McCaughey the Sheep King of the World in Australia
Special correspondent Frank G. Carpenter reports Samuel McCaughey of Australia as the world’s leading sheep owner with over a million sheep and about a million acres. He details vast stations in New South Wales and Queensland, Vermont ram imports, and spectacular wool yields including a $4,000 prize ram at the Sydney show.
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Sydney
Australia
Austra‘lasia
New South ‘Wales
Uugher
New York
Chicago
United States
Samuel McCaughey
Darling
Downs
New South Wales
Vermont
Whr
Ram
James Gibson
McCaughey
Pacific
Cape of Good Hope
Queensland
Ver Monts
Wool Wealth and Land Ownership in Australia 1901
A 1901 account details large landholders in Australia and the booming wool trade. It describes vast wool warehouses in Sydney, shipping routes to Europe, and prices paid for different wool grades. It recounts government colleges for wool students, expert wool sorting, and a veteran squatter noting Australia’s declining sheep numbers balanced by improved farming. It traces Captain Macarthur’s role in introducing Merino sheep and Australia’s rise as a top wool producer, claiming about one fifth of world wool.
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Sydney
Australia
Europe
London
Cape of Good Hope
Suez Canal
Ain
Spain
Macarthur
Ape of Good Hope
George III
England
Frank G. Carpenter
Kansas Fake News and the Rise of The Quivera Boom
A humorous critique traces Kansas journalism fakes from Coronado legends to modern hoaxes. It recalls Mitch ell hog lot gold maps, the Rosa Whiteface episode, and a fiddle tale that drew Irish heirs, illustrating how sensational stories shaped public belief and money.
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Allen White
Kansas
Emporia Gazette
White
Wichita
Gronado
Quivera
Coronado
Mexico
Sister Republic
Sumner County
Samuel P. Mitchell
Chikaskia
Exer
Telly
Vunet
Ant Jewelers
Riant
Sam Mitchell
Chicago
Wichita Fakes Sparked National Alarm Over Child in Well
A Wichita hoax claimed a baby fell into a bored well in Sedgwick County drawing nationwide attention. Reports described crowd reactions, crying from 150 feet deep, and hurried wire service coverage. Another Wichita fraud involved Anderson Gray, a supposed hypnotist, linked to a farm murder and wrongful imprisonment claims.
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Wichita
Kansas
A. Sedgwick County
All America
Getalie
Western Union
Lover of the Woods author W H Boardman profiled
A Westerner born in Northern Illinois in 1846, W H Boardman wrote Lovers of the Woods. He graduated from the University of Michigan and civil engineering studies, and serves as President and Treasurer of the Adirondack Railway Gazette. The article sketches his career and the Adirondack League.
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W.H. Boardman
Northern
Illinois
University of Michigan
Te Es Railway
Cts
Adirondack Leagia
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Sheep King OF
the Great Wool Industry OF
Tribune
Rene
Philip
Maki
Crimmins
Callahan
O’briens
Mulcahys
Kellys
Tobins
Slatterys
Flynns
Healys
Hartnetts
Curtins
Collins
Keefes
O’reaans
O'Rourkes
O’malleys
Rosa
Ft. Reno
Black Coyote
New York Recorder
Recorder
Rosa Whiteface
Noble
Interior
Woodson
Woods
Nero Penton
Arai
United. States
Anderson Gray
Gray
McDonald
Patten
Conaia
T McDonald
Skoeey
the - Unitas
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