Word: poorman
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...temperature of 40 below zero is not enough to cool the gold fever. Last week gold was struck in Poorman, Alaska, 50 miles south of Ruby on the Yukon River. Sergeant William N. Growden, U.S.A., obtained an Indian guide and dog team, proceeded from Ruby to Poorman, wired a report to the War Department. Excerpts: "RICHEST GOLD STRIKE IN HISTORY THIS CAMP. . . . EVERY MAN IN WHOLE VICINITY THAT CAN GET TRANSPORTATION . . . IS GOING OR GONE. . . . TEMPERATURE STILL 40 BELOW ZERO. BROKE PIECES FROM GROUND VARIOUS SECTIONS; HELD PAN WITH DIRT INTO TUB OF BOILING WATER TO THAW OUT, THEN PANNED...
Died. Rody Patterson Marshall, 57, lawyer, sportsman, "poorman's attorney," estimated to have had some 20,000 clients, mostly penurious; of pneumonia; in Pittsburgh. No client defended by him against homicide charges ever got a death sentence...
...Ritzinger, a sophomore in the Sheffield Scientific school lost his life and W. E. Walker, a classmate narrowly escaped serious injury. After recitation Ritzinger and Walker went driving and on their return passed through Fair Haven. While crossing the track of the New York and New Haven railroad at Poorman's crossing, the team was struck by an express train, instantly killing Ritzinger. Walker saved himself by jumping and escaped without injury...