Klondike 04s Rise Again In Canadian Gold Rush Tale
Jake Cook, a mixed heritage Indigenous guide, uncovers a four inch pay streak at Copper Lake north of The Pas. He and J P Gordon stake a claim and spark a potential revival of Klondike scale gold hunting from Copper Lake through The Tas with 160 miles by canoe. Prospectors deploy into muskeg country ahead of a spring rush.
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J. P. Gordon
Hudson Bay Railway
Copper Lake
Canadian National Railway
Steel
Gordon
Cook
Tus
Klondike
White Horse Pass
Tas
Jake Cook
Wilds
Flinplon Lake
Twin Lakes
Atapapascow
Mandy Pine Root
Jake Cook Finds Continent’s Largest Quartz Vein Near Cranberry Lakes
The third find from Frank Moore of Winnipeg led to a 4 bed quartz vein near Cranberry Lakes, said to be among the largest on the continent. In 1815 near the Pas,ock a Gold Vein strike was made and experts foresee a future yield in the millions. Jake Cook is credited with knowledge of gold.
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Frank Moore
Winnipeg
Cranberry Lakes
Pas
Ock
Jake Cook
Thirtieth in First Divisional Reunion at Greenville
The Thirtieth Division Veterans association will form at a reunion in Greenville on September 29 and 30 at Camp Sevier. The division, drawn from Tennessee and Carolinas with troops from many states, will feature camp life, free meats donated by the countryside, home cooking, and parades led by Major Generals Lewis and O Rian. Speeches are hoped with President Wilson possible.
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Greenville
Veterans’ Association
Camp Sevier
France
National Guard
Tennessee
North
Soutn Carolina
Union
MM. Lewis
John Te. O' Ryan
Wilson
Schumann- Hleink
Hand Grenades Used in West Prussia Store Attacks
Civilian mobs armed with hand grenades revolvers and other weapons attacked food stores in Zoppot West Prussia as profiteering charges sparked anger. The unrest followed war leftovers being repurposed amid rising prices and economic upheaval. Prices of margarine rose sharply in interior Germany while exchange rates worsened, making the mark worth about six cents in American money.
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Coblaiinza
Zoppet
West Prussia
Germany
Army
Eskimo Island confirms women govern Little Diomede
Report from Meau Alaska on Little Diomede in the Bering Sea shows women and children rule the community. A man needs his wife’s consent to buy, a mother’s approval if living with a married child, and wealth is counted in skins. Official suicide by self-harm is allowed with formal government permission.
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Meau
Alaska
Diomede
Diomedes Islands
Bering Sea
Siberia
Alaska Territorial Bureau of Publicity
King George Names Brother-in-Law as Brigadier General
The London Gazette reports the Earl of Athlone, second Life Guards and personal aide de camp to the king, elevated to brigadier general. He is the queen’s brother and the Duke of Teck’s third son, with ancestral ties to Lieutenant General Bentinck and Count Hohenzollern’s AMERONGEN circle.
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London
London Gazette
Earl of Athlone
Duke of Teck
Earl of
Battle of the Boyne
Ireland
Ancient pit brow woman in coal fields dies in Wigan
Bridget McHugh, the oldest pit brow woman in the Pemberton coal fields, dies in Wigan England. The death is reported from the mining community with note of her long service in the coal industry and her age..
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Wigan
Eng
Bridget McHugh
Pémberten Coal
Mormons Plan to Build Large Structures in Twin Falls
The L D S church has purchased nine lots on Third Avenue East behind the First Methodist church for $11,000. George W. Hammond, bishop of the Twin Falls ward, says plans call for a tabernacle costing 60,000 to 70,000 with work to start promptly and a Mormon School planned later. The Twin Falls ward has about 900 members and the church aims to be ready for use next spring.
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Twin Falls
Third Avenue
First Methodist Church
George W. Hammond
Twin Falls Ward
T Tammond
Four Godsey Children to Children’s Home in Boise
Probation Officer Ault visited Buhl and arranged for four Godsey children to be sent to the Boise children’s home. School nurse Mrs. Diterichs will accompany them. Mrs. A. J. Godsey consented. Auls bought outfits including clothing and shoes. An afternoon paper reported the mother’s death yesterday.
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Ault
Buhl
Godsey
Boise
Diterichs
A. J. Godsey
11 Day Old Baby Dies Funeral Held Today
Kength Janes, 11 days old, died yesterday. He was son of Mr and Mrs Charles Janes of Eden. Funeral services set for today at 2 o'clock at Grossman's chapel per hometown notice.
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Kength Janes
Charles Janes
Eden
Grossman's Chapel
Reverend Bennett Arrives From Salina to Lead Local Pulpit
Rev Alexander G Bennett and his family arrived Thursday afternoon from Salina Kansas. He will occupy the M E pulpit left vacant by Rev E G Keith.
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Rev. Benett
Salina, Kans
Alexander G. Bennett
Salina
Kansas
Bennett
M. E
E. G. Keith
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