History of Cocopah captivity told by white stranger in desert myth
In San Diego two prospectors report discovering ruins in the Cocopah desert and a white man who lived among Cocopahs for nearly thirty years. He describes capture near Fort Yuma, years of captivity, tattoo marks tied to a prophecy, and a wife from a noble Cocopah family. The tale links an earlier southern arrival with catastrophic raids that shaped Cocopah legend.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sierra Madre Mountains
Colorado River
Gulf of California
Plymouth Rock
Cocepsh
San Diego
Cocopah
John Loop
Pomona
Sansport
Jose Rodriguez
Juan Romeo
Am’thic
Plains
Fort Yume
Trom
Elks Welcome 100 Delegates at Sioux Falls Reunion
Sioux Falls Elks lodge hosted an Elk reunion with 100 guests from Sioux City St. Paul Minneapolis Omaha Fort Dodge Waterloo Laverne Fargo N C Rock Rapids Huron Mitchell Pierre and Cedar Rapids. Thirty seven candidates were initiated and banqueted by the local lodge which has 162 members and has donated over 1000 to public charities since forming three years ago.
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Sioux Falls
Bishon O'Gorman
Sioux City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Laverne
Fargo
N. C
Rock Rapids
Huron
Mitchell
Pierre
Cedar Rapids
Northern
Fourth Regiment Band
Elks
W. H. Smith
John B. Johnson
Luverne
O. S. Gifford
Canton
W. T. Buchanan
Elk Foint
Sheldon
F. T. Walker
Hawarden
W. T. Vanix
Flandreau
Eb, C. Hinde
George D. Sharman
F. P. Carnochan
H. B. Carlton
George V. Carter
J. A. Paulhantus
A. H. Stites
N. C. Goebel
B. L. Gates
H. H. Natwick
D. B. Kerr
Dr. H. Hovde
W. H. Rounds
D. K. Pettingill
E. BE. Howell
J. W. Craig
F. F. Thompson
J. Tomlinson
A. F B. Diver
P. J. Royde
Gus Gradinger
D. B. Getty
A. A. DeGood
N. E. Phillips
J. & Brown
F. H. Files
A. G. Kittredge
Fourth Regiment
Excitement at M E Church conference over women delegates
Cleveland May 8 excitement marked the general conference of the M E Church as Morris Sharp of Ohio moved a resolution to pay the expenses of women delegates who relinquished their seats. Rev Dr Leonard opposed the measure. Substitutes argued by Rev Dr Neeley led to intense floor action and both resolutions were withdrawn. Pension grants listed follow, naming multiple original, restoration, and widows claims in Iowa and surrounding states.
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Cleveland
General Conference
M. E. Church
Morris Sharp
Ohio
Leonard
Née
Neeley
Philadelphia
Bank Closure Auction Ends Bank Settlement
Sioux Falls S D May 9 The First National Bank closed in March 1886 and today the final settlement was completed by auctioning uncollected assets Receiver J Legise Thompson paid depositors 90 percent of claims The morning sale liquidated 30000 dollars of uncollected notes and 3000 dollars in unsatisfied judgments One 6000 dollar note sold for only a few dollars and large judgments fetched mere cents on the dollar
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Sioux Falls
S. D
First National Bank
J. Legise Thompson
Old Millerite Delusion Headlines World End Predictions
The Philadelphia paper reports the 1844 Oct 13 Millerite Adventists believed the world would end. Fervor spread in Pennsylvania with property given away and ascension robes worn. People gathered at Darby and George's Hill as a storm and prolonged vigil followed, leaving many exhausted and afflicted by exposure.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hama
New Jersey
Times
George's Hill
Schuylkill
Darby
Akron Woman Missing Suspected Suicide in Hig Sioux River
Mrs Harry Tripp of Akron is missing and authorities suspect she drowned herself in the Hig Sioux River above the Akron Milling dam. A passerby saw her near the Akron cemetery a week earlier and the river was dragged without result. Relatives say the couple recently separated and Mrs Tripp had planned to reunite before her husband departed west. No definite cause or body found yet.
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Eilis
Akron Milling Company
Cribbed Corn Taxation Case in Churdan Town
Jefferson Illinois May 8 Phillip D Armour, Chicago millionaire, faces a novel legal dispute as Churdan assessor lists thousands of bushels of corn Armour stores there for tax. The board of equalization, urged by Armour’s agent, upheld the assessment with state Attorney General Remey backing the action. Armour to press the case in district court.
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D. Armour
Churdan
Jefferson, Ill
Phillip D. Armourn
Chicago
Here
Chardan
Armour
Board of Equalization
Remey
District Court
Revision on Pharmacy Permits in Eldora Iowa May 3
Judge Hindman issued a decision on pharmacy permits, ruling the permit should go to applicants who personally oversee the business. John P. D. Fidler, who bought an interest in a drug store in Iowa Falls six months ago, applied for a liquor sales permit on a registered pharmacist license. The court held the law intends personal charge of the business, so Fidler cannot be in both Williams and Iowa Falls, and the permit was denied.
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Eldora
Hindman
District Court
John PD. Fidler
Iowa Falls
Fiddler
Williams
Photographers Association Adjourns After Elections
Des Moines May 8 The State Photographers association adjourned Thursday after electing officers President W C Melinger Des Moines vice presidents F C McMultin Greenfield and R A Gardner Fort Madison secretary J R Hale Monroe treasurer T A Brown Marshalltown
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Des Moines
State Photographers' Association
W. C. Melinger
de Moines
F. C. McMultin
Greenfield
R. A. Gardner
Fort Madison
J. R. Hale
Monroe
T. A. Brown
Marshalltown
Claim Settles Long-Running Iowa Bank Dispute
Des Moines reports the state treasurer received word from Council Bluffs that F W Davenport and First National Bank are ready to settle a long battle over $2,000 tied to an escheat claim. William Parks deposited $3,000 in 20 years ago. heirs vanished after a ranching assignment, Davenport administered, and Creighton of Omaha held the funds, with the state seeking interest accrual over two decades. The executive council may hear the matter to avoid protracted litigation.
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Des Moines
Council Bluffs
F. W. Davenport
First National Bank
Executive Council
William Parks
Wyoming
John Creighton
Omaha
Des Moines Board Case Ruling Stirs Public Works Officials
May date ruling by Judge Conrad voids the board of public works findings. Sherman Sine and other mayoral appointees faced removal or reassignment as the old board’s actions are challenged. Proceedings indicate a stipulated agreement may be reached to resolve the dispute.
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Des.Moines
May
Conrad
Board of Public Works
Sherman
Sine
Retam
Boardman
Crellin
MacVjcar
Wera Fang
Ppl
Op Ci
The Hero of Wounded Knee at Fort Sheridan
A compact portrait of Paul H. Weinert of Company A Fifteenth Infantry, praised for courage and even a prickly defiance of formal discipline. The piece links his bravery at Wounded Knee with broader Sioux ghost dance events and the 1890 Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee campaigns, detailing Fort Omaha reinforcements and scenes around Sitting Bull and Big Foot.
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Fort Sheridan
Paul H. Weinert
Company A
Fifteenth Infantry
Weinert
Fenimore Cooper
Pine Ridge
Tongue River
Cooper
Soldier Weinert and the Wounded Knee end battle
The account details Colonel Forsythe’s cavalry finding scant arms at an Indian camp, a sudden Indian volley as the medicine man signals a blaze of rifles, and Lt Hawthorne’s wounding while Weinert commands two Hotchkiss guns. The Indians are driven from their last stand as 17 troops die and 24 are wounded, with the battle marking a decisive end to the Wounded Knee confrontation. Weinert earns a spur for valor amid a brutal close.
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Big Foul
Forsythe
Weinert
Habeneles
Hawthorne
Paul Welnert
Giulieti
Paul Weinert
Battier
Wounded Knee
Boyd
Nebraska
Fort Sheridan
Mars
Burial of Holmes Body In Cement After Hanging
The body of H H Holmes, hanged, was imbedded in cement in a pine box and buried in Holy Cross cemetery in Philadelphia. Rev Father McPake led Roman Catholic rites at the grave. The coffin weighed over a ton and required a special space in the grave, using a monument wagon to move it to its final resting place.
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Holmes
Philadelphia
H. H. Holmes
Ranlom Holy Cross
Father McPake
Wiliete
O'Rourke
Old bridge collapse near Cohoes crowds into canal
May 8 An old stone bridge over the Cohoes canal in Cohoes was condemned and being removed when crowds gathered to watch. The structure fell into the canal and many were rescued, but several persons are believed drowned, including foreman Vencelette whose body was recovered as crews drain the canal to search for more victims.
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Troy
Cohoes Company
Cohoes
Vencelette
Explosion at Peoria Wrecks Fruit Store Injures Three
Explosion at the Thomas and Co wholesale fruit store in Peoria Illinois injures three workers. Proprieter A L Thomas was blown through a window by a gas company employee. Journal staffer Thomas Ballentyne and two other Thomar employees named Mr Nomory and Tillie Ehlen are badly hurt.
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Peoria
Thomas & Co
A. L.thomas
Thomas Ballentyne
The
Journal
Mr. Nomory
Tillie Ehlen
Thomar
Trouble in Montana Miners Strike Suppressed by Union
In Butte Montana a sympathetic strike at the Ragus mine followed a dispute over Time Keeper Applegate. Manager Heinze approved his removal, shift bosses blamed for the trouble, Superintendent Rowe and the posse resigned, 250 miners quit, replacement workers faced threats of violence as tensions rose.
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Butte, Mont
May
Ragus
Applegate
F. August Heinze
Rowe
Gilbert the Champion at Spirit Lake Target Tournament
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, Iowa, wins the national target shooting title after four days of competition with 266 of 200 possible. Top finishers include E. D. Fulford of Utica and J. A. R. Ditlott of Kansas City at 261, R. O. Helkes of Dayton at 258, and E. D. Miller of Springfield, N.J., tied for next. The event featured multiple prize divisions and individual event money splits among top scorers, with several shooters from Milwaukee, Boston, Rochester, and Des Moines earning first money shares.
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New York
Fred Gilbert
Sprite Lake
America
E. D. Fulford
Utica
J. A. R. Ditlott
Kansas City
R. O. Helkes
Dayton
E. D. Miller
Springfield
N. J
R. R. Merrill
Milwaukee
B. Leroy
Boston
L. V. Bayer
Rochester
H. G. Wheeler
Marlboro
Maas
C.O. Barrett
C. W. Rudd
Des Moines
Bvent
Parmalee
C. W. Budd
F. Gilbert
BR. T
Drimbie
Red Wing" Bartlett
Jack Parker
G. W
Budd
Fulford
J. Yon
Longerke
Lincoln Man Debunks Mexico Land Scheme as Delusive
August Esser, ex-editor, reports from Vera Cruz and other Mexican locales that agents of land syndicates exaggerated fertility along the Panuco river southwest of Tampico. He notes high wages with a dead end for locals, foreigners overpaid for barren land, and many colonists eager to abandon the venture and return home. Esser plans to return to the fatherland.
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Lincoln
Neb
Esser
Staats-Aneiger
Vera Cruz
Mexico
New York
Panuco River
Tampico
Henry Shall
Burglar Takes Glass Eye In Kansas City Theft
In Kansas City Kas May. F M Adelina of 207 South Tremont street reports burglars entered his home while he slept and stole his glass eye, left as a substitute for his natural optic. They also took ninety cents and a knife.
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Kansas
City
Kas
Kansas City
F. M. Adelina
South Tremont Street
Catholican Hot Springs Case Reversed in Supreme Court
Supreme Court at Pierre on May 9 handed down decisions in Fall River county. The Catholican Hot Springs company v Orlando Ferguson et al was reversed. Jewell Nursery company v State of South Dakota for modification of judgment was denied for trees and shrubbery furnished the state agricultural college.
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Supreme Court
Pierre
Catholican Hot Springs Company
Orlando Ferguson
Fall River County
Jewell Nursery Company
State of
Sioux City and Chicago Markets Report May 9
Market notes from Sioux City, Chicago, and Kansas City show hogs and cattle bids steady to slow. Prices quoted across regions include heavy hogs around 3.38 to 3.40 in Chicago, cattle and calves varying, with receipts for hogs and sheep reported in the thousands and grain and provisions prices listed in Chicago cash quotations.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Merkel
Kanana
Tansas City
Battandard” Sreen Creamery
Wheat futures shift through gains to decline in Minneapolis trade
Wheat prices rose early in Minneapolis trading on May 9 but slipped later, closing lower than the prior day for May and July contracts. Market activity showed volatility with new data driving adjustments, as traders weighed nearby and deferred positions amid uncertain demand signals.
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Mineapolis
Minneapolis
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Strange Tribe of Indians
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Missouri Valley
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John Pee- LS
Ttumwa
Sarah Gorrell
South Dakota
Frederick Martin
Qacomsa
Miles J. Gahan
Akron
Harry Tripp
Council Bluffs Bank
Jarge Conrad
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Fort Omaha
Brooke
Miles
Winchester
War Department
Fiops
Meade
McKinney, Robinson
Niobrara
Riley
Leavenworth
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Sitting Bull
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Sitting” Bull
Big Foot
Henry
Ninth Cavalry
Seventh Cavalry
Ble Foot
Pight
Wounded Knee Creek
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