A. H. T. A Vigilante Group Spreads Across the Midwest
The Anti Horse Thief Association described as a growing lodge system aims to protect members by guarding property and deterring theft. It hunts criminals, recovers stolen goods, and cooperates with law enforcement while opposing mob violence and night riding in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Aptis
A. 11
Ph Uf Association
Middle West
OWG
New Mexico
Ths
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Wild steer roams New York streets in wild chase
A steer escaped from Porters Street yards and sprinted through the city, knocking down a policeman and injuring a man at a crockery shop before being captured. Police and bystanders chased the animal through Portiath Street, Teeth Avenue, and Ninth, finally roping it near Forty Seventh Street.
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New York
Wteck
Portieth Street
North River
Portiath Street
Teeth Avenue
Demarest & E Breckman
The Strange Indiana Waterpower that Won a Carnegie Medal
In Indiana near Hanover a miller William Gordon and two sons harnessed a 90 foot falls with a cow horn driven chain mill. They tapped a hermit's cave behind the falls to grind corn, using a makeshift oak shaft and horn chains until the cave’s rock shelf altered the flow and allowed expansion of power.
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Jefferson County
Indiana
Presbyterian College
Hanover
Ohio River
Hillside Springs
Ohio
Ni ‘A
William Gordon
Hilla
Gordon
Kentucky
Bhn
Man Dams Stream and Builds Mill with Dynamite Power
Gordon divides the stream with a dam and digs a shaft beneath a rock face. He uses dynamite to create a cave shaft and diverts the entire flow through a new tunnel. A two story mill rises as a larger chain and wooden buckets enable greater power than needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Hin Joy
Snake Cuts Telegraph Line at Tullahoma
A four foot long snake climbed a pole and bridged several telegraph wires, closing the line to town for hours. The creature was electrocuted but its body remained sprawled across the wires, delaying linemen as they found the fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tullahoma
Tenn
Love Letters By Pigeon To New York From David Cohen
David Cohen who came from New York to run a clothing business plans to send love letters to his New York sweetheart by carrier pigeon instead of mail. He received a dozen pigeons with one reportedly winning a prize at a recent New York show. Cohen refused to disclose the sweetheart s home or street address and says he can beat the U S postal system by more than an hour via air time and pigeons.
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Weaver
High Heaven
Grand Lodge
Misori
Bill Rudolph
Ironton
Pinkertons
Paola
Kana
Bob Worthman
Indian Territory
Eystern
A. H. T. A. Lodge
David Cohen
New York
Hin Fancee
Cohen
Teotomt Craina
Cohen Hay
Uncle Sam
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W. Graves
Siasor
Vin
Wild
Clark County
Missouri
Maj
David McKee
John W. Wall
Parsons, Kans
Wall
Ords
Order
Conan Doyle
William Weaver
Cart Junction
Pam
James Meehan
Meehan
Cloras
Ninth Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Tenth Avenue
Backus
Sreer
Brattine
James Donohue
Donahue
Ourmilla
Niagara
Buffalo
Great Falls
Montana
International Falls
Minnesota
Switzerland
Victoria Falls
Central
Africa
St. Anthony “Falls
Minneapolis
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