Thunderstorm sets ablaze a Hackhert barn and losses at Dorris
The Fredericktown Democrat-News reports that on April 1 a barn belonging to Bill Dorris near Hackhert burned after a lightning strike at about 4 00 AM. Two mares perished, and Dorris lost corn and hay. Separate notes mention a nearby Hollinger barn fire and other local incidents, with brief accounts of bank currency movements and community plans for a Baptist Young People's tabernacle.
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Fredericktown
Democrat-News
Bill Dorris
Hackhert
Renton
John Hollinger
Kontom
Cherokee National Male Seminary
Cherokee National Female Seminary
Okkahoma
Cherenes
Northeastern State Normal
Charles N. Haswell
Okahoma
O. K
Lanoma
Man Called to Preach Lacks Bible in Lackland County
An elderly resident, 68, claims a lifelong calling to preach since age 17 but has never owned a Bible. Neighbors assist with support as his situation repeats in Donklin county. A local observer likens the preacher’s claim to a quip about Uncle Newt Weathers.
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Donklin County
Bill Harkett
Newt Weathers
Lia Hogs
Bollinger County Agriculture and Industry Promoted
The piece extols Bollinger County as fertile, with valleys and uplands well suited to crops like corn wheat hay clover and strawberries and ample water for stock. It notes low land prices, local debt relief, a public school fund surpassing fifty thousand dollars, and discusses economic themes about price, monopolies, and wealth parasitism.
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Bollinger County
Wheat Corner Sparked Uproar In Chicago Markets
Chicago Journal notes a spoon in Chicago allegedly rigged wheat trades causing price hikes. Calls grow for the government to curb the wheat king’s head with wrath. Congress urged to criminalize future selling or buying in the alleged scheme.
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Chicago
Chicago Journal
Congress
Local Elks Bring Hazy Call Prank To Denver Jeweler
In Denver a Fifteenth Street jeweler faced a prank when his wife answered a call asking to speak to Mr H. The caller claimed to be Elisabeth, then the Elks tasted the joke by having operators at Elizabeth relay the request. The wife challenged the caller as the yarn grew.
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Fifteenth Street
Denver Post
Elisabeth
Elizabeth
Mme
Mr. H
The
Elks
Elia
Unclear Fragmentary Verse About Theodore and Fame
Fragmentary lines reference a future, praise, and honors for a figure named Theodore. The text mixes playful exclamations with garbled phrases and possibly satirical naming of roles, making a cohesive report or event unclear. No verifiable names or concrete actions are established.
Medical progress against yellow fever and sleeping sickness
A 19th century dispatch notes medical advances as yellow fever and sleeping sickness are traced to insect hosts. It cites Cuban sanitation reclaiming swamps to curb yellow fever and ongoing efforts to control sleeping sickness by clearing lake plant life where the parasite’s host thrives. The report highlights germs spreading via insects and the limited drug cures for these infections once contracted.
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Cuba
Fragmentary conversation hints at medical profit and patient care
The text presents disjointed dialogue about curing Mrs Tooter and income from treatment, mentioning a Doctor Ab, boy, mother, and a puzzled speaker. It reads as a stray, garbled extract with no clear narrative or dates.
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Warrensburg
Baptists Young People's Union
Gene Arcadia
Hem
Henton Denice Rat
Sherif Harnypter
New Madi
Hale Pace
Parageald
Ark
Lim
Pace
Balt
Jackson
Cape Girardeau
Meon Apel
Cape Girardeau County
Ure Association
H. K. Alexander
G. O. Kinder
Whitewater
A. T. Hutson
Hayti
A. F Williams
L. P. Thomason
Covington
Ed Henderson
Seargent-Atarme
Farmington
Rev. C. P. Browning
Dunklin Democrat
Campbell
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tahlequah
Cherokee County
Miiahoma
Stout
Wed
Firat-Ciaes
C. A. Walker
Marble Hill
John H. Bess
Hollinger
Stitner
Atari
Economie
Patrasites
Theodore
Dom
Nick
Preegaeay Taanne
Bidlelinge
Arthur Cailemaun
Cotlen
the Denis
Exadand
Mrs. Tooter
Boyd
Ballard-Snow Liniment Co
T. Louis, MO
G. A. Frivlel
Dallas
Tex
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
ST. Louis, MO
Ballard
Emma Johns
Las Veecas
N. Mex
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