Alluvial diamond rush reshapes Lichtenburg South Africa
Johannesburg dispatch notes the Lichtenburg diamond fields rise from a quiet Transvaal town to a buzzing mining camp. Diggers chase Treasure Trove amid speculative farm prices, with few real riches. a few wealthy claims may attract many, while police maintain order in a booming frontier scene.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Altho
Lichtenburg
Grafontein
Transvaal
Witwatersrand
Kimberley
Noteworthy Western Town Traits Amidst Grim Quiet
Dents in Tom Mix hats mark the crowd as a rugged frontier. guns are rare, murder scarcely appears, and theft is unusually infrequent in this description of a quiet, sundown community.
Pitt to Oppose Green for Seat in Congress
Council Bluffs Dec 26 Milton Z Pitt Crescent farmer and former speaker of the Iowa assembly announces his candidacy for the Ninth district congressional nomination to oppose W R Green, council bluffs man and former chairman of the house ways and means committee.
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Pitt
Green
Congress
Council Binils
Milton ZB
Crescent Farmer
Inwa
W. R. Green
Council
Blur
House
Menus
Aged Woman Fatally Struck by Automobile in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa December 26 82 year old Mrs Fred Olson was fatally injured last night when struck by an automobile. Her neck was broken and her skull fractured. The driver Hernan Peters 22 of Hamilton Texas was not held after inquest.
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Sioux City
Fred Olson
Hernan Peters
Himton
Berlin Opens First Reading Room for the Blind
Berlin unveils the first library reading room for the blind with a solemn ceremony. Charlottenburg Library chief Noerenberg adds a dedicated space and a sizable collection of embossed volumes, to be catalogued and loaned by a blind woman librarian.
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Berlin
Reading Room Opens Thursdays at Diverse Periodicals
In Dubuque on December 26 7 local counsel reported Frank Margie in connection with the deaths of Ray McGrath and Claude Fiberuhvier. A liquor warning was announced and his release will be sought Tuesday on a writ of habeas corpus.
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Dubuque
Frank Margie
Infinni
Til
Ray McGrath
Claude Fiberuhvier
Warn
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Fox
Waterloo
Iowa
Pinpoint
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Velour Suede Kerami
Mendoza
Slaes
Va Anes
Crystal Theatre
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