Dying Race Leaves Names Full of Poetry and Song
A 34 year railway veteran explores how Indian names shaped Iowa and surrounding towns. The article traces meanings of Sioux and Omaha terms, explains local place names like Yankton, Pocahontas, and Onawa, and notes the shift from native to pioneer names amid commercial growth.
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Great Mid-West
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Marquette
South Dakota
Dakota
South
North
Dakota Territory
Nebraska
Platte River
Woodbury County
Wan-kan
Woodbury
Levi Woodbury
New Hampshire
Sioux City
Ecouna
Woodbury Couny
Laurel
Nev
Cedar County
Claremont
W. M. Martin
Laura
Crofton
Knox County
J. T. M. Pierce
Crofton Court
Pierce
England
Yankton
D. C
Norfolk
Neb
Hanton-Win
Yankton Indiana
Spirit Lake
Minnesota Woods
Prairies
Schleawig
Crawford
Schleswig
Germany
Hohenzollern
Dick's Bet with a Pony Leads to Prince Henry Visit
In February 1902 Dick and Tom bet on a ride for Dick’s pony Crickets and a dog against a Boston terrier. The wager becomes sweetened as Prince Henry of Prussia and President Roosevelt pass by during a rain drenched trip to Rock Creek Road. Dick wins the dog. Tom grants riding rights.
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Margaret Spencer
W. R. Hearst
Mick
Tom
Chevy Chase Golf Links
New Rockreek Road
Boston
Rock Creek
Richard
Washington
Prince Henry
Capital
Henry
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Clave
Sliem
Aly
Ells
Prussia
President Roosevelt
Mr. Hoonevelt
Teddy Hoosevelt
Hut
Imperial Navy
The Dreamer Dreamed The World Refused Its Reward
A fragmented verse piece portrays a dreamer who imagines how the world should be. The dreamer observes distant figures and the world’s rewards, while others pass by with a smile, unaware of the dream. The dreamer’s vision influences a stranger who transforms reality, linking dream to action.
When the stenographer saved the cashier
In a western town bank vault Gertrude Moffat overhears editor Quigley threaten to suppress a damaging bank item. She and cashier Harold Conway confront pressure to hide a run risk, while Conway plots delay and concealment. The editor ultimately backs down, leading to a later wedding and Conway selling the bank stake and moving to Chicago.
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H. A. Armatrong
W. R. Mearat
Eide
Gertrude Moffat
Harold Conway
Mr. Quigley
Higgins & Co
Gertrude
Mr. Conway
Tate
Quigley
Sho
Social Prestige One Story of Mr Tower Entering Diplomacy
The piece profiles Charlemagne Tower, a tall wealthy Philadelphian with Harvard ties and manufacturing interests, noted for wealth and social cachet. It recounts how President McKinley approved his embassy amid rival calls for Andrew White and Boise Penrose, and hints Tower’s desire for a spectacular social position in Berlin or Vienna.
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Tower
Bookman
Charlemagne Tower
Fairbanks
Exeter
Harvard
Lafayette
McKinley
Andrew DD. White
Germany
White
Penrose
Boise Penroge
Peonayant
Austria
Muroape
Bectin
Vienna
Mr. Penrow
Hetty Green Gives Up Plaza Suite in New York
New York special reports the richest woman in the world, Hetty Green, will surrender her Plaza apartment. She attributes the move to dreadful notoriety after leaving Hoboken for regal living and says headlines have misread her frugal origins and wealth.
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Hetty Green
Plaza Suite
New York
The
Plaza
Hoboken
Mrs. Green
Baroda
Tiernan's Old Bat Saves Son's Life at Saloon Assault
In New York a saloon attack by Canary Island ruffians puts William Tiernan at risk as bullets and stones fly. Former star Mike Tiernan bursts in from 5 East 130th Street, wields his old bat to defend his son and witnesses police arrest five assailants after a riot.
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New York
Palo Grounds
New Yorks
Mike
Tiernan
William
Canary Island
Fifth Ave
Mike” Tiernan
No. 5 East
Dallas
Lafferty
Nilan
Richard McCormick
Joseph O'Brien
George Smith
Peter Jackson
Keeping Up Appearances at NY Dinner Attacked by Van Eeden
Frederick Van Eeden, a Dutch writer, ridicules extravagance of the rich at a New York dinner. He cites the multimillionaires and a legendary young nobleman who allegedly smoked two cigars to cope with a cramped country setting, illustrating comical makeshifts of wealth.
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New York Times
Frederick van Eeden
New York
Amaterdom
Jeff Davis Captor Casper Knobel Recalls Davis Capture Anniversary
Philadelphia special reports Casper Knobel of 2963 Amber Street, sole survivor of the federal party that captured Jefferson Davis, celebrated the fourth anniversary. He told veterans at Cavalry Post No 51 how the Confederate leader was traced from Abbeville,Georgia, to a tent near the Abbeville road, and how Corporal Mungler ordered Davis to halt with a pistol at his head. Knobel also noted reward money and other wartime anecdotes, alongside unrelated oil-field statistics.
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Philadelphia
Casper Knobel
Amber
Jefferson Davis
Knobel
Sepviva
Norria Streets
Davis
Abbeville
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Mia
George Rinke
Company A
Mungler
Jef Davis
Mung
Congress
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John K. Cooke
Midje
Wankan County
Hoa County
Ite
Onowa
Mormon Land Company
John Smith
Iowa
Rincesas
John Rolfe
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Lord Pender
Pender
W. EB. Joe
Aien
TLAL
Son
Silent Mike
Jeff Davis
Federal
Cal
Merland
Wny
Ryo
AMEE
Ted Re
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