Fort Sill country eyed as next great opening for settlers
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes the Fort Sill Indian Territory region as richer and more farming suited than the Cherokee strip. With about 3,000,000 acres, it offers abundant timber, water, minerals, and valleys like Cacito for 20,000 farms, promising continuous white settlement from the Kansas line to Red River once opened.
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Indian Territory
Fort Still
Fort Sill
Fort Sill Country
Oklahoma
Red River
Texas
Wichita Falls
Iowa Park
Vernon
Quanah
Panhandle
Fort Sill Reservation
Cacito
Wichita Country
Wichita
Kansas Line
Cherokee Strip
Wichita Tract
Indian ‘Territory
Verona
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Last of the Mentschikomm Passes in Baden Baden
St Petersburg note recounts the fall and exile of Prince Alexander Danilovitch Mentschikoff, once powerful under Peter the Great, banished to Siberia in 1727 and dying in 1730. His fortune later passes to a distant relative Prince Sugariu. assorted anecdotes follow in Brooklyn Life.
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Mentschikomm
Mentschikoff
Baden
Alexander Danilovitch Mentschikoff
General Lefort
Peter the Great
Bonnet Buy Sparks Married Joys in Conversation
Bloobumper and Dassill discuss a wife’s bonnet. The price reaches 32 dollars, nearly double past purchases, with her father sending the funds. The exchange ends noting the unusual happiness a husband finds in such a gift.
Bicycle Beef Over a Boy and a Bike
A Brooklyn club tale recounts a bicyclist who, after being knocked down by a fast rider, kicks the stranger off the pavement and stomps on the bike, only to admit it was his own son and bicycle, leaving the group amused at the absurd clash of paternal pride and mishap.
Dah's New People Nbbin in de House Road From Yo
A fragmentary exchange depicts a speaker describing new residents as “quality folks,” noting their pride in signs of consideration for others. The dialogue hints at social tension and differences, with a contrast drawn between perceived belonging and exclusion.
None Too Large Buckwheat Cake Lesson
A brief Youth’s Companion notice notes a boy named Tommy debating a buckwheat cake’s size. Mr Waters asks if the cake is large for his frame, while Tommy insists the cake is big in appearance but small in reality and contains many purposes.
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Tomy
Mr. Waters
Tommy
Too Cro Declines as Sister Becomes Aunt and Grandmother
A Michigan woman tells a man she cannot be his sister as she is now a sister to many brothers. He responds grimly to make her a grandmother, and she rejects him, severing ties permanently in a Detroit Press item.
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Cro
Detroit Pree Press
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