Wild West Show Gathers 600 Souls on Oklahoma Ranch
The Miller brothers assemble a huge Wild West touring troupe at a 10,000 acre Oklahoma ranch. Nearly 600 people join agents, managers, riders, and performers along with hundreds of animals and a Cingalese company. Training is brutal and aims for wild spectacle not taming.
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Fle
Oklahoma
Miller Brothers
Ponca City
War-Path Records
Miller
Edward Arlington
Far Northwest
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Russia
Ceylon
New York
Zach Miller
Mr. Miller
Miller brothers' Wild West exec on show organization
George Arlington, general manager, explains the "slap-bang system" as the driving method behind Miller brothers' Wild West. He notes a head for each department ensuring the show runs smoothly, drawing on his Barnum and Bailey experience during their heyday.
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George Arlington
Miller Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Forget-Me-Not Club Aims To Solve Marriage Question In Alton
Alton society debates marriage with rival anti marriage and Cupid clubs. Forget-Me-Not club gathers young men and women weekly to socialize, split costs into a sinking fund for a future wedding, and promote natural acquaintance in daily life. Members foresee a grand success.
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Alton
Hil
Short Stories of Missouri The Blind Make Dusters
The Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind opens a feather duster department and later rug weaving and tapestry, offering work for blind workers. It recounts Audubon and Rozier's early Missouri trade, the first murder indictment north of the Missouri River, and profiles of Missouri figures and towns from Old Franklin to Neosho.
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Detroit Free Press
Sacinaw
Micu
Michigan Employment Institution For
Missouri River
United States
Daniel Boone
St. Charles
Louisiana Territory
James Davis
Louisiana
Femmenet
William Hays
Davis
Joseph W. McClurg
Missouri
Seymour
Webster County
Linn Creek
Camden County
Jackson Port
White River
Ozark Country
McClurg
Old Franklin
Boonville
Hamilton R. Gamble
Abiel Leonard
Lilburn W. Boggs
Benjamin Reeves
Claiborne F. Jackson
John F. Penns
Duff Green
Ben
Masonic
Neosho
Newton County
C. F. Jackson
Twenty-first General Assembly
Senate
House
Charles H. Hardin
Boone and
Callaway
Isaac N. Shambaugh
DeKalb County
John T. Crisp
Alabama
Forty
Missouri Volunteers
Jefferson City
Planting Trees His Hobby and Arbor Day Faith
A survey of J Sterling Morton and Arbor Day roots cites his 1872 motto Plant Trees as a driver of Nebraskas green growth. Arbor Lodge near Nebraska City showcases Morton trees and gardens, while the measure of his influence shows in regional climate shifts and public parks.
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Sterling Morton
J. Sterling Morton
Arbor Lodge
Morton
Nebraska City
Neb
Missouri River
Nebraska
Nebraska City Park
Arbor Day
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Short Stories of
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Kentucky
Ferdinand Rozier
Ste. Genevieve
Louisville
Ohio
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Rozier
Aubudon
Billy” Campbell
Virginia
Campbell
State Senate
St. Louis Republican
Ralls County
Daniel Ralls
Pike County
Thomas H. Benton
Ralls
St. Louis
Benton
Cosiar
Mrs. Locke
Henry
Mr. Locke
Jennings
Wilkinson
Czenstochowa
Poland
Russian Empire
Europe
Rome
Servia
Roumania
Bulgaria
Mecca
Samuel Merwin
Success Magazine
India
China
Britain
Ines
Cordingly
Clzenstochowa
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