Lion on Barton Reef Tests Lucre and Loyalties
In Florida waters a hunter recounts escaping a capsize with a lion aboard as the Marthy Ann sinks, leaving the cage adrift. He clings to Barton's reef while the lion roars, then fights to survive with a box and the shark lurking nearby until Captain Kennelly arrives to claim the prize.
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Captain Kennelly
Kennelly
Caloosabatchie
Wadin
Florida
Caloosahatchie
Cage
Steve
Charlotte Harbor
Fort Myers
Obadiah
Gulf
Barton's Reef
Ake
Marthy Ann
Old Hon
Onde
Stevel
Tussle Over Error In Ownership Of Marthy Ann
A brief fragment notes a dispute about ownership of the vessel Marthy Ann and a persistent effort to convince the owner of an error. The sentence implies a lengthy conflict but provides no further specifics.
Death sentences for Nebogatoff and 78 officers in Sea of Japan surrender
The St. Petersburg court martial convicted Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and 78 officers for surrendering at the Sea of Japan battle on May 28, 1905. Nebogatoff and three fleet commanders were sentenced to death but will seek a ten year prison term instead. Others received shorter fortress terms or were acquitted. The trial began December 5 and grouped defendants by role in the surrender. Mercy petitions to Emperor Nicholas were expected to accompany the sentences.
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ST. Petersburg
Nebogatoff
Sea of Japan
Lichino
Aprain
Gregorieff
Seniien
Smirnoff
Nicolay
Nebugatoff
Navy
Covre Martial
Bedovi
Redwater Canal bondholders offer sale to U S government
English bondholders of the Redwater Land and Canal Co propose selling the irrigation ditch and lands in Butte County to the United States government with eventual transfer to water users along the canal. Alfred Crebbin, representing the bondholders, met Belle Fourche farmers who unanimously agreed to subscribe for water. Reclamation Service to consider. The 4000 irrigated acres could rise to about 10000 with works. The company holds about 200000 in bonds. land and property valued around 65000. the canal is among South Dakota’s oldest, begun in 1878 by the Belle Fourche Milling and Irrigating Co. The water charge has been high and supply irregular, limiting land value.
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United States
Redwater Land and Canal Company
Butte County
Alfred Crebbin
Denver
Belle Fourche
Redwater Canal
Reclamation Service
Redwater
South Dakota
Belle Fourche Milling and Irrigating Company
James Newland
J. M. Eaton
D T. Harrison
Harrison
Seth Bullock
Belle Fourche Bee
Shaw Rejects Big Salary Offer for NY Treasurer Post
Secretary Shaw declined a five year contract offer to serve as treasurer for a major commercial group with headquarters in New York at a salary of 190000 dollars annually. The rejection came in Washington on December 1.
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Shaw
Washington
BD. C
Ths
New York
Itch Cure Claims 30 Minute Relief by Wool ford Lotion
Dickinson Drug Co in Batavia sells Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion claimed to cure itching in 30 minutes with no failure. Advertising notes quick relief and availability at the local drugstore.
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Woolford
Dickinson Drug Co
Bat
Christmas with Buffalo Bill in Denver and frontier recall
Colonel William F. Cody recounts a Christmas in Denver while recalling a brutal winter campaign near Camp Supply in 1868. He describes the Freeze Out canyon blizzard on the Canadian in western Oklahoma, soldiers starving, horses and mules dying, and animals mauled by hunger. He plans to visit Lead and then Whitewood after irrigation work in Cheyenne.
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Wm. F. Cody
Denver
the Plains
Bill
Frontier
Great West
Albany
W. F. Cody
Cody
Wye
Buffalo Bill
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Oklahoma
Camp Supply
Canon
Pioneer Chickens Founder Remembers Black Hills Hatchery
Otto Uhlig, famed pioneer in the Black Hills, recalls bringing the first chickens into the valley in 1827 with five hens and one rooster in a sack. He notes his role as founder of the region’s poultry population during a Northwestern ride from Whitewood with 77 companions.
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Otto Ublig
Black Hills
Whitewood
Mr. Uhlig
Perkins Indicted in Prussian Loan Case Linked to Morgan
The grand jury charged George W. Perkins and Charles S. Fairchild with forgery in the third degree over the Prussian Loan. Perkins pleaded not guilty with $10,000 bond. Fairchild is abroad. Six indictments per man allege falsified bookkeeping and transfers of railway stocks to satisfy Prussian law. The panel says actions aimed to benefit policy holders.
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Fairchild
Europe
Perkins
Security and Trust Company
Grand Jury
Jerome
Death of C. J. Patterson in Slim Buttes Mine
December 22 a cave in a small Slim Buttes coal mine claimed C. J. Patterson and badly hurt his father M. F E. Patterson. The father escaped by digging out with bare hands. The son’s last words to his father were I am dying now good by papa. The body of the son was recovered and interred in Whitewood after services led by Rev. Foland. He leaves a wife and two small children.
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Whitewood Plaindealer
Slim Buttes
C. J. Patterson
M. F E. Patterson
Goodby
Patterson
Whitewood
Odd Fellows Lodge
Foland
1905 US mineral production totals and fuel values
United States mineral output in 1905 valued at about 1 024 677 127 dollars up from 1904. Iron production about 482 440 000 dollars. Coal over 300 million short tons worth 476 736 068 dollars including 77 640 040 tons anthracite and 145 269 401 tons bituminous. Fuels total 602 477 217 dollars. coke 72 470 196 dollars. gas 40 464 215 188 cubic feet. other chemicals and ammonia products total 30 684 072 dollars. Iron ore 42 696 195 long tons valued 76 165 004 dollars. Gold 4 265 442 ounces valued at ...
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Washington, D. C
United States
Geological Survey
Bakiro
Til
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