwich Observation Cited in Philadelphia Bulletin
A humorous remark about a woman jabbering between two men is noted, comparing her speech to a tongue sandwich as described in the Philadelphia Bulletin. The exchange mocks rapid chatter in a social setting and reflects playful newspaper wit.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Hope lives where sky and sea meet
A poetic line from Temple House and a reflective quote from Chicago News frame aspiration and balance, echoing urban and coastal imagery.
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Hope
Regulating a Clock at Greenwich by Magnetic Feedback
The Greenwich observatory uses a fixed magnet near the pendulum to correct tiny timing errors. When the pendulum runs too fast or slow a current activates the magnet to tug the metal and adjust the swing by a fraction of a second. After thousands of swings the clock stays synchronized with precise time.
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Greenwich Observatory
London News
Ruskin on art as praise and life energy
The passage asserts that true labor and healthful life energy come from making art to praise what one loves, whether a shell, a stone, a hero, or God. It links artistic rank to the extent of one love, urging art to express one’s real deligation and lasting value.
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Ruskin
Inandr to Injury in a Domestic Mirror
A Detroit Free Press fragment recounts a domestic quarrel where a wife breaks a broomstick over her husband and forces him to buy a new one. The playful exchange shows a sharp, humorous tone within a civic gossip style column.
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Detroit
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