Tree dwellers safe in flood on raft at Appleton farm
A flood story from Half Moon Missouri indicates J W Appleton built a log raft to house his family and stock. Pigs cows horses and poultry rode out rising waters among tree tops while a boxed raft kept them secured and fed. The piece mixes a survival tale with a local ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure and related remedies.
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Missouri Point
J. W. Appleton
Appleton
Bis
Ararat
Europe
Held for Circuit Court in Amsterdam Enterprise case
Sunday Geo Husted and Skages were arrested by deputy Ed McKinley on stealing a case of eggs and a hoop of cheese from a merchandise car. The boys pled guilty before Squire Hughes, were jailed in Butler, then brought back for preliminary. Young Skaggs released. Husted bound over to October circuit term. Hila bond set at 200 dollars but failure to procure led to county jail again.
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Amsterdam
Geo. Husted
Has. Skages
Ed. McKinley
Squire Hughes
Butler
Young Skaggs
Husted
Circuit Cours
Hila
Slayer Accidentally Shot Near Crooked Bayou
In Stuttgart Arkansas on June 8 B BR Oliver accidentally shot and killed his sister Mrs Stanley while she tended sweet potato plants in the Craig place garden. He then killed her husband in bed and later his gun discharged while attempting to climb a fence, tearing off his jaw and much of his face.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Crooked Bayou
Craig Place
BR. Oliver
Stanley
Oliver
Bates County Man Robbed After Lost Wallet Adventure
W A Downey of Amoret Missouri reported to police that after taking his two young daughters to Kansas City and visiting Electric Park, he found his pocketbook containing fifteen dollars missing while buying tickets at Grand Central depot. He rushed to catch a train in under an hour and used a local saloon to cash a check for travel. The article notes references to various ads and historical notes on milk poisoning and the Mason Dixon line.
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Police
W. A. Downey
Amoret
Slive
Bates County
Charles McVey
Kansas City
Electric Park
Grand Central Depot
K. C. Star
Mason and Dixon
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
United States
Bucklen's Arsica Salve Cures Foot Sore
Tom Moore of Cochran Georgia praises Bucklen's Arsica Salve, saying a small 25 cent box cured his sore instep after other remedies failed. Sold under guarantee at Frank T. Clay's drug store. A Nevada Post letter condemns grain speculators who profit from food, warning that orphans and widows pay the price.
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Tom Moore
Cochran
Bucklen
Frank T. Clay
Solomon
Robin Hoods
Davalls
Nevada
Copperhead Bite at Gilman Farm Injures Ritts Brasher
Ritts Brasher was bitten on the finger by a copperhead while shucking corn at the Gilman farm. His hand and arm swelled rapidly and by noon he was in serious condition. Dr Marr treated him and counteracted the poison. A local discussion with Dr Gates offered snakebite guidance, including binding the arm, or leg, and making a vertical cut to relieve the bite.
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Gilman Farm
Ritts Brasher
Marr
Gates
Jerico Optic
Friendly fawn follows farmer to barn in meadow
In Shirkshire district farmer B N Rogers found a doe and a three to four day old fawn. The fawn allowed caresses, followed him to the barn, and posed for a photo at Shelburne Falls. The pair returned to the meadow after the shoot.
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Springfield
Mane
Republic O
B. N. Rogere
Shirkshire
Rogers
Shelburne Falls
Fawn
DeWite's Witch Hazel Salve Piled Favor, Sold by Hess
DeWite's Witch Hazel Salve praised as especially good for piles. Ensure you get DeWite's. Sold by C. W. Hess.
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DeWite
C. W. Hess
Man Lived 35 Years in Cage in Siou x City
Sioux City Iowa June 8 Aliser Gelt a man aged 410 years was kept in a wire cage for 35 years playing with children toys and dressed as a girl in knee length skirts He was moved to the county poor farm His brother Ole cared for him amid a pitiful case viewed by the community The man is dwarfed with shriveled muscle and a yellow complexion resembling a strange animal more than a human
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Sioux City
Aliser
Christian Gelt
Ole Gelt
Gelt
Former Millionaire Seeks Aid From Milwaukee Charity
Milwaukee on June 8 reports former millionaire C. J. L. Myer applied to Associated Charities for help. He said two daughters married to Chicagoans refused support, leaving him penniless with 800. Moving to Chicago voided Milwaukee aid. Once mayor of Fond du Lac and first Northwestern Railway president, Myer fell on hard times after poor investments. Charities will try to persuade his children to assist.
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Milwaukee
Northwestern Railroad
C.J. L. Myer
Associated Charities
Chicago
Myer
Milwaukee Aid
Fond du Lac
Wis
Senator Sawyer
Northwestern Road
Ex-Preacher Sentenced in U S District Court
Richmond June 8 in the United States district court the Rev. was sentenced to eight months in jail Bishop Beeweter of Connecticut testified against Hargrave in the case witnesses were called from several states involving the former preacher as the defendant
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Richmond
United States District Court
Tenced
Beeweter
Connecticut
Hargrave
President Roosevelt's Expensive White House Barber
Washington June 8 The White House barber earns 1600 dollars a year and shaves the president daily. The daily act costs the public about 425 dollars per shave and the barber works ten minutes per day, a high rate per minute. The long tenure may end March 4 with a new president and possibly a new barber.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt Gete
White House
Neuro
Auditor of the Navy
Roosevelt
Grant's 1859 St Louis job bid shows city engineer role
A pre Civil War document found in the St Louis city register office reveals General U S Grant applied in 1859 for city engineer, was rejected, and did not appear in the county roster. The paper, marked Application of U S Grant 1859, was endorsed by Lt Reynolds and attested by S M Frost, both West Point classmates.
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Ss. Louis
City Tregister Rowan
U. S. Grant
Ely
St. Louis
City Register
John W. McCluskey
Lt. Reynolds
West Point
Grant
Reynolds
Washington University
8. M. Frost
Army
Prehistoric Mammoth Skeleton Found Near San Dimas
Professor A J Cook of Pomona College and student Edward P Terry unearthed a mammoth sized prehistoric elephant skeleton in Pudding Stone Canyon near San Dimas. The partly preserved bones measure 26 by 16 feet with tusks up to 10 feet long. Estimated life height was about 17 feet and total length around 28 feet. Parts will be moved to Pomona College Museum. Estimated age about 12 000 years. Discovery was accidental. Skeleton lay across a stream with six inches of soil.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Pomona
Puddingstone Canyon
San Dimas
A. J. Cook
Pomona College
Edward P. Terry
Claremont
Museum of
Cook
Moros Kill Two Americans in Philippine Ambush
Manila reports government mining expert Harry Ickie and a guard were murdered by two Moros on April 1 while sleeping in a hut. Ickie, surveying geology, was from Creston, Indiana. The assailants, brothers, avenge their father killed by Spaniards fifteen years earlier.
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Manila
Harry Ickie
Ickie
Ickis
O Creston, In
No Word From Autoists In Siberian Ride
Fear grows that harm has overtaken the New York to Paris car contestants as the Siberian stretch brings bad roads blizzards savage wildlife and famine. Messages from Kusela describe dangers and a possible bandit threat while friends press for investigation and the Russian committee plans search efforts.
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Siberian
Siberia
Kusela
Saves Son From a Rattler's Bite in San Antonio
In San Antonio Texas June prompt action by Antonio Horlzeda saved his 12 year old son Godino after a rattlesnake bite near hera. The family driving into the city, shoe boy lefts the wagon to fetch a switch from mesquite and was struck on the foot by the rattler. The father cut an incision and sucked out the poison, dosed the lad with whisky, and rushed him to the city hospital where doctors struggled but eventually saved him.
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San Antonio
Texas
Antonio Horlzeda
Godino
Hera
Bort Zda
Kidward
Ev Doling
Farmers Fight Army Worms in Fayette County
Lexington Kentucky June 1 Fayette county farmers organized and have fought army worms Millions of the destroyers appeared near here and several crops were destroyed They were confined to three farms in the southwest part of the county Farmers dug pits and burned rows of straw to stop worms from moving to other farms.
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Lexington
Fayette County
Hello Girl is Held Up in Clinton Missouri
A masked robber broke the Appleton City telephone exchange at midnight seizing binding and gagging operator Miss Hester Wood. He entered the manager A. Hook’s office, stole $54 from an unlocked safe, left checks and $40 overlooked, then fled. Miss Wood freed herself and raised an alarm.
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Clinton, Mo
Appleton City
Hester Wood
A. Hook
Aliver
Mise Wood
Parole Violation Leads to Five Year Penalty
Elmer Gulick 25, of St Joseph, a member of a well known family, was sentenced to five years in the Jefferson City penitentiary for highway robbery committed a year ago. He had been on parole when Judge B J Gustel learned he fought at Seventh and Olive streets, breaking his parole.
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St. Joseph
Elmer Gu- Hick
Ship City
Jefferson City
B. J. Uasteel
Criminal Court
Gulick
Seventh
Ulive
Outlaw Kills Sheriff Near Watonga Okla
Sheriff Garrison of Oklahoma City was shot and killed in the Gyps hills north of Watonga on Friday afternoon. Deputy Smith was wounded as a posse of hundreds pursues an armed negro who fled into nearby billas about fifteen miles northeast of the town.
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Watonga
Okla
Garrison
Oklahoma City
Gyp Hills
Here
Smith
Billa
Lincoln editor condemns Billy Sundays preaching tone
A Lincoln Illinois editor denounces Evangeliet Sunday remarks urging gentler, charitable delivery. He hopes Billy Sunday succeeds in improving the world but prefers the old story told in a gentle voice rather than an aggressive tone claiming strong religious stance.
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Lincoln, Ills
Corrected Missouri Pacific Time Table at Butler Station
South bound and West bound schedules listed for No. 20 4.0 and No. 291 Local Freight, with paring for Kansas City and St. Louis routes. Includes Sunday passenger service Nos. 7 and 8, arrival times, agent signature, and Home Seekers Excursion details across many states with rates and sale dates.
Summer Tourist Rates for 108 Season
On sale June las to Sept 60 final return limit Oes 41 1908 to Pueblo Colorado Springs or Denver Colo 215 50 To San Francisco Los Angeles or San Diego direct new 6000 Oden or Salt Lake Utah 3150 Mexicoity Mexico ATS Portland Ore direct line 240 Trinidad Colo 2555 California Oregon and Waabbe bon rated expender 15th Hutler Mo Republican National Convention Chicago June 17 Tek etsoneate June 12 to 10 wood re turning to June 0 Rate 316 75 Tor round trip
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Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
Colo
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Oden
Salt Lake
Utah
Chicago
Wood
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