Destructive flood devastates Guthrie area killing many
In Guthrie Oklahoma Territory on April 29 a wall of water six to eight feet high swept West Guthrie, drowning numerous residents, including a large number of colored people. Rescuers faced deaths, with Gus Platt and George Willis among those aiding others, while multiple vessels and improvised rafts failed against the flood.
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Guthrie
O. T
West Guthrie
Cottonwood
Gus Platt
Guthrie Leader
George Willis
Walter Olds
Vandusen
Eugene Gilliam
Jameson
Territorial Militia
John Metz
Metz
George Owens
Teague Ray
Dick Pearson
Owens
Wesley McGill
George Wills
Havoc Scene in Guthrie After Night of Destruction
Daylight revealed dozens clinging to trees and wreckage as 1500 homeless residents faced exposure and hunger. Rescue efforts surged at dawn with boats from lumber yards and raftsmen guiding survivors to safety. Searchers scoured every house and driftpile for the dead or missing throughout the day.
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Guthrie
Central Washington Railroad Foreclosure Ordered Sale
Judge Hanford issues a final foreclosure decree in Knickerbocker Trust Co et al v Central Washington Railroad, Northern Pacific and Farmers Loan and Trust. Master Wakefield to sell the railroad and its property at Spokane Court House within six days after June 7, 1897.
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Spokane
Central Washington Railroad
Hanford
United States Circuit Court
W. J. C. Wakefield
Spokane Court House
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Central Washington Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Northwest News And Notes From Idaho Montana And Washington
Clarke county anticipates a large fruit crop Seattle prepares for a Fourth of July celebration plans to establish a Snohomish hospital two weeks earlier training than last year Puget Sound exports up this year first quarter over last year New Whatcom board of trade hears from nurseries Montana and Florida Whatcom county Tacoma fire losses for 1896 total $693735 with $27754 costs Two hundred sixty six alarms noted Indian population in Clallam county led by Chief Peter Neah Bay council in school house Neihart talks of a $109000 concentrator in Seattle Dawson county winter losses limited to 25 percent More building permits issued in Butte Cascade county attorney says Montana liquor law not apply to unincorporated towns Cattle boom boosts Montana stock values Shonkin area top owner offered $26 a head but declined Farm prices in Bozeman including butter eggs potatoes oats barley wheat hay and prices held Wheat farm stock and Idaho notes Pocatello Herald absorbed by the Tribune Cigarette sales to minors law enforcement slated For Blackfoot asylum improvements planned June 22 23 and 4 set for Idaho Christian Endeavor Boise convention Supreme court decision on Idaho anti gambling law due by June 1 gambling likely to cease Law on horticultural pest eradication fund collection blunder noted
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Clarke County
Seattle
Montana
Tacoma
Clallam County
Hoh
Ozette
Quillayute
Neah Bay
Peter
United States
Neihart
Bozeman
Idaho
Pocatello Herald
The
Tribune
Asylum For the Insane
Blackfoot
Christian Endeavor
Boise
Supreme Court
Humorous Bits From Old Papers Sparkling Wit Across Decades
A collage of quips and light exchanges from multiple papers spans jokes about sermons skeletons and social pretenses. It includes banter about dog’s holiday hymns moral tales and humorous contrasts between men and women in society.
Paris Belle case upholds mineral definition in land claim
The full court in Victoria British Columbia reverses Chief Justice Davie ruling in the Paris Belle-Zenith dispute involving Nelson & Fort Sheppard railway. The decision grants surface rights outside the Zenith claim and clarifies mineral location definitions affecting the Paris Belle claim at Rossland.
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Victoria
B. C
McCreight
Ambassador Hay Receives Royal Honors in London
Colonel John Hay new American ambassador to Britain was greeted with royal ceremony when presenting credentials to Queen Victoria at Windsor. A royal carriage conveyed him and Mrs. Hay from their home to Paddington station and again to the castle where luncheon was served.
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Ambassador Hay
London
John Hay
United States
Court of St. James
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Colonel Hay
Hay
Paddington Station
Marquis of Salisbury
William James Colville
Windsor
Castle
Delegates Discuss Independence at Colorado Lumber Convention
Colorado lumbermen meet in Victor to consider independent political action. A two member committee from each union will report at a Denver meeting on July 4 after weeks of discussion.
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Colorado Lumbermen
Victor
Col
Denver
Indemnity for Italian Heirs Proposed by President
Washington May 4 President McKinley sent to Congress a message on the Hahnville Louisiana lynching of three Italians last August He recommends a 6000 dollar appropriation for the heirs of the victims without admitting US liability.
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Washington
McKinley
Congress
Hahnville
United States
Officials Short in Accounts in Cincinnati Waterworks
In Cincinnati on May 4 John C. Whetstone secretary of the waterworks and Albert F. Ensline a receiver are alleged to be short in funds. The ongoing investigation indicates Whetstone's shortage may reach $15,000.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John C. Whetstone
The
Waterwooks
Albert F. Ensline
Whetstone
Port Blakeley Murder Suspect Slashes Throat in Jail
Charles B. Miller, jailed Port Blakeley man charged with wife murder, cut his throat in his Seattle jail cell this morning. Trial was to begin in Sidney, Kitsap County, when sheriff found him after he slashed his throat. condition unknown.
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Seattle
Charles B. Miller
Port Blakeley
Sidney
Kitsap County
Braden's alien clause in mineral act defeated
Victoria May 4. In a close vote the legislature killed Braden's alien clause in the mineral act by 13 to 12 as some members shifted positions. Allen Clause dead.
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Allen
Victoria
B. C
Braden
Ex Governor Porter Dies in Indianapolis at 74
Albert G. Porter former Indiana governor and minister to Italy during Harrison's administration died at his Indianapolis home shortly after 2 am at age 74. He served in public life and held a diplomatic post under President Harrison.
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Porter
Indianapolis
Albert G. Porter
Indiana
Italy
Harrison
Sedro Lumber Mill Burns. Montborne Mill Destroyed
Sedro Washington May 4 a fire swept the Montborne Shingle and Lumber Company mill and dry house burning Saturday. Operators Neal and Nelson reported a loss of 4000 and the firm will not rebuild.
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Sedro Lumber
Sedro
Wash
Montborne Shingle and Lumber Company
Neal
Nelson
Fragmented quotes on work and money in old papers
A mix of brief, clipped dialogues from historical newspapers. Soured by mentions of costs like $50 and $45 and phrases about money, jobs, and amateur lecturers. The text captures street corner discussions and ironies of labor in a bygone era.
Newspaper Banter and Vain Wealth in Salon Dialogues
A fragmented exchange mocks journalism and vanity as editors discuss salaries and church notes while public figures mingle in high society. The overheard chatter features a critic, a philanthropist, and a socialite, reflecting satire on fame and money in urban life.
Hard to Please
Comic exchange contrasts prayers for rain and dry weather with a deacon’s fickle humor. One man’s Providence spoils him with a chariot of fire yet with no garden hose. The banter shifts blame over an unsatisfying dinner and an unexpected guest.
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Atlanta Constitution
How They Adjusted It In A Domestic Row
Mrs. Tildeath Douspart Henry declares she will take the baby to her mother and depart. Mr. Tildeath Douspart Henry vows to take the jewelry to his uncle. A report about a Confidence bank cashier committing suicide after embezzling $1,200 is confirmed, with focus on disgrace over the crime.
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Eleanor
de Garry
Merritt
Salary debate between Bilgin and Duddy echoes in script
In a Boston Tran script, Bilgin is described as uneducated with no natural abilities while Duddy notes his salary of $10,000 a year. The dialogue also includes Jayson praising a woman and Bagson asking for clarification. Clips recount Jagson remarking that the new woman will leave large footprints in history.
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Fuddy
Bilgin
Duddy
Boston Transcript
Jayson
Bagson
Jagson
What is a Cubic Yard
A humorous exchange about definitions with a quip linking a cubic yard to Cuban children playing. The dialogue then notes the hard work of producing daily joke columns.
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James
Boston
Verbal Distinctions and Quips in Urgent Dialogue
A miscellany of comic exchanges and quips from 19th and early 20th century papers. Snappy lines shift from court banter to shop talk and social chatter, featuring muggs and slugs in domestic humor and a lawyer judges scene.
Elephantine Nurses in Siam Care for Babies
In Siam women trust their children to elephants described as nurse carers. Elephants remain undisturbed by police or social claims and focus on guarding babies. When danger appears the elephants curl the child in their trunk and lift them to safety on their backs.
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Siam
Microbes in Paper and Hygienic Food Wrapping
The article notes journals warn that common wrapping paper can harbor microbes and suggests vegetable parchment as a popular hygienic alternative for food wrapping.
Diverse 19th Century Anecdotes From Europe and America
A collage of brief items outlines cultural notes, science curiosities, and local events. Highlights include a Vienna opera regulation limiting recalls, Hale’s endowment celebration in Boston, Wesleyan letters found in London, a Maine medical student at 60, and rising peanut prices in Virginia amid market shifts. Also covers barbers chairs exports, a Salt Lake water main breach, a Corsican widow’s hidden fortune, and social anecdotes from Chicago to Daguerre-era commentary.
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Mexico
Central America
Europe
England
Salt Lake City
Utah
A Lesson in Two Words Confounds Readers
A public exhibition prompts debate as a fine art critic hesitates between hanging and hanging pictures. The column notes broad discontent in society with one group overfed and complaining of dyspepsia while another starves and laments hunger.
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Detroit Free Press
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van Tintram
Brooklyn
Abel
Dennis
Ariah
Pat
Sthay
Cleveland
Flegende Blaetter
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Yonkers
Neilson & Fort Sheppard Railway
Madge
Simmons
Wickwire
Indianapolis Journal
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Dawson
Evening News
Pad
Roundabout
Enav
McCabe
Philadelphia
Muggs
Cully
Sluggs
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Cincipnat! Enquirer
Moses Junior
Moses
Moses Senior
Seriona
Loxdon
Denmark
Newton, N. H
Imperial Opera Management
Vienna
Lend-a-Hand Society of
Edward Everett Hale
Ten Times One
Hale
Wesleyan
John Wesley
Charles
Selina
Countess of
Countess of Huntingdon
Charles Wesley
Phoenix
James Boyce
March of
Coronado
Spain
Todd, Burns & Co
Dublin
A. T. Stewart
Ireland
New York
John Wanamaker
Ajaccio
Corsica
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Dig Trust
Louisiana
Nevada
Maine Medical School
James Scott
Crow Harbor
Guysboro
Dumfriesshire
Scotland
Nova Scotia
Mr. Scott
Uncle Jim
Scott
Portland Daily Press
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
Prince Albert of
Thurn
C. S. Perry
Spruce
G. W. Houghton
Helena
Mont
Townsend and
Hassel
Dewell & McDonald's Stables
Dewell & MacDonald
White Sulphur Springs
G. W. Gilman, M. D
P. C. Hall
Center Broadway
J. L. Belcher, M. D
Townsend, Mont
Cedar and Broadway
E.h.goodman
C. H. Baldwin
Attorney At Law
Broadway
J. E. Kanouse
A. K. Prescot
N. Main St
Montana Central Depot
Norman Tripp
H. L. F. Sperling
Townsend
Henry Heneberg
E. F. McRae
Wallace
Pine Street
C. A. Wilder
South Side Broadway
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