West family massacre after doctor killed in frontier feud
A posse finds Dr Young dead on the Peter son place with an Indian club bloodied beside him. Peterson is locked inside the house, a hired man missing. A Mob torches the West home after demanding surrender, killing Tom West and his daughter pleads for mercy. The girl flees to a neighbor as shots and fire consume the cabin.
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Peterson Place
Dr. Young
Peterson
Buffalo
Louisville
Lebanon
Thomas West
William Deveres
Womdin
West
West Homestead
Tom West
Deveres
A. A. Young
North Dakota
Farno, N. D
Here
Great Difficulties in Getting It in Shape Again, Livingston
Northern Pacific engineers survey a new sky line route over the mountain after a fire at Bozeman tunnel. The current overhead line runs across the wrecked tunnel and a cave threatens road bed and track. A cave west of the sky line crossing fills the tunnel to the top of the mountain. It may take about a year to reopen the tunnel for trains.
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Livingston
Mon
Northern Pacific
Bozeman
Sky
Alleged Government Land Official Swindles Farmers in Iowa
In Wessner Crry Iowa December 80 locals report farmers duped by a sharp named Baum who poses as a Des Moines government land office official. He offers to secure title to contested O'Brien county tracts for a fee of 160 dollars per farmer and takes notes. Some notes have surfaced at local banks and efforts to stop payment will be made. Baum’s contracts promise return of the notes if title is not obtained.
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Wessrer Crry
Baum
Des Moines
O’brien
Cincinnati Pursues Democratic National Convention Drive
Cincinnati chamber of commerce and local groups launch an energetic effort to secure a Democratic national convention venue. The push gathers business leaders and civic organizations in Ohio.
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Cincinnat
Democrats
Cinnati, O
Chamber of Commerce
Unclear fragmented report from early 1900s
Disjointed OCR reads mention a large fire in McLeansboro Illinois a relocation of Native reservations in Minnesota and several scattered names and events including a hanging in Menominee Michigan a mugging near Banklomé a fund fight in Mexico and a speech in Michigan.
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McLeansboro
Ills
Red Lake
White
Four Americans Executed After Chuquisaca Clash
Four American citizens Charles Joiner George Miner Alfred Heard and Thomas Caldwell arrived in Chuquisaca after a five weeks journey from Brazil where they had amassed fortunes and gambled widely. Miner accused acting mayor Pepe Gonzales of cheating them a pistol fight ensued and 80 more joined. Americans were jailed denied food and a sham trial before being publicly executed on Thursday noon. Gonzales allegedly distributed their horses and other property to friends and police.
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New Yong
la Paz
Bolivia
Charles Joiner
George Miner
Alfred Heard
Thomas Caldwell
Chuquisaca
Brazil
Miner
Pepe Gonzales
Gonzales
Joiner
Spanish Officials Seek Hidden Insurgents in Cuba
Havana reports say insurgent main body retreated to Santa Clara but attacks and threats persist across Matanzas and Pinar del Rio. Jose Maceo activity continues despite rumors of flight, while Spanish troops brace for a possible union of bands in the Oriental province to blunt Gómez, Antonio Maceo, and Bandera efforts.
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Havana
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Santiago de Cuba
Jose Maceo
Oriental
Rabi
Gomez
Antonio Maceo
Bandera
Cienfuegos
Fortified Havana Harbor Reported From Tampa to Cuba
Passengers arriving from Cuba describe Havana fortifications guarding the harbor entrance. They claim four 80-ton improved guns and many smaller guns are being positioned along the railroad from Havana to San Antonio. Freight trains lead passenger trains in the bomb hunt, making defense duties challenging.
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Tampa
Fla
Dev
Cuba
Havana
San Antonio
Demonstration in Havana Honors General Campos
In Havana on December 80 a large public display by political parties honored General Campos. Conservatives and Aut party supporters joined a vast sympathy demonstration marking the event with fervent public sentiment and notable participation across factions.
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Havana
General Campos
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C. C. Brown
First Congregational Church
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East Fourth Street
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Chase & Satborn Coffee
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West Fifth
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Mott
York State
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