Mrs Grab Worm Tale Of Grubworm And Possum In A Rural Village
In a dialect-tinged village tale Aunt Phrony relates how two fat creatures Mr Grubewam and Miss Possum stay home while others travel the countryside. The grub worms transform into June beetles and a curious child asks about their life cycle. The tale follows their mischief and eventual acceptance, with Mister Grubewam dragged into new duties and the creatures turning the tables on him.
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Phrosy
Possum
Mr. Gritsot
Levan
Van
Ike
Drubwa
Phrony
Aerneath
Junin
Oklahoma name origin debated by Choctaw scholar
The Rev J F Murrow of Atoka refutes the Indian Leader claim that Oklahoma is a Comanche word for and of the fair god. He says the term combines olla meaning people and homma meaning red, from Choctaw roots, implying red people. The nickname was given in 1866 by Wright, then head of the Choctaw Nation, during treaty talks shaping the Territory’s future.
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Olahoma City
J. 4
Murrow
Atoka
Oklahoma
Wright
United States
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Interior
Sisterhood
Indiana
War Time Photographer and the Brady Civil War Negatives
A concise look at the role of early war photography through Matthew Brady's Civil War negatives. It discusses how the camera provided impartial records of key campaigns from Washington to Richmond, Gettysburg, and Cold Harbor, and notes Brady’s ambitions, travels, and eventual financial disappointment.
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Matthew B. Brady
Brady
Washington
Sherdan
Grant
Richmond
Gettysburg
Cold Harbor
James River
Lee
Jumon
War Department
New York
Iman
Three Shirts Instead of Two in Nuw for Pos
A brief note reports a misprint or garbled line about a bride and a soldier in a nuw scenario where three shirts are mentioned instead of two. Names, dates, or places are unclear due to the damaged OCR text.
Buckner Story Tells Civil War Kentucky Struggle
A Chicago Tribune account details Simon Buckner's shifts in allegiance from Union to Confederacy, his 1861 Kentucky command, and encounters with McClellan, Sherman, and Grant. It notes Buckner’s capture by Grant in 1862, Kentucky neutrality debates, and a cautionary tale about a hospital steward and a hat incident with Sherman. The tale ends with Grant’s remark on duty and papers.
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Wald
Chicago
Buckner
Kentucky
Gihesla
Simon B. Buckner
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Bull Run
Bowling Groom
Kentucky State Guard
George B. McClellan
Polk
Gen. Grant
Paducah
Bowling Green
William T. Sherman
Muldraugh's Hill
Sherman
Home Guards
Muldraugh's
Gen. Buckner
J. T. Buckner
South
Gen
Grant
Fort Henry
Sherman tooted a powder in Howard’s quarters tale
A Cleveland Leader correspondent recalls Gen. Sherman asking for a eldhitz powder to ease malaria at Gen. Howard’s headquarters in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Howard boasts plenty of seldiite powders and urges Sherman to take one, while Dr. Moore comments and plays along in a humorous exchange. The scene ends with Sherman feigning a prank and officers reacting with mixed amusement.
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Gen. Howard
Moore
Share
Jewerd
Howard
Ghia
Americans Embrace Ready Mixed Paint Across Nation
A historical note explains that Americans use over 100 million gallons of paint annually with more than half for wooden structures. The rise began after 1860 with ready mixed paints, boosting rural and small towns. It criticizes paste paints and argues prepared paints offer economy and convenience, while noting painters prefer to mix and apply, not the householder.
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Howans
Amall
Jack of All Trades
Octave Thanet
Ronll
Japan
Dla
Music for Neighbors a piano plea in small town life
A Washington Star snippet shows a disconsolate girl declaring she must practice piano five hours daily because her mother and father do not like their few neighbors. The piece captures a家庭 scene of parental pressure and social friction.
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Washington Star
Inquisitive Roman Women Question Fashion
A Louisville Courier Journal clipping notes Roman women probing fashion, joking about peek bow shirtwaists worn by girls and quipping that they are almost clothwa. The item reflects era humor about dress and curiosity in public discourse.
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Louieville Courier-Journal
Ohio Supreme Court opens reserved minerals claim in gypsum land
In Ottawa County Ohio a long standing surface rights dispute over a nearly century old farm yields minerals claim. Joseph A GI and heirs win recognition of half proceeds from gypsum sale as prior reservation remains valid. Grandfather’s deed preserved mineral rights for claimant line.
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Columb
Thorah
Joseph A. GI
Ottawa County
Land
Supreme Court
Judge Norris Bound Over In Marion For Felony Charge
Circuit Judge Caleb N. Norris appeared in Mayor Sherff s court to answer a felony with intent to kill charge filed by Harry Burckhardt of Cincinnati. Norris waived examination and was bound over to the common pleas court on a 1500 dollar bond signed by W B Scofield. The arrest followed a Saturday night fight in the Commercial lab and has become a sensation in Marion.
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Norris
Marion
Caleb N. Norris
Sherff
Harry Burckhardt
Cincinnati
Hoe
Common Pleas Court
W. B. Scofield
Big Four Train Burned Near Mix Sta After Naphtha Car Explodes
A Big Four passenger train pulling apart at Mix Station ten miles from Bellefontaine Ohio Sunday night collided again, causing a car of naphtha to explode. Fire raged along the track burning the train, spreading to adjacent woods, and destroying telegraph poles. A special water train of tank cars was dispatched from here to fight the blaze.
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Bellefontaine, O
Mix Staten
Marietta
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elba
Vaughan
Shackles
Inter State Commerce Panel Sides With Standard Oil In Rebates Case
The inter state commerce commission held a short session in Cleveland finding no conclusive evidence against Standard Oil Co over storage rebates at Chicago. Standard Oil declined to present witnesses while the Independents hailed the session as indicating guilt. The meeting adjourned to New Orleans.
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Standard
Cleveland
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Lake Shore Railroad
Standard Oil Co
Chicago
New Orleans
Collision at Whisky Run injures two engineers in Ohio rail crash
A head on crash at Whisky Run Bridgeport Ohio involved a Baltimore and Ohio fast freight and Superintendent Loree's special on Monday. Engineers William B Scott and Gerhard Bartrum were fatally hurt and both engines plus most cars were demolished.
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Whisky Run
Bridgeport
Baltimore & Ohio
Loree
William B Scott
Gerhard Bartrum
Wreck Blocks Line After Fog Collision Near Beaverdam
An engine running light collided in fog Monday with the rear of an eastbound Lake Erie & Western freight near Beaverdam. Several cars were wrecked blocking traffic for hours. Rear brakeman Sam Arnold was fatally injured.
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Ling
Lake Erie & Western
Beaverdam
Sam Arnold
Train Kills Ponies in Akron Express Crash
A southbound Cleveland Akron and Columbus express train struck and killed valuable trick ponies in Akron Wednesday night, causing a large loss to the Sparke circus. Train damage and circus blight followed the fatal incident.
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Akron
John H. Sparke Circus
Cuyahoga
Falla
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Express
Slasher Strikes Local Clothing Firm. Coats Slashed
A local clothing firm reports a slasher visiting the shop, slashing the backs of several coats. Police pursued the suspect during a Monday patrol but details on arrests or motives remain unclear.
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Woonter.o
Taval
Tragic Train Death Shocks Wapakoneta Community
Localized report notes a fatal incident near Wapakoneta involving John Ourpop ies of St Sea a eOeeim eh L Comte Ceuta Munilay. Authorities investigated and released brief details about the train collision and casualty.
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Wapakoneta
John Ourpopies
St Sea
eOeeim
Ceuta
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