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Historical Clippings Book (HC-20) (169 pages)

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4 V V hen this picture was taken the interest in gold was running high, just as it is today. Old-timers never gave up seeking the mother lode, even though they were exposed to the hardships of camping and extreme weather conditions. No doubt, modern-day prospectors will be back at the rivers, streams and mountains, hoping to strike it rich. The shallow pan and sluice will probably look the same, but instead of pack mules there will be motorcycles and fourwheel-drive vehicles. An automatic hammer will replace the pickax and there will be freeze-dried foods instead of sourdough and beef jerky. Propane _ lamps and stove will make camp life easy. But even in the early gold-seeking days, life in the big Grabill cities was getting easier. Electricity was coming more and more into use as the first electric sewing machines were introduced and the first successful elevator was installed. A coin telephone was patented and soon would be in common use. In Washington, D.C., the Department of Agriculture was organized as an executive department. In Minneapolis, the first children’s library was opened. And in the same year, Elizabeth Cochrane (known as Nellie Bly) began her race around the world via ship, sampan, jinriksha, burro and train, eventually to complete her trip in 72 days, beating fictional Phileas Fogg’s record of 80 days. Have you guessed the year? It all happened in 1889. a . .