Early Days in Kossuth and Sioux Conflicts Retold
Ambrose Call recounts Kossuth county’s first settlement in 1854. logs and cabins near Senator Chubb’s farm, the first death of Father Mahuren, and the 1855 Sioux raid. He recalls frontier danger, pioneer courage, and an incident involving a slave fleeing to liberty, amid a backdrop of early settler life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underground
Ambrose A. Call
Old Settlers
Bancroft
Kossuth County
Bliz
Heroof
Senator Chubb
Ohio
Fort Dodge
Clear Lake
Mankato
Pacific Ocean
Hill
Maxwell
Mahuren
Clarke
Father Mahuren
LAMB LUMBER COMPANY IN Bancroft and early county history
The L. Lamb Lumber Company began in Bancroft in 1898, succeeding John Paul Lumber of La Crosse, with officers L Lamb president C L Alden vice president C R Lamb secretary treasurer and E Bauman resident manager. The Bancroft plant ships lumber from Minneapolis while coal comes from Ohio. The piece weaves in 1855 local claims club efforts and a fugitive slave episode involving a Quaker and a Black man, illustrating the era’s frontier labor and politics alongside the lumber business in Bancroft.
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Great Lumber Company
Bancroft
L. Lamb Lumber Company
John Paul Lumber Company
la Crosse
Wis
L. Lamb
C. L. Alden
C. R. Lamb
E. Bauman
Minneapolis
Ohio
Notable Bancroft Officials and Businesses Featured
Notes in passing highlight Bancroft figures: Wilbur Daidley of Bancroft Register, Barslow and Colcord lawyers, Kennedy Bros. department store, W. Stahl owner of local telephone plant, Charles Higley Phoenix hotel landlord, Willis Tolman city marshal, and local ministers Rev. Eddy and Rev. Smith. Also mention Chicago American report on Yankee drummers and Kansas City Star front rank, plus O. H. Bemis dentist, local pastors, and Nemmer Bros. hardware dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy Bros. Department Store
Bancroft
Republican
Harry E. Wilson
W. Stahl
Ludmier & Stahl
Charles Higley
Phoenix Hotel
Phoenix
Willis Tolman
Europe
Chicago
Tolman
J. M. Cowan
Farmers and Traders Savings Bank
O. H. Bemis
Kennedy
Baptist Church
Eddy
Mr. Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. Elfstrom
Algona
Swedish Lutheran Church
Wagner
Ime
Nemmer Bros
Whistler’s Wall Affair at Piccadilly Gallery
London tale of Whistler defending his wall space at the Piccadilly gallery amid a prank by tea room staff. A large sign under his eye level advertised tea prices, provoking shock among Whistler’s friends and gallery officials. The sign was eventually torn down as Whistler prepared to confront the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artistic
London
Anne M. Lane
James McNeil Whistler
Piccadilly
Whistier
Mr. Whistler
Picadilly
Pullman Car Porters Form Union Over Tipping Decline
The Pullman car porters announced a union formation in response to shrinking passenger tips. With headquarters in St. Louis and branches in New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago Milwaukee and others they seek wage gains though no strike is planned. An estimated 6000 to 7000 porters work for the Pullman Car Company nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pullman
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Milwaukee
Pullman Car Company
United States
Washington Posts Disappointing Answer and Thurston Horses
A Washington Post item mocks a prominent figure for avoiding personal questions, last noting his blunt reply that he began life as a baby. Additional dispatches describe Thurston’s exotic animal shipment to Nebraska, including two wild Tibetan horses and two Tibetan yaks, plus the unlikely fate of Chanler amid New York scrutiny and a doctor’s notes on his change to vegetarianism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
America
Americans
Tom
Blank
Thurston
Asia
London
Nebraska
St. Louis
Turkestan
New York
Old Italian Divines Reunite for Francesca di Rimini
Italian journals declare La Duse reconciled with Gabriele D Annunzio. They meet in Venice where D Annunzio outlines Francesca di Rimini for the Constanzi theater in Rome. A leading Italian musician will conduct the orchestra in the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
la Duse
Gabriele Annunzgio
Venice
Italian Theatrical Revival Promises Lush Stage Costumes
The stage version features ten musicians in liveries of great houses to add realism. Gustave Salvini will portray Paolo while top tier actors fill other roles. The author delays release in brenk form until premiere. Italian critics anticipate d Annunzio's take on the famed love story as Dante era poets inspired the theme.
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Gustave Salvini
Paolo
Dante
Francesci
d’Annunzio
Martial Law Declared Sparks Exchange Banter in London
The London Financial News recalls the moment martial law was declared at the Cape. A stock exchange runner shouted the news to a well known foreign broker on the office steps. The broker told his partner to check upstairs for any Marshall Law account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cape
Stock Exchange
Vance
Marshall Law
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kossuth
Boonsboro
Cal
M. E. Church
W. E. Jordan
Joe Murray
Lamb Lumber Company
Judge Call
Call
Smock
Fort Des Moines
Kansas
Jim Lane
John Brown
Free State
Missouri
North Star
Union Slough
New York Sun
First National Bank
Wilbur F. Daidley
Daidley
Bancroft Register
Kossuth County Press
Register
Barslow & Colcord
P. M. Barslow
Kansas City Star
Inter State Elevator
Farmers and Traders Bank
Whistler
Pullman Car Porters’ Union
John A. Chanler
New York Herald
Charlottsville
John Armstrong Chanler
Julian Morris
the Oaks
Merrie Mills
Bloomingdale
White
Madison Taylor
Chanler
Efe
Win Stahl
J. Lenander
Buffaoes
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