The Bonanza legacy and the Comstock lode saga
The article recalls John W. Mackay and the Bonanza mine's rise in the Comstock lode at Virginia City, its huge profits and stock booms, and quotes Charles Howard Shinn on the era. It notes the decline after 1879 with stock collapses, dividends ending, and the lasting impact on mining towns and investors.
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John W. Mackay
Comstock Lode
Virginia City
Montana
Placer
Alaska
Charles Howard Shinn
D. Appleton & Co
Mackay
California
Nevada
Lars
Sharon
Dublin
West
Mackay William Sharon
James G. Fair
James C. Flood
William S. O’brien
J. M. Walker
Fair
Virginia
Shinn
Pacific Coast
Diedesheimer
Carson Mint
Mr. Shinn
Consolidated Virginia
Barrasca
Baseball base hit mix up in Chelsea Gazette report
The Chelsea Gazette notes a confusion in a baseball game where McGraw is recorded as having a base hit after allegedly striking an umpire with a bat. The source implies the official score credits the hit, though the incident itself is controversial.
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Clara
George
Mabel
McGraw
Chelsea Gazette
Misplaced Man and On the Way to the City in Early Verse
A pair of poems from Chicago Daily News and Chicago Record Herald reflect on yearning for simpler life versus city ambition. The Misplaced Man contrasts farming, sailing, tinkering, and soldier life with personal dissatisfaction and a wish to shirk labor. On the Way to the City portrays crowds rushing toward a distant gleaming metropolis and the harshness the weak face amid striving crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Let Something Good Be Said In Difficult Times
A collection of verses urging kindness and praise to lift others. Riley’s call to speak well of others contrasts with combat and death imagery, while other stanzas celebrate love, memory, and keeping a hopeful outlook amid sorrow and misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Ledger Monthly
Sun spots blamed for puzzling weather shifts
The Washington Star notes that recent weather anomalies are attributed to sun spots. Each explained mystery reveals another knot, with officials unable to explain the spots and urging acceptance of the unresolved puzzles.
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Washington Star
Santos-Dumont Eyes Ocean Crossing Airship Plan
Alberto Santos-Dumont in the United States says he can build an airship to cross the ocean in two days if funded. The Aero Club of America, led by Alexander Graham Bell, backs experiments at Brighton with airship No. 6 and its 115 foot main body and 65 foot framework.
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Alberto Santos-Dumont
Aero Club of America
Brighton
Statue of Liberty
France
Alexander Graham Bell
Santos-Dumont
Not Used To Smoking Ends In Health Woe
A Macclesfield man sought medical help after health declined. The doctor diagnosed severe dyspepsia and gave strict diet advice including a single cigar daily. The patient later admitted he followed the one-cigar rule but had multiple cigars in a day, revealing the humor of his misunderstanding.
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Macclesfield
London
Unusual Morning Mood Sparks Quick Money Query
A brief Toon snippet shows a daughter and mother in a Toledo setting joking about money as a father heads downtown in a rare upbeat mood. The exchange highlights a light domestic moment in everyday life.
Witty quips and jests appear in early papers
A trio of short humor items span social banter and domestic wit. The Chicago Daily News cites a playful exchange about De Jones’s looks and conceit. The Philadelphia Inquirer records a father and daughter exchange about a visitor and gas. The Milwaukee Sentinel jokes that beauty routines fail when talking causes wrinkles.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Market Report Across Cities August 19 1902
New York Wheat No 2 red 74 4. Corn No 2 64c. Oats No 2 mixed 40c. Hay firm. Beves steers 4.50 to 7.50. Veals 5.0 to 8.5. Sheep 2.00 to 3.80. Lambs 5.25 to 6.62. Hogs Yorkers 6.90 to 7.00. Cleveland flour 4.00 to 4.20. Wheat 71c. Corn 65c. Oats 38c. Hay 14.00 to 14.50. Eggs 18 to 14c. Butter 21c. Cheese 11 1 2 c. Potatoes 55 to 60c. Cattle 6.25 to 6.40. Calves 7.00 to 8.00. Sheep 4.00 to 4.50. Lambs 5.2 to 6.6. Hogs 6.85 to 6.90. Toledo Wheat cash 7 14c. Corn 59c. Oats 32 14c. Cloverseed 5.45. East Liberty cattle choice steers 7.75 to 9.00. prime 7.15 to 7.50. Hogs 7.00 to 7.05. East Buffalo cattle prime steers 7.75 to 9.25. Sheep lambs 5.75 to 6.25. Hogs heavy 7.20 to 7.25. light 6.90 to 6.95. endli
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Cleveland
York State
East Liberty
East Buffalo
Peruna touted as cure for female weakness in letters
Readers from De Graff Ohio and Platteville Wisconsin describe severe female weakness headaches and backaches relieved by Peruna after doctor recommended it. Dr S B Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium offers free guidance and promises personal advice if results are not prompt and satisfactory.
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E. M. Milner
Mamie Groth
Platteville
Wis
B. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Hartman
Columbus
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Edwin L. Sabin
N. Y
Elizabeth French
Springfield
Mass
de Jones
William
Philadelphia Inquirer
New York
Toledo
Mrs
Esther M. Milner
de Graff, Ohio
MAS
Esther A. Milner
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Cts
Boston
Hanson Truss CO
Sixth Ave
Hamlin
Wizard Oil
Ie Lal Eel
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
C. S C
BR. Paxton Co
Anakesis
Nana Esis
Tribe Une
Henry C. Blair
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