Pleasant Porter: A Creek Chief Who Shaped a Nation
The piece profiles Pleasant Porter, a Creek leader praised as the greatest living Indian. It covers his Civil War lieutenancy, business roles, railroad presidency, and zeal for education. Porter built tribal progress, maintained ties with whites, and led the Indian Central Railroad before dying after a 1907 paralysis stroke.
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Mehtntey
Pleasant Porter
Porter
Leutenant
Gentral Park
Central Park
Indian Territory
Washington
New York
East
United States Senate
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian General Assembly
Indian Central Railroad Company
Red Eagle and Andrew Jackson clash in 1814 camp scene
The 1814 encounter at Jackson's camp features Red Eagle riding in defiance and offering peace terms while Jackson threatens execution. Red Eagle, born about 1770, led the Creek confederacy in the Fort Mims attack, later dying in 1824 from fatigue after bear hunting.
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Andrew Jackson
Alabama
Red
Hed Eagle
Jackson
Fort Mims
Red Eagle
Red Baglé
Rel Bagie
England
United States
Tecumseh
Beasley
Fort Mims Thither
Red Hagle
Ned Eagle
Horseshoe
Tallapoosa River
Billy Weatherford
Montes County
Two Minds Cleared by Illness Surprise Patients
Seattle readers learn of two men whose memories returned after brain injury. George Scott of Vancouver suddenly recalls a wife and children in Edinburgh after years of amnesia. S Chandler Rogers, later known as George Kelly, regains his identity after skull surgery in Seattle, revealing a long lapse of memory since 1897.
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Seattle
Wash
George Scott
Vancouver
Edinburgh
Scotland
S. Chandler Rogers
New York
George Kelly
Himsell
Scott
Jane Patterson
Allegheny
Mrs. Scott
Rogers
Kelly
Providence Hospital
Port Berkeley
O. K
Florence Douels
West Thirty-second Street
Father Doherty
Paulist Society
Milton G. Sturgis
Elizabeth Douels
Sixteenth Street
Eighth Avenue
U S Universities In Lead In Student Life
Dr A Oliven says American universities and student life surpass German systems. Commissioned by the German government, he will guide 300 scientists visiting the U S in September 1912. They tour Columbia and Pennsylvania, Rockefeller Institute, then Washington and Chicago before returning east.
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Chicago
Germany
Dr. A. Oliven
Dr. Oliven
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller Institute
Atlantic
Washington, D. C
Youngest Town Clerk Named Emily MecSheehy at 17
In Byron New South Wales the Municipal Council appoints Emily MecSheehy as town clerk at age 17. Her father previously held the post and served as her assistant for eight years, with councilors unanimously electing her to the role.
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Sydney
Byron
New South Wales
Emily MecSheehy
Miss MecSheehy
Missy the French bulldog buried in satin coffin
Newport Rhode Island obituary reports Missy, beloved French bulldog of Mrs James P Kernochan for 11 years, laid to rest in a white satin lined coffin on the Kernochan estate lawn. A white stone marks the grave amid fashionable society circles.
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Newport, R. I
Missy
James P. Kernochan
Paris Empty Palace Ready Yet Not In Use After Nine Years
A French government building in Rue Cambon cost $1,000,000 to erect nine years ago and remains unfinished. A veteran Reservist served as caretaker from 1902, living alone with a kitten and canary for years while awaiting completion. Despite promises, no active use or staff moved in. the caretaker resigned as the palace remains largely unused.
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Paris
Lst
Rue Cambon
Stepping Stone Placed Over Early Settler Grave
A stepping stone long at the door of the ancestral home in Winsted Connecticut was moved to the head of Edward Denslow's grave. Denslow's family were among the town's earliest settlers.
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Winsted
Conn
Edward Denslow
One Perfect Wife Is Found
Alfred A. Wright of J A Coates & Co in Orange New Jersey proclaims his wife Emma is perfect. He recalls a judge’s claim there is no perfect wife, says his 86 years with Emma prove otherwise, and credits her cooking and home life for their happiness. He notes they share troubles only when helpful to both.
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New York
Alfred A. Wright
J. A. Coates & Co
Glenwood Avenue
Orange
N. J
Coates
W. Q. Thomas
Kansas City
Emma
Fifty Thousand for Not Smoking to Age Twenty Five
Los Angeles reports that Don Gates, son of A H Gates, received 50000 from his father for not smoking before turning twenty five. The elder Gates, head of Gates Lumber, set a 15 year plan with three sons to abstain from tobacco until age twenty five and Charles completed the goal earlier but began smoking again two years later.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Don Gates
A. H. Gates
South Pasadena
Gates
Gates Lumber Company
Arkansas
Charles
Pon
Fred
Stanford University
Summer in the City Love Triangle Revealed
In a chatty town gossip scene two young women clash over summer plans and suitors. The blue eyed girl reveals she stayed home and saved time while the fall hat friend bragged of lakeside romance. Harold, the devoted correspondent, is revealed to be engaged to the blue eyed narrator, changing the social dynamic in the city.
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Harold
Farold
Works Both Ways
Mr. Wombat departs to marry as the speaker notes many leave the firm for marriage. A waiting list of women who left to wed is eager to return, underscoring a cycle of departure and potential recall amid changing fortunes.
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