Eloquence of Standing Bear in Indian Rights Trial
A detailed portrait of Standing Bear's Nebraska courtroom plea for Ponca rights amid Thaddeus Dundy's landmark ruling that an Indian is a person under law. The piece links Carl Schurz to federal policy shifts and recounts the crowd filled trial, Standing Bear’s speech, and the subsequent citizen status granted to about 100000 people.
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Standing Bear
Nebraska
Omaha
Carl Schurz
Interior
United States
Supreme Court
Schurz
Crook
Department of the Army
Thomas H. Tibbles
John L. Webster
Dundy
Indian Territory
Ding Bews
Ee Yen Ieee
Niobrara
North
War Department
Gen. Crook
Iron Eye
Omaha Reservation
Tibbles
Red States
Dunny
Ponca
Wellington Portrait Shows Duke’s Wrist Feat
At the Royal Academy London a Lawrence portrait of the Duke of Wellington notes the duke’s vanity in carrying the sword of state upright. Lawrence warned the pose would tire viewers, but the duke insisted with a hidden elbow cushion suggesting support that is not truly connected to the arm.
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Duke of Wellington
Royal Academy
London
Lawrence
Thomas Lawrence
Shifting the Bills
The Houston Post quotes a witty exchange about marriage and living arrangements with a playful, period tone as the Bills shift plans and a suitor negotiates with a father over his daughter's hand in marriage.
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Houston Post
A Stone Barometer of Northern Finland
A Stone Barometer describes a large rock used by northern Finland inhabitants as an infallible barometer. It darkens to break or gray with rain and lightens with fine weather, bearing white spots. Likely a fossil mixed with clay containing salt or ammonia that reacts to atmospheric dampness.
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Finland
Florence Berker Defeats Father in Colusa School Trustee Fight
In Colusa County California Miss Florence Berker defeated her incumbent father P F Berker in a heated school trustee race. The victory comes after she learned he planned to dismiss a female teacher. Wil remained a friend to Florence as optimism met criticism.
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Colusa County
California
Florence Berker
P. F. Berker
Wil
Arte of Shorte Swifte and Secrete Writing by Character
The first known treatise on stenography is a curious book titled Arte of Shorte Swifte and Secrete Writing by Character. It is credited to Dr Timothe Bright in Sunday Magazine.
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Timothe Bright
Sunday Magazine
Descriptions of Gold and Slate Spiders
The bodies of these spiders appear handsome with bright gold or scarlet undersides. The upper parts are cloaked in delicate slate-colored fur.
Moral Offenses by the Rich Face Growing Public Shame
Detroit News notes that society must punish the moral offenses of the rich as it does the poor. the row between classes highlights the need for equal standards and accountability.
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Detroit News
Building Food To Bring the Babies Around
A Colorado mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her sick fifteen month old to health after pneumonia and brain fever. After a Kansas City visit she fed only Grape-Nuts and milk, later the cereal itself, and the child fattened and strengthened. The campaign claims Grape-Nuts nourishes the brain and nerves, with the famous booklet The Road to Wellville available in the package.
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Colorado
Kansas City
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Lost Ind’ an Clan Found in North Canadian Settlement
Muskogee report describes a Creek subgroup called the Texas Creeks, about 50 members of Alabama Creek stock who migrated from Livingston County Texas to Indian Territory and later wandered into New Mexico and Arizona. They’re noted as nomadic, darker in appearance, and largely enrolled but few claimed citizenship.
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Muskogee
3. T
Dawes Commission
Burney
Indian Territory
Livingston County
Tex
The
Creek Council
Bar
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Vineless potato experiments promise rapid yields in 60 days
Eldora Iowa reports John Van Syl of Muscatine testing vineless potato cultivation. By enclosing 15 potatoes in sawdust with air and heat circulation and chemical solutions, a half-bushel may mature into a bushel in 60 days. Rows six inches apart with one cubic foot sawdust per seedling support rapid growth and potato multiplication.
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Eldora
John van Syl
Margueritte Brothers Lead Paris Literary Circle
Victor Margueritte, son of Gen Margueritte, is named head of the Societe des Gens de Lettres. The Paul and Victor partnership dominates Paris literary talk, rivaling the famous Edmond and Jules de Goncourt alliance.
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Societe Des Gens de Lettres
Victor Margueritte
Gen. Margueritte
Paul
Victor
Edmond
Jules de Goncourt
Shorthand Inventor Ben Pitman, 83, Still Living in Cincinnati
Ben Pitman, famed shorthand inventor whose system dominates U S usage, remains alive in eastern Cincinnati at age 83.
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Ben Pitman
United States
Cincinnati
Peruna Promises Relief For Kidney and Bladder Trouble
Letters from Mrs. M. C. B. Fizer of Sterling Kentucky and Mrs. Geo H Simser of Grant Ontario praise Peruna and Manalin for curing long standing kidney and bladder problems. They credit the remedies with restoring health and relieving persistent pain.
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Geo. H. Simser
Grant
Ontario
Can
Diamond dealer’s bad sale thwarted by a customer
A man enters a jeweler shop and asks the dealer to judge an unset diamond. The gem is deemed imperfect by the jeweler, who suggests a finer stone. The customer reveals the stone was taken on Saturday on approval with a $40 deposit and ends the deal, asking for it to be returned.
Tragic Street Accident Claims Young Boy in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana Ivan Evans aged year was killed when he was run over by a street car on Texag eet while acting between two tracks in front of the car. The tragedy occurred yesterday and the deceased is survived by his mother and four brothers. The family farmer context and missing details are noted in the damaged report.
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Shreveport
Ivan Evans
Texageet
Seyole
Ter
Cus Ostin
Tex
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Lambertson
Standing
Father Hamilton
General Crook
P. T. Fehrenkamd
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