Younger Brothers Freed From Stillwater Prison
Two Missouri brothers, Cole and Jim Younger, were released on parole from Stillwater State Prison in Minnesota after 25 years. They spent a day in town under guard, rode an electric car, toured the city and power plant, and spoke of future plans, with friends guiding their first hours of liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Minn
Joie
Jamies Younger
Wardw Wolfer
Republic
Tim
Cole
Jim
R. H. Bronson
Board of
Prison Managers
Youngers
Lake St. Croix
Carters
Dean
Jim Younger
Cota
Dye
Tig Divicinios
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sold Out to Suckers The Rich Hill Oil Boom Scam
A Bates County man recalls a Nevada Port tale about Rich Hill Missouri where prospectors boomed the town on coal oil found at a drilled well. Reported salted oil and a staged show of barrels misled eastern capital and sold many lots before the scam collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Rich Hill
Coal Oil
Eastern Capital
Kansas City
Generous Downpour Ends Iowa Drought, Rain Widespread
Drought in southeastern Iowa ends as a generous rain falls along the Burlington line from Chariton to Ottumwa and Mount Pleasant. Ottumwa reports heavy rain and a windstorm damage at Middletown without full confirmation. Rain spreads generally across southeastern Iowa. weather moderates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
Burlington Road
Chariton
Ottumwa
Mount Pleasant
Middletown
Prayers Answered Promptly in Texas Drought Storm
The sermon tale in Macon Missouri recalls a 15 year old drought episode in Brazos County Texas when a large rainstorm followed a fervent Baptist pledge for a real deluge. A church building was destroyed by wind and flood but local farmers funded a new church, seen as divine aid to harvest crops and restore livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Fon. Atkin
Leavenworth
Kas
Buleson County
Texas
Bryas
Brazos County
Burleson
Will Worship a La Negligee Sermon in Wichita
Bruce Griffith pastor of the Friends church in Wichita will preach his first sermon in a shirt waist and invites all men to leave coats at home. He argues the Bible teaches no one should suffer in hot weather and urges young women to wear empire gowns if they wish. The church is among the town’s fashionable congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Bruce Griffith
Friends’ Church
Griffith
Oil on Round Prairie Indicates Profitable Find
Strong indications that oil will be found in paying quantities at Round Prairie. The Brown farm well is reopened, signaling renewed activity in the field.
Oil Leases Near Rockville Spark Wisconsin Prospectors
Wisconsin parties secured over 10 000 acres near Rockville to prospect for oil and report strong surface indications on Gen Brown’s Round Prairie land. Brown recalls prior oil-like seepage in a barn lot well and receives a request for five gallons of oil as evidence grows of a potential large oil discovery. Also covered is Brigadier General Funston’s published report on the Aguinaldo capture and related insurgent correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Rockville
Gen. Brown
Round Prairie
Mr. Brown
Washington, D. C
War Department
Punston
Agnuitnalido
Minde
Agninaldy
Funston
Luxor
Mac.Arthur
Aguinaldo
Cecilio Sagismundo
J.D. Taylor
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Younger Brothers
Stillwater Prison
Erty
Ter
Wolfer
J. Tow. Vernon
Hartwell
Gia
Buecklen
H. L. Tucker
Charlotte
N. C
Spartanburg
Southern Railway
Walter Haynes
Dexter Kirby
D. C
Haynes
Kirby
Nevada
Ven
D. H. Hardy
Sec. of State
Austin
Tex
Scott
Scott & Bowse
Pearl Street
New York
New Era Milling Co
Arkansas City
Fee
Brown Farm
Appleton City Journal
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Cruggins
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!