Lost cold vein found rush to Tonopah field
Washington Post special correspondent reports from Tonopah Nevada March 13 as a mining boom surges. Thousands flood in daily, rail lines taxed, and a new era begins with the Comstock lode myth guiding growth. Senator Clark builds a railroad and projects Tonopah’s population reaching 200000 by next August. Senator Nixon pledges to back miners and capitalists.
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Nevada mining boom raises Tonopah gold hopes worldwide
Dozens of high paying mines in the territory, led by Pittsburg Tonopah and Mizpah group, attract Eastern capitalists like Slater Bros and Warner Miller. Reports say ore bears up to 15000 to 18000 per ton, triggering a mass rush across Death Valley toward Tonopah Goldfield and Cowitch range, with widespread prosperity and new Comstock era optimism.
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Automatic cab fares raise complaints in New York
A New York supervisor of automatic cab fare machines recounts drivers’ troubles with patrons and odd tales. A passenger balks at 90 cents for a short ride, another pays with a dollar after a 38 cent rate, and a Sunday park ride ends with a $1.50 tip. A Frenchman protests a high fare, is escorted to a police station, and pays after the meter shows the charge. The supervisor notes the dial records every foot and suggests machine rates may exceed bargaining with a man without the device on very long trips.
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Strenuous Campaigning in Bradford County Narrows Focus
A Bradford County tale from Congressman Miall Lilley depicts a rough campaign in rural Pennsylvania. He recalls hustling for votes among farmers, including a scene with milking a stubborn cow to win support and a girl guiding him to a voter’s home with a calf in tow. The anecdote highlights election-day theatrics and neighborly barter in a close race.
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Jeffersonville ends rush to marry outsiders on river trips
Jeffersonville Indiana once famed as Gretna Green for quick marriages loses the boom as clergy and justices restrict runners and licenses. ministers now demand legal age permits and clear impediments before solemnizing unions, ending a practice that drew elopers and excursion crowds from Ohio, Michigan, and nearby states.
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Fragmented 1890 demographic note with local institutions
The passage lists local institutions in a small town including a courthouse two banks two newspapers eight churches a graded school a steam tannery and a tack and nail factory. Population in 1890 is 868 with about one church per 168 1 2 residents.
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Marriage routes and a bankrupt town in Michigan City
The piece notes Jeffersonville and Michigan City as hubs for spur-of-the-moment marriages, with Chicago visitors guiding couples to officials for quick wedlock. It recalls a Michigan City claim for damages over a defective sidewalk, bankrupting the town after an $11,000 verdict, and describes the lakefront erosion and the city’s fragile finances amid growth as a summer resort harbor town.
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Virginia College for Sale Amid Marketing Hype
The New York Sun reports a Virginia college offering itself for sale after earning about 5000 dollars annually. The seller touts favorable location in the Great Valley near the Blue Ridge, four brick buildings, dormitories, labs, library, music rooms, and school-owned equipment, seeking inquiries via F P Keppel in New York.
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Strike Led to Fortune In Lawyer’s One Night Role
A country lawyer recounts a Midwestern town strike that led him to perform as Marks in Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the courthouse. He earned modest take, faced a disruptive dog on stage, and after the crowd’s praise he returned to law practice, eventually building a thriving patient load within a year.
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Excursions to Mount Vernon and Old Point Comfort Hit by Travel Obi
Washington readers are urged to take a steamer excursion to Mount Vernon the home and tomb of Washington aboard the Charles Macalester leaving Seventh Street wharf at 16 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. daily with return times from the harbor. The voyage offers views of the Arsenal, Alexandria, Forts along the Potomac and Maryland Virginia shores. Old Point Comfort lures with a famous hotel and rapid trips from Norfolk and Washington steamers at 6:20 p.m. daily, connections to New York, Boston, and Southern resorts. Tickets available at wharves or 705 Fourteenth Street.
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Wrestler Gotch Defends American Wrestling Against Jiu Jitsu
In an interview with the Buffalo Express Gotch, famed champion wrestler, argues jiu jitsu has no terrors for capable American athletes. He recalls a quick victory over a Japanese practitioner and proposes tests pitting equal athletes to settle which style better defends the self and survives combat.
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Fed Mule and Wife Novel Divorce Answer
Tennesseean notes a humorous four page typewritten answer to a Marion County chancery suit for divorce. James H. Higgins draws the document without counsel, denying support while detailing farm duties and provisions. The filing ends with a prayer for absolute divorce and freedom from marriage with a long benediction.
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Puzzled Wife and Child Among Prolific Lookalikes
A Kansas City Star item recounts a Chicago cousin tale where two men living near each other passed as each other to deceive a wife. The inquirer notes a glove clue and a missing finger, followed by a child’s confusion requiring differing approaches to calm.
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