Miners Rich Strikes and the Blanche Barkley Romance
Dramatic tale from early Australian gold fields recounts the discovery of a major nugget by prospectors aided by a peddler cart tale. It follows Cornwall miners John Voyu and Richard Oates, their long quest, and the priceless gold found at Ballarat and beyond. The narrative blends romance, peril, and fortune amid rugged diggings and global attention.
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Abe Tate
VooNi Corin
John Voyu
Richard Oates
Colaim
Molague ii
Shgor
Dheir
Maine
Cornwall
Lesatuning
Deason
Hold Neld
Welno Ostranger
Auste
Mtaeted von
Apamanen
Ballarat
England
Pic
Lalifornia
Flower
Munyon Remedies Sold For Cures In 19th Century Ads
An old advert boasts Munyon remedies for colds fevers coughs and pneumonia and claims rapid cures for kidney and bladder troubles and weak men. It promises relief from swollen joints and chronic ailments and urges readers to ask a druggist for Munyon’s products like Rheumatism Remedy and Vitaliser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donson
Munyor
End of a Red Nose and the Dew Skin Discovery
A mistyped ad fragment touts dewy skin product that allegedly heals blemishes while remaining invisible on the face. It claims rapid toning, invites readers to order from Emergency Laboratories, and cites pharmacies selling it. It then shifts to a mining tale about the Oliver Martin chunk, a large gold nugget, and the Pilbarra field discovery sparked by a boy finding a gold speck on a stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ram's
O'Donnell's
AfMfeck’s
People’s Drug Store
West Twenty- Utth Street
New York
Oliver Martin
Martin
Salning
Jack
Pilbarra
West Australia
Pilliarra
Heiress Custody Battle Tracked Across Chicago by Deputies
In Chicago a wild pursuit by deputy sheriffs sought a 13 year old heiress Kathryn A Good and her father as custody battle ends with the father gaining custody earlier, while grandmother Mrs John R Hoare secures a writ to bar removal. The case follows the death of Kathryn’s mother Mrs Anna Hoare Good in an automobile crash near Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Muta
Kathryn A. Good
Henry F Good
Leck Haven
Anna Hoaie Good
Buffalo
Good
John R. Hoare
Tate
Windes
Circuit Court
Trindla
Hoxie
Vanderbitt
America
Mr. Sends
Stetson Expresses Loyalty to Mother Church in Letter
Augusta Stetson former leader of the First Church of Christ Scientist makes public a letter to Secretary Dittemore of the Boston mother church board. She states she will follow Mary Baker Eddy and will not neglect opportunities to bring others closer to God. She wishes continued loyalty and service from the board of directors and support for Eddy’s Christian science cause.
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Mother Church
Spelies
Washington
New York
Augusta Stetson
Dittemore
Mother Sharch
Boston FL
Nester
Goding
Mary Baker
Poems Adorn Ruptial Rite At Calgary Church
In Calgary Baptist Church Miss Luella May Clark daughter of Isaac M. Clark married Iraits a businessman in a ceremony led by Rev John A. Courtright. The nuptials were delivered almost entirely in verse with the pastor reciting Poe’s The Bells and other poems before blessing the couple.
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Washington Post
Middletown
Calgary Baptist Church
Luella May Clark
Isaac M. Clark
John A. Courtright
Actress Weds Indian Prince in London Nuptials
Dolly Parnell, a popular musical comedy actress, married Prince Nesir Ali Khan son of a prominent Vinidia ruler in London. The groom presented the bride with jewelry valued at about $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesir Ali Khan
Dolly Parnell
London
Vinidia
Willis G Brown Honored At Washington Ceremony
Willis G Brown received several gifts from an orderly clerk in the forest service before leaving Washington tomorrow for Raton New Mexico to manage the Raton Recorder a weekly he recently bought His family will join him in Raton next spring A welfare branch meeting led by Cora Harvey national secretary of the International Brotherhood Welfare Association plans Friday gatherings for unemployed workers at the People's Church Capitol Street Northeast Each city is fielding similar groups with a Monday evening schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Wills G. Brown
Clarke
Forest Service
Brown
Washington
Raton
N. Mex
Hig
Plan Brotherhood Welfare Branch
Cora D. Harvey
International Brotherhood Welfare Association
J. Eada How
Mulonaire Hobo
People’s Church
Haat Capitol Street
At & O'Clock
Social and Opera Season Revels and Society News
Snapshots from Washington society show Vice President Sherman and Mrs Fletcher moving toward a new home at 16% Makachusetts avenue with plans for a December 1 occupancy and a pre Christmas dinner.metrical Opera House dinner guests include Mrs Chauncey and Miss Weatherbee among others. Miss Barrymore’s marriage to Mr Colt is noted, with updates on Barbara Vanderbilt Ruth erfurd’s health after appendicitis and idle hour party details.
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Sher
Henry B. Pellew
Makachusetts’ Avenue
Sevepicanth Street
Pallew
Manhattan Opera
Charles Dana Gibson
Samual Sloan Chauncey
London
Herman Harges
Faris
Leon Graves
Chauncey
Lion
Harry W. Dinger
Dinger
Washington
Bibert H. Gacy
Gary
Edwin H. Weatherbee
Clark Potter Read
May A. Weatherbee
Mra Read
Miss Weatherbee
Bos No. 9
A. S
Pittaburg
A. L. War‘endorff
Rudolph Schirmer
Bradford L. Gilbert
Gilbert
Sigmund’ Kree
A. H. Bernhard
S. W. Straus
Chicago
Frederick
Bourne
Miss Bourré
Metropolitan Opera
Robert Bacon
Wiliam Douglas Sloane
Bacon
Sloane
Palestine
Philip M Lydig
J. F.lanier
Theodore A. Havemeyer
Alfonso de Nevarro
Havermeyer
Paul Morton
Ethel Barrymore
Mr. Russellitis
Word Colt
Bellhaven
Conn
Colt
Miss Barrymore
United States Rubber Company
Mr Colt
Jack Barrymore
Hyde Park
Boston
Mid Channel
Col
Samual Pomeroy Colt
John
Lionel Barrymore
John Drew
Barbara Ruthertura
Willem K. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Barara
Margaret Rutherfurd
George A. Dixon
New York
Barbara
Barbara Rutherfurd
Vanderbit
Lewis Rutherfurd
Margaret
France
England
Society Notes and Society Ball Plans in Washington
Washington society circles feature Mrs Branch Rawle of Philadelphia, Mrs. John Hay hosting at 16th Street, and Mrs Dennis of Kentucky joining the local resident set. A Noel House charity ball, with patronesses and hostesses listed, aims to raise funds for a new gymnasium, plus a handkerchief shower for Miss Sylvester and a bride in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam
Dennis
Kentucky
Washington
Southern Relief Society
Dennin
New York
Hetty Rainos
Miss Sylvester
Miss Baines
Miss Waller
Miss Brooke
Miss Pierce
Baines
Mrs Sylvester
Bride Rose
H. E. Radenourts
Yhallante
Atantic City
Turkey dinner costs deflated by a thrift-minded housekeeper
Mrs. Ernestine F. Terflinger argues against a New York Herald estimate of an $8.40 six-person turkey dinner, proposing a frugal plan with celery 60 cents, oyster soup 36 cents, turkey at 25-28 cents a pound, cranberries 15 cents a quart, vegetables 20 cents, and a homemade mince pie, suggesting total closer to 5 dollars and possibly under 3 with strict budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallmate
Bakor
New York Herald
Ernestine F. Terflinger
Fakamse Park
Taft Engagement Announces Milas Taft to Snowden
Mr and Mrs Henry W Taft announce the engagement of Milas Loulee Taft to George B Snowden of Seattle Washington. The wedding is expected between Christmas and New Year and may be attended by President Taft and his wife. Snowden is a Yale Sheffield scientific school graduate now in the Seattle lumber business. In other news a New Russian bishop for Alaska is named Alexander Nemotoffsky to govern the Aleutians upon entering a monastic order.
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George H. Snowden
Washington
York
Henry W. Taft
West Forty-eighth Street
Milas Loulee W. Taft
George B. Snowden
Seattle
Wash
Miss Masters
Dobba Ferry
Egypt
Snowden
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
Taft
Alaska
St. Petersburg
Alexender Nemotoffsky
Aleutian Govese
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Ramiga
Napiers
Ambrose
Fary
Ydster
Chnois
Parent Etudes
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Willis G. Brown
Frank Witherbee
Wilson
Robert Goelet
Craig Biddle
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George G. Haven, Jr
Leta Haven
Norman Whitehouse
Elisha Dyer
I. Chauncay McKeever
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Frederic Courtlandt Penfield
Horace White
J. Borden Harriman
Paoentx Ingraham
Bradish G. Johnson
Hobty
Francis Joseph
Europe
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Leicestershire
Duke of Roxburghe
Heatford Hatt
May
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Duke of
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Tate Ogden Goelet
Newport
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Gretchen
Princess Victoria
Luise
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Prussia
Branch
Rawle
John Hay
Ball
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Gayellas
Wiilara
Noel House
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Eyeniney
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Perking
Calderon Carlisle
Mandevudle Carlisle
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George Marsh
Fitchmond
I Solmson
Amherst, Columbia Road
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Migs Louise Taft
Golden & Company
Louisiana Avenue
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F Street
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Broadway
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Paavo
Faust
14Th St. N. W
Fritz Reuter
Penna, Ave
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The
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