Plant Trees State Auditor Paid Timber Bounty in 1901
State Auditor Dawa issued 2,000 checks totaling 19 634.40 for the timber bounty. The bounty, up to 2.50 per acre, was paid this year at 2.40 per acre for 6 981 acres planted across 40 counties with 2 800 residents benefiting. Mower County received 57780 for 2404 acres. J D Sheedy reports fine samples of fix speltz rye onte and cheat raised in Dakota this year.
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Dawa
Mower County
J.D. Sheedy
Dakota
Tour of All Mexico From Chicago by Grand Open Top Car
Extended forty day itinerary leaving Chicago January 48 1902 covers Mitla Cuernavaca Oaxaca and Mexico City with seven tropical trips. Special Pullman train includes sleeping dining drawing rooms and private dining. escorted by The American Tourist with Mr Bean Campbell from 1423 Marquette Building Chicago.
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Mitla
Cuernavace
Jalapr
Teovelo
Oraabs
Oaxaca
Tampico
Mexico
Tropics
Leianrely
Tickets Include All Expenses Across Locations
Illustrated literature on Mexico advertises complete travel information with reservations and bookings available at the offices of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway.
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Mexico
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
Railway promotional artifacts and reduced fare notices
The period item advertises season colored beads reproductions of Moran prints issued by the General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, sent for twenty five cents to F A Miller, General Passenger Agent. It also notes Chicago Great Western Railway cutting rates to three cents per mile for travel between two towns, per G P A J P Eimer Chicago.
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Moran
General Passenger Department
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago Great Western Railway
Re Oit
Fort Dodge
J.P. Eimer
Til
Mrs Lovell Visits Daughter in London Freeborn County
Mrs H. M. Lovell traveled to Lon don Freeborn County to spend a few days with her daughter, leaving home for a short visit.
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H. M. Lovell
London
Freeborn County
Coal Scarcity Grips Cities Amid Cold Wave
Chicago reports bleak coal shortages as 30 hours of supply remain and a blizzard could halt business. Railroad firms face accusations of confiscating coal en route. St Louis also endures acute shortages with weather and transport woes tying up streetcar lines and ferries. coal offices scaled orders by up to 75 percent.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Banquet of Commercial Club Honors Jay Treaty Signing
Five hundred guests attended Kansas Citys seventh annual Commercial Club banquet commemorating the John Jay treaty. Notables included Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister, the Chinese Contentele von Wi Aten of Mississippi, and Frederick W Lehman of St Louis. Wu Ting Fang received an enthusiastic reception with liberal applause for General MacArthur and Messrs Allen and Lehman as toasts were offered.
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Kansas City
Commercial Club of
Wu Ting Fang
General MacArthur
Messrs
Allen
Lehman
General Alger Suffering Gall Stone Attack
Detroit December 20 General R A Alger former secretary of war is suffering a severe gall stone attack. A physician consultation at his home recommended possible operation within 24 hours if no improvement occurs. Dr W H Longyear said Alger has been comfortable today and may avoid surgery if progress continues. he is in a critical but not dangerous condition.
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Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
Alger
W. H. Longyear
Senate Adjourns After Revenue Bill Debate 1902
In Washington the senate, lacking Mr. Frye, heard a revenue bill for the Philippine islands referred to the Philippines committee. A bill to raise the Alaska marshal official bond to 75000 dollars was introduced by Mr. Hoar and passed without committee reference. The body met in executive session at 12:40 and adjourned at 1 p.m. until Jan 6, 1902.
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Washington
Frye
Maine
Perkins
California
Senate
Philippine Islands
House of Representatives
Committee On
Philippines
United States
Alaska
Hoar
Hale
Philadelphia Cruiser Sent To Panama At Once
Washington ordered the cruiser Philadelphia to sail from San Francisco for Panama with all speed as crisis pervades Isthmian affairs. Venezuela and Germany dispute diplomacy while other international matters on the Southern coast attract attention.
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San Francisco
Washington
Philadelphia
Panama
Isthmus
Venezuela
Germany
Peculiar Fargo Bill Describes Confederate Note Case
A Fargo man was arrested for giving an Indian a fifty dollar Confederate bill in a horse deal. Judge Amidon ruled that likeness to real currency does not convict unless it is used as an imitation or forgery. the offense appears to be a state matter. The offender, a Billings county cowboy, has been discharged. Minnesota Educational Association to meet in St. Paul December 26 to 28 with lectures by Booker T. Washington and others. Austin teachers to attend. exhibit on Pan American. association membership near a thousand. Local residents Emil Johnson, Miss Sarah Haines, and Miss Clara Sprague are noted among holiday happenings.
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Fargo
N. Dak
United States
Edian
Billings County
Minnesota Educational Association
St. Peaul Dee
Tme
Booker T. Washington
L. CO. Lord
Moorhead
State Normal Schools of Illinois
O T. Bright
van Sant
John Lind
Northrop
Margaret A. Haley
Austin
Rice
Trucedell
Reuse
Crane
Slaven
Harrold
Robbing
Wiliams
Nelson
Austin Eeboo
Brown
Gies
Nua
Food official calls for ban on injurious food powders
The Food and Dairy Commissioner urges a law banning alum, formaldehyde, salicylic acid, boric acid, borax and other harmful substances in any food or drink preparation. He cites arrests of grocers selling powders containing alum and argues a specific prohibition would curb harm to public health and simplify enforcement.
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Food and Dairy
Alamin Food
Christmas matter for wide awake boys in December American Boy
The December issue offers seventy five illustrations and a full page of comic pictures titled Just for Fun. A splendid Christmas gift for a boy at 1.00 per year from Detroit publisher Tux Spracuine Publishing Co.
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Wideawake Boys
Tux Spracue Pusuisnine Co
Detroit
Mich
Fragmentary hymn fragment about Christ the Lord
A damaged text fragment presents a religious scene with phrases about waking, shadows fading, and the joyful tidings that Christ the Lord is born or risen, reflecting early Christian proclamation in archaic diction.
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Christ
Manitoba’s Mammoth Crogan Highlights Historic Wheat Boom
The Winnipeg Morning front page details provincial history and crop data from the late 1800s. It notes a record year with over eighty five million bushels of wheat and a large rise in dairy product value, signaling significant agricultural growth in the era.
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Winnipeg
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Schleuder
Elgin
Louis
B. W. Raymond
Senate Committee On
New York
Ernest Sapo'i
la Gascogne
Armigration Cffeer
Thomas
Austin, Minas
Minnesota
Educational Ass'n
Paul
Casion
Emil Johnson
Breen
Kosea
Sarah Haines
The
McAllister College
Clara Sprague
Judea
Prince of David
Chicago Great Western
Selle Good
Afare
J. P. Elmer
Manitoba
Crogan
the Herald
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