Calamity Jane and Women of Deadwood Legends
George Toshier recalls Calamity Jane and her era in Deadwood with notes on Stem Winder and Maitam Mustache. He details Calamity’s life from Missouri to Cheyenne and the Hills, her nursing, generosity, and fate, along with the roles of Stem Winder and Mustache as prominent women in Western gambling towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Mustache
Winder
Cheyenne
T Dent
Adam Mustache
Ford
Denver
Taro
Central
Liz
Maitam Mustache
Shoe
West
California
Nevada
Montana
Colorado
Elizabeth Town
Deadwood
Woman sings to subdue lion during deadly Black Hills night
Mrs. John Underwood and her husband and three children camped on Iron Creek near Harney. Lost at dusk, she was seized by a mountain lion. She sang to distract the animal, drawing its attention away as the lion held her in a grip. Her husband found her at dawn. a rifle shot killed the lion. The family returned East. The incident is said to be the first lion sighting in the Southern hills for years and may have been hunger driven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Underwood
Anly
Bankas
Iron Creek
Harney
el Hills
Mrs. Underwood
New York
Torr
Nis
Mr. Underwood
See ks Pardoned Son Earl King Petition Circulated
Father of Earl King leads push for a pardon as Earl serves a term in Sioux Falls penitentiary for cattle and horse rustling after a Lyman county conviction. Sheriff Pickett mined horse raisers’ roundup, and King’s family, once respected in Charles Mix county, gathers signatures from supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl King
State Board of Pardons
Sioux Falls
Lyman County
Pickett
Lyman
King
Charles Mix County
Twenty of the gang captured in Ellsworth escape search
A large posse detains two dozen suspected criminals after a murder at Corre Tsive last Friday. Ten or more holdouts are tracked along rivers south of Mone Scott while fears rise of further violence. Hearings on murder expected next week. some captives reportedly seek freedom by bribery.
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Ellsworth
Wis
Corre Tsive
Bavines
Shorty
Yart
Moescott
River Falls
Slavery Allegation in Camp Endangers Men Guarded and Beaten
Benjamin Wilenski, a 53 year old man living on New York's East Side, testifies he and twenty fellow workers were enslaved in Florida camp. He describes relentless beating, forced labor, starvation, and dehydration under a foreman, with wages miscalculated to owe the company for food. He recounts severe welts on his back and shoulders from long red welts. Wilenski says he earned $6.30 after a week but was told he owed seven for food, illustrating coercive labor and abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin Wilenski
East Side
Florida
Italy
Moon
Driime
Jim
Wilenski
Widow of Millie Ellison's Murderer Fights for Vault Money
Minneapolis July 17 Mrs Now Riggs widow of the man who murdered Millie Ellison insists on her right to the property and the money found in Riggs vault. She faces the future resolute to retain the funds believed to amount between five thousand and four thousand dollars and vows to use every legitimate fight to keep it. The Ellison family pledges a determined legal battle to secure the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Ellison
Minneapolis
Now Riggs
Pillsbury Avenue
Ana
Ellison
Riggs
Kaufmann to Sell Sioux Falls Property and Move Abroad
In a report from Sioux Falls, Kaufmann plans to sell his local property and relocate. While awaiting trial, he and his wife intend travel and possibly settle elsewhere, with Mr Kaufmann expressing confidence in his wife despite the ongoing case.
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Kaufmann
Milwaukie
Mose Wat
Nusbarid
Kautmann
Sioux Falls
Gir
Sioux Malle Brewerig
Wisconsin
Presen
Aufmann
Charles L. Kiewert
Secretary of State Demands Fees From Smelting Company
Helena secretary of state Youer seeks $3,865 from American Smelting and Refining for failing to report capital stock. Company lists $65 million, but secretary notes $100 million in New Jersey records. matter referred to the attorney general. Similar action compelled Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone of Utah to pay $1,125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont. Jaly
Youer
Rocky Mountain Nell Telephone Company of
Utah
Slap at Gorymkin as relief bill passed with jubilation
St. Petersburg reports the empire's council approving a 7,500,000 relief appropriation without amendments, triggering wild celebration in the lower house. The vote rewards the Goremykin ministry after a confidence strike by the upper chamber. Internal rifts fade as questions of principle yield to personalities, with the emperor opposing some proposed names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
St. Petersburg
Cognci
Empire
Goremykin
Constitutional Democrats
Duluth man beaten and robbed downtown at 1 AM
Edward Anderson was held up by two assailants two blocks from his home at 1 o clock yesterday morning. He was brutally beaten and robbed of seven dollars, the total amount he had with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Ily
Edward Anderson
Bloody sequel to quarrel ends in a fatal shooting
In St. Louis on July 17 a quarrel between two families over a slammed door led to Franz Eckert being shot and killed. The shooter, identified as Wing, claimed self defense after Eckert allegedly attacked him. Local authorities are reviewing the case as a possible homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Franz Eckert
Wing
Eckert
Ships for Brazil contract for three sister battleships
Newcastle on Tyne July 17 Arm strong Whitmore and Co limited have contracted to build for Brazil three sister battleships each to cost more than five million dollars each
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Newcastle On Tyne
Armstrong, Whitmore & Co., Limited
Amateur Aeronaut Drowned in Lake Manaw Flight
Ole Jensen, a Council Bluffs butcher, attempted a balloon ascent and parachute jump at Lake Manaw. He landed in the lake and drowned, his first and only ballooning experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Towa
Ole Jensen
Lake Manaw
Farm House Burned in Carlos Minnesota Fire
Alexandria Minn July 17 Fire destroyed the Nesbitt Gilmore plot residence at Carlos unknown origin and about 3000 in loss with partial insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Minn
Nesbitt & Gilmore
Carlos
Hitchcock as Muck-Raker in President’s Staff
Secretary Hitchcock praised as a top muck raker by critics though attacked by rivals. The piece notes his energetic campaigns against land grafters and corruption in the Western states, with indictments pending and strong opposition from senators and allies of the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Moorly
James Randolph Garfield
Hitchenek
Lim
Ani
Phehroel
Clemenceau Idol of the Hour in Radical Debate
Clemenceau is idolized as a leading political figure and rebuker of the Socialist party. His printed speech condemns socialist aims while endorsing social tenets but rejecting violence. A separate note reports two young men from Miles, Iowa drowning in the Mississippi while swimming near Port Byron.
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Clemetcen
Ministry of the Interior
Hains Stow
Dol
Maures
Socialist Party
Clemenceatt
Socia
Clinton
Iowa
Harry Sizer
George Haynen
Miles
Mississippi River
Port Byron
Sizer
Haynen
McCook County Assessor Overstated Valuations Questioned
In Pierre on July 17 one county assessor failed to report household furniture musical instruments or dogs in his township. The county board insisted there should be at least a dog to assess, prompting an explanation and a noticeable increase in township valuation returns.
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Pierre
McCook County
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Sponsen Lewlwood
Hore Robinson
Vlyn
Loi Way
BHL Nye
Laramie
Missouri
Woulton
Ale ‘Ays
Rous Ody
Charle Burke
Little Old Deadwood
Terry's
Divide
Deadwoo
Wild Lill
Lion
Omer P2y
Sarosuse
Burlington Road
Joe Tillfuard
Diamond Blot
Prescott
Tillguard
Will
Gormykin
P. O'Connor
United Irish League of Great Britain
America
Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
O'Connor
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Muck-Raker
Howeve
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Clemenceau Idol of the Hour
Fiel
Clermenceau
Clipenceau
M. Clemenceau
Alfred Dreyfus
Count Esterhazy
London
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