Oklahoma Boomers Charge Into Oklahoma Territory
Tulsa era reports describe a mass boomer movement into Oklahoma with trains from the Santa Fe line carrying hundreds to join the frontier push. Spectators, adventurers, and prospective settlers filled cars and depots from Arkansas City to the Promised Land as crowds converge for the April 8 event.
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Oklahoma
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Kansat City
Arkansas City
Papa
Cartain
Okahoma
Castle Garden
Joshua
Casasa
Maine
Florida
Michigan
California
Alaska
Mississippi
Odd newspaper items mix in a brief Mississippi-era style
A chaotic array of short notes reports strange happenings in Dubuque and across states. It cites a cat trade to Dakota, a hangings sentence in Washington, tax fights on beer in Michigan, a deadly arsenic incident, and rail accidents with injuries. Also covered are liquor licenses, prairie schooner humor, Colorado gold fields, Maine logs, Haiti’s Petite Riviere, and multiple crimes.
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Hindley
Dubuque
Iowa
Dakota
Grace Smallwood
Washington
Supreme Court of
Michigan
Francis Corrigan
Weir Village
Main
State News Roundup From Various Pennsylvania Locales
Report from near Trwin on resumed mining operations with half the force hired. Drowning near Lambert City, Clearfield county, after a raft broke at McGee’s dam. John Hoxtetter, 70, of Campbellstown, Lebanon county, dies by suicide. Cattle theft damages two cows owned by Frank Bitner in Donegal township. Accident at Windsor Hotel leaves H A Rodgers without a left hand. insured for 9,000 dollars, expected payout about 4500. Beaver signs repeal of fence law. cattle owners now responsible for their beasts. Strange large animal preys on pigs near Centerville. three pigs taken in one night. Erie moves to form Farragut Seamen’s Association branch. Philadelphians bid for interior street railway lines. Alcana line offered at 55,000 not accepted. Eastern capital buys coal lands near Reynoldsville. surveys for a railroad to Lake Erie and connections to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
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Curay
Colorado
Pusblo
Penobscot
Maine
New York
Jezitime
Petite Revere
Hayti
Michigan
Montgomery County
Kentucky
Buck Comba
George Spencer
Combs
Lewis Taulbee
Taulbee
Winkler
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Ft. Worth
Galveston
Texas
South Side
Trwin
Joseph Young
Caldwell
Lamber City
Clearfield County
McGee
John Hoxtetter
Campbellstown
Lebanon County
Frank Bitner
Donegal Township
Westmoreland County
Bitner
H. A. Rodgers
Windsor Hotel
Titusville
Beaver
Centerville
Chester County
William Hendrickson
Erie
Farragut Seamen's Association
Corean Legation Guests Attend Washington Church Service
In a Washington church a Corean delegation led by Ye Ha Yung Ye Sang Jay and Kang Chi He attended the Service beside the President and Mrs. Harrison. The Corean party, wearing colorful traditional dress, drew curious attention as they observed the service and discussed potential funeral rites for the Queen dowager.
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United States
Washington
Church of the Covenant
Harrison
McKee
N. Street
Ye Ha Yung
Ye Sang Jay
Kang Chi He
Corean Legation
Legation
Corean Party
Devastating Wisconsin Fire Destroys Bucks and Depere
A massive woodland and lumber fire near Marion and Buckbee wipes out Buckbee town, burns 14 lumber cars and 5 log cars near Marion, with total losses approaching 5000000. West De Pere suffers 20 houses burned as Messenwinkle Woodware plant erupts in flames. Firefighting efforts fail as wind shifts.
Four Die in Border Clash Over Chisholme Trail
Four men were killed in a border fight at the Chisholme cattle trail ford on the Canadian side of the river forty miles west of Oklahoma City. A party of cattlemen and boomers clashed with Chickasaw police as guards barred use of the trail for moving hundreds of Cobert Ranch cattle to Esnas. Geis and two cattlemen, plus a boomer, died, with also horses lost. The surviving cattlemen traversed the Abelmetra land via the Cheyenne reservation.
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Oklahoma
Chisholme
Oklahoma City
Cobert
Esneas
Chiaholme
Texan
Geis
Abelmetra
Cheyenne
The Stolen Ballot Box in Plummerville Case
Warren Taylor of Morrilltown testifies before a federal grand jury as part of a 23 man group that stole and burned the Plummerville ballot box. The case sparks statewide excitement in Little Rock with expected disclosures. Authorities hope new evidence will lead to the capture of John M. Clayton's assassin.
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Plummerville
Conway County
Warren Taylor
Morrilltown
Morvillton
Little Rock
Morrillton
Evidtees
John M. Clayton
Egyptian battalion moves on Port Habib after capture
A battalion of Egyptian troops led by the Governor of Suakim and two gunboats depart for Port Habib, recaptured by Soudanese. The expedition aims to retake the port after British troops left Suakim. Colonel Hollor Smith had banned movement beyond forts and any attack, but orders appear ignored, signaling likely sharp fighting in Eastern Sudan soon.
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Suakim
Port Habib
Soudineze
Hollor Smith
Soudan
Wheat crop outlook and snowfall improve conditions
A Minneapolis dispatch reports wheat mills absorbing 200 cars daily with 6 going to outside mills. Interior receipts in Minnesota and Dakota are light. Ohio and Kentucky winter wheat prospects are excellent though growth is slow. Manitoba spring wheat acreage to rise 20 to 25 percent due to favorable moisture. March in Quappzlle was dry but Istansh heavy snowfalls helped. The Cincinnati Price Current notes moisture scarce on the Mississippi yet no major setback to the crop, with spring plowing and seeding advancing amid recent rains and a cheerful farm outlook. Winter wheat in good condition and spring seeding progressing under favorable conditions.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakota
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Manitoba
Quappzlle
Cincinnati Price Current
Mississippi
Census appropriation figures outline work and patronage
The text details a $6,000,000 census appropriation with the Superintendent earning $5,000 annually. Under the Interior Secretary, patronage includes a chief clerk, 10 division chiefs, 69 Civil Service clerks, 173 supervisors paid per 1,000 population, and about 0,000 enumerators paid per name. No district may exceed 4,000 population.
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Secretary of the Interior
Ispense
Civil Service
Brother Confesses Killing Brother In Barnesville Well
Josephus McCall, near death, confesses to murdering his brother Thomas McCall son of a wealthy farmer near Barnesville Ohio. The pair had been estranged for 16 years and large rewards had been offered for tidings. He says a quarrel led to the killing and that he disposed of the body in an old well on the premises.
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Thomas McCall
Barnesville
Ohio
Josephus McCall
Josephus
Forest fire ravages Marathon county Wisconsin mills buildings
Fire devastates two large barns and buildings owned by William Schwart in Marathon county with contents. Loss estimated at five thousand dollars and partly insured. Shields mill fire sparks from sawdust pile, mill crew and nearby residents battle to save the mill as flames rage across the county amid tinder dry conditions.
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Marathon County
Wis
Wm. Schwart
Shields
Notable Figures in Brief Uplift Amid Elder News
The Empress of Austria is described as insane. Greece’s queen writes poetry. Genera Bov Lancre is reported in poor health. Ex-Elixe Mrian has left for Palestine. Neal Dow, a reformer, is eighty four. Woe Brownie, a poet, is seventy.
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Austria
Queen of
Greecs
Genera Bov Lancre
Elixe Mrian
Palestine
Neal Dow
Brownie
Trade review signals mixed buy volumes and pressure on prices
RG. Den Co summarizes trade indicators with cautious optimism on exports and rail earnings while noting widespread weakness in iron and leather, slower collections, and rising bank payments. Prices remain low across wool, copper, zinc, and wheat, with failure counts at 246 for the week, up from 239 and 222 prior.
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RG. den & Co
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
Philadelphia
Board of Appraisers
London
Old Maida Society and Monograms in Berlin History
The article recounts the Old Maida Society founded in 1880 by 23 unmarried women in Berlin to prove marriage is a failure, forfeits of 250 dollars. it dwindled to two members in 1883 with a $6719 treasury before dissolving after shoring a hospital donation. It touches on monogram fashion and 19th century neckwear trends with French porcelain decoration, directoire patterns, and inventive chemisettes.
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Old Mada’ Society
Old Maida’ Society
Berlin
San Francisco
Woodward Avena
Macy de Rozt
Detroit Free Press
First electric drawbridge used in Bridgeport Conn
An electric motor drives a 300 ton drawbridge in Bridgeport Conn marking the first use of electricity for this job. The Bridgeport light plant supplies power from five miles away, replacing five men needed for manual operation. A Persian Jericho rose is described by a Pennsylvania botanical society bee, said to roll up in dry weather and later unfold to sprout blooms. Professor Joseph Le Conte argues that culture requires corresponding tool use across ages from preschool to advanced civilizations.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Pennsylvania Botanical Society
Jericho
Persia
Joseph le Conte
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Ghipurecknd Gailers
Atiar
Alvena
Pertenelstead
Jobs & Moulton
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Meree
B. X. Proctor
Chester
Cap- Gada Cols
Cole
Essaman
Mechiasport
Park
Alves
Wate Proctor
Mr. Proctor
Gough
Voossl
Gee Storm
Wnéll
Glaribei
Niagara
Mary Jencent Elisbeth
Wart Caicos
Tark
Itland
New York City
Pakhenks
Chigago
Sumer
Iejaries
J. ‘Mielée
Sennen
Senha
Seth Tr
M. Tobin
Severie
Bormos
Jose Ann F. Hin
J. F. Hagedorn
M. Miter
Ancel Morrian
QU Reed
The
Wilderaces
Commonwealth
West
Iedima Territory
Kansas
Arkansas
Cimaron
Arkavens
Wealta
Northern Pacific Express Company
Breiaced
Louis Hohman
Fast National Bank
Northern Pacific Railroad Express
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Burlington Lember Company
Otter Island
Vincent Peel
Harry Bell
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Duluth & Iron Range
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Allegheny County
Illinois
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State News
Mt. Carmel
John Shorns
Dennis Crowley
Brady’s Bend
Peter Stratton
John Wallace
Sugar Creak
Crowley
Mike Genk
Mike Cronick
Marshieood
Wisconsin
Marion
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western
Appleton
Buckbee
Buckbea
Marioo
Messenwinkle Woodenware Company
West Depere
Messenwinkle Works
Green Bay
Helme
Stramera
Oshkosh
Succeedas
Depere
Ard
Plummerville, Ark
Case
AtBine Bus
Frank Haicok
Girte
Hancock
Jelousy
Prosper Harrison
Joux Bricut
Princess of Wales
Tur Prince of Wales
Parnell
Caries Pratt
Brooklyn
Joan Bricut
Bismarce
Howsep Parrsesox
Haytis
Navy
New Orleans
Marie
Dulmene
General Markets
N. Y
State
Penn
Central Yards
East Liberty
Porter Ag
Wool
China
Thesz
France
Directoire
Directoire Ficha
Chicago Times
Findlay
Barker
South Australia
E. C G. Stirling
St Adeaide
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