Lost Cold Vein Found Rush to the Tonopah Field
Special correspondence from Tonopah Nevada March 13 describes a gold rush surge as Tonopah becomes a booming mining hub. The article notes railroad strain from crowds, estimates of nightly population, and claims that the lost Comstock lode is being rediscovered fueling optimism about Tonopah’s future. It highlights Senator Clark building a railroad, ore stockpiles awaiting transport, and visits by Senator George S Nixon with assurances to support miners and capitalists.
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Comstock Lode
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Rooney
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George Hearst
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Jennie Flood
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Los Angeles
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Tompah
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Stewart
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Washington
Congress
Domint
Nevada’s Tonopah Belt Booms With Rich Gold Finds
Dozens of mines in the Tonopah district attract Eastern capital as vast fortunes emerge. Schwab and Miller back major holdings in Mizpah and Pittsburg Tonopah, with ore values reported up to 18 000 per ton. Prospectors flood in from the East and West, Mesmerizing Nevada’s revived mining boom across Goldfield, Lida, Diamond Wield, Bull Frog, and Cowitch regions.
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Bull Frog
Cowitch Range
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Oregon
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Lida
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Automatic cab fares raise laughs and protests in New York
A New York supervisor describes taxi drivers’ complaints about automatic fare machines. He recalls a patron paying 90 cents for a three fifths mile ride, a driver who billed 620 dollars for a long trip, and a Sunday park tour where a tip and honesty clashed with the device. The dial records every foot, sometimes prompting disputes and a higher fare on long journeys.
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Washington Post
New York
Adj
Grand Central Station
Utopia
Strenuous Campaigning in Bradford County Meet
A Bradford County tale of political hustle is told by Congressman Miall Lilley as he recalls last fall’s heated contest. Farmers milking cows and a girl with a calf symbolize the brisk campaigning, with Lilley chasing votes and his opponent’s calf behind the barn.
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Congress
Bradford County
Miall Lilley
Old
Bradford
Brown Nyes
No More Hasty Marriages In Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville Indiana once a Gretna Green for three states saw the wedding trade decline as runners and bargain licenses vanished. Challenged by ministers and officials, the town ended quick marriage schemes after public pressure and legislation, restoring decorum and lawful unions.
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Justice
Jeffersonville
Corder
Seope
Fragmentary Local Census Note for Small Town
A fragment lists local institutions including one courthouse two banks two newspapers eight churches a graded school a steam tannery and a tack and nail factory. Population in 1890 was 868 with about one church per 168 residents.
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Han
Plating a Trip to Jeffersonville Sparks Matrimonial Tales
The piece discusses hasty marriages in Jeffersonville and Michigan City, noting ghost guides to parsonages, safeguards on licenses, and the regional rivalry with St Joseph. It recounts Michigan City's bankruptcy after a damage verdict and its shifting lakefront, harbor, and resort status amid a growing population and commerce.
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Michigan City
Chicago
Justice
West
College For Sale In Virginia Newspaper Ad Says 5,000 Profit
A Virginia college advertised for sale claiming annual net of about 5,000 dollars with a potential rise next season. The description notes location in the Great Valley near Blue Ridge, four brick buildings, five furnished dorms, substantial facilities, and current faculty. The letterhead and promotional language are cited from a New York Sun piece.
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Virginia Institution
New York Sun
F. P. Keppel
Columbia, University
New York
Keppel
College
Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Strike Led to Fortune in Untold Courtroom Tale
A country lawyer recounts a three night courthouse stint by a Walker Uncle Tom’s Cabin company in the Middle West town. He describes the strike by an actor named Marks and his own pivot from unpaid arbor to paid performer sufficient to launch a law practice, ending with the next day’s legal work and a year of success.
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Middle West
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Marks
Topsy
Excursions to Mount Vernon and Old Point Comfort Begin Here
Washington readers are reminded of popular trips by steamer to Mount Vernon, the Potomac voyage passing landmarks from the Arsenal to Fort Washington. Also promoted is Old Point Comfort as a lent season resort with daily Norfolk connections and hotel accommodations. Tickets are available at wharf offices and 705 Fourteenth.
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Charles Macalester
Seventh Street Wharf
Potomac
Arsenal
Alexandria
Fort Foote
Fort Washington
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Maryland
Virginia
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Washington Breamboat Coneeo
Ulat
New York
Boston
Lothes
Ea Street
Gotch backs American wrestlers in jiu jitsu clash debate
Buffalo Express quotes Gotch asserting American wrestlers can defeat jiu jitsu experts of equal strength, arguing the sport’s holds are overkill for ordinary athletics. He proposes a test between two matched athletes to determine which style better trains for defense and combat.
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Trogy
The
Buffalo Express
America
Fed Mule and Wife in Tennesseean Novel Divorce Answer
A Memphis News-Scimitar note describes James H. Higgins as the author of an amusing, four page typewritten answer to a Marion County Chancery Court divorce petition filed by Dorindia E. Higgins. The document, unsigned at the top, argues nonsupport and features a comical prayer for an absolute divorce and freedom from property ties, with Higgins claiming to have supplied farm meals, seed, meat, flour, and even use of a mule.
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T B. Caldwell
Chancery
Chattanooga
Chancery Court
Marion County
Janes H. Higgins
Dorindia E. Higgins
Jesus Christ
Hur
James H. Higgins
Dorindia Elizabeth
Puzzled Wife and Cousins Impersonation Tale Recalls Masquerader
From Kansas City Star a Chicago cousin double act caused a wife to mistake her husband for another man on a streetcar. The tale details how two near-identical men fooled a wife and child, needing careful introductions to ease the child’s confusion over weeks.
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Mr. X
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