Remembering the Potawatomi Farewell on Lake Street
A century ago on a August morning in Chicago the Potawatomi held a farewell dance on Lake Street before westward removal after the 1835 treaty. Judge Caton recorded the savage spectacle seen from Sauganash as a final display of a people’s power before their exile toward Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Troy Ratla
Newsiays
Lake Street
Chicaco
Chicago River
Fort Dearborn
Alito MM. Quaife
Chicago
Lake and
Market Streets
Mark Beau- Dieu
Sauganash
Supreme Court of Illinois
John D. Caton
Hell
George B. Porter
Michigan
Thomas J. W. Owen
Chicaro
Wiliam Weatherford
Pottawatomies
Irving
Caton
Granhle
Quaifer
Old Northwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Lake Huron
Pontiac
North America
Great Britain
United States
Makahta-penashe
Black Bird
Dearborn
Winamac
Spembalawba
Pesotum
William Wells
Pottawatomie
Topinabee
Wa-bam-see
Winonemeg
Wells
Mull
Weald
Ind
Pottatombe
Makata-pake
Sleeping sickness hits horses and mules in many states
The U S Department of Agriculture warns horse and mule owners to watch for encephalomyelitis or sleeping sickness as warm weather returns. Infected animals show appetite loss sleepiness and circling. fatalities are common without proper care. Veterinarians should administer serum and farms must disinfect stables. mosquitoes spread the disease and a new tissue vaccine is being tested in affected areas.
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United States Department of Agricultural
WNU
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
New Jersey
Department
No Increase Foreseen in Bacterial Wilt of Corn
Dr. Neil Stevens of the USDA forecasts little to no rise in Stewart's disease in 1935 due to winter temperatures. He notes mild winters tend to precede outbreaks in the northeast, with December February temperature averages around 34 degrees marking higher losses. The latest winter stayed near the danger mark except where resistant varieties are grown commercially.
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Stewart
Neil Stevens
United States
Department of Agriculture
Stevens
North Central
Good Pasture Paddocks Near Barns
A Missouri Farmer writer urges creating several small pasture paddocks near barns for work stock. Fence 3–6 acre paddocks with smooth wire, provide lanes and fresh water, and reserve them for work animals on weekdays and holidays. Idle stock should be rotated to larger pastures to conserve the paddocks.
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Missouri Farmer
Controlling Flies in Barnyards and Stables Observed
The article notes that hauling manure to fields reduces fly breeding. It suggests covering manure heaps with lime or soaking with coal tar disinfectant, and darkening stables by hanging sacks over windows and doorways to deter flies.
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Wallaces
Tuberculosis Decline in U S Cattle by Counties and States
The Agricultural Department reports two thirds of U S counties are bovine TB free since 1917 testing. Infection dropped to a minimum in 2 035 counties or 66.1 percent. Eighteen states named as modified accredited areas with TB levels at 1.5 percent or less.
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United States
Agricultural Department
Department
Habits of Somnambulists
Describes somnambulist behavior noting common patterns in children. Distinguishes forms where acts may occur without speech or senses, with speech, or with full senses. A final class is said to merge into hypnotism.
Prize Story From Washington Era Refers To Home Made Goods
This week’s prize story reflects on our ancestors who favored home made products from tea brewed from home cured leaves to clothes spun by wires. It asks if modern shoppers should rely on the market’s latest offerings and references Jeral Ahan and Pay BC Les in a fragmentary historical context.
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Washington
Jeral Ahan
Pawl
Intermountain
Intermountain Fredacts
P.O
Foner
Etary
Hia Eslomn Gou
Capitol Cornerstone Laid by Washington in 1793
The Capitol cornerstone was laid on September 18 1793 by George Washington during his second term. The ceremony used Masonic rites after a Masonic procession from President's Square to the capitol.
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Capitol
George Washington
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Elmo Scott Watson
Leake Michigan
Mississppi River
Andreas
Quaife
Western Newsapaper Union
Sauganash Tavern
Mrs. Helm
Shabbona
Sally Sez
Nelde and
Oulalds
Hewlett's
Pay BC Les
Utah Oil
Utah
Idaho
Orbinator
Florence Nightingale
Havana
Cuba
San Francisco
Ogden & Salt Lake
Roungs
San Fre
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
America
Owenaceaces
W.N.U
Salt Lake City
Bureau of Biological Survey
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