Daltons in Indian Territory threaten, terror, and raids
Train and bank bandits led by the Dalton brothers operate across Indian Territory. Ed and Charley Dalton return to the territory after earlier California robberies, pursued by Deputy Varshal Thomas. A deadly war with cattlemen and officers shaped their raid strategy, with local spies aiding their escape and making pursuit perilous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
California
Southern Pacific
Tonlare
Los Angeles
Indian Territory
United States
Arsuit
Varshal “Hoo” Thomas
Southwest
New Mexico
Death Week in Rural Russia Marks End of Winter
A Chicago Tribune account describes Death Week and the Slavonic Lyalyka rites in rural Russia. Villagers pool funds for a living horse to sacrifice to the water spirit Vodyanoi, then perform the Lyalya procession, eggs and cakes for fertility, and a noisy hunt to banish death. Dawn sees Vesna welcomed atop a hill as spring returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smartna Nedelva
Russia
Chicago Tribune
Europe
Desirin
Modern Enoch Arden Tale Returns Seaman Marries After Twenty Years
Amherst tale of Rebecca Hicks Cahill who remarried after believing her first husband dead. Cahill, long at sea, returns to find wealth and reconciles with wife in Amherst. The two families, including Betts’ children, are drawn into a new union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Amherst
Enoch Arden
Rebecca Hicks
Sackville
Michael Cahill
Cahill
George Betts
Point de Bute
Joean
States
Year 1892 Floods Across Lands Despite Rainfall Deficiency
The year 1892 stands as a major flood era with repeated overflows across the United States and worldwide. Prolonged rains from the Tennessee Valley to the Ohio and Mississippi basins inundated valleys from St Paul to New Orleans, destroying millions in crops and property while noting surprisingly little commerce impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hungary
Switzerland
Africa
China
Tombigbee
Mississippi
Alabama
Aberdeen
Miss
Missouri
Tennessee
Ohio
Illinois
Red
Arkansas
St Paul
New Orleans
Ohio River
Missouri River
Gulf
Typhus Scare Hits New York Port Officials
Quarantine authorities report three typhus cases after the Guion line steam ship Nevada from Liverpool with 304 immigrants, including 91 sickly Russian Hebrews. The ship was detained, disinfection completed, and affected passengers removed to isolation facilities at North Brothers Island.
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New York
City Health Board
Guion Line
Nevada
Liverpool
Russia
Germany
Peoeees Syreet
Island
Sixteenth Street
East River
North Brothers Island
Lost in desert as prospecting party vanishes
A wagon outfit of a prospecting party from this city for Cocopsh county was found abandoned in the desert with coats rifles and revolvers but no trace of the three men G W Breedlove his son and a capitalist named Fish or their three mules. fears for their safety rise. Vieindot charged in a separate case of manslaughter connected to Sailor Brown on the Charleston. He has a family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Coweta
Canadian River
Hed Rock
Santa Fe
Lelisetta
Indian Territory
Daltons
Daltonas
Eer
Texas
Brack Connett
Alfred Allee
Bill Whitley
Whitley
Wilson
Atascosa Counties
Tex
San Antonio
Aliee
Bat Masterson
Creede
Col
Harrall
United States
John T. Rankin
Rankin
Express
Southern Pacific Railroad
Harwood
Heavil
West
Exress
Bill Whitely
Wilson County
Bud Powell
Helena
Mont
Presbyterian Church
Antonio
San Dreco
Cat
Cocopsh
Effett
Vieindot Manslaughiey
Sailor Brown
Charleston
Milwaukee Librarian Remains Under Lockup After Recommitment
Milwaukee mayor orders rearrest of K A Linderfelt the embezzling ex librarian of the public library now in Boston pending a new complaint not covered by the old charge. A requisition will be sought from Governor Peck for his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miwaukee
Milwaukee
Wis
Somers
K. A. Linderfelt
Public Library
Sloan
Linderelt
Boston
Peck
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Dalton Boys
James Boys
Kansas
James
Pacific Express
Missouri, Kansas and
Adair
Dalton Brothers
Eell
Carling
Katy
Creek
Chouteau
Wang
Ths
Duval West
Texas Young West
Posse
Lew
The
Gang Eon
Earth
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
America
Worth & En
Arene An
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Clothiers
Cor. Grant and
Dismond Streets
Evers
Archangel
Ukraine
Tris
Enoch Arder
Deluges
Kansas City
Cowden
Mississippi Bottoms
Washington
Congress
Louisiana
Laird
VRAIR
Laird’s Shoe
W. M. Laird
Wood ST
Jyl-Môrea
P. S. Gilmore
W. W. Kimball Coo
Chicago, Ill
St. Louis, Mo
Lindell Hotel
Coege
Chicago
W. W. Kimball Co
East
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. Harper Bonnell CO
Andeebson
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