Oklahoma movement seeks to honor Confederate graves in Indian Territory
A campaign to mark and care for Confederate burial grounds in Oklahoma highlights Muskogee County where about 150 soldiers lie in unmarked graves. Advocates urge identification and permanent preservation, citing President McKinley’s call for national aid to Confederate cemeteries and recalling Elk Creek Honey Springs battle sites.
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Oktah
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Muskogee County
J. B. Thoburn
Department of History
University of Oklahoma
Thoburn
McKinley
South
Fort Gibson
Fort Smith
A. M. Darling
Elk Creek
Honey Springs
Blunt
Cooper
Nik Creek
Mo Sim
Iro Thehurn
Alaska Woman Defies North Ghost Tales
Mary E. Hart, early Alaska explorer and fox rancher, dismisses local legends of the ghost of the first white man hanged near Nome. She recalls her 15 years of prospecting, fur trading, and Arctic marches, stating the ghost would not deter her return to Alaska.
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Kansas City
Alaska
Esquimaux
Mary E. Hart
North
Mrs. Hart
Nome
Hart
Sinrock Mary
Reviever
Alaha
Sinrock Mary Latd
Anouk
Skagway
San Francisco
Oldest Cotton Bale Tied to Milburn Family History
Near Laurel Mississippi T Wilburn a farmer stored a 36 year old bale of cotton said to be the oldest in the country The bale grew during a time before railroads and when bad roads hindered market access The owner notes the bale has remained in his possession since his father Milburn died six years ago and it is kept for its historic value rather than sale.
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Laurel
Misa
Wilburn
Americans buy famous island for sheep ranch work
Helena Montana publisher Lewis Penwell and associates purchase San Clemente Island, six miles southwest of Los Angeles, with 25 000 sheep for 800 000 dollars. The Penwells plan to run a vast sheep ranch and explore caves for a winter resort, citing the island s historic prehistory and strategic cove named Smugglers Cove.
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Mexico
United States
Helena
Mont
Lewis Penwell
Independent Publishing Company
and Associates
San Clemente Island
Los Angeles
Penwell
Duke of
California
San Clemente Wool Company
Chas. T. Howland
Peowell
Montana
San Clemente
Channel Islands
Howland
Texas Professor Demonstrates Animal Hypnotism
Fort Worth in Texas Professor Ton Paul Frizzell demonstrates hypnotism on animals and a rooster by placing its feet on the ground and guiding its gaze with chalk marks before a sharp clap ends the act. The report notes his other experiments with toads and lizards and hints at broader study in hypnotic suggestion.
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Texas College
Fort Worth
Texas
Ton Paul Frizzell
Anak Vaprdis
Creszell
Aid
Rom
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Treland
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