Mining boom in Kelvin area signals new era for Pinal county
Report from Kelvin Arizona on May 15 details a brighter outlook in the Kelvin River side and Ripsey mining districts. A 60 ton smelter at Troy and a new Bob Tail custom mill boost activity while an Omaha firm may acquire the McSherry property and connect a rail tramway to the Phoenix and Eastern. The Bryan group near Kelvin expands development to over 3,000 feet. Florence also seen rising with railroad prospects and mineral region potential.
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Kelvin, Ariz
Kelvin
Riverside
Ripsey
Troy
Troy and
Manhattan Company
Bob Tail Mining Company
Omaha
McSherry
Gila River
Phoenix and Eastern Railroad
Bryan Group of Mines
James McCarthy
Kinney
Globe
New York
Ray
Pinal County
Silver King
Florence
Secret marriage revealed by divorce in Columbus
Mrs. Marion Cushman was divorced from Victor N. Cushman in Columbus Ohio on May 16. She is the daughter of retired General James W. Forsytth.
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Regular Army
Sheridan
Forsyth
New York City
Cushman
New York
West Forty-third Street
St.Louis
Columbus, O
Marion Cushman
Victor N. Cushman
James W. Forsytth
Volcanic Eruptions May Injure the Ganal
An unnamed government expert warned that the Martinique eruption could jeopardize a proposed Nicaragua canal. He said a similar eruption might destroy the Nicaragua route, while Panama would remain outside the volcanic zone and safe from such effects.
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Washington
Martinique
Nicaragua
Leather firm completes tanning of human skin
A city leather company finished tanning a human skin found by an employee. The two pieces measure about 12 by 20 inches and 12 by 12 inches, one from the back and one from the breast. A Chicago medical college student brought the skin to town three weeks ago. The company president refused comment while a foreman showed curiosity.
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Chicago
Two Chicago Babies In an Incubator
May 16 report from Chicago states five babies at the Chicago Lying-in Hospital on Ashland avenue are claimed by physicians to be the smallest in the world and are living in an incubator.
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Chicago
Ashland Avenue
Twin Chicago twins arrive early weigh two pounds two
Twin girls born in Chicago arrived 40 days early six weeks before their due date. One weighs 2 pounds 2 ounces, the other 1 pound 11 ounces. Dr Loring C Collins says they are growing, in an incubator at four degrees, swathed in wool, drinking milk and sleeping, with hope they may reach 300 pounds as adults.
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Chicago
Loring C. Collins
Shaw to appoint new assistant secretary of the treasury
General O L Spaulding will retire as the first assistant secretary under Secretary Shaw. Spaulding opposed Wakeman as port of New York merchandise appraiser and aligned with Collector Bidwell. Candidates Converse J Smith and Frank E Johnson excluded. Julian W Richards urged by Speaker Henderson for the post.
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Washington
O. L. Spaulding
the Treasury
Shaw
Spaulding
Wilbur F. Wakeman
New York
Bidwell
Roosevelt
Converse J. Smith
Boston
Frank E. Johnson
General Spaulding
Speaker Henderson
Julian W. Richards
Waterloo
Iowa
Boiled Elephant on Toast Joke Draws Laughs in London
A country man and his companion visit a restaurant where he jokes with a waiter about ordering a boiled elephant. The exchange reveals the waiter’s deadpan reply and a playful pricing twist, ending with the man retreating from the gag as the joke lands softly.
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Walter
Farcical San Francisco Benefit Play Shocks Audience
In the fifties a amateur dramatic performance in San Francisco for charity featured Hugh Farrar McDermott the poet. A bad acting turn led to a farce as McDermott dropped his sword and asked what to do with the envenomed blade. A banker’s box voice quipped stab yourself and be done with it and the crowd tittered.
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San Francisco
Hugh Farrar McDermott
Mr. Mills
McDermott
Hugh
Frank Leslie's Monthly
Senate Philippines committee hears water cure claim
Daniel J. Evans testified seeing two insurgents subjected to a water cure in northern Luzon to extract info on concealed arms. He states Private Frank Koehler struck a water cure victim forty times in the stomach. The committee summoned Koehler and adjourned until tomorrow. Palace advertisements follow.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Philippines Committee
Daniel J. Evans
Twelfth Infantry
Luzon
Frank Koehler
United States
Koehler
Tomar
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