Land Office Officials and County Officials Listed
Neal J. Sharp oW A Hodgman CARTER COUNTY State Senator Ravenel Macbeth Chamberlain se doth an Auditor anal Recorder Geo B Key Treasurer Miss Alice Felker Behool Supt Miss Martha Keenan County Attorney L H Johnston Coroner Jo McGowan Frank Uhren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter County
Ravenel Macbeth Chamberlain
Geo. B. Key
Alice Felker
Martha Keenan
L. H. Johnston
Joo, McGowan
Frank Uhren
Pungent Paragraphs and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of humorous quotes from multiple papers features merchants solicitors and teachers. Jokes cover advertising, stock deals, future state confusion, weather and rain, marital squabbles, political views, naval reporters, burglary, and a staged tea room cellar gag. Distinct voices and era tone shine through.
Disbanding a Great Army After Spanish American War
The Kilpatrick transport carried 33 officers and 1,013 men of the Fifty third United States Volunteer Infantry from Manila, completing mustering out by June 30 1901. By March 2 1899 the army had 65 000 enlisted and 35 000 volunteers, with volunteers serving two years four months. The piece notes strong volunteer and regular forces, cites Santiago battles, and reflects on army strength and efficiency. It also mentions water melon carving trends for parties with orchid motifs and champagne fillings as decorative culinary ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Manila
Kilpatrick
Fifty-third Regiment
United States Volunteer Infantry
War Department
Philadelphia
Santiago
Fifth Corps
Spain
Cincinnati Enquirer
Preserved String Beans Do It In October
A Ledger Monthly recipe advises selecting young string beans in late October, stringing, washing, and boiling five minutes before packing in glass jars. Fill with boiling water, add two ounces of air, seal, and process in a water bath for 25 minutes, then reopen briefly, reseal, and reboil five minutes.
Rich New York woman lives on four dollars a year
Miss Emily B. Elwell of ward No 57 on Blackwell’s Island lived frugally with basic needs met. Once a New York public school teacher, she fell into poverty and almshouse life, until a secret benefactor moved $100 to a Sunshine Society savings account to fund her burial and provide annual interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emily B. Elwell
Ward No
Blackwell
Miss Elwell
New York Public Schools
International Sunshine Society
American honored by Royal Geographical Society medal
Dr. A Donaldson Smith returned from London where he attended the Royal Geographical Society annual meeting on May 20 at the Hotel Métropole. He shared with Duke d Abruzzi the honor of receiving a gold medal for geographical research, one of only two awarded that year. The award makes him the fifth American to receive the honor, following Elisha Kent Kane Lieut Greely Lieut Peary and Commissioner Rockhill now in China. The medals this year bear Queen Victoria's head as the last such issue before switching to the king's head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Donaldson Smith
London
Royal Geographical Society
Hotel Metropole
Smith
Duke d'Abruzzi
Society For Geographical Research
Dr. Smith
Philadelphia Press
Elisha Kent Kane
Lieut
Greely
Peary
Rockhill
China
Royal Society
Queen Victoria
Franks Rothschilds and Curfew Law News Snippet
The Frankfort Rothschilds face extinction of the Frankfort branch with employees to be pensioned off and the business closed. A note on Baron Willy Rothschild’s death and his charitable reputation contrasts with municipal scrutiny. Also mentions a Brooklyn will case and a Nebraskan curfew ruling after a charivari. Mines in the Rand deep under Transvaal and illiteracy among Italian conscripts are briefly touched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Rothschilds
Baron Willy Rothschild
Willy
Smith
St. Paul
Neb
Nebraska
Kodiak bear hunts by Worcester explorer on Kodiak Island
Worcester correspondent reports on a Kodiak Island expedition by Dr. Smith a Boston companion who killed a 25 pound starter bear and a late July mother with cub while the Kodiak bear is described as a large muscular fish eater with comparatively weak eyesight and a speed rivaling a fast horse. Dr. Smith notes the bear may approach 1 200 pounds in fat seasons but not exceed that, unlike the legendary 2 000 pound size. The piece compares it to a grizzly and recounts the hunting conditions and risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dr. Smith
Sichkar
Africa
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Supreme Court
Ralph P. Quail
J.N. Sullivan
Charles Stockslager
Perry
Fourth Judicial District of Idaho
Lincoln County
Shoshone
Albion
Elmore County
Mt. Home
Custer County
Marchard
Blaine County
Hailey
Custer Lodge NO. 21
Suver Leaf Rebekah
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Fy of Challix
Odd Wellows
Hel Philps
N. G. Mire
Nellie ‘Bennett
Custer
Odd Fellows Hall
Challis
Bel
K P. Challis
C. P. Geo. E. Keyes
Beate
Hes Heltfeld
Bois Congrem
Thomas J. Glenn Revere
Frank Hunt
Terrell Ratiry
Egbert Jones
Martin U
Frank Ramsey
R. V. Coozier
Peas
J. J. Plummer
I . Martin Jacobs School
Su Peretti
Permeal French Purveyor
Doneral
Jos, Perrault
Ular
Congregational Church
Babbath School
Christian Endeavor
V. R
Nickerson
Robert W. Philps
Oddball
Main Street
Moe
Idaho
J.C. Rogers
W. W. Adamson
Rogers & Adamson
Attorneys-At-Law
R. A. Pierce
Ww. J. Lamme
Ipaio
Blacksmith
C. V. Hansor
Prop
Craius
Ipano
Frank Nickerson
Hibiu
Onallis, Ida
Orca Cae
First Avenue N
le LE
Robinson Bar
Warm Spring Creek
Salmon River
Clayton
Superior
Medical Properties
IR. D. Williams
Merchant
Baltimore World
Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Billinger
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philadelphia Bulletin
Denver Times
Boston Transcript
Henry
Boston Traveler
Philip Islands
Cate
Harriett B. Cooper
Fifty-seventh Street
Brooklyn
Susan Pepper
Rand
Transvaal
Italy
Job
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Amy
Sie
Sean
Jim
BIG Bears
Flore
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