Willamette Barroom Shooting and Army Lynching Recounted
The story details a barroom shooting killing Corporal Hoeg and a jail lynching of Gambler Hunt by soldiers from Fort Willamette. Civil authorities clash with the post command as events unfold with a court martial and investigations that reveal a tense town and a mutinous response by the regiment.
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Gambler Hunt
Hunt
Hoeg
Fort Willamette
Willamette
Twentieth United States Cavalry
War Department
Fort Willa
McFarland
Winchester
Poverty Flat
Main Street
Colt
Ile
Hart
United States
Washington
National
Kansas
Stand Ord
White House
Fireworks Guard Crops At Grandbwp Ranch Shasta County
In Shasta County California the Grandbwp ranch uses fireworks to deter geese and other waterfowl from crop fields. Skyrockets and Roman candles are deployed at night by ranch staff stationed at multiple points to frighten away flocks.
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Shasta County
Cal
Hard to Please Lost Two Cooks This Wine Season
A terse remark notes the loss of two cooks during the wine season, reflecting staffing shortages at a hospitality venue. The comment implies surprise and concern over staffing levels.
Indiana Music Teachers' Association Holds Successful Session
In Princeton reports from the Indiana Music Teachers' Association business session praise the conduct of affairs. The nominating committee proposed officers for the next year with Clark Leaming as president and J. S. Bergen as secretary. Shelbyville is favored for next year's meeting pending arrangements. Christian F. Martens led a profitable round table on modern methods in vocal instruction.
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Princeton
Indiana Music Teachers’ Association
Clark Leaming
Hammond
C. F. W. Meyer
Fort Wayne
J. S. Bergen
Lafayette
J. M. Black
Washington
Emma J. Holtzman
Brookston
Nellie A. Crane
Seymour
George Raymont Eckert
Indianapolis
D. D. Mitchel
Martinsville
Percy L. Nussbaum
Marion
W. Ethelbert Fisher
Peru
W. E. M. Browne
Newcastle
W. T. Giff
Logansport
Shelbyville
Christian F. Martens
Martens
Stockholders sue Bedford directors after court ruling
Eight Bedford Savings and Loan stockholders sue George Campbell and other directors to recover amounts paid into the defunct institution after Judge James B. Wilson ruled the receiver could not sue the directors. Other briefs note Bloomington’s Ohio Oolitic Stone company forming with a 200000 capital and Elwood police reporting a nitro explosion at L B and W station.
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Bedford
James B. Wilson
Clark
Bedford Savings and Loan Association
George C. Campbell
Bloomington
Ohio Oolitic Stone Company
William W. Dodgson
Dayton
Elwood
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Common Council
North Main Street
Anderson
Charles Jones
North
Caab
J. L. Phillips
Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Advert Says It Heals Women
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments and tumors. It features a testimonial from Mrs. Willie Evans of Holly Springs Mississippi praising improved health after using the product. The piece promotes confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and urges readers to trust the remedy’s forty-year tradition.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Holly Springs
Miss
L E. Pinkham
Willie Evwaxros
Lydia E. Pi
Iits
Manuscript Mischief and Mock Heroics in a Family Parlor
A father contends with a stubborn manuscript while his son struggles to recite a line. The boy quarrels over pronunciation as the father mutters bits about desecrate liberty and a hydra headed tyrant. The gag ends with a wry note on gratitude for things not obtained.
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dopyBranstoe
Aaitsmor
Nusigan's Choice
Hammond Man
Rio Grands Valley
Chapin
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