Adventure boy saved from frontier massacre tale in Minnesota
The Despatch records a remarkable tale of Charles Merrick Stewart believed killed in the 1862 Lac qui Parle massacre. A Manitoban boy survived with the Stewarts, raised as their son Charles Merrick Stewart, later becoming a university graduate and court reporter in San Francisco. The piece links a Minnesota family to a Winnipeg tale via Ed Andrews and notes a family name reconciliation. Nearby, a separate note tells how a widow’s Devon bull defended her from two tramps in Killingworth, fatally wounding one and injuring the other as the bull chased them from the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Merrick Stewart
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
North
Ed Andrews
Oregon
Andrews
James Stewart
Prince Albert
Northwest Territory
Hudson Day Fur Company
Min- Regota
Winnibeg
Stewart
Mrs. Stewart
Winnipeg
Mr. Stewart
Lae Qui Parle
Stewarts
University of Manitoba
San Francisco
Lac Qui Parle
Tr Serge Des Sioux
St. Peter
Charles Merrick
Samuel
Ile
Charles
Merrick
Heroic Rescue on Erie Railroad Trestle In Riverside
Edward Derger, a twelve year old, slipped from a trestle near Riverside, plunging toward the river. Chris Naumann and Brueck acted swiftly, Naumann diving to reach the boy, then carrying him to the pier while an express train neared. Brueck signaled danger, enabling Naumann to slip the boy to safety as the train roared by. The pair then carried Derger to his mother, who was nearby, with the boy later recounting the double peril and Naumann’s bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite
Erie Railroad
Riverside
Nauman
Naumann
Trent
Brueck
Drueck
Express
Berger
Romain
Tiver Street
Djoma-El-Daruj
Arbar-Arsat
Ike
C. W. Furlong
Harpes
Eagle Fights a Hunter and Self-Defense Tale
A Connecticut man Charles Keach kills a bald eagle in self defense after the bird lifts his hunting dog with talons. The eagle spans eight feet six inches with a six foot length, and a late 19th century note recalls a Connecticut shift in eagle laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Keach
East Litchfeld
Conn
Maine
Texas
Keitch
Stonington
Connecticut
Notice to Contractors for Hastings Bridge Painting 1908
Sealed proposals for painting the Warburton Avenue Bridge at Hastings N Y will be received by the Town Board of Greenburgh until 3 1908. Proposals must include a $100 certified check and be in a sealed envelope marked Proposal for painting Warburton Avenue Bridge. The Town Board may reject any bid and award to the most advantageous bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fareytown
N. Yo
Greenburgh
Hastings
Warburton Avenue
N.Y
Honerr Pasuwoon
Town Cleri
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G. H. Wagner
Hastings, N. Y
Worthington Farms Dairy
Joseph Coggins
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y
Irvington, N.Y
Gazette
F. H. Morrell
Prop
Main St
Irvington, N. Y
M. J. Tynan
Sweet _Orr
Upper Main Street
H. H. Cannon
Eed
Eadventure
Stannard
Killingaworth
Mrs. Stannard
New Haven
Mary
Madison
New York World
Boy
Trestle
Chas. A. Adams
Weateheater County
D” Street
Eaton-Hurlbur Paper Company
Eaton
Main Street
Irvington
New York
New York Telephone Company Way & Central Ave
Tarrytown
Telephone
White House
J.R. Scales
Oren
Victor Headquarters
Gying
FH. Morrell
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