Scalped by Indians in Big Horn Valley Tale
Marvin Holly of Dearborn County Indiana, a U S Infantry veteran under General Custer, endured a famous scalp wound at the Big Horn Valley fight with Black Kettle's band. He describes being scalped by an Indian, the brutal assault, and his recovery in the agency weeks later.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Marvin Holly
Dearborn County
Ind
United States Infantry
Custer
Black Kettle
Big Horn Valley
Holly
Saya Mr Holly
Wilson
Wedded at a Candy-Pull in a Southern City
Ebbert 8. Sinclair, heir to a Louisiana planter, married Miss Lizzie Jones at a candy-pull last week. The ceremony occurred with a Congregational minister present. Sinclair then seduced the bride’s 14 year old sister and eloped with both women. pursuit is under way toward Montgomery.
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Egbert
Sinclair
Louisiana
Lizzie Jones
Lizzie
New Orleans
Bing
Montgomery
Perplexed Bride Delays Honeymoon After Detention
Reading police detained a young couple Richard Walsh and Mamie Lawrence after a telegram from Philadelphia asked to hold them. They admitted marriage in Philadelphia but could not produce a certificate. Rev De Barrow verified marriage, officials released them to continue their trip. The bride, 18, and husband, 23, planned to resume their honeymoon with hopes for forgiveness.
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Reading Pa
Kausher
Reading Police
Philadelphia
Richard Walsh
Mamie Lawrence
Robert Lawrence
Quaker City
Walsh
Central
Lawrence
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Lassoing a Lioness on Hard Scramble Mountain
Texas native G W Palmer moved to Colorado to hunt game for livelihood. On Hard Scramble Mountain he lassoed a lioness and cub beneath a rock, using ropes and a tree limb. He struggled to subdue the cub while protecting his son, who aided in the effort and freed the father from the cub’s claws.
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Texas
G. W. Palmer
Colorado
Palmer
Eloped with His Father's Bride Sparks Pittsfield Scandal
John W. Hines cashier at Great Barrington Bank arrives in Pittsfield with a woman he registers as his wife at a hotel. The pair fled after a scheme involving a marketed marriage and a large fortune, traveling by milk train toward North Adams after disguising themselves with straw bundles.
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Springfield
J John W. Hines
Great Barrington Bank
Pittsfield
Mass
Hines
North Egremont
Sh Tleid
North Adams
The Solemn Compact on the Brooklyn Bridge
Officer Hill stopped three men on the center span of the Brooklyn Bridge on a cold Saturday night. An elderly man hinted at a 10 year old pact to drink wine on the tenth anniversary night, and the trio drank champagne before parting without revealing their names.
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Omcer Hill
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Lere
Lwre
Hill
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Mr. Sinclair
Thesa
Slater
Macon
Mwerself
Leadville
F A. Burgston & CO
Com. 3D Ave
17Th St
Mooline, Ill
J.H. Byrnes
Siamang
W. C. Thede
Third Avenue
Fisk & CO
Surat
P. Schlueter
Five Points
Martin N. Nixon
Manilla
Brady ST
Davenport 1A
Moline
N. Y
Carmean & CO
NEW Photograph Gallery
Main Street
Keator House
Heh
Anh
Ose
Johnson
Boston
Mase
F. E. Hoods
Eral
U. S. Clothing CO
Browning & Entrikin
Attorneys
State OF Illinois
Rock [Sland CounTy
Irs
Willams, White & Co
Milan Paper Company
Thomas J. Robinson
Rock Inland National Bank
Moses Hinman
Sidney C Moody
Judd N. Cobb
Horace White
James H.relagur
George H. Marsh
John H. Wilson
Lott. Whitridge
Peter Fries
Stillwel & Bierce Mfg. Co
D Regenetta
Lotta Whitridge
Circuit Court
Stillwell & Bierce Mfg. Co
D. Regenetta
Levi F. Harson
Rock Island
Inols
Browning
Circuit Court OF
United States
District of
Minnots
National Furnace Company
Moline Malleable Iron Works
Moline’ Malleable Iron Works
County of
Rock
Minolta
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
Moline Malleable Tron
Madison Street
Chicago
Robert E. Jenkins
Chilgago
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