Wealthy Indians: tribes richer than common belief
A census shows certain Indian tribes hold immense wealth through cash funds, land, and productive resources. The Delawares totter near 874 thousand dollars in treasury, Osages exceed 88 million, and the Five Civilized Tribes together report about 19 million in funds and 20 million acres of land valued at far above common estimates. Per capita wealth among these nations runs into thousands, with rich mineral lands and thriving settlements enhancing status beyond mere subsistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Middle States
Oklahoma
United States
Indian Territory
Supreme Court
Pawneoa
Iowns
Saca
Foxes
New York
Wealth of Native Tribes Across the West and Southwest
An 1890s survey notes wealth and landholdings of tribes from the Sioux in South Dakota to the Puyallups in Washington. It cites per capita wealth, treasury balances, land values, and cattle, horses, and crops across the Nez Perces, Cour d'Alenes, Navajos, and other groups, highlighting disparities and holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Utah
White River Branch
Treasury
Printer Lynch and the Saturday Night Labor Feud
A Tribune printer named Lynch refuses Saturday night duty, cites union rights, and resigns after clashes with a foreman. He moves to the Plumber's Gazette office, where the atmosphere and type size are oversized and the proofreader marks commas mid word. The piece links printer gripes to broader claims about maturity and work norms among young men.
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Lynch
The
Tribune
Worki Ny
John Jacky O'Brien
Mr. Lynch
Chicago Typographical Union 16
Plumber's Gazette
Chicago Post
Agricultural News Promotes Roosting Sheds and Bountiful Crops
The Rural World urges use of roosting sheds or roasting-shell designs for turkeys and hens to protect flocks in winter, and describes a windbreak snow shelter. It also covers methods to prevent biennial bearing in fruit trees, including alternating bearing, mulching, and annual manuring to boost yields and profits for small farms. A DIY cheap husking pin is described using leather, wood, and grooved ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonisie
D. J. Bissell
Miesourt
Newington
Conn
Mr. Bissell
Connecticut
Antediluvian Farm Notions and Fruit Storage Notes
Fragmented notes discuss leather pins for field tasks, horse training age effects, and apple storage. Mentions various improvised devices, leather cushions, and iron pins. Explains that late-keeping apple varieties and cold storage boost profits, with attention to light and heat in maturation and decay.
Colta Young Recalls Two Colts and Farm Work
Colta Young, Stockman and Farm Editor, recalls starting with two full brother colts in 1891. He describes lessons beside older horses, mating them to work on a 125 acre farm. The narrative notes the older colt’s steadiness and the younger’s vigor and spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colta Young
Stockman and Farmey
Colta
Aince
Norman
Rata Processing and Hog Feeding Tips from Old Farm Notes
The article shows varying farm notes including constructing a device for rata rats, using bone meal to fatten hogs, and comparing bone meal with ash and other feeds. It mentions wood ashes as good as bones, cautions about bone burning, and offers kitchen and sewing tips such as oiling floors, needle threading, and keeping foods hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Heary
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Destructive Gotham Fire Engulfs Campbell Wallpaper Plant
A massive blaze ripped through Campbell & Co wallpaper factory and nearby structures on West 42nd Street, destroying factories, tenement blocks, and homes. Four men missing, total loss estimated around 3 million dollars. Campbell family faces about 2 million of damage. Fire started in the engine room, wind aided spread, city illuminated by glow. residents fled with belongings as buildings fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall
William Campbell & Co
West 42d
West Mat Street
Nevins & Haviland
St. Raphael's Church
Fortieth Streao
Tenth Avenue
Forty-second Atreat
Campbell & Co
Forty-second Street
Campbells
Fair Prolonged As Gates Remain Open To Public
The Fair council announces extended admission beyond Congress closing to match attendance and weather. Management will keep the Exposition open while displays are moved, tracks laid, and packing cases moved from warehouses, with visitors admitted as long as demand and conditions justify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Administration
Congress
Chicago
Higinbotham
Mob Seizes Jail In Georgia Killings Of Two Prisoners
Two Black inmates, Bill Richardson and Jim Dickson, were seized from Chatta nooga County jail by men posing as constables aided by a third prisoner. The mob tied and booted them, then carried them away and rode off toward swamps near Trion Factory. Constable James Hall's case sparked the raid and Town Marshall Murphy of Summerville led the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgis
Chattanooga
Georgia
Bill Richardson
Jim Dickson
Aller
Trion Factory
Nevroes
James Hall
Mershal Murphy
Summerville
Widow of New York Senator Dies in Utica
Julia Seymour Conkling widow of Roscoe Conkling dies at her Utica residence of apoplexy born Utica May 1837 sister of the late Gov Horatio Seymour. Her ancestry honored and patriotic with revolutionary era forebears noted.
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New York
Utica
Julia Seymour Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
N. Y
Julia Seymour
Horatio Seymour
Henr Seymour
Miss Seymour
Pocene
Conkling
Horatio
Seymour
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Thorne
Cherokee Strip
Pope
Arizona
Pueblos
New Mexico
Allegheny Mountains
North Carolina
Cooper
Onondaga
Oneida
Tonawanda
Allegheny
Cattarquygus
Tuscarora
St. Regia
Qheromre
State of Washington
Puyatlups
Tacoma
Puyallups
Idaho
Cour d'Alenes
Spokane
Wash
Nez Perces
Cumberley
Ounn
OFDM
Main Street
Muscogee
Mobys Keokuk
Schelller
Harvard
Cabo
Anne
Agricultural News
Jay Bo
Derbe
Howe
Hube
Hueshe Po
Leyona
Farm
Rome
Big Blaze
Gotham
Vlamoy Nentroy
Campbell Wall-Paper Factory
William Batchelder
Pice
H. Hartanpaca
Gio
Will
Jas
Keystone Watch Case
Eye
Philadelphia
Harman
Holbrook Harald
Charles Raven
York
Eve Meno
Milas
Joseph Rockwell
Uniontown
Miles
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
W. H. Elsian
Dr. Schilling
Bchilling
Detroit
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