Fourth of July Fight to Salvage Our Celebration
In the Wyoming mountains Ford, Florence, and I planned a family Fourth picnic near Mackdtock Creek but a rustler stampede threatened to ruin it. We countered with a canyon stand in Two-one-tee pass, aided by Florence’s brave crackers, driving off the rustlers and saving our day.
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Slack Rock Horse Ranch
Ford
Florence
Cottonwood Grove
Mackdtock Creek
Green River
Dhjuck Neck Valley
Lander
Florsence
Ferd
Black Rock Valley
Two-one-tee Pass
Owl Creek
Jahe
Florry
Black Rock
Jock
Heather
Gaddle
Rustler
Little Will Treasures Dreams in Giant Firecracker Tale
In Marietta a playful exchange hints at family plans for the Fourth as Aunt Jane may come to visit. Chicago Daily Record notes the humorous back and forth about upcoming Independence Day festivities and message writing.
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Marietta
Jane
Sbe
Chicago Daily Record
Utterly Impossible Claim Sparks Heated Debate
A crude, biased prompt questions Chinese invention of firearms, implying a racial stereotype. The fragment mocks attribution to Chinese origins and mocks celebrations of a French holiday, reflecting xenophobic tone and misinformation.
Terrible Tornado Strikes Naper Area Killing Seven
Nebraska dispatches report a deadly tornado crossing the Keya Paha river on Thursday evening. The Greining family of seven perished and the Anderson family of six lost two members with others fatally injured. debris and hail destroyed homes and furniture, with widespread ruin along the storm path.
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Omaha
Neb
The
World-Herald
Naper
Stuart
Nebraska
Keya Paha
Greening
Oue
Anderson
Anderson and Greenings
Have a Fine Ship
A Dundeesys dispatch says the Baldwin Ziegler expedition on the America is ready to depart for the north pole. Leaders and 40 accompanying scientists vow to reach the pole and plant the American flag, surpassing the young Duke of Abruzzi as farthest north. The ship, formerly the Esquimaux, was a crack whaler in port.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Dundeesys
America
Baldwin-Ziegler
North Pole
Duke of Abruzzi
Pole
Esquimaux
Record Herald Reports Rockefeller Plan For Peoples Churches
The Record Herald notes a western benefactor, name withheld, has placed $1,000,000 in escrow in a Denver bank to endow people s churches nationwide along Dr. H W Thomas's liberal church plan. Administration of the fund is connected to Dr. Thomas and others promoting the movement.
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Chicago
The
Record- Herald
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Denver
H. W. Thomas
Plan of Argletant Commissioner Opens Indian Lands by Drawing
Washington announces the Land Office will replace the old horse race drawing with a public land lottery in Oklahoma. The decision ends speculative methods and implements a lottery to open the lands for settlement. Fireworks explosion at Paterson store kills fourteen and injures several.
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Land Office
Washington
Oklahoma
Pourteen
New York
Abram M. Rittenberg
Paterson
N. J
Unprecedented U S Exports Seen At 1 5 Billion
Washington reports exports in the fiscal year 1001 near 1 5 billion dollars the highest yearly total in U S export history. In New York the Barker case ends with a guilty verdict for the accused in the Reverend Keller killing incident involving Mrs Barker and the pastor.
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Washington
United States
Barker Pound Gaillty
New York
Barker
John Keller
Mra
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Little Will TR
Jimmy
Journal
Storm
Naper, Neb
Baldwin
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