Noted Court and the Indian Territory Crime Era
A Fort Smith federal court sits under Judge Parker with a heavy murder docket and 1500 criminal trials yearly. The fortress-like fort house, jail, and courts guard Indian Territory crime, with executions and harsh sentences shaping regional justice.
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United States District Court
Fort Smith, Ark
Parker
Indian Territory
Hiagine
Hhat
Tral
Old Fort Smith
Court House
United States Court
Chicago Tribune
Hawk Snatches Chicken in Americas Georgia Yard
A large hawk swooped into a yard in Americas Georgia and seized a chicken from a Black man. A scuffle followed as a woman attempted to intervene. The hawk injured a person and flew away with the bird after a brief struggle.
Honest restaurant trust wins loyal customers in New York
A New York restaurant faced a mistaken $20 note claim from a well dressed woman at luncheon. The head waiter confirmed the error, the cashier returned $5, and the house chose to trust the customer, rectifying the mistake and preserving goodwill. The anecdote suggests liberal handling can pay off through repeat business and reputation among affluent patrons.
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New York
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hanks
Kerr
Lili
Min
Acr
New Fork Sun
Solid Silver Wagon Road Story from Colorado Mine
Vice-President T. L. Stanley recalls Horseshoe Mine in Colorado where a road bed made of cadamized rock turned silver in dust after rain. The road reportedly yielded $200 per ton in assays, built to haul heavy mine loads three miles, hinting at lasting value if the mines endure.
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T. L. Stanley
Walnut Street
Horseshoe
Colorado
Philadelphia Pres
Process By Which the Fish Are Prepared for Market
American art and fisheries gain prominence at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Eastport Maine leads herring canning with quick, careful production by many hands, while France and England influence methods. Canned herring reach markets. olive oil exchanges for trans oil and strong cleanliness underpins Eastport factories. The article notes vast European catches and anticipated growth of sardines in California waters.
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France
Norway
Sweden
Spain
New England
Maine
Eastport
England
Yarmouth Thater
California
United States
North American
Jekyll Island Club Pioneers Pheasant Stocking Scheme
The Jekyll Island Club of Georgia reports success in breeding pheasants from at least 78 birds received from England after losses at sea. They plan to hatch thousands more using a 6000 to 700 bird nucleus, aiming for a self sustaining supply for local sportsmen. The island spans eleven miles by roughly two, with wooded cover to protect the birds.
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Jekyl Island
Georgia
Extland
the James
England
Fimure
New York Tribune
Pig Iron Puns From Iron Making Process
A playful explanation of the term pig iron. It describes how molten iron runs into a channel and its side streams become little pigs. The piece notes sow as a linguistic root from sawan meaning to scatter, not related to swine.
Sprints Styles in a Tailor Shop Brief
A fragmented old-time exchange shows a tailor and customer debating a single repair on a pair of trousers. The dialogue hints at a precise seam or “check” being the only alteration needed.
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Bwellboy
Free Air and Freedom Arise in a Temperance Scene
A collection of vocal excerpts urges liberty from oppression and drink, recalling a national struggle and a temperance tale of a boy visiting a drunk mother in custody. The piece blends arcane rhetoric with a police station vignette, contrasting ideals of freedom with consequences of vice and family ruin.
Powderly backs prohibition in Pennsylvania constitution
In a Pittsburgh Dispatch interview Mr. Powderly of the Encntment Labor League declares strong support for a constitutional amendment. He argues prohibition curbs poverty, protects family welfare, reduces crime, and eases tax burdens while not harming government revenues or rainfall in rural areas, concluding he will vote for prohibition. The remarks frame prohibition as a moral and economic remedy against drunkenness and its social costs.
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Powderly
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pamuayivania
Temperance movement scene referenced in scattered notes
Fragmented OCR cites the saloon as a shop, mentions South Africa’s native Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and notes an Inebriate Home for Women in London. It recalls many young men signing pledges, while reformers Miss Frances E. Willard and Miss Anna Gordon plan a six week southern U S tour to attend T U conventions and visit leading Georgia cities.
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South Africa
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
London
Wretel
Herald
Frances E. Willard
Anna Gordon
Chi
South
Tge.t. U
Visi
Georgia
More Than Conquerors In Christian Faith
A religious reflection on spiritual victory through Christ. The piece argues that Christ not only subdues believers but deepens their love for him, turning enemies into friends and transforming tribulation into joy as a form of faithful witness. It cites Saul becoming Paul as central evidence.
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Christ
Saul
Paul
Sapren
Manfer
George Jeffrey
Nae Strife Up Here Tale From an Elders Meeting
A storyteller recalls a Scottish elder who quarreled with his minister then dreamed of heaven. He wakes to find the minister dead, and two weeks later the elder dies as well. The tale ends with a hopeful heavenward greeting about no strife.
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Bright
Esha
Ima
Heaven
John
Augustine’s Flight to Rome and His Mother’s Prayer
A mother in Carthage pleads with God to stop Augustine from sailing to Italy. He tricks fate by sailing anyway, leaving her in tears at the shore. The voyage leads to his salvation and conversion, as she later prays for his soul’s well‑being.
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Augustine
Carthage
Rome
Martin
Ted Abe
Martyr
Church of the Martyr
Italy
Son
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