Choctaw Feud Blazes In Antlers Bloodshed Follows Election
In Antlers Indian Territory a factional clash erupted after a Choctaw election. Seventy eight militiamen attacked the residence of W M Lock, firing through windows and walls. Fire resumed at dawn as Captain Key Durant led a search for arrests, while Lock offered compliance within legal bounds.
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Antlers
Indian Territory
National Militia
W. M. Lock
Nearlay
United States
Paris
Texas
Jones
Jackson
Croods
Loc
National Party
Little Torm
Lock
Key Durant
Lock’houms
Loon
Milita
Three Nashville Banks Fail Amid Panic in 19th Century
Three Nashville banks the Commercial National Mechanics Savings and Trust and Bank of Commerce suspended operations after Dobbins and Dangy cotton brokers failed. Indebtedness reached 283000 in overdraft and foreign paper. Assignee named at Bank of Commerce, withdrawals halted for sixty days, expected wider financial impact including additional small state banks and large possible losses.
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Nashville
Tenn
Moralnz
Dobbins & Dangy
Commercial National Bank
Mechanics’ Bavings and Trust Compary
Bank of Commeros
Banki Twas
Dobbins & Daray
Bank of Commerce
John T. Lelyatt
Aroun
Mechanics Bank
Bunlnesa
Late Whalesale Prices of Country Produce in New York
Market notes quote wholesale values for Salina reds and kidney beans with various aging and grade indicators. Lists creamery butter types, Western and State factories, and skim milk products with price ranges and quality descriptors.
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New York
Explosion at Oak Hill Colliery Leaves Several Dead and Injured
Readable items report a gas explosion at Oak Hill Colliery near Minersville Pennsylvanian, killing two ten and injuring four. Other notices include deaths of Elliott F Sprerano editor of the Aintland Express in New York, a Connecticut mortgage bulletin, and various international political and crime items.
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Middle States
Oak Hill
Minersville
Pong
Corone
Extiott F. Sprerano
W. H. Vanderbilt
Aintland Express
New York City
Census Bureau
Connecticut
Gladstone
W. Bourke Cochran
Juige Morgan
O' Brien
Doctor Wallace
Hector Brown
Mononzabola
Pennsylvania
G. Rexp
Pacific Bank
Mead
Peter Gnase
Lewis Dowelf
Corning
N. Y
The Electrical Building at World’s Columbian Fair Chicago
Describes the Electrical Building with its 345 by 700 foot footprint, nave and transept plan, two-story galleries, and four corner pavilions with 163 foot towers. Details include Corinthian pilasters, open portico, skylights, and rich ornamentation in scagliola and bronze accents. Cost listed at 875000, with focus on marble-like appearance yet color varied in pilasters and capitals.
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Bronza
Mikes
Hiting
Frente
Naide
Great Central Court
Middle Lakes
Nartow Wanl
Loggia
Coilia
Dal
Sobixeetinn
Quistaxterior
Aldel
Transportation Building
Etues
Orteuy
Gallerias
Stoney Island Avenue
Yoo
Groundless Fragments From A Distant World Warms No Headlines
Fragmented dispatches report events from across lands and seas including droughts in North Africa, cattle plagues in Africa, floods and road damage in North America, political tensions in Europe, and agricultural yields in Central America. The text blends mistyped names and speculative notes with scattered references to railroads, currencies, and upcoming world events.
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Onovera
Russia
Egyptia
Illnois
Tanoy County
Missouri
Africa
Newa
Hawaii
San Francisco
Col
Chinyso
North Carolina
Kansas
Costokos
Agol
Tildup
Washington
Ant Hebrew
Europe
Neapolitan Soldiers Weathered Russian Winter Better Than French
A century old London Lancet note recounts a centenarian Tralian in Norfolk whose life touched Napoleon's Grande Armée and Russian campaign of 1812. It cites Baron Larrey on Italian regiments enduring cold, claiming southern calorie reserves, climate acclimation, and lighter meals aided survival more than French or Teutonic troops, a view echoed in Crimean era discussions.
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Norfolk
Grande Armee
Europe
Baron Larrey
Best Position for Healthy Sleep Advice from a Doctor
A doctor argues most sleep on the left side causes morning mouth taste and dyspepsia. He claims left-side sleeping hampers digestion, pumps the stomach, and compresses the lungs and heart, recommending lying on the right side or back for natural rest where possible.
German Soup Varieties and Ontario Women Lawyers
German culinary note contrasts milk soups and fruit soups with fish soups and European traditions. Ontario forms a committee to permit women to practice law, admitting Clara Brett Martin to the law society after Toronto University graduation. Odd patent medicines and cough remedies appear in the text.
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Ontario
Dominion of Canada
Clara Brett Martin
Toronto University
Law Society
Curious half-pence: coins cut in half throughout English history
A Chicago Tribune note explains how half-pence were minted by cutting pennies in two. Examples from Alfred the Great to Henry III and later periods surface in Lancashire finds and in the British Museum, with experts linking the practice to shortages of small change and minting reforms under Edward I.
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Great Britain
Lancashire
Alfred
Edward
Edward the Confessor
William the Conqueror
British Museum
London
Henry Iiii
Edward I
Chicago Tribune
Quail Tamed by Farmer Near Port Stanley
Quail birds were fed near Peter Landin’s home during a severe storm. He sheltered the flock under a box beside the house and led them inside for warmth. One quail stayed indoors for days before rejoining the others, as Landin pets them to keep weeds off his farm.
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Peter Landin
Mr. Landin
Port Stanley
Pigs Born Deformed in Alabama Farmyard
Rus sell County farmer J T Armaut near Bfarwyn, Alabama reports a litter of all deformed pigs except one with two legs. The abnormal litter, described as a curiosity, invites visitors to see the animals at his farm.
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Traer
Marietta Island
Ohio
George Dow
Harry Dow
Frank Ackerson
Aor Hanton
Peter Wollroy
Rourdero
Coopar County
Missouri
Pea
Arizona
Dick Crowe
Sswaner
Fenv
Trans-Mississippi Department
St. Augustine
Frs
F. H. Faxrurcas
Vandernanks Hotel
New Orleans
J.T. Armaut
Russell County
Alabama
Bfarwyn
Onaall
Cactus Thrives in Varying Soils and Climates
In early summer the Western plains glow with yellow and rose blooms of the cactus. The plant adapts to drier soil and alkali, yet also prospers in moister climates of the East. In Bronx Park's field south of the Rocking Stone, numerous small specimens of the prickly pear variety are noted.
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Bronx Park
New York
Royal Baking Powder Promise of Purity and Safety
The ad extols Royal Baking Powder as absolutely pure and wholesome while warning that many competing powders contain alum or other impurities. State chemists and government reports are cited to claim Royal has no ammonia alum lime or injurious ingredients, urging housekeepers to choose Royal to avoid health risks.
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Duckam N. J
N.Y
CPOE
Asata
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Flour City
Register of Dails
Newton
Kan
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Axn O'Dea Dis Denar
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Equator
Philadelphia
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Treasury
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Corea
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Frye
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Silan W. Lamoreux
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Borace H. Lurton
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C. W. Chancallor
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District of South Dakota
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Lea Mantle
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Wfitche I. Becaerani
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Honduras
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Chicago
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Nerez
Colombia
Ignac Pusey Gray
Mexico
Dionizio Evangelistadre Castro Cerqueira
Venor
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Olney
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Montass
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Boston, Main
Pleco
Germany
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Hood
Altes
Jennie Cunningham
Newcastle, Me
Mins
Jean
Cussingham
South
Ate
August Flower
J. B. Young
Daughters College
Harrodsburg
J. W. Smith
P.M
Gen. Merchant
Townsend
Ont
C. Rugh
Mechanicsburg
Inaa
Ponent
Bris Wetx
Blonday
Magica
Syqupilicg
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
Louisville
Charles Simmons
Cohors
Cohoes
Dana Barsatarilla CO
Dana
Clereon
Calbing
MS Enegine
Coboen
Parson
Triesto
Danx‘s
Dana Sarsaparna Co
Belfast
Maine
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Masa
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Dniggista
Druewists
Garfield Tearez
Ealia
Mamplofres
Gan
Royal Baking Powder
WM. Bridges
OLIO
Hartman
Bidlee Gutenroy
Hartman Special
Beaver Falls
Chamber St
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Homo Naila
Thomson
Manta
JOBDSON_L. THOMSON MFQ. CO
Waltham, Mass
Monicis
Yashington
B.C
Ayroday
Alexandra
Davis& Rankin Building
MFQ. CO
Saas
JL Piso
Tarestine
Warren
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