Tom Brainard's Clever Indian Bluff Wins Peace
City in Brief details a historical episode where Private Tom Brainard devises a ruse to quell an Indian uprising at Fort B. He rigs a smoking wooden Indian to resemble the tribe's chief, convincing the attackers of a peace settlement. The ruse leads to a peaceful surrender and Brainard earns a commissioned officer’s rank.
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Tom Brainard
Nick
Tom
Busines
Washington
Fort B
Soilers
Leaventworth
Om Brainard
Mt. Tous
Lves
Dunkerton Notes and Local Happenings in Iowa Region
A jumble of small town items from Dunkerton and nearby areas includes visits by residents to White Lake and Independence, revival meetings at the Baptist church, and local work assignments. Reports mention Mr. Weber visiting Matt Schmitt and John Korster homes, Miss Ante Meyer visiting her parents, and Dairy Special team attendance at the stockholders meeting of First National bank with re-elected old directors. Other notes cover telephone installation, sickness in the Miner family, hunting by Waterton visitors, and travel of Mr. and Mrs. Philp Shipton. Population figures for Pierre, S D, and a brief rail and fare mention conclude the record.
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Dunkerton
Jpn
John Thiltgens
White Lake
Independence
Ily
Baptist Church
Snr
J. W. Heyle
Test
Miner
Frank Staebel
Dubuine
Waterton
Philp Shipton
Tas- Won
Sot
Phil
Barclay Trainship
Khu
Aisn
Missouri moves to buy Mark Twain home for museum
Two bills will be introduced in the Missouri General Assembly to purchase Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal and to fund a monument. Hannibal officials would furnish a site on Lovers Leap if state funds cover the memorial, with the cave near Twain's cave era linked to the plan. The two-story home, now within Hannibal, would become a museum if bought.
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Missouri General Assembly
Mark Twain
Hannibal
General Assembly of
Missouri
Tumorist
Hannibal Commercial Club
Lover's Leap
Mississippi
Twain
Samuel L. Clemens
Psychic Specialist Needed in Iowa To Solve Mystifying Phenomena
Mason City Iowa January 21 this section of the state needs a specialist to figure out a microbe or agent in the air causing mental disturbances. Jacob Havnen a young man wandered ten days and then regained memory in Chillicothe Missouri. Resard Larson disappeared six weeks ago with 200 in wages and no trace. Lewis Berlin of Rock Falls drove his nephew to Plymouth and then lost his mind wandering with 200 to 300 people seeking him until he regained some memory late Wednesday. He is 18. Flo says he has no idea where he was.
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Mason City
Jacob B. Havnen
Chillicothe
Bricelyn
Missouri City
Lewis Berlin
Rock Falls
Plymouth
Tie
Flo
Carnegie Plays a Little Joke on Endowment Boost
New York notes Andrew Carnegie added 10 million to the Carnegie Institution of Washington endowment, bringing total gifts to 25 million. He told Robert S. Woodward to wait, then revealed the donation with a chuckle. He also announced plans for a 100 inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory and praised Prof. Hale’s work.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Carnegie
Robert S. Woodward
Washington
Woodward
Mr. Carnegie
Mount Wilson
Galileo
Copernicus
West High Falls to Sioux City in First Defeat of Season
West High basketball team lost last evening to Sioux City High, marking Waterloo’s first defeat this season. The locals aim to rebound in the rematch scheduled for next month in their city. They are in Fort Nodge today to face an independent team this evening.
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West High
Sioux City
Fort Nodge
The Curse of Gold in a Nihilist Widow’s Tale
An aging Russian recounts a life, from nihilist plotting to a fortune won in America, which she converts to gold. She endures fear of detection, moves constantly with a heavy trunk of money, and eventually finds happiness as a factory worker and wife, yet still calls the gold a curse she fears passing to her children.
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Russia
Interior
Eirele
America
Elile
T. Lundor
Falls 40 Feet to Save Cat's Life
New York, Jan 21. Arthur Workley, a cross country runner, saved a starving cat by climbing a tall tree. The cat leaped to his shoulders causing a fall from about twenty feet. Workley escaped with scratches and bruises. the cat fled to a coal box after the rescue.
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New York
Wanedburg
Arthur Workley
David von Bergen
Division Avenue
Workley
Clymer Street
Hoettler
Hugthe Company No
Janajel
Old Soldier Kills Two Men at Danville Soldiers Home
Danville Til Jan 21 Howard Tucker a veteran shot and killed J S Mead ambulance driver and Robert Shult a veteran at the Soldiers home after a barn fight. Tucker says Mead attacked him and he fired in self defense. Shult intervened. Tucker awaited guards and was jailed awaiting an inquest.
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Danville
Til
J. S. Mead
Robert Shult
Howard Tucker
Tucker
Mead
Shult
Episcopal women press for full rights in Kentucky diocese
In Lexington on January 21, they demand admission to the diocesan council alongside laymen. Laura Clay, head of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association, will lead the campaign supported by women who pay dues and pew rents and attend services as men do. Miss Clay is Cassius M. Clay’s daughter.
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Lexington
Episcopal Diocese of
Kentucky
Laura Clay
Kentucky Equal Rights Association
National American Women Suffrage Association
Miss Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Lost and found and rental notices mix on courier page
Lost items include a sick hand rag glasses and a fan. A nicely furnished room for light housekeeping to rent, no children. Wanted farmer agents to handle Stanley County South Dakota lands with liberal commission and free transportation. Fel land Realty Company 621 Palace Hilg Minneapolis Minn seeks write-ins.
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South St
Stanley County
South Dakota
Liberal Commission
Free Transportation
Felland Realty Company
Palace Hilg
Minneapolis
Minn
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Private Brainard
Dorothy R. Murray
Buchanan
Courier
Henry Junge
Alinneapolis
L. Johson
Hummel
Nell Morris
Dubuque
Charles Jenpeson
Eldora
Platt
W. HL. Given
Rock Island Road
J. W. Jarnagn
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Co. W. Chapman
Hindermen’s Convention
Edward
Joseph Chapeau
Walnut Street
J. T. Garvey
Iowa State Master Plumbers' Association
W. T. Welsh
Chicago
Maurice W. Welsh
WG BL & N
M.A. Hadsell
Thomas Martin
T. Sioux Y
S. J. Jenness
Josephine Shimer
A. W. Brown
Neff
Waterloo
Waverly
A. M. Haggard
Christian Church
Great Western
Haggard
W. O. Campbell
Campbell
the Indies of St. Joseph's Parish
Tierre
Washington, D. C
Pierre
S. D
Rock Island
Hark Twains. Cayele
Iowa
Resard Larson
The
United States
Taft
Walter I. Smith
Conriet
Liz
Episcopal
Crystal Theatre
West Ninth Street
Kansas
Double O. Realty Company
Parker, Kan
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