Goulds Life Described As Ideally Happy Despite Wealth
A 20 year marriage of Jay Gould’s eldest son and his wife Edith Kingdon is depicted as ideal and simple despite immense wealth. Mrs Gould is a domestic figure who shuns society, while Mr Gould supports her tastes, with their children and home life highlighted. The article recounts a dramatic but resolved incident involving a fraternity boy and a bid to move a baby safely across trains and through depictions of law and sheriff involvement. The piece centers on the couple’s character and family life.
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Jay Gould
Goulds
Tay Gould
Grance
Howard Sod Frank
Edith Kingdon
Augustin Daly
Gould
Could
Tost
JE J. Gould
Colorado
Bleakeley
Kange City
Moline
Justice Smith
Senator Smith
Incubator Baby Custody Fight Captures Attention
The incubator infant at the St. Louis Fair sparked a custody battle after the exposition ended. Two women claimed ownership, each securing a custody writ in different courts. Mrs Bleakley, initially favored, lost in Lawrence Kansas, prompting a frantic retreat to a college fraternity house where a small group offered help and aided a rapid departure with funds for clothing and travel.
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St. Louis Fair
Tlma
Roosevelt to Sign Statehood Bill With Eagle Quill Pen
President Roosevelt will sign the Statehood bill using a pen fashioned from an eagle quill. Charles Hunter, appointed district court clerk in Oklahoma, reported the promise in Washington and returned home to have a pen made from an eagle quill for the signing ceremony.
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Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Charles Hunter
Washington
A Great Hunter and China Canal Fisheries Mentioned
A Great Hunter references a newly forged firearm and smokeless powder. The article notes extensive canals in China teem with fish and rice fields fed by canal water serve as ideal hatcheries for fry. It also mentions the Universe Discoverer telescope at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California.
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China
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Monte Diablo Range
California
A Tragic Romance of the Tepee and Western Warpath
Northern Cheyenne chiefs Head Chief and Young Mule ride to fight at the Agency near the Big Horns in southeastern Montana. A sheep herder is slain by the young braves, sparking a tense standoff as soldiers and chiefs confront the threat with rifles and war songs before a dawn clash.
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Big Horn Mountains
Yellowstone River
Montana
Great Plains
Tongua River
Hia
Fort Keogh
Ameican
Seacy
Stex
Misty Mountain
Lodge of American Horse
Wolfi Mountains
Walley
Alps
Campaign to Drain Swamp Lands for 100 Million Acres
A comprehensive bill by Rep. Halver Steenerson of Minnesota proposes a federal drainage fund to reclaim about 100 million acres of U S swamp lands. The plan mirrors irrigation law, using public land sale revenues to finance drainage, with costs borne by landowners and boundaries limited to 160 acres per settler.
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Steenerson
House of Representatives
Minnesota
United States
Kankakee River
Indiana
Ilinois
Red River Valleey
Northwest
Gettlers
Reclamation Service
Interior Department
Government
Progreaa
Halver Steenerson
Ste
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Wahmong
G. B. Svolting
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