Backwoods Beef Shoot at Monte Ne Sparks Historic Gun Match
Springfield, June 19. W. B. Harvey revives the old backwoods shooting rule at Monte Ne near Rogers Arkansas. Old time smoothbores and muzzle loaders will contest with beef as the stake while a wooden William Tell target tests accuracy. A banquet ends the day after a long guns contest among Ozark marksmen.
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Harvey
Arkansas
Monte Ne
Ozarks
Tennessee
Daniel Boone
Markeman
William Tell
Missouri
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Ark
White River
Confession on Scaffold Ends Long Sevier County Feud
W R Catelett convicted of first degree murder in London Tennessee for hiring others to kill Laura Wealy. Judge Burke sentenced him to hang. appeal to Tennessee Supreme Court followed. Sevier County long terrorized by whitecaps blamed Catelett as leader. two accomplices executed after confessing.
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Sevier County
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Sevier
Laura Wealy
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Supreme Court of Tennessee
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Laura
Robert Catelett
Wealys
Plog Wynt
Catelett Tipton
Tipton
Fonda
Kreathitt County
Whitecaps
Cateleut
Lyncher Acquittal Narrowly Echoed in Joplin Court
In Carthage trial D H Barnes was acquitted of first degree murder linked to the lynching of Thomas Gilyard. Spectators cheered as the court sentenced Hickory Bill Fields to ten days for contempt amid loud approvals by women in attendance.
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Joplin
D. H. Barnes
Carthage
Thomas Gilyard
Hickory Bill” Fields
Bristow's Bomb is Hurled Washington
The Postmaster General released the Bristow reply to Tulloch charges about irregularities in the Washington post office. Inspectors reported improper disbursements and improper appointments between 1890 and 1900. The document urges accountability and correction of abuses and outlines responsibility for disbursements and double salaries.
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Washington
Payne
Bristow
Simour W. Tulloch
Washington City
Washington Post Office
Tulloch
Charles Emory Smith
Postaf
Outlaw Posse Pursues Guthrie Robbers
In Guthrie Oklahoma on June 20 a trio led by Ben Cravens halted a caravan of 100 men and women in a country wood. They searched all travelers, stole $800, and seized nine horses before releasing victims at dusk. David Ware a Texas ranger was among the prisoners. Cravens, a Kansas penitentary escapee, remains at large as a posse pursues the gang.
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Ben Cravens
David Ware
Texas
Cravens
Kansas Penitentiary
Lightning strikes mar Goddess of Liberty crown marks
Washington reports the Goddess of Liberty atop the capitol has been struck by lightning more than a hundred times in the last decade. Workmen washing the statue found countless marks. the gold and aluminum crown prongs near the lightning rods have melted and will be replaced with approved arresters.
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Washington
Goddess of Liberty
Capitol
Militia Ordered Out to Quell Dubuque Riots
Des Moines June 18 Governor Cummings orders three militia companies from Waterloo Maquoketa to Dubuque to quell street car strike violence. Proclamation urges residents to refrain from violence as state resources are pledged to preserve order. No street cars are running today.
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Cummings
Dubuque
Waterloo
Maquoketa
Freight worker saves Frisco train from wreck
Guthrie Oklahoma June 20 Dock Ray of Grant Indian Territory spotted a broken tie sticking up on the Frisco track in the Red river bottoms. With a freight due soon Ray halted the train and a catastrophe was averted. The conductor recorded his details and Ray received a lifetime free transportation certificate from Frisco System offices in St. Louis.
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Dock Ray
Grant, I. T
Red River
Ray
St. Louis
Friaco
Senator West Was His Pupil in Missouri City Mentor
J M Stapp died in Missouri City Tuesday in his 80th year. A native Missourian born in Lafayette county, he taught mathematics at Chapel Hill college, with pupils including Senator Cockrell Senator West and the late John T Trish. Cockrells first wife was Stapp’s sister. He was a long-time merchant at Missouri City and served as postmaster under Cleveland's administration.
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Liberty
J. M Stapp
Missouri City
Lafayette County
Chapel Hill College
West
Senator Cockrell
Senator West
John T. Trish
Stapp
Cleveland
Cleveland Declares No Return to Public Life
Former President Grover Cleveland told a Washington correspondent that he has no desire to reenter public life and no higher aspirations than a peaceful life with his family. He spoke during an interview in New York on June 19, denying any presidential candidacy.
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Praident Cleveland Ia Q
Techiring
Cleathie
Washington
Dallas
Cleveland
Metcalfe Is Dismissed From Post Office Job
Washington June 19 The Postmaster General dismissed Jones Metcalfe longtime head of the money order system over alleged improprieties in contract awards The case may prompt a full investigation Metcalfe opposed the lowest bidder Paul Herman Rutherford and favored the Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford company of New York where Metcalfe’s son worked
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Washington
Jones Metcalfe
Postoffice Department
Metcalfe
Paul Herman
Rutherford
N. J
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New York
Bradfield Regulator Co Mothers Aid Ad
An old advertisement promotes Mother’s Friend as a trusted external remedy for pregnant women. It claims the bottle bears the company name, urges readers to avoid substitutes, and offers a free booklet on motherhood from The Bradfield Regulator Co of Allante, Ga.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
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Teachers Examinations Schedule for Butler Missouri
The next teachers certificates examination will be held Friday and Saturday the 26th and 27th in Butler Missouri. Subjects and times are listed with morning and afternoon sessions, nine hours of exams each day, papers due before the next session. MAXEY, School Commissioner.
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Butler
Bryan Promotes Simple Fourth at Fairview
W J Bryan announces the Jefferson club of Fairview will hold a Fourth of July celebration with Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland Richard Wynne of Texas and Mr Taylor city attorney of Chicago as speakers. The club seeks simplicity and sincerity over sport and merchant money making. A Marengo Iowa Democrat piece recalls David Davis praising local papers as the best community investment.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Jefferson Club
Fairview
Churches tottering in 1900s Northwest synod meeting
In La Crosse on June 19, the English Lutheran synod of the northwest opened. Rev. George H. Irabert of Minneapolis warned that worldliness is spreading in U S churches and predicted a gradual decline of Christianity unless ministers go into the fields and labor harder.
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la Crosse
Wia
Northwest
George H. Irabert
Minneapolis
Conspirators Admit Plot To Kill Prince Ferdinand
Belgrade report states conspirators admit forming a plan to assassinate Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria to occur with the death of King Alexander. The plot was discovered, averting the assassination.
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Belgrade
Alexander
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Ewen to go to Frankfort after Jackson verdict
Lexington, June 19 Captain Ewen announced that acting on friends advice he would travel to Frankfort once the Jackson jury returns a verdict to lay all facts before Governor Beckham. He would not disclose what he would tell the governor as others close to him say he will consider high social figures in Breathitt County as the basis for bribery warrants.
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Ewen
Frankfort
Jackson
Beckham
Breathitt County
Montana Mob's Vengeance in Bad Lands Shootout
In ilasgrow Montana a gun battle in the bad lands ends with William Hardee, a condemned killer who had escaped after killing a guard and wounding two others, killed by a sheriff posse. Charles Hill dies from his wound. Mred McKintoy escapes as lawmen storm the jail and hang Jack Brown from a courthouse window. The city learns of the flare up late last night.
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Ilasgrow
Mont
William Hardee
Hardee
Charles Hill
Mred McKintoy
Blardee
Jack Brown
Harden
Sour House
Fourteen Die in Explosion at London Factory
A massive blast at the Teddi Factory in Woodville damages the building and kills fourteen workers while thirteen are injured. The roof collapses, and the interior is torn apart by shrapnel. Officials attribute it to a bursting shell. Relatives of employees gather for information as officials seek details and missing men.
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Woedwiehl
Wpsomal
Vietims
Great Arsenal
Bhp
Batson to Hang for Welsh Family Murder
New Orleans reports that Edwin A. Batson, born in Spickuble Missouri, has been sentenced to hang for the murder of the girl in the Welsh family case near Welsh. Execution scheduled for Friday, August 1, with no pardon intervention from the governor. Miller of Lake Charles involved in the case, with a board required by law to approve action ahead of the sentence.
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Dwin A. Batson
Spickuble
Lirl
Welsh
Witlin
Dade Miller
Lake Charles
Dade
Tie Feud
Settores
Police Protect Jews as Coronation Day Massacre Fears Rise
In Nervorod Ssjerwerek within Chernigof government, order reportedly halted planned massacre of Jews on May 27 as 45,000 people gathered near a synagogue. Police deployed to prevent outbreak while Prince Galitzin and Russian church priests attended the coronation celebration to reassure the Jewish community.
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St. Peterstupe
Jone Posenert
Nervorod
Ssjerwerek
Chernigof
Prince Galitzin
Child Health Aid Sale At Tucker’s Drug Store
A notice promoting White’s Cro Vermitage as a tonic for digestive power and appetite in babies and children. The sale or advertising event is conducted at H. L. L. Tucker’s Drug Store amid a heat wave context urging care and health at early ages.
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H. L. L. Tucker
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