Forty Men Walked 250 Miles To Lift Fort C F Smith Siege
Captain McCabe led forty picked men from Bozeman to Fort C F Smith to relieve the siege by Sioux without firing a shot. The march covered 250 miles through hostile country with signs of Indian observation, yet no fatalities or scalps occurred.
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Montana
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake City
United States
Gallatin Valley
Gunpowder River
Rockies
Reno
Phil Kearny
C. F. Smith
Yellowstone Valley
Fort Reno
Fort
C. F
Hancock
St. Paul
Bozeman
Territory of
Green Clay Smith
Congress
Kentucky
Lincoln
F. Smith
Fort C
Howie
Neil Howie
Smith
Fort C. F. Smith
Colonel Howie
McCabe
Brough
Governor Smith
Captain McCabe
W C T U Convention at Wellman District Report
The 23rd and 24th annual W C T U convention met in the M B E church Wellman with eighteen voting members from twelve unions. Rev J A Boatman welcomed delegates and Ida B Wise spoke on temperance. a gold medal contest featured five young speakers and one youth. Weather stayed favorable, officers re-elected, and Brighton was chosen for next year. Charley Ward advertises painting services and Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy is promoted locally.
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M. BE
Wellman
J. A. Boatman
Palmer
Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ida B. Wise
Washington
Coneville Union
M. E. Church
Scholarship for Farmer Boys at Iowa State Fair
The Iowa State fair will host a stock and corn judging contest on Monday August 26 at the fair grounds. Two classes of horses cattle swine and corn will be judged and contestants must write reasons for their placing. Prizes total 325 dollars with a fourth prize Collie pup. funds released upon college enrollment. Eligible are Iowa boys under 21 who have not attended an agricultural college beyond its short course. Entry forms and rules available from J C Simpson secretary Des Moines.
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Iowa
Agricultural College
Ames
Cassidy & Thompson
Jamaica
J. C. Simpson
Des Moines
Mars Inhabited World Affirmed by Lowell by Swedenborg Echo
The Journal notes Prof Percival Lowell is cited as world authority on Mars while A H Wallace recalls Swedenborg 1688 1772 argued planets host intelligent beings. Lowell links canals on Mars to irrigation and Tesla on Long Island Sound plans a steel tower to send messages to Mars by electrical vibrations.
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Percival Lowell
Wednesday Evening
Mars
A. H. Wallace
Swedenborg
Lowell
Schiaparelli
Earth
Tesla
Long Island Sound
Claims Adjusted By Washington County Farmers Mutual
The weekly list shows adjustments for Elmer and George Crawford Keota steer 19.83 J A Augustine & Bros Brighton steer 30.00 A R Felty Keota cow 40.00 Aaron Huber Washington team 325.00 J H Oldfield Wellman two year old colt 90.00 John Davis Brighton fat steer 72.50 Frank Romine Wellman damage to barn by lightning 10.00 G L Karr Wellman horse 50.00 T & J Morgan Ainsworth 4 head of cattle 75.00 G W Teets Keota boty 30.00
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Washington
G. L. Karr
Wellman
T. & J. Morgan
Ainsworth
G. W. Teets
Keota
But
Farrel Dies After Glanders Contract From Beloved Horse
Clinton Iowa July 29 James Farrell a prominent horseman died after contracting glanders from a horse he cared for. He was 39 single and the devoted care of his sick favorite led to his illness and death. Physicians note such cases are extremely rare.
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Clinton
Iowa
James Farrell
Farrell
Notice to Water Consumers and Local Visits
Water customers are urged to pay overdue rent at Stewart's pharmacy. John Anderson of Maryville Missouri traveled to West Chester for a brief visit with relatives and will visit Crawfordsville with his wife to see his mother Mrs Dan Anderson and brother Charles Anderson.
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Stewart's Pharmacy
St. Clair Lewis
John Anderson
Maryville
West Chester
Crawfordsville
Dan Anderson
Charles Anderson
Mrs Shaffer and Daughter Visit Kellogg in Ottawa
Mrs Shaffer and her daughter Lou arrived Saturday evening from Ottawa Illinois and will spend a week or two visiting at the home of her sister Mrs J J Kellogg.
Miss Dot Keister Arrives From Ainsworth Saturday Evening
Miss Dot Keister arrived Saturday evening traveling from Ainsworth. The report notes her arrival without additional details.
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Dot Keister
Ainsworth
Baron Rudiger's Mexican Journey Ends in Tragic Arrest and Death
During the 1857 Mexican revolt Baron Rudiger carries dispatches and a licenzia absoluta. In Toluca he is arrested by Liberal forces led by General Negrete, jailed, and his baggage opened showing the license. He is discharged and travels, but is ambushed by robbers at night, killed, and his trunk stolen. His body is later buried by locals and rests in a family vault in a quiet village.
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Rudiger
Toluca
Buenos Tardes
Major
Negrete
Carrajo
Senor Major
Senor
Republic
Maze
Baron Rudiger
M——n
Right Off His Fingers
A brief, witty remark exchanges about offhand remarks cited as those made by a deaf mute, reflecting a humorous 19th or early 20th century tone from a Woman's Home Companion style snippet.
Ex-minister Nunzio Nasi released from prison on bounty
Nunzio Nasi former minister of public instruction who faced embezzlement charges involving $500 000 of public funds has been released from the common prison. He will remain under nominal arrest at his home in Rome. The report also notes a humorous aside about young caddies for Anglo-Indian golf players at Puneb.
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Rome
Nunzio Nasi
Puneb
Pistache Cream In Meringue Shells Recipe
A dessert recipe describes making pistache cream for meringue shells. It details flour and sugar heating, milk infusion, cream folding, vanilla, pistache paste, orange flower water, and freezing. Substitutions include almonds with spinach coloring if pistache is unavailable. Serves forty with quadrupled quantities.
Chautauqua Season Tickets Available at Local Banks
Chautauqua season tickets may be procured at any local banks. An advertisement promises a free trial package of Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets to illustrate their claimed pain relief. The sales note targets neuralgia and various pains attributed to blood congestion with a Racine Wisconsin address and a J. H. Stewart seller.
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Dr. Shoop
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Journal Office
Glanders
2. Cee
North Pole
Work & Meek
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Go goLps
Bibles
Nicola & Harmon
North Side
Tobias Minick & Son
Washington, Iowa
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the Gas Light Co
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
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