Queen Marinette and the fur wars of Menominee
Marinette’s founding tale centers on Queen Marinette born in a forest cabin who defied the American Fur Company’s monopoly. With support from Farnsworth and Brush she challenged Chappee’s traders, expanded trade, and reshaped regional commerce before her death in Green Bay in 1865.
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American Fur Company
Menominee, Mich
Marinette County
William Farnsworth Hved
Queen Marinette
Menominee
Marinette
Wisconsin
Louis Cheppee
Chapieu
Green Bay
Menominee River
Wabashish
Bartholomew Shevgalier
White House
Chappee
Fort Howard
Wis
Chapvyee
William Farnsworth
Charles F&. Brush
Quem Marinette
Farnsworth
John B Jacobs
G P. Farnsworth
Girl’s reward tears at crime tale of mailbox thief
Laura Parker, 12, of 5670 Cabanne Avenue, received a $50 U S reward for helping expose Martin Voorhees, the mailbox thief who operated in St Louis West End two years ago and is now serving a Leavenworth term. Laura cried at the thought of the thief’s family suffering.
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St Louis
Laura Parker
J C Parker, Jr
Cabanne Avenue
United States
Martin Voorhees
West End
Leavenworth
Laura
Goodfellow Avenue
Martin J) Noll
Noll
Owambley
Senk
Mail delivery contract won for Alaska routes
Joseph Davidovich won two Alaska mail routes with bids of 700 dollars per trip for the Barrow route from Kotzebue and 1 dollar per mile for the Kotzebue to Shungank 200 mile stretch. The contracts run from July 1, 1910, to June 30, 1914, and will require dog sled and snow transport to Point Barrow, the northernmost U.S. settlement.
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Washington
Joseph Davidovich
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Post-Office Department
Point Barrow
Barrow
Post Office Department
United States
Kotzebue
Davidovich
Shungank
Quick Courtship Wins Bride in Two Minutes Twenty Five Seconds
A railroad crew in Lebeau led by E. H Killen bet fifty dollars on a spur of the moment marriage to Miss Mina Ring. Killen proposed after a restaurant encounter. Ring consented, and the couple, timed at two minutes twenty five seconds, obtained a license in Shelby and were married.
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Shelby
Case sent to higher judge in Timko manslaughter case
The Spring Valley mining district case against Stephen Timko, charged with murder after a mine riot, moves up as all 15 witnesses died in the St Paul Coal Company disaster. Timko’s counsel, former La Salle Mayor W M Panneck, says no witnesses remain to testify and claims self defense.
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Spring Valley
Timko
Panneck
Crow Learns English Calls Owner Billy in Hamden Junction
A crow owned by William McGowan in Hamden Junction, C A, has adopted a tame habit of calling him Billy in place of croaking. The bird also repeats the invitation Come milk the cow after hearing the phrase, continuing this cue each evening until the task is done.
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Hamden Junction
South Webster
Corvus
William McGowan
McGowan
Billy
Two-Mouthed Sunfish Caught Near Reelsville
In Brazil Indiana Rev T T Smith a Lexington Kentucky minister visiting friends caught a sunfish in Eel River near Reelsville. The fish was normal except for a second fully formed mouth beneath the primary one.
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Brazil
Ind
T. T. Smith
Lexington
Eel River
Reelsville
Here
Land Restorations for New York Area Farms
A Department of Agriculture report by M. E Carr surveys soils in northern Pennsylvania New York and Ohio. It links farm decline to economic changes and urban drift, not soil fertility, and urges drainage deep tillage and targeted plowing on Volusia soils to restore productive land.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
M. E Carr
Bureau of Soils
Ocr
New York
Ohio
Volusia
Volusia soils offer fertile options for diversified farming
The Volusia silt loam and Volusia loam regions suit dairying stock and sheep farming with stable manure green manures and lime. Irish potatoes and clover stands require drainage and soil prep. silage corn can grow where grain corn cannot. Apple orchards succeed on well drained Volusia soils, making these lands among the market’s cheapest farm lands with agricultural value.
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Volusia
United States
Hermit of Peaked Mountain Hoards $90,000 for Lost Love
In Maine's Washington county, Jack Wilber, the hermit of Peaked Mountain, lived 13 years in a log hut after saving $90,000 to marry Mary Stoningham. A lumberman’s tale reveals Wilber promised Mary three years of work, but she died before he returned, prompting his lifelong solitude near the Crooked River valley.
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Bangor
Crooked River
Washington County
Jack Wilber
Peaked Mountain
Maine
Wilber
Machias
Crooked River Valley
West
Montana
Mary Stoningham
Jess
Mary
Jack
L. P. Small
California
Wealth Sold for Trifle in Albany Bond Find
Andrew Klein and Joseph Boltz bought for 2.75 an old trunk at an auction of murderers and accident victims effects. It contained 50 bonds of a French traction line believed worth 95 each with accrued interest since 1903.
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Albany
N. Y
Andrew Klein
Joseph Boltz
189 100 Miles for a Bride
Albert A Kendrick of Los Angeles married Miss Mabel E Young of Wilmington after 13 years of daily calls. He traveled about 189 100 miles by bicycle walking driving and riding to win her, noting he would have used a balloon if needed. He estimates total travel around 19000 miles in pursuit of marriage credits.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Vor
Albert A. Kendrick
Mabel E. Young
Wilmington
J. L. Myers
Broadway Christian Church
Kendrick
Egyptian Embalming Secret Rediscovered in Pa Burial
Minersville Pennsylvania undertaker T J Erum mel says he has rediscovered the ancient Egyptian embalming method after preserving and preparing the body of an adult man for burial for about forty days.
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Minersville
T. J. Erummel
Dye Leather Through Dyeing Method Shocks London Fair
At the agricultural hall shoe and leather fair a Leicester firm debuts a through dye method that makes leather uniformly colored on both sides. Antelope hides yield strong demand as supplies run short while France and Germany place orders. An English inventor and a new two acre factory produce the material. A firm shows gold leaf on white kid and a washable white kid for athletic shoes is introduced.
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Leicester
France
Germany
Farmers In Texas Press for Farmers Institutes
Commissioner of Agriculture Kone and aides report high demand for farmers institutes across the state. They recently completed organizing more than a dozen institutes in the central and western regions as farmers statewide push for educational sessions.
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Austin
Tex
Farmers of Texas
Kone
Horse develops tobacco habit after chewing incident
Shelbyville Indiana reports Gordon Thurston fed his horse two chews of tobacco to treat an ailment. Since then the animal has formed a daily tobacco habit, chewing an entire package of scraps each day.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Gordon Thurston
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