Golden Queen Mine Deal Ends In Wild Deceptions
Hy Smith recounts a scheme by Aggy to sell the Golden Queen claim after a lucky find. A staged crisis, tricksters and luck lead to a run of gold dust, a staged sale plot, and a comic collapse that leaves the partners entangled and warned by fate.
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Hy Smith
Agey
Aggy
Alder Gulch
Arizona Way
Uncle Peters
Californy
Palace Dance Emporium
Agamemnon G. Jones
Gardner
Silver Creek
Murphy’s Butte
Gosh
Kersock
Agamemnon
Corker
Morgan Acquires Two Rare Bibles From Huth Library
J Pierpont Morgan adds two high priced books to his New York collection. Bernard Quaritch purchased a paper copy of Gutenberg Bible for $29,000 and a vellum dated Bible from Mainz for $15,250, totaling about $46,675 with commissions. The Huth paper Gutenberg is hailed as the finest 1455 55 Latin Vulgate edition, while the vellum dated Bible is the first dated Bible printed with movable type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Bernard Quaritch
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Quaritch
Quaritch
Huth
Morgan
John Faust
Fust
Peter Schoiffher
Schoeffer
Mainz
Mayence
Gutenberg
Cardinal Mazarin
Johann Gutenberg
National Library
Paris
Donatus
Morocco
Johannes Gutenberg
Huth-Morgan
Hoe
Duke of Devonshire
James Ellsworth
Lenox
Fr. Bedford
Fust & Schaeffer
Pust
Watson Taylor
Dent
Mr. Perkins
Earl of Crawford
Sunderland
Thorold
In Praise of Frugality Civcero Quotation
A fragment notes a quirky aphorism praising frugality with a misspelled signature. It attributes a claim that revenue comes from thrift, though the author name Civcero appears misspelled or fictional. The text resembles a motto or quotation snippet rather than a full article.
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Civcero
Verdi Literary Program Jan 26 Recitations and Readings
The Verdi literary program on January 26 features multiple recitations by Mre Chapel Lela White Robi Gault Cecil Hopping Ralph Palmer and Harry Miller. Performances include songs by Ethel Irvin and Bessie Myall, a prophecy by Jesse Hopping, and a debate on old age pensions with Bruce Cowden Will Longer Carl Libe and Frank Libe participating.
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Mre. Chapel
Lela White
Robi. Gault
Cecil Hopping
Ralph Palmer
Ethel Irvin
Dessie Libe
Harry Miller
Jesse Hopping
Dale Atkinson
Bessie Myall
Mr. Alleup
Hazel Dawson
Helene Helmick
Grumble
Blanche Helmick
Laurene Palmer
Grace Hopping
Charles McKay
Mary Fetters
United States
Bruce Cowden
Carl Libe
Frank Libe
Woman credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health
An Ada Virginia woman, Martha L Holloway of Odd, Virginia, says she regained strength after years of hemor rhages and back pain during the Change of Life. She praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, noting decades of endorsement and offering confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Odd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Martha L. Holloway
Lydia
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad
An old time remedy is revived with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. The ad promotes sage for hair darkening and gloss, claims guaranteed results or money back, and urges readers to buy at fifty cents a bottle from druggists including McElhinney Drug Co.
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Wyeth
McElhinney Drug Co
Rail Schedule Fragments Show Westbound Passenger Times
Rail timetable excerpt lists C M & St P westbound and Chicago Milwaukee routes with mixed times and station references. A Broadgate agent is noted, indicating a staffed timetable source for transfers or inquiries.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Golden Queen
H. W. Phillips
Leary
Stuart
Daggett
Johnson
Mr. Jones
Uncle Eter
Uncle Peter
THE
Huth Library
J. Wilson
C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson Lawyers Opposite Journal Office
Washington
Iowa
Charles A. Dewey
Lawyer
Washington County Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Casey Bros
E. J. Perry
West Washington Street
Ray H. Dean
Cook & Sherman's Drug Store
Clyde Wallace
D. G
J. Clyde Wallace
D. CG
Chiropractors
Windsor
Eicher & Livingston
Edmund D. Morrison
J. J. Kellogg
South Side Square
Keeley
Butterfield & Frame
Special Collection Department
Crail’s
P. J. Hanley
Over Crail’e Dry Goods
G. S. Lim
H. W. Russel
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
A. White
Sam'l L. Thompson
R. L. Coulter
W. A. White
Busines
C. M
ST. P
West Lim
Eopaliyo Aks
Chicago Moise
Milwaukee
Pagenger
Yan Enns
FL. Broadgate
Chichester
Fenton & Fenton
Palmer School
D. F. Macon
Edigreed
Macon
Austin Sutherland
Chas. Brown
Harry H. Ross
Foley
Bright
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