Recalling the Dakota War Ghost Dancers and Sioux Wars
In Washington memories of Indian wars fade yet brave actions remain. Col. Fechet led a night march against Sitting Bull during the Wounded Knee era, shelling ghost dancers and rescuing captured policemen. Cheyenne fighters near a hilltop faced a naked assault, choosing death over return to the reservation, earning Sioux respect and awe.
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Washington
Col. Forsythe
Seventh Cavalry
Big Foot
Sitting Bull
Custer
Edward G. Fechet
University of
Standing Rock
North Dakota
Miles
Sitting Ball
Bull Head
Sergt
Shave Head
Fort Yates
Fechet
Fighth
Oak Creek
rendes‘Wous
Feeher
Catch-the-Bear
Strike-the- Kettle
Sergi
Poiceman
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Indian Territory
Maj
Lewis
Wessels
Great Plains
Third Cavalry
Ead
Reorganization Aims To Align Kansas Guard With Federal Rules
Kansas ad hoc leaders plan a full reorganization of the Kansas National Guard to meet federal regulations. Key changes include minimum company strength, new officer roles, and relocation of training standards. In Eldorado, Company K was discharged for inefficiency, with Caney favoring relocation. a $50,000 water pipe line project for Sharon Springs is underway, and a Fort Scott nuisance case seeks owner liability for fines. A new weights and measures program will be installed at the university, with standardization to be coordinated with Washington. An Elsworth infant nearly choked in an iron bed accident, and Fort Scott will host a Bourbon County experimental farm on the Jacob Hamlin property, drawing farmer interest.
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Kansas Guard
Kansas National Guard
Kansas
Adjutant General
Eldorado
Caney
Port Scott
Louis Kingbell
Jenkins Noonan
Fort Scott
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Sharon Springs
William Beatty
Saunders
Omaha
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
E. A. Stimpson
Washington, D. C
Strong
Bureau
Washington
Abe
Walter Sherbenon
Wilson
Elsworth County
Woman Kills a Wildcat in Argentine
Mrs. Hattie Wurst of 385 South Ash Street killed a wildcat weighing about 652 pounds found under a house. She fired at its eyes with a revolver. neighbors later found the animal dead with a bullet wound through the head.
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Argentine
Hattie Wurst
South Ash Street
Twine for Wheat Fields and City Franchises
The state penitentiary reports 2000000 pounds of binding twine ready for shipment to Kansas wheat fields this year with daily production around 16000 pounds to meet demand. A sad accident at Hope-Lost Springs area leaves baby dead as mother falls with infant in her arms. Lawrence grants two electric streetcar franchises to Dayton financiers and grants interurban right of way. The Topeka State Journal remains official state paper for two years by unanimous council vote. A two year old girl in Haskell county perishes from clothing fire as mother leaves kitchen. Jacob M Leidigh, Spearville and Ford County resident, dies in a San Diego sanitarium after moving to Ford County in 1877.
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State Penitentiary
Kansas Wheat Fields
Haskell
Babe
John Riffel
Hope
Lost Springs
Topeka State Journal
Executive Council
M. Leidigh
Sparville
Jacob M. Leidish
Spearville
Ford County
San Diego
Gal
Mr. Leidigh
How Cattle Suffer From Dogs
Joseph Mercer state livestock sanitary commissioner says dogs do more damage to the stock than mange diseases combined. A dog goes mad and infects half a dozen cattle in a herd, requiring killing. Stockmen are urged to kill half the dogs in the state to protect livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mercer
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Mr. Mercer
Rabies Crackdown in Brown County Dogs Tied 50 Days
State Live Stock Commissioner Mercer authorizes Brown County to curb rabies by ordering all dogs tied up for 50 days. Sheriff may destroy dogs found roaming. Udall opens Warmer's State Bank with $10,000 capital, funded by locals. Paola Hog Market hits record highs not seen since 1453 with prices at $7.90 per hundred.
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J H. Mercer
Brown County
Mercer
Urown County
New State Bank
Udall
Military Board Meets Sets Regs For Rifle Practice
The state military board at Topeka adopted rifle practice rules to align with War Department requirements and scheduled encampment at Fort Riley in August and the rifle shoot there in June. Also notes on Salina pastor Rev C A Gavart taking a four month vacation to visit Sweden, a fatal collapse after reciting a poem at Trinity Methodist, post cards for Kansas City priests, high wheat prices in Junction City, and Larned's population rise by about 1,000 in a year.
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Military Board
State Military Board
Topeka
War Department
Fort Riley
Salina
Europe
C. A Gavart
Sweden
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Ashington
United States Army
Wounded Knee
Cherennes
Lew Sit Ting Vaea
Ull
Cami
Wes
CECT
Ft Scott
Board of Country Commissioners
Bourbon County
Jacob Hamlin
Lawrence
C. Sullivan
Dayton
Whitsed Laming
Patrick Umbarger
Haskell County
Goodland
Joe Morey
Sherman County
A. O. Gulick
George Harmon
Grace Dawson
Will Carleton
Henry C. Hill
Trinity Methodist Church
Ola
Kansas City
Pallas
Junction City
William Latzke
Dickinson
Riley
Larned
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