Clash of miners and mercenaries at the rush for a mountain placer
A construction camp faces a tense night as two miners claim a placer drain above a frozen slope while armed men march in on a car. Adams and Branagan weigh Rajah Darrah's plan and the sheriff’s posse as a landslide later obliterates the track opposite Darrah’s private car, signaling upheaval in the uprising.
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Mike
Beyant
Adams
Yiaim
Sharps
Thim C. & G. R. Divils
Carbonate
Rosemary
Michael Branagan
Donnybrook Fair
Corporation
Branagan
Morton P. Adams
C. E
Boston
Ah Foo
Argentine
Winton
Dinkey
Ute County
Buckingham
Morty
Pacific Peak
Oberon
Placer Drain
Carter
Mr. Winton
Somerville Darrah
Early Rise Amid Explosion and Landslide Ruin
Virginia awakens to a landslide ruin shown by a dynamite blast as dust lingers in Rosemary. A colorless voice notes the foe’s misfortune, hinting Jastrow delayed his arrival, echoing a morning’s suspense and a cliffhanger ending.
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Vigu
Virginia
Jastrow
Woman Refuses Captain Plea as Flynn Plays Bet Curl
Policeman Barney Flynn persuades a resistant Mrs Miller to join a doorway interview by spinning a bet with the captain. Flynn crafts a comic scheme claiming he can coax any woman, while the captain presses for information. Flynn ultimately buys his wife a shawl.
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Barney Flynn
Miller
Flynn
Policeman Flynn
Taalkin
Barney
Joseph B. Bowles
the Century Co
French Gentlemen Relate Bizarre Mis sissippi Tale
Parisian reporters hear quirky stories from Sarah Bernhardt's troupe after their U S tour. A French observer swears a child rode an alligator on the Mississippi River using a meat‑lure stick to coax the beast.
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Sarah Bernhardt
United States
Mississippi
Earthquake survival tale in San Francisco past incident
In a San Francisco hotel a trenching quake caused the building to collapse except for the chimney, through which a young woman escaping, while in Chattanooga locals threatened lynching of a colored citizen if the events continued.
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Chattanooga
Sarah
San Francisco
Sweet Thoughts From Atchison Father Over Gifts
A father in Atchison buys his daughter a $75 gold watch, but she prefers a box of chocolates sent by a young man. The gift leaves her indifferent while she sits in the dark thinking for hours, highlighting a young couple’s small emotional tension.
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Atchison
Atchison Ginbe
Worst Case of Eczema Healed with Cuticura Remedies
A forty-year-old mother recalls her four month old son developing severe eczema on the face spreading rapidly despite doctors efforts. After trying Cuticura Remedies, his condition improved in two months and fully healed in six months. Mrs. R. L. Risley Piermont New Hampshire October 24 1905.
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R. L. Risley
Piermont, N. H
Battle of the Riveter
Charley shows his Oklahoma uncle around downtown Kansas City when a riveter on a top floor hammers away causing a startled reaction. The uncle jokes about wanting to see the “woodpecker” as onlookers watch the noisy machine.
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Charley
Oklahoma
Grand Avenue
Scott
Kansas City Star
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New York
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