Poundmaker Surrenders After Guarded Talks at Battleford
In Battleford Poundmaker and many braves surrendered to Gen. Middleton after a four hour audience. The surrender included 210 arms and stolen property. Four killed colonel Otter prisoners and the rest sent to reserves. Big Bear’s fate to be decided as Middleton plans further action and disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wryntree
Man
Poundmaker
Battleford
Middleton
Riel
Col. Otter
Payne
Fremont
Pounamaker
Montana
Big Bear
Eagle Hills
Fred Middleton
Aikens
Otter
Gen. Strange
Saddle Lake
Hudson Bay
Apache Hostiles Ravage New Mexico Frontier
Reports from Silver City New Mexico detail Apache bands led by Geronimo Nana Maddha and Chihuahua terrorizing the region. Casualties include a Mexican family and others, with raids on Bear Creek and the Gila area. Troops pursue as panic spreads among settlers.
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Sinver City
N. M
Geronimo
Nana
Bear Creek
Pinos Altos
Fort Bayard
Gila River
South Fork
Whitewater River
Joe Bunting
Mogollon Creek
Bunting
Black Range
Silver City
Washington
Lewellyn
Mescalero Agency
New Mexico
Indian Bureau
Rio Grande
Vankorn
Fort Stantar
Victoria Band
Devastating May Floods Hit Waco Texas Area
A May storm swept McLennan county with heavy rain and a tornado. In Waco towns flooded, homes washed away, 11 deaths reported, crops and property damaged with losses over 230000. Relief plans and a special city council session were announced as the Brazos river rose and bridges strained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
McLennan
Waco
Dallas
T. Denninghoff
Howard Lewis
Tehuacana
Brazos
Ancient Babylon described as garden of the ancient world
The British and Foreign Evangelical Review cites F. Delitzsch on Babylon as it appeared around 568 B C, contrasting its desert present with the old fertile era. It notes Euphrates and Tigris canals, Babylon’s fortifications, and the royal bank, plus Merodach Kaladan and Sennacherib’s earlier destruction of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British and Foreign Evangelical Review
Babylon
F. Delitzsch
B. C
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylonia
Euphrates
Tigris
Persian Gulf
Asia
Bigdad
Bagdad
Hilla
God
Royal Bank
Samassumukin
Merodach Kaladan
Sennacherib
Delitzsch
Eceeme Rassam
Defacing Bank Notes and Coins Reported
The Philadelphia Times notes a curious peculiarity as a bank cashier describes widespread defacement of money. Reports show notes inscribed with epigrams and names, coins engraved and mutilated, with estimates that about one in four bills and one in ten coins carry markings or alterations.
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Jack Slade
India
Phil Armour
M. Masters
Granger
B. of T
Philadelphia Times
How to face cholera with calm health and hygiene
Philadelphia Sanitary Gleanings advises calmness and prudent action during a cholera outbreak. It urges unaffected individuals to maintain good health, seek proper medical care if symptoms appear, avoid panic, and resist unproven remedies while keeping sanitary conditions up to date.
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Attac
Philadelphia
The Man Slayer and the Fable on Justice Through Time
A tale recounts a murderer fleeing to the Nile where a lion, a serpent, and a crocodile deny him shelter. It argues times change and that past abhorrence of murderers contrasts with modern legal tactics like bail and delays. The Texas Siblings note the comforting memory of such a period.
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Nile
Texas
Money as an anesthetic to the soul
Bill Arp laments wealth numbing empathy and shrinking pity for the poor. He recalls wartime cruelty and calls out rich indifference while noting Peter Cooper and Peabody are dead, suggesting relief in inevitable death for both classes. He ends questioning when society will accept the rights of the poor.
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Nell
Peter Cooper
Peabody
Bill
Captain Colonels Quip Over Reimbursement
A dialogue from the Arkansaw Traveler shows a colonel joking with a friend about returning five dollars earlier borrowed. The colonel, financially strapped, suggests borrowing another five instead, framing the repayment as a witty impossibility.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Roller Skate Boom Uplifts New York and U S Makers
The Roller skate trade thrives with sixty thousand New Yorkers using skates and more than five hundred manufactories across the United States. They sell forty thousand pairs weekly and provide employment for about two hundred thousand workers.
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United States
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Adeleton
Texas Land Board
PETS
Unfortunate McLennan
Ancient
Man-Slayer
Prof. Harris
Harris Remedy CO
FO Chemists
ST. Vdur Uis
Aaricocel Cole
Ducks, &c
U.S
Bass Bros
Terrell
U.f. Smith & CO
St. Louis
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