Captured by Indians on Smoky Hill Frontier Trail
The Johnson train of 80 pioneer families on the Smoky Hill fork of the Kansas frontier faced a hostile Indian attack. Iva Johnson recounts how a cow theft led to captivity, a bold deception to save the camp, and a brutal torture death of our ally Green while I escaped at dawn and fled back to the colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Lex
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Johnsons
Johnane
Juhusenu
Usta
D Johnson
Green
Mme
The
Mr. Green
Hu Sue
Gnee
Aple
Br Y
Hill
Tee O”10 Chemical CO
Dean Sim
B.S. Jaylord
Leslie
Mich
Donne Ferny
Mathew Johnson
P. O
Pittsburgh
Part
Ouio Chemical CO
Thave
Helen Morrison
Ciecienati
GHIO
Torturo Chemical CO
Gentlemex
Lothgay
Ohio Chemical Co
Opera Biock
Lima
CHIC
Traveling drummers and a George Washington hotel joke
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a traveling drummer who jokes about registering as George Washington at a Muskegon hotel. The clerk pretends no knowledge of the name, prompting a comic exchange about fame and truthfulness among travel performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Washington
Muskegon
George Washington
Poe
Detroit Free Press
The Glove In England History Of Gauntlets And Gloves
The Washington Star notes gloves did not appear in England until late 10th or early 11th century. Long gloves appeared under Charles II, gauntlets under Edward II. Gloves symbolized investiture, with incidents in 1002 and 1471 showing their political and deadly significance.
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England
Charles II
Edward II
Walsingham
Earl of Carlisle
Margaret
Edward IV
Tewkesbury
Washington Star
Birth of a Lake: Powell on Tahoe's origin
Major J W Powell of the United States geological survey explains Lake Tahoe formed long ago on the Sierra Nevada eastern slope. Earthquakes opened rock fissures. lava floods built a wall 2000 to 3000 feet high, creating a deep basin filled by storms, giving rise to Lake Tahoe as described by the San Francisco Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Powell
United States Geological Survey
Lake Tahoe
Sierra Nevadas
Truckee River
San Francisco Chronicle
Big Mexican Tree at Tule Supposedly Hosts Troop Detachment
A traveler reports a massive Mexican tree in Tule Oaxaca sheltering 529 troops, mostly locals, plus wives, children, renderers of all sorts of catables and several horses. The tree is surrounded by a wall, with branches extending 20 feet beyond the barrier, providing ample shade for additional people and animals.
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Tule
Oaxaca
Mexico
Adam and Eve tale and locust cannibalism report
A garbled historical Tale of Adam and Eve recounts creation, Lilith, and the fall with celestial observers. The piece also cites Carl Berg describing 1883 locust swarms in Banda Oriental with cannibal behavior observed in Pezotettix species, noting fierce intra species predation as life prolongation.
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Banda Oriental
San Jose
Las Piedras
Carl Berg
The Tongue as Force in Public Speech
A Howard column in New York Recorder notes Chauncey M. Depew’s varied orations from Yele to New York City to Chicago. It highlights how his phrases mix wisdom with wit, his influence as a speaker, and the idea that speech carries both good and bad powers.
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Yele
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Press Club
Chicago
St. James
Howard
New York Recorder
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Quad
Ohio Chemical
Bles
Incre
Ohio
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Adam
Lilith
Lilich
Eve
Jehovah
Sammael
Mecca
Mount Ararat
St. Louis Republic
Hyerigry
Arres
Ottive i Hodiman Duck
Batt & “E,thompon
A. A. Davis
Ball of
Attorneys AT Law
Mew Savings Bank
Ts Ire
Chas. Dimsmoor
Chas. A. Peterson
Norman Davies
M. B
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
W W. Freeman
Hazeltine
Perry
Justice OF the Peace
Warren
Water Street
Geo. Ball
A G. McAlpin
R. W
BD. S
Boeschles
Wilbur and
Schuur
Liberty
Erank W. Whitcomb
Third Street
Postoffice
W A. Greaves
Dio
Hall Brock
Episcopal Church
Keossie
Warren Lodge Hallen
Membhes
Anid
Cordiath
G Smith
First National Bank
Ccm
Street
Golden Horse Shoe
Yee Bevere
L. Gleason
P& E
DA. V
W.xy
Pr.r.depnic
ReTow
Swenchen
Ras i
Bali
Colema
EL A. Coleman
al Bourse
Eve Son
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Glade Township
Imore
G. Lessler
Wyman & Davis
Jewelers
A. Garuen
Orelard
Gna Ft
Ray
Frest, Rat Sheap
Fehlman Bros
Ho & Leary
Kopf & Henry
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