Paymaster Case Drama Ends With Lynching Foiled
Col. Cheney and Ed Lonergan are saved from death by a swift cavalry rescue after a Nebraska mob convects judgment under a cottonwood gallows. Buck Ewing led the mob accusing them of robbing a paymaster. Guthrie rode to Camp MacPherson to signal troops, and the line charged. About $70,000 is recovered and Cheney’s group is taken to safety in St Louis.
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Jack Cheney
Yivania
Meadesburg
Page
Lincoln
Cheney
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Grays
Gov. Curtin
Peninsula
Chancellorsville
Pinkerton
Pennsylvania
United States Secret Service
Secret Service
Col. Cheney
Col
West Central Department
St. Louis
Nebraska
Smedburg
Neb
Grand Island
North Platte
Buck Ewing
Feret
Sid Guthrie
Ed Lonergan
B. H. Grierson
Jefferson Barracks
J. J. Reynolds
Fort Niobrara
Reynolds
Omaha
Guthrie
Lonergan
Bucking the Tiger
Trisie Sam
Sunflower Hotel
Ham
Sid
Sycamore
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Lem Stockham
Ewing
Gen. Grierson
Gen. Reynolds
Camp MacPherson
MacPherson
Benson
Ninth
Lynch
Wyoming
Mr. Ewing
Cheng
Leavenworth
Chapman
Washington
General Land Office
Richards
Congress
Land Office
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Edgar L. Hewett
Bureau of American Ethnology
Archaeological Institute of America
Diamond in Chicken's Gizzard Finder Sued by Owner
A Texas man sued over a found diamond after a chicken gizzard discovery near Sterling. The owner, Kendall, sought return. Garcia refused and paid $150 court costs after Kendall won the suit or recovered the gem in Dallas.
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Here
Kendall
Sterling
Dallas
Tex
Garcia
John Garcia
Stone
Charles P. Kendall
Christmas Campaign by a Reluctant Officer
Policeman Barney Flynn plans to curb Christmas giving for the poor by sowing doubt and scarcity, while his wife and daughter Maggie secretly prepare a muted family celebration. A burglar scare turns light as Terry’s laughter reveals hidden gifts stored in pan hooks and stockings.
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Maggie
Terry
Flynn
Mrs. Flynn
Chrismas
Barney
Robin’ Santy Claus
Policeman Flynn
Cullen
San Francisco Aftermath Lighter Spirit Surfaces in City
Amid ruins in San Francisco and San Jose, residents cope with disaster through humor and resilient signs. Reports describe wind breaks, open hotels, and quirky shack notices while observers note a surge in cooperative stores and German wholesale cooperatives expanding after the quake.
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St. John Street
San Jose
Devisadero Street
San Francisco
French Strother
van Ness Avenue
Hotel
Baltimore
E. W. Jack
College Men in Gold Fields Described by Outing Magazine
A prospectors account portrays college men flooding gold camps as soldiers of fortune, reacting with humor to harsh frontier life. It extols democracy, courage, and resilience formed in the desert experience, noting both fools and a finer manhood born of failure and hardship. It ends with a note on an endless chain of ties and a German poem line.
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Goldfield
Pomeroy's Ride Theme in Appleby Graduation Oration
In his Mount Union Pennsylvania graduation oration R C Appleby recounts Stephen W Pomeroy’s ride during Lee’s invasion. He details Meade’s northward march, Gettysburg battles, casualties, and Lee’s defeat then narrates the swift dispatch ride from Roxbury to convey Meade’s orders ensuring Union victory.
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R. C. Appleby
T. A. Appleby
Mount Union
Stephen W. Pomeroy
Lee
Pennsylvania
Appleby
Paul Revere
Hooker
Meade
Blue Ridge
Washington
Baltimore
Chambersburg
Gettysburg
Carlisle
Kimmell
Juniata
Roxbury
Young
Fleet
Beartown
Juniata County
Academia
Port Royal
Gov. Curtin
Harrisburg
War Department
Hill and Dale
Paul Venarez
Jen
Shipmates Honor Flag in Cumberland Rescue Tale
A New York Sun account recalls Jack Gardner of the Cumberland waving a flag from the rigging as the frigate sank in Hampton Roads after a collision with the Merrimac. A Confederate Alabama hunter’s crew later rang a bell for Gardner aboard a steam cruiser, where the fisherman-turned-sailor refused to enlist, declaring this country his current home. Redfield Proctor’s tattoo reform and his standing as a service godfather are noted along with his Vermont senatorial role. The piece closes with Phillips Brooks urging action now.
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Cumberland
Hampton Roads
Merrimac
New York Sun
Jack Gardner
Gardner
Alabama
St. Helena Island
United States Marine
Matey
The
Old Jack
Sherman
Bill
Vermont
Redfield Proctor
Army
Chicago Post
Proctor
S Bown
United States Army
American hero praised as Presbyterian clergyman Pomeroy
The passage lauds Stephen W. Pomeroy, a Presbyterian clergyman from Harrisburg PA, as an American hero who rode with the United States of America and embodies patriotic values. It contrasts him with other figures and invokes indissoluble union and Old Glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nie McNeal
Sheridan
United States of America
Stephen W. Pomeroy
Harrisburg, Pa
Statue to a Southern General in Columbia
An equestrian statue of Gen Wade Hampton was unveiled in Columbia South Carolina. Hampton, born March 28 1818 and died April 11 1902, served as governor and US senator and led the Hampton Legion. Though a large slaveholder he opposed expansion of slavery and secession. He became a Confederate lieutenant general and later advocated conciliatory Reconstruction policies.
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Gen
Wade
South
Hampton
Columbia
S.C
Col
Wade Hampton
Charleston
United States
Hampton Legion
War department adopts soldier identification tags
The War Department adopts a new system of identification tags for soldiers, mirroring long used British practice. British tags carry a number tied to the service rolls, smoothing later name identification after battles and casualties.
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War Department
Surgeons Turn From Alcohol in British Medical Practice
In Great Britain the medical profession increasingly shuns alcohol as an aid to patients with disease or injuries. Surgeons report that alcohol use can impede operations, raise complication risks, and slow recovery.
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Great Britain
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Jasper Ewing Brady
U.S. A
Santiago de Cuba
Barney Flynn
Chris
Pathrol
Mary
Ma-An
Poiceman Flynn
Joseph B. Bowles
the Century Co
Germany
Outing Magazine
Pomeroy’s
Phillips Brooks
Gen. Wi
Hampton -Lumbus
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