Chicago Settlers Return Home as Drought Ruins New Farms
The Chicago Settlers lose hope and return to city life from Cheyenne River and Standing Rock after a brutal South Dakota drought. Many bring back families and livestock plans fail as crops fail and relief petitions seek relief from future land payments.
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South Dakota
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock Reservations
Theodore Peterson
Hegewisch
Nelson
Myoodhouse
Peterson
S. B. Burke
Andrew Lang
James Rice
W. F. Whitcomb
South Morgan Street
Whitcomb
Chicago
Dupree
Drouth
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Standing Rock
Missouri River
Oak eggs and memory in oaks spark a strange theory
A Milwaukee reader argues that oak trees grow from two eggs, one male pollen and one ovulum, forming an acorn. He describes oak eggs, oak-ego cells, and bioplasion memory across trees, aging, and solar histories, linking biology with cosmic timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Arum
West Water Street
Milwaukee
The Female and Male Elements in Nature and Thought
A speaker contrasts female and male traits as old experience versus new vigor, linking female to conservation and memory of ancient history while male embodies future adaptability. It likens gendered elements to metals and discusses conscious versus unconscious traits and plant sex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wagered His Life on a Quick Stock Turn to Live Easy
Joseph Sherbrooke, once a Hamilton restaurant keeper, sold his business and bought 1500 shares of Toronto street railway stock. He profited as the company expanded its capital and dividend, turning a $57,000 gain. Facing loneliness after his wife’s death, he risks world travel on the gamble. If losses had come, he said he would have killed himself.
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Joseph Sherbrooke
Hamilton
Toronto
New York
Sherbrooke
Caponi Draws With Navy Champ Schlossberg
In Kenosha on August 19 Tony Caponi of Chicago fought Phil Schlossberg the navy champion in ten rounds. Caponi pressed the attack landing jabs and hooks and outgenerated Schlossberg despite the navy man seeming stronger at moments.
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Kenosha
Wis
Tony Caponis
Chicago
Phil Schlossberg
Navy
Caponi
Schlossberg
Bob Smarts Win Narrow Bowling Match on Grand Alleys
The Bob Smarts defeated the Crockets by 151 pins on Grand Alleys Friday night. Martin Irwin rolled 232 in the second game and 200 average to claim high score and high average of 200. Ike Muhlendorph of the Crockets added a 216 in the third game. Crockett Social Club members attended, with Doc Emerson set to entertain next Thursday at the Grand Alleys.
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Bob Smart
Bob Smarts
Crocketts
Martin Irwi
Muhlendorph
Irwin
Crockett
Doc
Emerson
Zion City’s Decay Fallout From Dowie Era Sparks Election Riot
Zion City Illinois once famed for Dowie’s church now shows decline with population dropping from 7000 to 4700. The city remains turbulent as factions Theocrats Voliva Independents and multiple congregations contend for control amid a near riot over a local election decided by one or two votes.
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Zion City
Dowie
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Zion
Great Board
Great
Zion Publishing
Voliva
Church of Zion
Carter seeks full inquiry into Savannah harbor scandal
Oberlin M. Carter, former army officer, urged the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice to conduct a full investigation of the Savannah harbor scandal. He denied involvement in the Greene and Gaynor frauds and said his aim is to reveal the truth to the public. Carter previously served a prison term and forfeited several thousand dollars to the government over his alleged harbor scandal ties.
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Army
House Committee On
Department of Justice
Savannah Harbor
Greene
Gaynor
Carter
Theocrats and Independents Battle for City Control
Insurgents led by Voliva held power for two years as elections sparked a legal war. The board of elections tossed two theocratic ballots and one independent ballot, shifting control to independents. A mandamus forced the council to accept the revised report while indictments mounted against Theocrats, including Voliva, with more than 190 counts in county court.
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Voliva
Board of Election
Board of Elections
Council
Old Council
Zion City conflict grows as factions clash with Voliva
Insurgent leaders press a split of church and state in Zion and condemn Voliva as the despot behind the strife. John H. Sayrs, editor of the Zion City Independent, condemns Voliva and accuses him of controlling Zion City and Lake County.
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Voliva
Zion
Zion City
Lake County
John H. Sayrs
Sayrs
Sheriff raided large Hartman Grove camp for illegal liquor
Boone county Kentucky Sheriff B. B. Humes raided a dense woods camp opposite Lawrenceburg Indiana and seized whiskey wine and many cases of beer. He emptied the liquor into shallow Ohio river water but did not arrest the operators. Fishermen George W. Miller and Pat Brindell later saw intoxicated fish story and caught about 200 pounds of catfish before the school disappeared.
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B. B. Humes
Boone County
Hartman Grove
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio River
George W. Miller
Pat Brindell
Sheriff Humes
Newlywed Dedrick Wright Reveal Secret Marriage
Howard Dedrick and Miss May Olive Wright, who eloped at sixteen, announced they married last Saturday in a second ceremony after earlier parental opposition. Justice Keogh dissolved their first union. the couple now plans to settle in their own home.
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Howard Dedrick
May Olive Wright
Poughkeepsie
Dedrick
Miss Wright
Justice Keogh
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