Alaska Coal and Gold Output Spark 1909 Report
The United States Geological Survey reports Alaska gold from 1880 to 1909 totaled 162.69 million dollars with placers yielding 118.22 million and lodes 44.47 million. 1909 production reached 20.46 million, led by Yukon placers and Fairbanks district, while coal mining stalled due to patent delays. It urges more railways, notes widespread coal potential, and cites export limits and competing fuels.
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Alaska
United States Geological Survey
Yukon
United States
Pacific States
California
Oregon
Rocky Mountain
British Columbia
Australia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Pacifc
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Vancouver Island
New South Wales
Tidewater
Pere Marquette Car Ferry No 18 Sinks in Lake Michigan
A Pere Marquette car ferry of 18 sinks 20 miles off Port Washington Wisconsin in a major Lake Michigan disaster. About 40 aboard include 20 deck hands and several passengers from a city. Wireless SOS messages began at 5 am and 7 am confirmed the sinking with 28 dead and 33 saved. Rescue efforts by ferry No 17 included two crew members who perished.
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State of Michigan
Pere Marquette
Lake Michigan
Port Washington
Wis
Ludington
Mercereau
Car Ferry No. 17
No. 17
Ferry No. 17
No. 18
Diet of Wild Honey as Food in Ancient Times
A National Geographic Magazine excerpt notes wild honey as an agreeable sweetmeat yet distasteful after prolonged use. The writer recalls a fortnight of eating only wild honey and maize, suggesting John the Baptist endured a similar harsh diet without biblical commentary.
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John the Baptist
National Geographic Magazine
Health Note: Dentist’s Finger Carried Disease Germs
A medical paper claims a dentist may carry disease germs on a finger. Moral: Boil your dentist.
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Boston Transcript
John Kinley Tener Honored In Charleroi Demonstration
A profile of John Kinley Tener, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate, based on J O Donnells account from Charleroi. The piece details Tener’s rise from local struggles to banker, congressman and Elks leader, and his supporters across the Monongahela valley. It notes family ties, community support, and Tener’s firm independence and integrity.
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John Kinley Tener
Charleroi
John O’donnell
Uniontown Morning Herald
Commonwealth
O'Donnell
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pennsylvania
J. O'D
James S. McKean
Jim
Pittsburg
Union Trust Company
McKean
Jim McKean
Tener
Wallace Tener
Coyle Theater
Monongahela Valley
Walter Tener
Brotherhood
John
John K
John K. Tener
Bridge
Street
Order of Elks
Congress
Monessen
George Nash
Tenet
Donora
Monongahela
California
Belle Vernon
Fayette City
Brownsville
McKeesport
Chicago
Candidates On the Go Across State Campaign Trail
Republican candidates tour Center County Center Hall Pottsville Reading and Lehigh County Allentown with State Chairman Walton pledging nonstop county visits until election day. A western state Tener show of support draws tributes from workers and diverse groups in Charleroi and nearby Pittsburgh area.
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Patrons of Husbandry
Center Hall
Center County
State League of Republican Clubs
Pottsville
Reading
Lehigh County
Allentown
Henry F. Walton
Tener
Charleroi
Pittsburgan
Republicans Predict a Big Pennsylvania Victory This Fall
Special correspondence from Philadelphia reports a broad Republican front in Pennsylvania led by John Kinley Tener. Party unity and strong support from farmers in Bucks and Montgomery counties, plus large rallies in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, boost expectations of a decisive November win. Democrats face internal strife between Grim and Berry factions, with Berry's campaign damaged by debt disclosure and a hostile clash with the press.
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Pennsylvania
John Kinley Tener
Commonwealth
Tener
Bucks
Montgomery
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Interior
Dropsy Cure Restores Farm Work Ability in 1902
L Turley Curd of Wilmore Kentucky says he was labeled incurable by doctors and family in 1902 yet Dr Miles Heart Remedy relieved his swollen limbs and heart fluid. He recovered enough to resume farm labor. The text touts the remedy as restoring heart strength and offers a money back guarantee via Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
Gas Explosion Kills Man at Superior Coal Mine No. 10
In Linton Indiana on September 15 one man was killed and eight injured in a gas explosion in an entry of the Superior Coal mine No. 10 near Duggar. About three hundred men work at the mine owned by Vandalia Coal company but only eighteen were in the entry at the time. The cause remains undetermined.
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V. S
Chicago
Mskin
Ak Sue
J. L. Mead Cycle Compar
Linton
Ind
Superior
No. 10
Duggar
Vandalia Coal Company
Governor Hughes greeted by
Fifty thousand people welcomed Governor Hughes at the New York state fair on Grange day. He received an enthusiastic reception as crowds watched the float parade during Carnival week after the Mistique Krewe of Ka-Noo-Na dined him at the Onondaga hotel.
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Syracuse
Hughes
Onondaga Hotel
Roosevelt to Address Dutchess County Fair in Poughkeepsie
Representative Hamilton Fish said Theodore Roosevelt will attend the Dutchess county fair at Poughkeepsie on Thursday September 19 and deliver an address. Roosevelt’s train en route to the state convention will stop briefly in Poughkeepsie.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Hamilton Fish
Theodore Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Father Lambert Improves After Illness
Newfoundland New Jersey Sept 15 Father Lambert rests comfortably and shows improvement after a troubled night and day. He received nourishment and is under medical care as doctors monitor his condition.
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Newfoundland
N. J
Lambert
Zeppelin Airship Destroyed in Fire at Baden-Baden
Berlin reports Count Zeppelin's airship the Zeppelin sixth burned in a fire at Baden-Baden. Three persons were badly injured.
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Count Zeppelin
Berlin
Zeppelin
Baden-Baden
Saved a Soldier's Life by Dr King's New Discovery
J A Stone of Kemp Texas faced death from consumption after a stubborn cold and long cough. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with a complete cure and a weight gain from 130 to 178 pounds. The ad promotes the remedy for coughs colds la gripe asthma hemorrhage hoarseness croup whooping cough and lung trouble. Trial bottle free and guaranteed by druggists.
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J. A. Stone
Kemp, Tex
Dr. King
Advertise in the Mail and Get Results
Local advertisers are urged to place notices in the Mail to reach a broad audience. The section promises measurable returns through timely classifieds and timely readership engagement.
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United States Survey
Pacific Slope
Cook Inlet
Susitna Basin
Alaska Peninsula
Bering River
Montanuska
Territory
Arctic Circle
Chicago, Ill
J. K. Tener
Kim
Didacy
Berry
Democracy of
Grim
Chestnut Hill
Guffey
Bolter
Keystone Party
Gress
Miles
Dr. Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Mnet
Roosevelt
Father Lambert
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