A Desperado's Life From Rainsboro to Deadwood
The Inter Ocean recounts the life of Robert McKammie known as Red dy the Desperado. Born in Highland county Ohio he deserts to join a gang of road agents robbing wagon trains between Cheyenne and Deadwood. McKammie elopes with Clara Ferguson then moves from Texas to Ohio where he hides wealth as a respectable farmer and storekeeper before breaking jail and returning to crime. He confronts pursuit by Sheriff Bullock and a 22-man gang, is wounded but escapes, and is finally captured in Highland county and sent toward Utah prison after renewed efforts by authorities.
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Ife
Arimee
Utah
Reddy
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Rainsboro
Hillsboro
Texas
Southwest
McKammie
Clara Ferguson
Benedict
Fae
Oldwood
Sheriff Meard
Chase Bairen
Pee
Omaha
Ohio
Highland County
United States
Black Hills
Bullock
Supreme Court
Union
Jim
Bob
Michigan
Pike
Ross
Highland
Norris
Little Reddy
Sheriff Bullock
Seth Bullock
Omie
Reddy * Omie
Hinds
James
Baltimore
Green Johnson Schared
Menardville
James B. Eads
New Orleans
St. Louis
National Bank
State of Missouri
West
Missouri
Congressional
Memphis
John M. Woodworth
Marine Hospital Service
Joint Committee
Congress
Breathitt County
State Guard
Peter McNamara
Washington
McNamara
Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Bishop
Tennessee
Kentucky
DeKalb County
Mayville
Savage Queen Devotion in Marquesas Palace
Louisville Courier-Journal correspondent visits the Marquesas queen in her hilltop house and graveyard vigil. The queen, now widowed twelve years, keeps a constant flame beside her king’s tomb and plans a larger mausoleum for her and her son, illustrating surprising maternal and wifely devotion among South Sea islanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquesas
Islands
Pacific
Louisville Courier-Journal
South Sea Islands
Watchman Michael Manning Saves Drowning Man Thirteen Times
Michael Manning a steamship company watchman recounts rescuing a drenched Jerseyman at the central station and notes this marks thirteen lives saved in sixteen years of service. He recalls a prior incident with a hoop-skirt case on Chestnut street where a woman dived, clung to him, and was pulled to safety amid threats before officers intervened.
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Michael Manning
Steamship Company
Central Station
Michael
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Turko the Bulldog and Wildcat Stir The Audience
A Gold Hill New paper details a foray of Turk the bulldog against a wildcat in a local theater with an improvised olio by spectators after the dog and cat clash. The cat leaped to the audience and damaged instruments, sparking accidental tumbling acts and a chaotic but well received show. The fight ended with the audience enjoying a sunlit finale.
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Gold Hill
New
Turk
Heaven
Vast array of 19th century incidents shock Oswego and New York
A chaotic ledger of events spans a double life of crime and misfortune from Oswego to Boston. It notes a murder suicide in which a husband killed his wife before taking his own life, railroad wrecks, a freezing death of ex congressman Owen Jones, a high stake billiard match in New York, bank robberies and a nitro glycerine explosion that wrecked a New Jersey works. It also reports skating season openings, a mass skating event in Central Park, and various criminal and civic incidents across cities.
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Acs
Oswego
N. Y
Tames
New York
Central Park
Hagleton
Owen Jones
Wynnewood
William Sexton
George F. Slogson
Sexton
Blogson
Donald C. McCallum
Federal Army
Brooklyn
Hoffman Beach
National Bank
Kate Punch
House of Refuge
Gilmore
Daniel O'Leary
Chicago
P. Napoleonpana
Bridgeport
Conn
O'Leary
Campana
J. L. Rand Randrock Works
Black Oak Ridge
N. J
John Manley
Charles Hensel
Ferdinand Marks
New York State Bank Department
Haverstraw Savings Bank
Sds
Field & Jones
John W. Hull
Hull
Metropolitan Hotel
Palmer
Alan Forneas
Cocheco
Dover
N. H
Explosions and Disasters Reported Across Continents
Reports from Port Neuf Quebec to Dublin Ontario recount a deadly blast that killed two and injured five, a house fire that claimed Mrs O’Brien and her children, and other calamities including a Hong Kong fire and a shipwreck near Kingston. Officials note a cable project guarantee by Parisian institutions. A plot to assassinate the Austrian emperor is alleged with an arrest in Altenburg.
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Port Neuf
Quebec
Dominion
John O'Brien
Dublin
Ontario
Hong Kong
China
United States
France
Kingston
Jambion
Marty B. Souder
New York
Ban Pontingo
Austria
Altenburg
Saxony
Various Patent Medicines and Household Remedies Ad Monotone Ad Texts
An OCR fragment lists multiple patent medicines and home remedies including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Allen's Anti-Fat and Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco. It promotes digestive, weight loss, and cough prevention claims, plus references to Mason & Hamlin Organs and Flexible Cement roof sealant with promotional notes for agents and distributors.
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Tomacco Company
New York
Boston
Chicago
Vandervoort’s
East River
Mason & Hamlin
A. Chew Jackson
Astonishing Water Chalks Fountains From A Chute
A dramatic account from Truckee Nevada describes a massive chute discharging a ten ton log at high speed. The water erupts into a hundred foot plume, with logs flying and colliding in a dynamic, artillery-like display on the pond.
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Fey
Desperado
Uarera
Vickeltudes
Dian
Hillabéro
T. Prine
Chapman
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank
Hartford
United States Revenue
Fentress
Henry K. Hoff
United States Nate
Senate
Blaine
Pease
Allen
Allan
Buffalo
I. R. Coles
Wal
Reiders
Diaz
Oolic
Seaoe
Bative
Cccess
Texes and Herokee
Ghesse
Olty
California
Flesos
Petra
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Mizankee
Eaclay Hals
Iwao
Sabe
Brown
Newspaper Directory
GEO. P. Rowell & Co., Publishers
Spruce Street
Andrew Mc Broon Cort
BOM
Union St
Schenectady
Lincoln
Nebraska
New Em J
Nevor
NTS
Haanore
Monrat
Reynolds
RipBon
Gloodspeed & CO
Craic
University Place
Agenta
Redding & Co
Agento Pub
Broadway
W.Y
Paris
Lodon
Case
Deoart
Lexington Avenue
New Yor Coe
Huta
Hades
York
Bungels
Tellwood Zell, Davis & Co
Phila
Price
Anton Treet
J. M. Broddart & Co
Stowell & Co
Jay Bru
Gata m0 CO
NewYork
Maou N.Y
Hunt
Bright
Hunti
WM_E CLARKE
Providence
R. L
Father Mathew
Avery
All Drugzi
Rec
Mathew Temprra
Asto Manufactury
Bond 81
WARNER _ WARNER BROS
Matthew Hale Smith
A. T
Vanderbilt
Bennett
Era
American Publishing
Coe
Pamphlieta
W. H. Comstock
Yorkstown
T. Lawrence Co
Moller’s
Moller
Con. x. Aggists
W. Dce
Ride
Algof Wolrich &£ CO
Etstsy
Pater
Neasa
Mortage
Martiner
Mass
Aganta
Sherman
Leon
Musical Cifts
Novello’s
Elegant
London Clift Books
Sunlight OF
Noreoe Do
H. M. S. Pinafore
Coc Oerra
Amateer
Per
Oliver Ditson ‘’ CO
H. Ditson & OG
J. B. Ditson & CO
Cheatnut
THE
Smith Organ &U
Tremont
App
Waltham i
Bellabie
L.ye
Lee
Art
Rena
Saponifier Pennsylvania Salt Manufe Co
M. C. Lilley & Co
Columbus
Knights Templar
Rank Leslie
Paca Betsoemetye Toe
Beckwattel
Frank Lesslie
Park Place
NEW Yorka
New England
Ournal
Daily Transcript
Ulars
WM. F. Cummings & CO
M: World
Ota
Addressational Lishing Co
Naional Tribune
George E Emon & CO
Aluth
Orb
Great American Tea Company
Vesey Street
P. O
Pgareerr & CO
Rocky Mountain
Kapeenalty
Evans
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