Country Boy and Fortune at Fort Sill Leger Case
The sworn deposition details Caleb Marsh’s testimony about payments linked to Fort Sill affairs and Gen Belknap. Marsh describes money sent to the Secretary of War, via Express and bank transfers, and discussions with Mrs Belknap, Tomlinson, Blackburn, and others. He recalls telegrams, potential perjury concerns, and a plan to exculpate the Secretary while facing committee questioning.
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Bra Bowers
Bre
Myelf
Ong
Vans
Secretary of War
Washington
Adams Express
National Bank of America
New York
Evans
Lim
Express
Aubpena
Mr. Bartlett
Williamsn
Dr. Tomlinson
Joe Blackburn
Marsh
Tomlinson
Blackburn
Tom Sinsoo
Bartlett
Muuxt
Mrs. Belknap
Noo
Arlington
B. C
Capitol
Gen. Belknap
Gen. Belknep
the Arlington
Belknap
Himmself
Belknap aide recalls Fort Sill post tradership talks
Caleb P. Marsh testifies about a 1870 bid for Fort Sill post trader. He describes Belknap and Mrs Belknap pressing for the appointment, a reported $10,000 bribe tale, negotiations with John Evans, a 15 000 yearly price, and later adjustments and payments. He notes securing letters and recommendations and a contract in New York.
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Long Branch
New York
Secretary of War
Geome
Evans
A.J
Evaie
Army and Navy Journal
Spring Chicken Prices Meet French Vendor in Odd Tale
A Virginia city man visits a restaurant to buy four ounce California spring chickens priced at a dollar fifty each. The French proprietor insists the price is a large profit, citing freight as the reason, and the customer finally pays the quoted amount after calculation. The item is followed by a string of quips and brief notes from the era.
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Virginia
California
Moses
Zee Sehicken
Monsieur
Nonsieur
Nev
Sleepwalking Mrs Newmeyer Strikes Parlor Intrusion
Mrs Newmeyer, long afflicted with sleepwalking, is found asleep in her chair in the parlor with a lamp burning. A hat and burglars tools are discovered, suggesting thieves fled when they mistook the somnambulist for a supernatural apparition. The family fears renewed danger.
Ring Lost to Rats Captured in Kentucky Nest
A Nelson County Record item tells of a Larue County couple who found their ring tied to a rat’s neck in a rat’s nest after years of searching. The bride had removed her ring during the engagement and believed rats carried it away. After marriage, a rat was found wearing the matching ring, neck ground to fit, suggesting an old rat stole it and hid it in its nest for its young.
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Here
Larue
Laffe
Nelson County
Uty
Tar cry all along the Philadelphia line of home life
A historical fragment notes the phrase all ands on deck to repel boarders as part of a wartime home front morale stance along the Philadelphia area transit line. The item reflects civic messaging on domestic resilience and defense.
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Philadelphia
Incoherent OCR Verse From a Railroad Town
Fragmentary lines describe travelers and trains with scattered imagery of floats and telegraphs. The garbled text hints at movement by steam engines and elevated cars with stray phrases about eyes, flies, and towns, but the overall meaning is unclear.
Davis and Hanner in Texas pistol duel at the Capitol store
A Llano party in Austin challenged Ben Thompson to a duel over hats. Thompson shot Hanner twice, once near the ear and again in the back as Hanner attempted to cock his pistol. Both men were restrained by officers and posted bonds for Mayor’s Court.
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Liang County
Capitol
Hanner
Austin
Thoesedloon
Mdo
Ben Thompson
Thompson
Llano
Texas
Hamuer
Hannt
Hranner
Austin Teu. Gazette
Welsh Speaking Population in America by State Count
The piece cites Theo R. D. Thomas’s Hanes Cy America estimating Welsh speakers at 115,716 across states and territories with figures for New York 21,819 and Pennsylvania 32,974 among others, noting wide past estimates up to 300,000 but lower confirmed numbers. It appears in the March issue of Atlanta Monthly.
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Africa
Theo
R. D. Thomas
America
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
California
Oregon
Territories
Allanta
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