Nome's Giant Gold Brick Exhibit Highlights Far North Riches
Nome Alaska's mining wealth is showcased at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland Oregon. A 90 pound gold brick valued at about 25000 dollars and two large gold nuggets attract crowds guarded by a cowboy with a revolver. The display lists pay dirt from Anvil creek and bedrock from Portland beach claim, plus a vast tin deposit on Buck creek and Cassiterite ore ledges near Bars mountain. Quicksilver ore on the Kuskokwim river is also noted with high ore values. Coal from Chicago creek at Kugruk river is described as heat equivalent to Wellington coal.
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Portland
Nome
Alaska
Ealls
Brindley
Seward Peninsula
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Fiomeer Mining Company
Anvil Creek
Portland Beach
Cape York
Buck Creek
Bars Mountain
Shismaroff Inlet
Kuskokwin River
British Columbia
Chicago Creek
Kugruk River
Kotzebue Sound
Wellington
Crushed Genius and the Schoolroom Composer
Edward Grieg recalls a childhood moment when his music book sparked high praise from teachers and classmates, only to be abruptly crushed as the lesson shifted. The incident marked a fleeting ascent toward recognition before a harsh reversal.
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Edward Grieg
Grieg
Contemporary Review
Ocean Graveyard Sable Island Wrecks Near Gloucester
James B. Connolly writes in Scribner's about Sable Island as the Atlantic graveyard for Gloucester fishermen. The island sits among dangerous shoals where haddock cod and halibut feed, luring crews to trawl and risk wrecks on the bars. Two hundred plus wrecks rest in the sands as crews press on through winter seas.
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Sable Island
Gloucester
James B. Connolly
Scribner's
Nature’s inventive marvels in sea creatures and builders
The excerpt praises how Mother Nature teaches creatures to accomplish tasks with limited tools. It compares a bird’s nest, a caterpillar cocoon, and bees combs with remarkable sea animal work in shells, highlighting nature’s ingenuity.
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St. Nicholas
Woman requests twenty five pounds of beef to view loss
A woman rides to a butcher and asks for twenty five pounds of beef. She explains her doctor says she has lost twenty five pounds of flesh through cycling and wants to see the lump, then declines delivery.
Old Scotswoman Learns Why Saul Hated David’s Anthem
An elderly Scottish woman decries modern church music recalling a neighbor’s remark that the hymn is an old anthem. She then jokes that Saul once hurled a spear at David because the boy sang for him, finally understanding the danger of singing biblical verses in church.
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David
Saul
Encouraging Her Pencils Lead to Whittling Joke
A dialogue from the Columbus Dispatch features a stationer asking Mr. Smith what he does with lead pencils. He jokes that his wife taking whittling lessons explains using about three pencils a day.
Magnifying Labor Advantages Frames Johnson Quote
A fragment reflects on labor and hazard, noting the power to magnify advantages through effort. The quotation attributes thoughts to Johnson, underscoring the value of resilience and practical gains.
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Johnson
A Comedy of Errors Defeat for the Richland Boys
A humorous report notes the Rich land team, the Richland Boys, suffering a defeat in a local match. The brief focuses on the missteps and outcome, capturing a lighthearted sports result from the period.
Richland Beaten 17 4 as Home Team Dominates
Washington batsmen spark a 17 to 4 rout over Richland on the local diamond. Washington scores two in the first, nine in the sixth, four more in the eighth, while Richland falters with errant pitching and misplayed plays. Teeter belts a home run as Fesler and Anderson handle the mound for the locals.
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Richland
Washington
Rich
Fesler
Anderson
Teeter
Berkenbine Billings
B. Shute
Ringling Brothers Circus to Exhibit in Muscatine
Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows visit Muscatine on Tuesday August 29 with a enlarged program including a full extra train and eighty five seventy foot cars. The Field of the Cloth of Gold pantomime features 1,200 actors and 500 horses on the largest stage yet used. Special excursion rates are offered for travel to the Muscatine exhibit, the only in this region this season.
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Ringling Brothers
Muscatine
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. Claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure. Includes sales pitch for the remedy and accompanying pills.
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Hall
Eney & Co
Toledo
New Washington County Atlas to Begin Field Work Sept
The Iowa Publishing company of Davenport will start field work in Washington county on September 4 to prepare a comprehensive county atlas. It will feature color maps of townships, rural routes, schools, towns, roads, mines, farms with owners, plus reminiscences and biographical sketches. The atlas aims to be a lasting reference, with extensive detail and home-ready quality.
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Iowa Publishing Company
Davenport
Iowa
Washington County
Beech Island
Moline
Washington
Roy Stapp to wed English suitor in Europe
Rumor says Roy Stapp, who has been in Europe two years, will marry a young Englishwoman. The Columbus Junction Gazette notes the match as a cheerful note for a worthy man and jokes about avoiding titles and royal circles.
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Roy Stapp
Europe
England
Roy
Roy Stapps
Edward
Columbus Junction
Bank hires temporary cashier in Washington absence
J. W. Fisher of Citizens' National Bank Washington fills in as cashier at National Bank during Endicott's absence, effective August 11 per Enterprise report.
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J. W. Fisher
Citizens’ National Bank
Washington
Endicott
National Bank
Enterprise
Bus Service For Chautauqua Parities At Ten Cents
Lt will run a bus during Chautauqua and call at homes for parties of not less than five at ten cents each way. Returns to starting place. Leave orders at McElhinney's drug store, phone 89. If fewer than five, cost is 60 cents. KR. W. Bear. Will pasture cows at 1 dollar for the season. Aug 24.
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McElhinney
KR. W. Bear
Money to Loan on Farm Land Details
Notice indicates two loan offers on farm land: $50,000 at 6 percent and $25,000 at 4 percent. The text appears garbled with an additional fragment and missing context.
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Gries
Mother Nature’s Children
Land Boys
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
the New
Washington County Atlas
M. Lombardo
North Side Square
Want
A. R
Denver, Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Grand Army of the Republic
Colo
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Union Pacific
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
F. A. Miller
Chautauqua
W. H. Butterfield
Chamberlain
Obs Witmer
Joplin
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Ideal Poultry Farm
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