Farms in Demand on Cherokee Strip Border
The Cherokee Strip border hums with boomers arriving daily by any conveyance to claim land around Hennessey Oklahoma. Carpenters build portable houses and restaurants on wheels while camps overflow with tents. Evening music, dances, and colorful characters fill the busy settlement as land seekers endure long drives and lively frontier life.
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Tennessee
Oklahoma
Hennessey
Sone
Arkansaw
Indiana
Joe
Eggs Laid by a Python in Danbury Doctor's Office
Danbury Connecticut doctor Dr Knox reports a python in his back-office cage laid about one hundred eggs. He found soft oval eggs ash gray in color, the eggshells expected to harden, with the smallest the size of a duck egg and the largest about six inches long. No record of python hatchings in captivity exists.
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Danbury
Conn
Knox
Paris
Viking voyage by Chris V Paulson sails from Rahway to cross Atlantic
New York special reports Chris V Paulson of Rahway New Jersey will build a sixteen foot Norwegian sailboat and plan a late August voyage following the northern route of trans Atlantic travel. He will seek vessel aid for provisions and carries 100 gallons of water to visit his parents in Norway. An unsuccessful uprising in San Luis Province Argentina killed several and wounded many before suppression.
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New York
Chris V Paulson
Rahway
N. J
Atlaitte
Paulson
Norway
Valpair
San Luis
Arggesta
Beveral
Ready for a Tenth Term Memphis Special
Sheriff Salling of Gootland County brought George Walker a colored prisoner to Memphis from Fort Madison Iowa. Walker had stolen hogs in the county two years prior and later was found in Iowa penitentiary. Salling secured an Iowa governor's requisition and arrested him after nine penitentiaries served.
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Memphis
Sheriff Salling
Gootland County
Fort Madison
Iowa
George Walker
Hilm
Lurt Madison
Corning
Sherif Sanling
Cowboys and Cavalry Clash in Indian Territory Battle
A report from Guthrie Oklahoma describes a fight in the Salt Fork Valley Cherokee Strip where US cavalry attempted to drive cattle. Cowboys and soldiers exchanged fire with several cattle killed and one cowboy fatally wounded. The incident is being kept quiet.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
United States Cavalry
Salt Fork Valley
Indian Territory
Cherokee Strip
Distillers Seek Extension Amid War Time Taxes
Cincinnati specials report distillers request a 90 day delay in paying whisky in bond taxes due August 6 citing general wartime conditions. Other items note devastating brush fires along Chestnut Ridge toward Uniontown, a miners strike in Missouri seeking union rights and higher wages, and the London miners’ federation strike affecting about 350,000 workers. Paris notes the Siamese minister to France asking for more time from the French Foreign Ministry.
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Connellsville
Chestnut Ridge
Laurel Hill
Orphao
Uniontown
Rich Mill
Kansas
Siam Refusal Delays Reply to French Ultimatum in Bangkok
Reported telegrams indicate France refused Siam's extension for a reply and warned of immediate enforcement. French forces under Captainillers captured Forts Dondua Donge and Donnan, leaving Fort Donso and Khong as targets with heavy Siamese casualties. Bangkok awaits Lord Rosebery guidance and Dufferin’s report before any further action.
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Ter
France
Siam
Pavie
Bangkok
Saigon
Stunztreng
Captillers
Khong
Dondua
Donge
Donnan
Donso
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
Lord Dufferin
Tingling Execution Shocks New York Murderer in Auburn Chair
In Auburn New York a murderer named W. G Taylor faced the electric chair after attacking a fellow convict. The first attempt failed as the dynamo wouldn’t start and the chair broke when the current finally held. Taylor, described as a negro, professed repentance before death as he groaned through the attempted execution.
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New York
Auburn
N.Y
W. G Taylor
Taylor
Woolgrowers Plan Territorial Utah Association
Salt Lake City Utah delegates from the woolgrowers of Utah formed a Territorial Woolgrowers Association to organize storage and shipment of Utah wool for next year. They aim to shift control from eastern buyers as prices collapsed from last year’s 174 cents to around 40 cents.
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Tah
Woolgrowers
Salt Lake City
Utah
Theo Woolgrowers of
Woolgrowers’ Association
Remarkable Accident Claims Life at Timothy
Moon met death in Greenup vicinity while helping move a traction engine at Timothy four miles northeast. The throttle failed to hold, the engine reversed, rushing downslope. Moon jumped onto rails and was struck. he died within hours.
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Greenup
Moon
Timothy
Here
Bill
Cherokee Strip Opening Near. Reports Sent to Washington
Aboting agents completed allotments on the Pawnee Indians reservation in the Cherokee Strip and sent their reports to Washington for confirmation. This completes most preparatory work for opening the strip to settlement and the proclamation should follow within a few days.
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Cherokee Strip
Gotheir
Oklahoma
Washington
Striking Miners Fear Eviction After Desertions
In Pittsburg Kansas a large meeting signals trouble as desertions from Alabama reach Wee City. One hundred striking miners face eviction from their Litchfield homes amid tense rumors and renewed confidence in BUCCE 5 War.
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Pittsburg
Kat
Alabama
Litchfield
Fire Destroys Paris Suburb Houses and Wine Docks
Paris dispatch reports a blaze in Bercy near the wing docks spreading rapidly to thirty houses. Fire officials say the flames reached wine docks, with ten thousand cash and five hundred hogsheads of wine lost. Total loss estimated at 500000.
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Paris
Paris Special
Bercy
Wing Docks
Counterfeit Five Dollar Gold Pieces Circulate in Omaha
Omaha detectives chase a pair of counterfeiters known as the showers of the queer believed tied to a gang active in Hsi nets and Iowa. The fakes skimmed about 1000 to 1620 dollars in Omaha by using staged purchases to obtain change. Suspects are described as well dressed. federal agents seek the men alleged to have moved on from Cleveland and Chicago to other cities.
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Omaha
Hsinets
Iowa
Cleveland
Ohio
Omahn
Adresse
Secret Service
Chicago
Mombers
Powder House Explosion Kills Two Men in Tlantington
A powder house one mile west of Tlantington, Indiana containing 250 pounds of dynamite and 600 of powder exploded. Two men were killed and one seriously wounded. The blast shattered brick buildings, rattled windows, and left a deep hole where the magazine stood. A search found mangled bodies and debris across the area. Suspected marksmen from nearby say they had earlier fired a rifle near the powder house in good humor.
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Tlantington
Ind
John Govley
Hugh Harvey
Homer Householder
Govney
Tensions Rise as French Move on Bangkok Gulf of Siam
The French gunboats advance toward Bangkok and a large-scale attack is expected in early August with about five thousand troops to land. Blockade covers the Gulf of Siam north coast while Siam agrees to withdraw posts on the Mekong river left bank within a month and to indemnify families of the dead. Consuls bolster resident protection as Siam declines to recognize certain rights north of latitude eight. The French flag is reported hoisted at No Chang.
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Bangkok
Menia
Koot Chau
Gulf of Siam
Siam
France
Benk
Mekong
Pote
Noh 8
Chang
Strikes and military alert as Cherokee District tensions rise
Gov Lewelling reports a serious strike situation in Cherokee District with eleven militia companies ordered to be ready within three hours. Lt Gov Dantis, at the scene, calls the situation critical amid risk of violence. Arbitration urged, while labor disputes trace to legislation and capital. A separate report notes piracy on a Daunted steamer and unrest among Chinese sailors on the Rajah Rhoogsee with captives and wounded. Solomon Islands annexation news from Brisbane dispatches.
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Topola
Kan
Cherokee
Lewelling
Dantis
Hoe
Workjng
Cen
Daniels
Bing
Singapore
Rajah Rhoogsee
Acheen
State Dispensary Law Sparks South Carolina Turmoil
State dispensary system in Columbia opens a large government saloon amid protests and legal battles. Officials report 12 000 to 15 000 whisky flasks daily while lawsuits challenge constitutional validity and arrests rise under the new liquor law.
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Columbia
S. C
Main Street
State House
Railroad Commission
Tillman
The Sherman Law And Its Silver Purchase Provisions
The act directs the Treasury to buy 2,600,140 ounces of silver bullion monthly at market price and issue redeemable Treasury notes. Notes are legal tender for debts and receivable for public dues, redeemable in gold or silver on demand, with reserves tied to silver bullion. The policy aims to maintain a fixed two metal standard.
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Treasury
Mint Service
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Ever National Bank
Congress
Treasury of
Bill Newby Guilty in Pension Fraud Identity Case
Springfield jury convicts Bill Newby of posing as Rickety Dan Benton to obtain a government pension. The case traced an identity from White County Illinois to Tennessee and Ohio, revealing a decades long impersonation and culminating in a conviction.
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Springfield
Dan" Benton
Ill
Bill Newby
Dan” Benton
United States
Bill” Nowby
Benton
Newby
Bill
Dan Benton
White County
Illinois
Tennessee
Andy Wooten
Theoro Dan
Lydia
Nashville
Lydia Benton
Ohio
Iniana
Tllinois
Will Newby
William Cohoon
Company FE
Fortieth Regiment
Shiloh
French-Anglo tensions rise as Siam faces possible loss of territory
Reports say France has declared war on Siam with a likely slide toward annexation of parts of the kingdom. Paris claims Mekong boundary while the Mekong valley and Luang Prabang loom as flashpoints. Britain watches as Bangkok braces for a likely blockade and territorial shifts.
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Bangkok
France
Siam
England
Mekong River
Annam
Asia
Cambodia
Mekong
Luang Praban
Mekong Boundary Crisis Forces Siamese Ultimatum
The Mekong frontier tension erupts as France demands control on both river banks, indemnity, and Menam mouth occupancy. Bangkok warns, Siamese forts and warships prepare. a French blockade looms with possible wider European involvement.
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Mekong
Siam
Mekong River
Bar
Menam
Paknam
France
Richt
Bangkok
Liam
Mrs Majesty
England
Russia
China
Oil explosion kills and injures workers at Prairie Spot
A Prairie Spot oil explosion leaves two dead and four injured. Separate coal gas blast injures four in a mine at Edwardsville Pa. Also reports include a Minneapolis dynamite blast, a Columbus morphine death, heat illness, and a bicycle fatality in Lebanon Ohio.
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Bkeome
Monroe Bonebrake
Bristol
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Bessie Bacon
Reading
Fresno
Cal
Richard Weath
E. B. McWhirter
Charles Greeton
Lebanon
Ohio
Paris
Southampton
Fire Island
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Omata Snowers
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Tillyan
State Distensary Building
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