Widow of cattle thief claims 10000 acres on Rosebud
The widow of Fack Sully sues for ownership of about 10,000 acres of Rosebud reservation land valued at 126000 dollars. She asserts allotment rights under the 1890 Sioux act, while the land commission says she gave up her children's rights upon marriage. The case ties to Jack Sully, a famed cattle thief linked to the Rosebud band.
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Bronx Falls
S. A
Fack Sully
United States
Rosabud Reservation
the Land Commission
Sully
Jack Sully
South Dakota
Catire
Fnally
Ita
Rosebud
Mitchell
Canada
Wau
Blackbird Island
Wice
Three-finger graft offered in Ohio hospital case
East Liverpool man seeks three volunteers to donate fingers for grafting to his left hand after an accident. A Wheeling hospital team hopes to graft three other men’s fingers to Ballouz’s stumps, with a wealthy lawyer offering 900 dollars for three fingers and covering hospital costs. The offer aims to restore usefulness and is described as highly novel.
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East Liverpool
Joe Ballouz
Wheeling
Ballouz
Ballour
Haljous
Period Of Rest Proclaimed In Natural Law View
A science-based note argues daytime would never end if animals did not sleep. Rest periods vary with sight development, linking wakefulness to daylight. Plants digest in light and grow in darkness, while eye-bearing animals split time into waking and sleeping phases with light guiding activity. The piece notes deep-sea sightless creatures lack regular rest patterns.
Masters of evasiveness in the far east tale
Norman Duncan Journeying with a party along the Jerusalem to Cairo caravan route, they were welcomed by Bedouins who offered quarters. After offense at hospitality norms he diverted a reproachful guide to ask a philosopher's riddle about the world being round or flat, prompting cautious approval from the men.
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Far East
Egypt
Jerusalem
Cairo
Norman Duncan
Bedouin
Duncan
Harper's Magazine
The Inquisitive Man Tests Gum Slot Rival
A boy and several adults at the One Hundred and Tenth Street subway station tried to coax gum from a jammed slot. The machine refused, leaving onlookers disappointed as mother and others watched, each thinking the others could do better.
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One Hundred and Tenth Street
New York Times
Ancient Twopenny Tube Unearthed At Gezer Palestine
At a Palestine Exploration Fund meeting Prof Macallater reported a long tunnel at Gezer from about 2000 B C. It is as high as a Twopenny Tube and half as wide, descending 80 steps to a 130 foot deep lowest point. The tunnel is a major engineering find in Palestine noted by St James Gazette.
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Gezer
Palestine
Palestine Exploration Fund
Macallater
St. James
New Year customs in rural celebrations observed
Eve and Joe 23 18 celebrate as hilltop fires blaze to ward off evil and signify the year’s good luck. A maiden gathers mistletoe with her left hand to secure her heart's desire, though the season’s culmination is not held to be worthy thought in this country.
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Joe
Two of Kind
"Tes," said Maj Bragg, I’ve been in many engagements and never lost my head. "How odd!" exclaimed the summer Sirk, "Now, I’ve been in many engagements and never lost my heart."
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Maj. Bragg
Justles Arrests Hoodersa in Robbery Case
An American embassier named Justles was detained amid a robbery dispute with a native official. The exchange intensified as Justles accused the official, hinting at possible escape plans and further negotiations.
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Justles
Hoodersa
Wireless Kittest to Test Portable Wireless Telegrapgh at American Lake
Under Col Richard E Thompson Seattle chief signal officer a test will be made next month of portable wireless telegraph kits for field use The outfits will ride on two mules and can send messages within a half minute after unloading A 60 foot telescoping pole and hidden springs enable rapid setup with a one eighth kilowatt generator and receivers Officials hope to extend range from eight ten miles to about 15 miles The trial involves signal corps men packers and arrangements with Western Union at Murray and encampment plans at American Lake with bands of ground wires and telephones connecting regiments departments and hospitals all while in motion or at halt
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Seattle
Wash
Richard E. Thompson
Department of Columbia
American Lake
Signal Corps
San Francisco
Quartermaster's Department
Commissary
Engineers
Western Union
Murray
Northern Pacific
Fneman
Company A
Rational Guard of
Washington
Signal Serpe
Kissimmee Plans to Regulate Airships Ordinance Proposed
Kissimmee mayor T M Murphy drafts an ordinance to regulate airship traffic within the town. The measure defines an airship unit extending 20 miles upward and mirrors the fire limit, grants the marshal an aeroplane to pursue offenders, imposes a license tax on all machines, and sets penalties of ninety days in jail or a $500 fine.
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Kissimmee
Fla
T. M. Murphy
Kissimmee City
U S Leads In Big Airships From Fort Myer Trials
Washington reports the United States leads in heavier than air craft with government trials at Fort Myer expected next month. American pioneers Chanute and Litenthal influenced Wright brothers and A H Herring, who field aeroplanes for government acceptance. Herring’s machine adds automatic equilibrium device, easing controversy over patent disclosures.
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Washington
United States
Fort Myer
France
Capt
Ferber
Octave Chanute
Litenthal
Wrights
Ingane Bite Cures Him At Mount Hamilton Ranch
James Gilman a California rancher near Mount Hamilton had been mentally unbalanced for years. After a rattlesnake bite on the hand his daughter sucked venom from the wound and Gilman suddenly regained his reason. He cried out asking where he was and what happened.
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Ingane
San Jose
Cal
James Gilman
Mount Hamilton
Gilman
Ba Ming
Passenger puzzled by empty car seats in city ride
A weary passenger aboard a Cleveland Plain Dealer street car notices only eight other riders and concludes his habit of crowding into standing space makes him look foolish. He mutters that he expects crowded cars at rush hour and ignores the seats available at the same price.
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Jean
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Actor in tears over wife Photos in coffin joke
A famed actor weeps in his dressing room recalling his wife who died after a long illness. He explains makeup tears spoil it, and recounts her request to place a photograph in her coffin. He laments his public portraits did not do her justice.
Human Fireflies and Joss Stick Fad On Riverside Drive
The New York Press notes a fashion among youths along Riverside drive to wave burning joss sticks near Schwab mansion and Grant's tomb. Red glowing tips imitate fairy lamps, adding a picturesque oriental scent to summer nights once aimed at mosquitoes.
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Atrike
Riverside Drive
New York
Schwab Mansion
Grant
Dining Late and Long in Sir Algernon West's World
Sir Algernon West and Lord Clanwilliam are profiled as late diners of high society. A villa near Putney hosted a dinner that began at eight, and upon rising, haymakers were observed entering the field at 8:30 after breakfast. Tit-Bits.
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Algernon West
Lord Clanwilliam
Putney
Imet
Puzzle of Damielle. W. E. Murchison’s four county move
W E Murchison of Jonesboro enjoys the unique distinction of having lived in four different counties and yet moved only once. He was born in Cumberland and when Harnett was created from Cumberland he found himself in Harnett. He later moved to Moore and when Lee County formed he found he was residing there.
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Damielle
W. E. Murchison
Jonesboro
Cumberland
Harnett
Moore County
Lee
Fayetteville
Punishment for punsters before Satan in mock tale
A satirical scene shows punsters and jokers presented to His Satanic Majesty who orders them to the caldron. The exchange ends with the line that they "bubbled over with bhumors" in a humorous sendup noted by Lippincott's.
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Punstera
Hades Exvon Tower
Satan
Humorous Exchange Over Dry Rooms and Cats
In a comic dialogue a tenant laments severe drought and drafts, saying hair blows about when seated in the middle of a room. A suave house agent suggests it would be easier and cheaper to get a cat to address the nuisance.
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Miealiahod
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