Trout pond sparks family feud over talking fish
The Mitchelsons kept a pond with highly intelligent trout near Poquonock. The fish recognize Joe Mitchellson and even react to his absences, leaping when he returns. A court fight with brother Jel halted water flow, while a judge heard testimonies about the trout’s behavior and supposed conversations.
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Ariel Mitchelson
Crazy Sioux leader plans to lead Indians into Mexico
Special to The Sun from Muskogee Oklahoma Territory July 5 reports Crazy Snake now living quietly on a prairie near Muskogee hoping to rally about 1000 recalcitrant Indians from five tribes to cross into Mexico and live under ancient customs while facing a pending penitentiary sentence tied to the Snake Fight rebellion. The Sun offers free ad columns and ten words for seeking a girl.
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States' Rights Bob Up to Stay Hand That Makes Nation's Deserts
Washington July 5 The Supreme Court Kansas versus Colorado ruling on arid land reclamation has no immediate effect on the United States Reclamation Service plans. Justice Brewer's dicta are not binding, and no federal overreach is proven. Congress must amend the Constitution for national control of arid lands. The Truckee Carson irrigation project in Nevada and California, costing about 9 million dollars, illustrates vast federal schemes planned for irrigation across western states.
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Fire destroys vast Indiana Harbor steel plant
Special to The Sun reports that the American Steel Foundry Company's mammoth plant at Indiana Harbor was destroyed by fire on Thursday. Damages are estimated at 75,900 to 100,000 dollars. First responders battled flames as flames consumed the sprawling facility. The incident prompted investigations by local authorities and firefighting officials. No casualties are stated in the report.
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Heard in a Boudoir Curio Cartoon Gag
A playful cartoon caption has a curling iron asking a sachet bag about nightlife. The bag replies it will go to the gymnasium to see the shirtwaist box, delivering a light, period voice with a quirky domestic humor.
Dan Hanna in Matrimony Roundabout in Baffy Dialogue
Willis Leonard Clanahan presents a mock dialogue where Dan Hanna is teased for marriages and "endless chain" of wives. Characters J Getcher Gunn Alas P Yorick joke about his bachelor or married fate and possible future glee club or sorority. The exchange lands on a proposed song Bless Be the Tie That Binds.
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George M. Cohan
Dan
J. Getcher
Yorick
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian to Expand Ministry and Outreach
The Fifth-ave. Presbyterian Church plans to widen its field by adding ministers and inviting outsiders. A new Sunday evening service with music and gospel preaching aims to reach nonchurch-goers near Fifth Avenue and Fifty fifth Street. The plan includes a large choir, weekend sermons by eminent men, a Bible course for youths, and a dedicated assistant clergyman for hotel guests at St. Regis Gotham Netherlands Savoy New Plaza.
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Gotham
Netherlands
Savoy
New Plaza
Picnic Shooting at Mill Springs Ends in Death
At a Mill Springs picnic near Piedmont Mo on July 4 J M Boatwright was shot and killed by a man named Mc Cafee who then held the crowd and officers at bay with a revolver before fleeing into the woods.
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Killed Former Friend by Released Inmate in Jacksonville
Orby Lake, recently freed from prison, killed a former friend and wounded another in Jacksonville. He then shot himself. Lake had accused Alfred Rutherford and Albert Garrison of having him unjustly imprisoned and threatened to “fix” them.
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