Striking Tale of a Sioux Massacre Survivor Found in Canadian Loyal Roots
Charles Merrick Stewart, believed killed in the 1862 Minnesota massacre, was raised by the Stewart family in Winnipeg after a Sioux tribe spared him. He grew to adulthood, studied at the University of Manitoba, and became a court reporter in San Francisco before dying of the white plague.
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Charles Merrick Stewart
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
North
Ed. Andrews
Oregon
Andrews
James Stewart
Prince Albert
Northwest Territory
Stewart
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay Fur Company
Lac Qui Parle
Stewarts
University of Manitoba
San Francisco
Child Adopted Son’s Name Becomes Charles Merrick Stewart
Journal entry notes that upon learning the father was Charles Merrick, the boy was named Charles Merrick Stewart. The change is documented as part of a family naming decision and legal acknowledgment.
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Charles Merrick
Merrick
Charles Merrick Stewart
Widow Defends Barnyard Bull in Connecticut Encounter
A widow in Killingsworth, Connecticut, confronts two tramps at her barnyard. She frees a protective Devon bull which chases and injures one intruder, while the other is aided by locals and sent to hospital. The article notes the bull’s gentleness toward the widow and danger to trespassers.
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Standard
Killingsworth
Conn
Mrs. Stannard
New Haven
Madison
New York World
Man Kills Bald Eagle In Self Defense In Connecticut
Charles Keach of East Litchfield Connecticut reports a rare self defense encounter with a bald eagle. While feeding pigs his pointer dog was seized in talons and lifted from the ground. Keach stunned the bird with a blow and killed it after a ten minute struggle. the eight foot six inch wingspan marked a remarkable same.
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Charles Keach
East Litchfield
Stonington
Connecticut
Midnight Theft Under Moonlit Mosque In Al Arbar
A first person observer describes a thief moving along rooftops by moonlight. The barefoot silhouette carrying a rope scales heights toward a street house, glints of a silver crescent on a curved Arab knife, then vanishes across the parapet.
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Harper’s
Rescuers Aid Boy After Erie Trestle Fall
Twelve year old Edward Berger fell forty feet from the Erie Railroad trestle at Riverside into icy Passaic River. Chris Naumann and Peter Brueck saw the drowning boy, Naumann climbed the pier, threw his coat, and hauled the boy to safety.
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Brueck
Natmann
Naumann
Express
Berger
River Street
Erie Railroad
Riverside
Passaic
Edward Berger
Chris Naumann
Main Street
Peter Brueck
Hawthorne
Paterson
Instructions to Correspondents From the Kansas City Journal
The Kansas City Journal recalls Sol Miller's rules for writers. It bans terms like milch cow and demeans those who confuse maiden names with nee. It mocks resume phrases and tired dance references and urges fresh language.
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Sol Miller
Milch
Kansas City Journal
No Free Newspapers For Maine Officials
Maine State Auditor Hatch declares he will not pay newspaper bills for executive offices. He notes departments have two to three daily papers and weekly issues at state expense. Hatch says subscriptions are not legitimate office expenses and will refuse to certify related bills.
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Hatch
Maine
Murder Among Bees Queen Executions In Hive
A mother bee aged queen is spared the swarm’s march and killed by slow suffocation as workers force a new queen to rise. The royal execution is carried out with affectionate restraint until death.
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Boston
Transcript
Mysterious Figure Puzzle From Dixie Homer
A short verse presents a riddle about sibling counts. It instructs doubling living brothers, adding three, multiplying by five, adding living sisters, multiplying by ten, adding dead siblings, and subtracting 150 to yield three digits. The right, middle, and left digits represent deaths, living sisters, and living brothers respectively.
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Dixie Homer
Editor grumbles as printer alters phrase
A Cleveland Leader item recalls a quarrel where the editor objects to a word change by the printer turning "solons who control the party" into "saloons" provoking a corrective remark and exposure of the misprint incident.
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Solons
Cleveland
The Saving Grace Donation for Home Cats
A Detroit widow has left 5000 dollars for the support of home cats. The bequest avoids any chance the funds go to dogs and reflects prudent charitable intent.
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Detroit
Peruna testimonials from Rev Troutman and others
Rev Geo A E Troutman of Mt Washington Missouri and others report benefit from Peruna for catarrh la grippe and related complaints. Walnut Hills Cincinnati and Grantsburg Swedish Baptist pastor P E Swanstrom vouch for improved health after using Peruna and Peruna tablets now offered as an alternative to liquid medicine. The ad notes Dr Hartman and assistants produced Peruna tablets equaling a dose of Peruna.
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Catarrh
la Grippe
A. E. Troutman
Mt. Washington, Mo
Peruna
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Ohio
P. E. Swanstrom
Grantsburg
Wis
Hartman
Throat Trouble and Health Notices Throughout
Fragments show medical ads and public notices from a period paper. Mentions Rev H W Tate at 920 Lincoln Avenue and free Peruna Almanac for 19908 requests, plus various claims about cures for nervous disorders hoarseness throat pain and cold remedies including Dr Kline Great Nerve Restorer and Brown's Bronchial Troches. Also includes data on sickness days by age and industry notes about coal mines.
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H. W. Tate
Lincoln Avenue
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Piles Cure Claims and Other Oddities in Ads
Paro Ointment promises cure for itching and piles in 6 to 14 days with money back. Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claims 80 minute itch cure. Mrs Winslow's Syrup advertised for teething pain and wind colic. Grasshopper note states 200 times length. Sunday schools totals and attendant figures appear in ad mix.
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