Treasure Fever Grips Lone Mountain Region
News from Mippersnoro Kentucky reports northern Tennessee towns thronging Lone Mountain after an Indian woman claimed a mound on John McCampbell’s land hides vast gold. Explosive digging, militia warnings, and clashes erupt as $50,000 already retrieved. authorities fear chaos unless action is taken.
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Mippersnoro
Tennessee
Lone Mountain
John McCampbell
McCampbell
Gay Turney
Neietherland
Gov. Turnsy
Mysterious vanishings and a prince in the Western Ghats
An Indian prince reportedly disappeared after a railway journey, leaving his palace staff and carriages at the station and never returning. The story recalls Tilleinathan Say, a ship-owner turned recluse who wandered naked into the woods in 1453, with rumors the prince may be living near Adami’s Peak in the Western Ghats.
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Tanjerya
India
Princie
Ciara
G. O. Mo
Prince of Wales
Tilleinathan Say
Garu
Tilleinathan
Feo
Atdastie
Tanjour
Ghaats
Prom Adami
Elephanta
Sea Mystery From Ocean Drift Off New Found Land
Captain Hodge of the Glen Devon reports sighting two bodies in the Atlantic while en route from Boston to England. A girl about three, in a black frock and white shawl, was found about 670 miles east of St John’s. The next day a woman around 40, in a brown petticoat and black waist, was seen sixty miles farther west. Both appear freshly dead, with a hurricane likely nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Hodge
Glendevon
Boston
England
Quarantine
New York
St. John’s
Sro
Hodge
A Business Making Book Promises Advertising Truths
An advertisement for a money making book titled Dollars And Sense by JC Power Jr, billed as the leading expert on case and advertising. It offers chapters with plates, examples of reading notices and headlines, and promises plain truths about advertising and exposure of ineffective methods. The copy invites readers to send twenty five cents postage to Toe Trate Conping in Boston, Massachusetts to receive the bows prepaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watch JC
Boston
Mass
Christmas Greeting Amid Calamity and Hope
This editorial reflects on the unseasonal gloom of hardship yet extends a cautious Christmas blessing. It laments wealth disparity, laments the failure to aid neighbors, and expresses hope for brighter days, citing the governor’s promise to revive financial stability and urging goodwill toward all.
A Christmas Stocking From a Naughty Child
Little Will writes a shockingly candid Christmas list to Santa Trans with requests for dangerous items and disruptive toys. The note reveals a desire to frighten family members, cause mischief, and provoke parental distress, ending with a threat about punishment.
Christmas Greeting to Children from a Friendly Page
A festive poem wishes a merry Christmas to girls and boys. It speaks of holiday games and toys, roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, pie, and plum pudding. Encourages generosity to poorer neighbors and sharing preferred toys. wishes joy and acts of kindness as the year ends.
Opening of the Legislature in St John’s Colony
A large crowd gathered at the Colonial Building in St John’s to witness the opening of the current legislative session. Governor Ton O Brien presided as the Speaker and members were summoned. the speech outlined supports for commerce, the Bank crisis, and plans to stabilize credit, with assurances about the Savings Bank and pending despatch from the Colonial Office.
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St. John's
Fawcett
Ton, O Brien Kclug
House of Assembly
Tom Monrasazo
Toly
Iso
Vince
Ita
Jeannet
Pereick
Speaker
Axsembdy
Banat
Cnlony
London
Address in Epic to the Governor's Speech Debated
Members returned to the Chamber as Mr. Speaker read the Speech in form. Mr Deve of Carbonear moved for an address in epic to the Governor's Speech, seconded by Mr Weervos of St Johns East. Mr Seoth and others reviewed the financial circle followed by the Yathiosian Secretary Mn Lop and Ayvand and the Premier Mb, all speaking well. The session adjourned at eleven o'clock on Monday.
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Deve
Carbonear
Epic
Weervos
St. Johns East
Gexmrat
Seoth
Mn Lop
Ayvand
Christmas at Cape Sabine A North Pole Christmas
General Grogly recalls Christmas 1898 spent at Cape Sabine amid polar night. The party endured scarce rations, shared a humble meal of seal stew and chocolate, and exchanged memories and stories while a single tobacco cigarette gift brought immense joy. The narrator notes many would not see another Christmas in the Arctic.
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Cape Sabine
Haven
Civilizy
Kishingbury
Tnns
North Pole
Bugidla Barpress
Boars Head at Queens College Christmas Feast Origin
A Victorian tale explains why Queens College Oxford still brings in a boar s head at Christmas. A student defending himself with Aristotle text near Shotover supposedly choked the boar, cry Graecum est, and carried its head home in triumph, inspiring the tradition.
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Queens College, Oxford
Shotover
Local notices and shipping brief from St Johns
Local and General. Subscribers thanked. appeals for dues. Christmas services at St Peters Church with morning and evening rites. The schooner Vietowa ashore at Back Harbor Nov 20. towed to pistol wharf by Filet. J B Howson to reside at Virginia Lake this winter. Death of Mr Robert S Munn of Munn & Co Shieher Grace noted as a heavy blow to Newfoundland trade and local provisioning firms.
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Vietowa
Back Harbor
Pistal
Filet
J.B. Howson, Esq
Crown Lands
St John’s
Little Bay
Virginia Lake
Robert S. Munn
Sot Munn & Co
Shieher Grace
Genuman
Newfoundland
Tors
Doon
Appointment of Executive Council and Acting Officials 1804
Published by Authority announces the appointment of EL Joseph Greene mystire Ifon Agustus Harves William J Horwood Patrick A Scott Jabez P Thompson to an Executive Council for the Corpus with Hon DP Joseph Greene QC acting Attorney General Hon William IT Horwood acting Colonial Secretary Hon Patrick Scott acting Receiver General Hon Jabez P Thompson acting Surveyor General Secretaryseller dated December 13 1804.
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EL Joseph Greene
Mystire
Ifon
Agustus Harves
William J. Horwood
Esquire
Patrick A. Scott
Equim
Jabez P. Thompson
Joseph Greene
William IT. Horwood
Patrick Scott
Coastal steamer Virginia Lake arrives after delay
The Virginia Lake, Capt Taster, arrived yesterday morning and after about three hours delay proceeded north. Passengers leaving St Johns include J Donnelly, Miss Avery, Miss Cull, Mr FE Doyle, Messrs Rousell, Koleman, Snelerove, Amy's Cove Kirby, Capt Brage, D Blandford, Oakley, Dawe, Capt Windsor, Miss Slane, Rev Fenwick, Mrs Humphries, Miss Terraville, Avery, Ashbourne, Skinn er, Thos Peyton, T Wells, Osmond, Davin, Murdan's Harbor Osmond, Miss Osmond, J and J Manuel, A Martin, Strong, L W Roberts, Geo Janes, M Sutton, Geo Stewart, Mercer, H A Strong, P Burke, B Boyles, O Howson, J C Phomsen, Moore, Moore, Bursey, about a hundred steerage.
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Virginia Lake
Taster
St. John's
Delerow
J. Donnelly
Miss Avery
Miss Cull
FE. Doyle
Villans Catalne
Mess Rousell
Koleman
Snelerove
Amy's Cove
Kirby
Greenspond
Brage
Blandford
Oakley
Dawe
J. Fules
Slani
Windsor
Slane
ny—Rav
ML Fenwick
Humphries
Terraville
T Avery
Wm. Ashbourne
Skinner
Thos. Peyton
T. Wells
Osmond
Davin
O Murdan
Miss Osmond
Jand J. Manuel
Mr. A. Martineltey
J. Strong
L. W. Toberts
Geo. Janes
M. Sutton
Little Bay Island
Geo. Stewart
I. Mercer
HI. A. Strong
Little Bay
P. Burke
B. Boyles
Oi. Howson
J. C. Phoms
Bank Defalcations on a Gigantic Scale
An expository list outlines large defalcations at the Commercial Bank. Figures show losses to Udwin Dodero Goodridge & Sons Job Brothers Goodfellow & Co dahin Steer Baine Johnston Co Crowdy Finlay and Taylor Telegram totaling over two million dollars. The piece also notes George O Sharpe of Elyria claiming his grandmother Mrs Crittenden near Cleveland is 133, healthy, and active.
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Udwin Dodero
Goodridge & Sons
Job Brothers
Goodfellow & Co
Dahin Steer
Baine Johnston& Co
Finlay and Taylor
Telegram
George O. Sharpe
Elyria
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Will
Annie
Taranta
Santa Claus
Papa
Kingdom Glory
Rhea
Levishature
Jantin
Lalay
Dyer Dienear
Telat
Dieier
Emyine
Arctic
St. Peter's Church
Authority
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