Last of the Buffalo Hunters passes away at eighty eight
Denver dispatch notes the death of Cooke Rhea at 88, one of the era's final professional buffalo hunters who supplied meat to pioneers. Rhea reportedly killed 67 buffaloes in a single day while working for the Union Pacific, part of a broader, brutal slaughter that halved the nation’s buffalo herds.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Denver
Colo
Cooke Rhea
West
Rhea
Union Pacific
William Frederick Cody
Buffalo Bill
Kansas Pacific
Kansas
Goddard Brothers
Wild Bill” Hickok
Bill Cody
Cody
Fort Wallace
Billy Comstock
Comstock
Sheridan
Kan
Old Brigham
Lucretia Borgia
Plains
Sharps
Wyatt Harp
Dodge City
Tombstone
Ariz
Tom Nixon
Dodge
Billy Tilghman
B. A. Brininstool
Red Cloud
Manitoba
Texas
Union Pacific Railroad
Richard Irving Dodge
Arkansas River
Walnut Creek
Pawnee Fork
Phil Sheridan
Major Inman
Robert M. Wright
Camp Supply
Wright
Buffalo
Western
Robert Wright
Charles Rath
Santa Fe Railroad Company
RP Books
A. T
S. F
Santa Fe
Ford County
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railroad
Union
Miracle Returns Child After 85 Days in Hospital
Charles Hill Jr. regained consciousness after 85 days and asked for a little air plane. His mother Mrs. Rose Hill walked four miles daily to the hospital to pray at his bedside saying prayers saved him and are answered in this miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles Hill, Jr
Rose’ Hill
Poker plot ends with missing $2000 in Chicago tale
In Chicago a trombonist Joseph F. Barton recounts a scheme with Emil Stratton to cheat a friend named Harry in a poker game. Signals were mixed, the pot swelled to $2000, then vanished along with players and cards. Stratton later apologized but has not restored the money.
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Chicago
Joseph F. Barton
Joe
Emil Stratton
Detective Bureau
Emil
Texas
Harry
North Side
Sister's letter prompts girl to swallow poison
Diana Robelot, ten years in Chicago, had painted a life of riches and society. When her sister Frances left the farm to live with Diana, she changed her view and swallowed poison in Cedar River, Mich. Doctors say she will recover.
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Cedar River
Mich
Diana Robelot
Chicago
Frances
Diana
Child Narrowly Survives Detroit Trolley Accident
A street car on the Grand Belt Line struck a carriage carrying four month old Margaret Heidrich and Inez Gordon in Detroit. The car ground to a stop as Motorman Michael Shine braked. Margaret escaped with only minor bruises while Gordon cried out.
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Detroit
Margaret Heidrich
Inez Gordon
Michael Shine
Shine
Margaret
Divorce Suit Cites Cruelty Over Frog Legs
New York social figure Frank J. Kearns and wife Anna dined at Riley's in Saratoga. Mrs. Kearns sought frogs legs while Mr. Kearns ate the available portion. She lists the incident as cruel and inhuman treatment in the divorce suit.
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New York
Frank J. Kearns
Anna Kearns
Saratoga
Stork Snafu Sparks Child Attacks on Doctor in Grafton
Police report that Dr. Paul P. Warden was struck by stones hurled by several boys and girls as he left a Grafton home. The children blamed him for not having the stork stop at their house, seeking a sister.
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Grafton
W. Va
Paul P. Warden
Lumber dollar splits labor and materials in homes
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association states labor accounts for about 67 cents of the lumber dollar in home building. A US Bureau of Labor Statistics survey found all material costs at 62.7 cents and labor at 37.3 cents of the building dollar. The lumber dollar divides 67.1 cents to materials and 82.9 cents to labor.
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National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Association
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington Star
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Colonel Cody
Eddie
AD Man
Western Newspaper Union
Radaches
Vanist
Croe & Chaffey
Palm Springs
California
Ash
Cincinnati
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