Coast Guard Cutter Yamacraw nets ton of fish after wreck blast
The Yamacraw crew recovered 853 pounds of fish after blasting an abandoned schooner wreck off Florida. Lieutenant Alexander, in temporary command, described the operation from Savannah to the wreck near the St Johns River entrance. They hauled a 220 pound Jewfish and a 195 pound monster aboard, with others stunned or unharmed by the blast and later butchered for consumption.
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Savannah
United States Coast Guard
Yamacraw
Florida
Alexander
Henderson
St. John's River
Confederate Note Found in Kansas Credit Bill
A $459 Confederate States note issued to J. M. Linn for six head of cattle, signed by Captain J. M. Pettigrew, Co. 8, A, valued possession of L. Aldrich of Cawker City, Kansas. The cattle were work oxen Linn used to move his family into Arkansas after rebels burned his store and swill.
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Cawkerity
Kan
Confederate States
J. M. Linn
J.M. Pettigrew
L. ‘Aldrich
Linn
Arkansas
Clears 30 Year Mystery In Dollar Bank Case In Lehigh Valley
In Allentown Pennsylvania the death bed confession of Henry Truxen, a Western penitentiary inmate, linked his two accomplices to the 1885 disappearance of Squire Francis Kindt from Lehighton. Kindt had gone to place 1100 in Easton banks and was murdered, with his body buried on a Millport mountain. Truxen’s cellmate, Robert E. Boyer, relayed the confession, and Boyer was taken to Millport with Kindt’s son Howard Kindt to view bones exhumed from the site. Further arrests are expected.
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Allentown
Henry Truxen
Western Penitentiary
Squire Francis Kindt
Lehighton
Squire Kindt
Easton
Truxen
Robert E. Boyer
Millport
Howard Kindt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boyer
Young Ottumwa Girl Set to Enter Iowa University
Helen Bradford a ten year old from Ottumwa plans to enter the University of Iowa in September after graduating high school. She is hailed as one of the state’s best mathematicians among grade students and would be the youngest girl to attend Iowa in over a decade.
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Iowa City
Helen Bradford
Ottumwa
University of Iowa
Iowa
Farms Grow Nearer Cities
Washington reports that American farms average 6.5 miles from markets with farthest farms at 8.7 miles, based on a new Agriculture Department study. The findings detail improvements in farm accessibility to urban markets and implications for rural economics.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Inquiry on Rocky Mountains region load trends
An inquiry notes longer hauls to mark Rocky Mountains region loads and compares figures to nine years ago. The fragmented text references evolving transport patterns and historical data without clear names or dates.
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Hoy
Rocky Mountains
Claims High Honor Keeper of Sacred Palladium of Otoe Tribe
Richard Shunatona, an Indian hero and chief of the Gipes, asserts he guards the tribe’s sacred palladium, a calumet pipe linked to the Great Spirit Wa-conu-dah. He describes clan symbols, origins of the pipe, and the palladium’s ceremonial role in binding alliances and preserving Otoe traditions for history.
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Pawnes
Okla
Richard Shunatona
Richard
Shunatona
Waconu-dah
Jonathan
David
War Hospital Disinfector Device At Le Quet France
Fragmentary report describes a device used in a wartime hospital near Le Quet France to disinfect bedding and clothing. The snippet also includes garbled phrases about a kitchen scene and a chef dispute, lacking clear context or full facts.
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British Board of Agriculture
Sparsholt
Harrow
Coast Guard
Trieste
Teste
Istria
Otoes
Betra Oakland
U. S
San Pedro
Cal
Mexico
ST. Raphael
Bea
St Raphael
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