Man Bravely Fights Sioux to Reach His Wife and Child
John Anson, a Nebraska settler, races from Deadwood area with Buckskin across White River and Cheyenne River breaks to outrun a war party. He shoots from a long range to slow the Sioux, overcomes ravines and pursuit, and reaches home to find his wife and surviving child recovered from diphtheria.
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Guster
Rosebud
Black Hills
John Anson
Nebraska
Sidney
French Creek
Deadwood
Custer’s Gulch
Anson
Cheyenne
Ansel
Buekelsin
Alice
Dodge
Buckskin
Dians
White River
Agency Infinis
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
United States
Crow Buttes
Winchester
Savage
Ibne
Arson
Remarkable sorrel horse directs prairie mule caravan
A mover traveling through Parsons Kansas in a prairie schooner led a herd of mules and horses from his wagon. A beautiful sorrel horse wearing bridle and saddle performed the steering, halting at crossings, guiding the herd across tracks before trains, and waiting for passing traffic while the driver remained in the wagon. The animal impressed onlookers with its racing build and intelligent head.
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Parsons
Kan
Central Avenue
Hasty Scranton Marriage by Selection Sparks Quick Union
A lecturer advised choosing a life partner by congenial tastes, not passion. Miss Hattie Weaver and J W Ellis, strangers, followed the lecturer's cue after a Scranton talk and wed within an hour with county clerk and justice officiating, all arranged before dawn.
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Scranton
South Dakota
Phere
Hattie Weaver
Detroit Pree Press
Red Irritates Oxen This Color Theory Explains Herd Response
Red irritates oxen because it contrasts with green and draws their fixed gaze on forage. The eyes focus intensely on herbage, and anything red enhances that visual impact.
Origin of Peaches Transformation into Delicacy
The peach began as a poisonous almond in origin. Transplantation and cultivation removed the poison and produced the delicious fruit known today.
Steer with a wooden leg aids brisk travel and defense
A Kentucky steer near Bowling Green lost a leg to a storm and was fitted with a wooden prosthesis by Dr. John J. Gray. The 900 pound ox, owned by J W Sturgeon, learned to walk twelve miles with the artificial limb and can kick with the wooden leg, showing remarkable recovery and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Gray
J. W. Sturgeon
Plano, Ky
Mr. Wright
Strangest of all churches described by explorers in Africa
A German explorer Grutzner photographed a bizarre interior church in femali praising alabaster walls and inlaid jewels yet condemning its outward look as chaotic and uncomfortable. The account notes Moorish mentions and contrasts with European explorer Bingen’s writings on mud mosques in lower Africa.
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Africa
Occidentals
Bingen
Lower Africa
Femali
Grutzner
Smallest Republic in the World in the Pyrenees
The Gaunt republic spans one square mile with 140 residents and dates to 1648. Recognized by Spain and France, it sits atop a Pyrenees peak with a twelve member council choosing a president who also serves as tax collector, assessor and judge. There is no local church. worship occurs abroad and upon death the body is slid to a valley cemetery below.
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Republilc
Gaunt
Spain
France
Pyrenees
Council of Twelve
Aberdeen Journal marks 150th anniversary in historic interview note
The Aberdeen Journal, now aging into its 150th year, is recalled for an early interview linked to the Battle of Cutloden. The fragment notes an interviewer's appearance two days after the clash, highlighting one of the paper’s first recorded interviews.
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Aberdeen Journal
Cutloden
Georgia State News Highlights From Muscogee County Meeting
The Muscogee County Democratic executive committee invited gubernatorial candidates to discuss campaign issues jointly in Columbus, with copies sent to Allen D. Candler KR. BL. Borner and Spencer R. Atkinson. Other items include troop movements in Atlanta, the General Thomas burial note, a suspension of Rev Joel Gibson over an alleged obscene letter, a trading stamp injunction hearing in Atlanta, a Savannah case decree against Brunswick Light and Water, Carter court martial sessions resuming in Savannah, naval reserves receiving ammunition and mines, Tybee fortifications nearing completion, a Jefferson Davis portrait gift to the Confederate Museum, and Berner’s Monticello address attacking railroads and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
Muscogee County
Columbus
Allen D. Candler
KR. BL. Borner
Spencer R. Atkinson
Berner
Monticello
Jasper County
Wages Restored at Arsenal in Rock Island Ill
Assistant Secretary Micklejohn restored wages for Arsenal workers at Rock Island to the December 31 1897 rates. The wage cuts had stirred labor circles and were said to depress the western labor market.
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Micklejohn
United States Arsenal
Rock Island
Ill
Ent
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Will T. Hale
Chicago Times-Herald
Charles E. Wright
Bowling Green
Chicago
Georgia State News
Atlanta
War Department
Graham
Howard S. Thomas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Thomas
Georgina
Joel TI. Gibson
Walker Street Methodist Church
Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Superior Court of
International Trading Stamp Company
Savannah
Emory Speer
Mercantile Trust Company
Baltimore
Brunswick Light and Water Company
Brunswick
Firat
Alexander Proufit
New York
DeSoto Hotel
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fort Pulask
Tybee
Venabla Bros
Jefferson Davis
Confederate Museum
Richmond
White House of the Confederacy
South
Minnie Baughman
John Cussons
Charles TD. O'Weryall
Museum
Arsenal
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