Braves Gun Rivalry Sparks Arizona Betrothal
Miss Guadalupe Middleton, famed as Arizona’s prettiest girl, wed Harry G. Willingham in Los Angeles after a year of suitors and threats. Cowboys from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona courted her, while a vengeful rival trailed the couple, leading to a hurried wedding and tense aftermath along the Southwest cattle country.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Guadalupe Middleton
Arizona
Harry G. Willingham
Texas
New Mexico
Willingham
Miss Middleton
Southwest
Desert
Harry Willingham
B. Willingham
el Paso
Tex
Pleasant Valley
Takesberry
Graham
J. R
Payson
H. F. Gerry
Fur Trader Forged to Eat His Own Dogs in Alaska
Burlingame California man J W Felder, a fur trader for a Burlingame capital company, endured 56 days crossing Alaska in winter to Seward. He traveled solo from November 18, using a self made trail, bridges, and snowshoes, with supplies lasting until condition forced him to kill his two dogs for food. He reached Seward January 24 and later joined three miners with moose meat.
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Burlingame
Cal
Alaska
J. W. Felder
Felder
San Mateo Lodge of Elks
Burlingame Capital
Kushokwin River
Mount McKinley
Seward
One Bath in His Life Stuns Church Audience
William Peterson a Lansing miller interrupted a talk on home sanitation at the First Universalist church to declare he had never taken more than one bath in his life. He offered a crude gymnastic demonstration, saying a later bath would not improve him. A state health official was reading a paper when the outburst occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
William Peterson
First Universalist Church
Peterson
State Board of Health
Escaped Circus Elephant Terrifies San Bernardino
A large circus elephant escaped and roamed seven hours through a section of San Bernardino California, damaging fences and sidewalks and alarming residents before being captured by showmen and chained to a vehicle in the open countryside.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Sallie Good’n and the Fiddler Who Named Her Name
A Tennessee tale traces the origin of the air Sallie Good’n to slave fiddler Jordan McGowan and Miss Sallie Goodwin of Rutherford County. It recounts McGowan’s rise, the plantation’s joys, the 19th century dances, and Sallie’s beauty and kindness amid Civil War mobilization.
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Jess
Salle Goodin
Ballard
Jordan McGowan
Middle Tennessee
Bob l
Bob
Nashville
Chamber
United States Senate
Thair
East Tennessee
Rockies
Mason and Dixon
Gulf Coast
Sallie Goodwin
Rutherford County
Tennessee
Jonathan Goodwin
Stewart's Creek
Smyrna
Miss Sallie
Sam Davis
Air
Jim McGowan
Jordan
Old Jordan
Fisher
SHOOTING WHALES Modern whaling in Alaskan waters
A description of the modern whaling steamer and methods. The craft uses a heavy explosive harpoon, quick kills or long fights, and a buoyed carcass on a shipboard platform. After harvesting, all parts are utilized, from oil and meat to bones, glue, and even fins shipped to Japan.
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Alaskan
London
Japan
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Arizona Bronco Buster
California
Michigan
New Brunswick
N. J
Louis Kalla
Julie Szaly
Kalla
Miss Sallie Good’n
Jim
Death
Severa
Jonathan’ Goodwin
Stewart’s Creek
Goodwin Plantation
Goodwin
McGowan
Chattanooga
William Puckett
Margaret
Sally Goodn
James
Hids
Miss Margarette
Franklin
Sallie
Sallie Good
The
New Orleans
Morning World
South
Baton Rouge
Jackson
Associated Press
Hearst News Service
Louisiana State Press League
New Orleans, LA
Steinway
Knabe, Vose
Emerson
Schubert
Melville Clark
Kohter & Campbell
Apollo
Williams Bros. Piano Company
West Capitol Street
Jackson, Mississippi
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