Feud War in Kentucky as Cattle Shipments Spark Tension
Long article details a Kentucky fallout over feuds in Clay County, with factions led by Whites Philpots and Howards. It covers cattle shipments to Europe, the dangers of live-exports, and political figures weighing actions. Names such as John White Granville Philpot and George Baker appear amid calls for lawful restraint and warnings of bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Lester
Taw
Philpota
Manchester
Clay County
Tactlona
Essex
Philpote
Dana
County of
Clay
John White
National Horse of Representatives
John D. White
Congress
Howards
James Howard
George Baker
A. Ballard Howard
Bakers
Allen Baker
Tom" Baker
the Philpots
Kentucky
Granville Philpot
Aaron Morris
Wideo Morris
Jim
William Bunday
Morris
Dave” Chadwell
Bey" White
Banyan Tree of Prodigious Size in India
Describes a celebrated banyan tree in central provinces with about 360 trunks and 3,000 smaller roots, forming a grove like canopy. Claims a regiment could encamp beneath it, with branches spreading 500 yards in circumference and 100 feet high. In fruiting season it shelters birds and sometimes a small temple and offerings occur nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Odd Fellows Lodge Meets In Cave in Tennessee
Gap Creek Lodge No. 72 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows has met for five years in Hyder's Cave near Gap Run Tennessee. The cave near Elizabethtown and Johnson City features a twelve by thirty six foot lodge hall with a twelve foot square rostrum and a twenty foot high arch roof. The cave has hosted fifty five members with no deaths and has hosted summer evenings of singing. The cave also supplied historical saltpetre used in Civil War powder production and in the Battle of King's Mountain. Picnics and services are held inside sixty feet underground under natural light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gap Creek Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Hyder's Cave
Gap Run
Tenn
Garter County
Elizabethtown
Sind
Johnson City
Sim Eries
Tennessee
King'’s Mountain
Unexpected Find Reveals Silver Three Cent Pieces in Baltimore Bank
Workmen tearing down the old National Union Bank building on Payette Street near Charles uncover a cache of silver three cent pieces, dating 1851 and 1883, tucked in cracks and under woodwork. They halted demolition to collect the coins, totaling over $10 in current equivalents, prompting treasury review and renewed interest in the forgotten currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blyle Buver
Baltimore Sun
National Union Bank
Payette Street
Charles
United States Treasury
Mearly
Trey
Stopping a Stampede Cowboy's Coolness At Peril
A veteran officer recalls an astonishing scene where a cowboy halted a fleeing cattle stampede of 600 to 800 head. He rode ahead of the herd, cut across their path, and stood firm at the bluff’s edge, calmly awaiting the danger as the mass thundered by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uder
Chicago Record
Unclear fragment on germ killers and disinfectants
Fragment discusses germ killers and disinfectants including potash soap and Marseilles soap. Mentions Prof Gert and a solution strength for resisting microbes. Details are incomplete and fuzzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orm
Koch
Gert
Marseilles
Photographing Convict and a Morality Tale in One
A clipping discusses photographing a convict after a bus transfer at Ma'ne state prison and preserving the image for future use while noting prior practice of keeping only the commitment photo. It includes a bogus advertisement for Allen's Feet-Ease foot powder and ends with a moral about a fish keeping its mouth shut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma'ne
Fragmented 19th century ad text with garbled phrases
A torn OCR page shows a tangle of phrases promoting tonics, starch, and cures with scattered names and slogans. It mentions a Kanani girl, a Twentieth regiment reference, and various quack remedies, health claims, and age of the ad copy, all in disjointed form.
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Vss
Garnett
Europe
Hips Mabe
South America
Liverpool
Deptford
England
North America
Rio de la Plata
Thames
Sydney
Australia
Bijnos Ayres
la Plata
Stip
Argentina
Anton
Ing
Chicago
Lynchburg
Baltimore
Sun
John T. Jennings
Amherst County
St Andrew's Home
Police
Menominee
Hilpots
Griffins
ODD Fellows Lodge
Cave
St. Helena
Allen
Deuggista
Abive
Allen S. Olmsted
le Ray
Chile
Groyr
Wolona
Wire. Symmerers
Pino
McClellan
Chester
Florida
Kansas City
Hood
Owers
TOWER
Buston
Mass
Winer
Winchester
Candy Cathartic
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