Wildcat Hunt Hoax Leaves Laughter in Omaha
A tale from Florence Nebraska recounts a 1877 wildcat hunt gone wrong when a stuffed lynx prank by General Crook and others led to a staged scene. Dr Coffman, Teuton the hired man, and a party of sportsmen fooled Coffman before the hoax was revealed as a joke.
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Omaha
General Crook
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al. Patrick
Joseph D. Tier
L. W. Hill
Julius Meyer
Thornburg
Patrick
Amy
Crook
Dev
Dr. Coffman
Neb
Facts About the Sultan of Turkey
The Sultan of Turkey is an expensive ruler with civil expenses near ten million dollars yearly. Bosphorus shores host numerous palaces and kiosks, lavishly furnished. He dines alone on ninety four dishes daily, with ten more prepared. He owns 600 horses and 700 wives, guarded by 350 eunuchs. Provinces gift costly presents and Circassian slaves are sent to him. Ministers’ salaries are high, with the Grand Vizier at 150000 dollars and other ministers at 75000 and 60000 respectively.
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Turkey
Bosphorus
Leeching For Her Husband At City Court
Nellie Raymond appearing as a well dressed prisoner in a gray overcoat and male attire faced Justice Wandell at the Fifty seventh Street police court seeking her husband who deserted her and two children. She was advised to discard male clothes, then discharged and told to go home. New York World.
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Wandell
Paterson
N. J
Nellie Raymond
New York World
An Officer's Mistake At Deve Boyun Battle
A detailed account of Mukhtar Pasha's bravery at the Deve Boyun clash near Erzerum. He advanced with two battalions to a critical point, fought bravely as the left center faltered, and urged a counterattack though the center later carried. He survived the retreat while others fell. A Russian general sought shelter near Mukhtar's tent after the battle.
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Mukhtar Pasha
Deve- Boyun
Erzerum
Mukhtar
Constantinople
Heymann
Peeping Frogs and Their Spring Song
The article explains the peeping frog as a distinct frog variety not the bullfrog’s young. It hides among grasses at pond edges, rises from a brown leaf disguise to emit a soft peep, about an inch long and brown in color, and can be kept peeping by gentle containment away from light.
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