Nez Perce War Heroics Compared With Sherman’s March
The piece frames Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce flight as a unparalleled feat in modern warfare beside General Sherman’s March to the Sea. It details pursuit by Howard and Miles, key battles at White Bird Creek and Big Hole, soldier deaths, and final surrender at Battle Eagle Creek after a 750 mile trek across the United States frontier.
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Sherman
Atlanta
Confederacy
Savannah
Moses
Washington Territory
Idaho
Salmon River
Bitter Root Mountains
Montana
Yellowstone Para
Clark's Fork
Yellowstone
Missouri
United States
Joseph
Howard
Teller
White Bird Creek
Rains
Calvary
Craig’s Mountain
Jon Gibbon
Fort Shaw
Big Hole
Bitter Root Range
Ele
Logan
Bradley
English
Gth
Gibbon
Woodruff
C. A
Sturgis
Cedar ‘Nountain
Seventis
Battle Eagle Creek
Bear Paw Mountains
Snake Creek
Miles
Owen Tate
William Biddle
Seventh
Nez Perce
Citanris Kise
Revival in trade at N M White's City Drug Store
A promotional notice claims general revival of business at N M White's City Drug Store with free trial bottles of Dr King s New Discovery for consumption. The ad asserts the remedy cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and all throat and lung diseases and offers a trial bottle before purchase with every bottle warranted.
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N. M. White
City
Dr. King
Centennial ball dazzles as President and guests attend
At the New York Metropolitan Opera House the centennial celebration includes a grand ball for six thousand guests. Mayor Grant led the presidential party through artillery lines to the stage while Vice President Morton and Mrs. Harrison followed. The dress parade impressed with white brocade silks and Grecian silver patterns as the evening continued into midnight with supper and dancing.
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Washington
New York City
Metropolitan Opera House
Broadway
New York
Grant
Orzo
Second Artillery
Signal Corps
Easugs
Morton
Harrison
Gov. Hill
Aldrich
Levi P. Morton
Fifa
Niopton
Tragedy on Grand Trunk at Hamilton Turns Deadly
A Grand Trunk express near Hamilton Ontario derailed at 7 am causing a fatal collision with a water tank. Seventeen dead, including an Italian victim, with fire and burns making most identities impossible. About twenty injured. no crew fatalities. The train's cars included two baggage cars a smoker a through coach two Wagner sleeping cars and a Pullman car. The wreck occurred at a junction where a Y shape was being built to link to the Toronto branch. Train speed reported around forty mph before derailment.
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Hamilton
Grand Trunk
Here
St. Louda
R. 5. Guerney
Chicago
Ptallian
Toronto
Some natives of Oklahoma rumors and harsh forecast
A retired army officer predicts Oklahoma boomers will encounter fierce resistance as they move in. He cites pests like the skunk and bed bugs, drought in the Cherokee outlet, and envisions limited crop success until new settlers adapt to the harsh land and scarce water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
Dodge City
Texas
Cherokee
Yellow fever outbreak reported in Sanford Florida
Reports from Sanford indicate yellow fever has broken out there. State health board President Daniel and other members rushed to the scene for investigation with quarantine likely. Health officials also received word from Surgeon General Blamilton about heightened fever activity at the ports of Santos and Rio.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Sanford
Daniel
He State Board of Health
Stuart
Balmore
Blamilton
The
Marine Hospital Service
Navy
Santos
Rio
A Narrow Escape From Pneumonia Ends Well
Col. W K Nelson of Brooklyn fell ill with pneumonia after a tight chest sensation. Doctors gave him up, but Dr Acker's English Remedy for Consumption saved him. he recovered and is well today at N M White City Drug Store.
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Col. W.K. Nelson
Brooklyn
de. Acker
N. M. White
Gleanings From the Rockies
A Nevada brief with notes on a mat rimodial alliance in Winnemucca, a Mormon apostle widow, a Long Beach minister’s conviction, a fatal stove explosion near Los Angeles, a rejected divorce in Colorado, odd Idaho incidents, a Snake River dam dispute, a Wyoming maverick auction rule, and a pitch for Electric Bitters noting health restoration.
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Winnemucca
Golconda
Nevada
G. W. James
M. E
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Cala
John Titsworth
Los Angeles
Texas
Consumption symptoms warned by early signs in public notice
Terrible forewarnings describe morning cough chest tightness and rapid pulse as early signs of consumption. Dr Akers English Remedy for Consumption is promoted with a positive guarantee and sold by N M White at the City Derry Store.
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Ackers
N. M White
Derry
National Democratic leader Barnum dies in Connecticut
Hon. Willian TH Barnum chairman of the National Democratic Committee dies at Lime Rock Connecticut Tuesday. Service held in American church Rue Cerie Paris in honor of the Washington Centennial. Walker Blaine denies reports of Blaine paralytic stroke. News from Guan Juata Mexico of a deadly clash over Jesuit sermons. Parade dismissal at Canal Street causes wild confusion with mounted staff. Canadian Pacific and St Paul Minnesota Manitoba form a strong alliance to shift western and eastern trade routes via Vancouver and Sault Ste Marie.
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Willian TH. Barnum
National Democratic Committee
Lime Rock
Connecticut
Rue Cerie
Paris
Washington
Walker Blaine
New York
Blaine
London
New York Dispatch
Canal Street
Butterfield
Canadian Pacific
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Hill
George Stephens
Donald Smith
St. Paul Road
Vancouver
British Columbia
Railroads near joint lease delay at director meeting
Northern Pacific directors postponed final action on the proposed Union Pacific Oregon Railway and Navigation lease awaiting Henry Villard's return. Tensions over east bound freight and Portland port business were discussed amid speculation the motion to approve the lease will pass next week.
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New York
Eradd
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Ite
Henry Villard
Portland
Tacoma
Northern
Messrs. Bull
Brayton Eses
Adame
Time Tested Adage and Patent Remedy Slogan
A proverb warns small neglect can ruin larger plans. An advertisement promotes Dr. Acker's English Remedy for Consumption claiming early pneumonia signs can be checked with the product.
Dr Acker's English Remedy for Consumption Guaranteed
City Drug Store vendor N M White assures refund to customers who follow directions for Dr Acker's English Remedy for consumption. The notice claims a cough can be checked in a day and early consumption halted in a week if the remedy is used as directed.
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Austin
Nev
Reverle
Dr. Acker
N.M. White
City Drug Store
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