Minnesota Timber Wealth and State Debt Revealed
Minnesota treasurer Clarence Dinehart told the Twin City Delta Upsilon club that the state holds 1.5 billion or more in standing timber. He noted state debt is low at about 550 thousand dollars, with school funds near 18 million and potential revenue from state lands totaling 20 to 25 million after sales. He cited rising tax receipts from 454 thousand in 1858 to 27 million in 1907 and a land base of roughly 2.75 million acres, mostly swamp land in the north.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Clarence Dinehart
Twin City Delta Upsilon Club
State Drainage’ Commission
OWA Boy Drowns After Ice Hits Boat on Iowa River
Marshalltown Iowa Feb 19 Leslie Watt fifteen years old drowned as four boys in a swift current boat hit a cake of ice that jammed a hole and upset the craft. Lewis Arnold rescued two companions after a heroic effort. Watt's body was recovered two hours later.
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Iowa River
Marshalltown
Iowa
Leslie Watt
Lewis Arnold
Watt
Soo Line plans Duluth extension intersecting Brooten cut-off
Minneapolis officials report a Soo Line board meeting discussing year ahead extensions and a possible new railroad to Duluth. The proposed route would run north from Minneapolis and cross the Brooten to Duluth cut-off at Onamia near Mille Lacs, suggesting a Minneapolis to Duluth connection.
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Brooten
Minneapolis
Soo Line
Twin Cities
Duluth
Onamia
Mille Lacs
Admiral Schley to address Yankton Masonic bodies in May
Admiral Schley has accepted an invitation to visit Yankton South Dakota in May to address the Scot Rite Bodies of Oriental Consistory No 1. The event is expected to draw many members from across the state and neighboring areas.
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Yankton
Admiral Schley
Visi Yankton
Supreme Court Affirms Yellowstone Widow Award
Helena Mont Feb 19 The supreme court yesterday affirmed the district court of Yellowstone county ruling in favor of Mrs Esther L Riley against the Northern Pacific for 12600 as damages for the death of her husband run down by a switch engine in the Billings yards.
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Helena
Mont
Supreme Court
District Court of
Yellowstone County
Esther L. Riley
Northern Pacific
Billings
Boy Dies Playing Tag Near Street Car In Minneapolis
Eleven year old Harry Allprim was pushed by a friend while playing tag on the way home from school. He grabbed a rod beneath a trolley as a street car approached and was drawn under the rear wheels, suffering fatal injuries. He died minutes later.
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Minneapolis
Harry Allprim
Dynamite Blows Derrick Car. Bridges Unharmed Near Clinton
A derrick car of the Milwaukee Bridge company in Clinton Iowa was destroyed by dynamite. Seven miles away the blast was heard as twelve sticks failed to explode. three nearby bridges remained intact and work on the Chicago and North Western railroad bridge will pause for now.
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Clinton
Iowa
Milwaukee Bridge Company
Chicago & North-Western Railroad
Cattle Kings in Court in Helena Term
Helena Mont Feb 16 The present term of the United States court in this city opens with high profile defendants including thirteen stockmen led by John T Murphy and Al Thomas alleged to have fenced illegally large tracts of public domain A note adds Senator Cardwell and others charged with similar offenses plus Frank Hauser and McDonald linked to a $40 000 Great Northern train robbery near Rondo Minor offenses fill the docket.
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Helena
Mont
United States
John T. Murphy
al Thomas
Cardwell
Frank Hauser
McDonald
Great Northern
Rondo
Stay for Sherman S Smith Appeals Contempt Sentence
In St Paul Judge Morris extended the stay of execution from Feb 23 to March 1 for Sherman S Smith of Minneapolis. The delay allows counsel to prepare a bill of exceptions as the case goes to the U S circuit court of appeals on a writ of error. Smith was found in contempt for improper advances to witness George Hammond in the Wisconsin Grain and Stocks case.
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St. Paul
Page Morris
Shermen S. Smith
Minneapolis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Smith
George Hammond
Wisconsin Grain and Stocks Company
Express Package Stolen On Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Train
Railroad detectives seek a man linked to a $300 theft from an express car on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train traveling from La Crosse to Dubuque. The missing money package held $200 in negotiable express money orders and is believed stolen near Lansing Iowa when a car safe was left unlocked.
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la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Dubuque
Lansing
Iowa
Joke kills one and injures six in dynamite mishap
In Belle Fourche South Dakota on February 16 Charles Lavezzi tossed a dynamite cap into a bonfire where six men sat. The blast triggered 125 sticks of dynamite nearby, instantly killing J H Cullis a plasterer and injuring the rest including Lavezzi who could lose sight and hearing.
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Funny Man
Belle Fourche
S. D
Charles Lavezzi
J. H. Cullis
Lavezzi
Despondent Farmer Shoots Self Near Vining
Clavis Fiskum of near Vining, Fergus Falls area, shot himself in the head last night. He suffered a fractured skull but survived and was not expected to recover. His wife had recently been committed to the local hospital for the insane, and financial losses and distress fueled his despair.
Mystery of Death Revealed Woman Found Dead In Mendota Asylum Case
Janesville Wisconsin February 16 Chief of Police Appleby discloses Martha Anderson found with throat cut had spent three years at Mendota asylum suffering from personal crisis mania The discovery argues against murder theory and notes her asylum history.
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Janesville
Wis
Appleby
Martha Anderson
Asylum For the Insane
Mendota
Saloon Men Face Off Against High License Backers in Breckenridge
Breckenridge Minnesota February 16 The upcoming Tuesday election will choose a mayor three councilmen and a treasurer and marks a heated contest between the lid element led by Mayor Shirley and the saloon proponents seeking to elect opponents.
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Breckenridge
Minn
Shirley
Mapleton School Board Acts to Enforce Cigarette Law
Mapleton Minnesota February 16 The board of education passed resolutions directing enforcement of the state cigarette law. Superintendent Brown reports several students are using cigarettes and failing to pass their work.
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Mapleton
Minn
Board of Education
Supt
Brown
Selling Without License Charged in Sioux Falls
United States authorities report the arrest of Joseph Schultz of Enemy Swim Lake Day county on the charge of selling liquor without a government license in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Sioux Falls
United States
Joseph Schultz
Maniac Man Slocum Ends Life in Asylum
Elgin Illinois February 16 Fred Slocum recently moved from Woodstock to the insane asylum here killed himself by slashing his throat with a piece of glass.
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Elgin
Fred Slocum
Woodstock
Montana Justice Calls For Plain Meaning Of Reasonable Doubt
Judge Smith in a concurring opinion in the state grand larceny case against Frank Delea argues that the term reasonable doubt is inadequately defined by many courts and that jurors should be treated as intelligent adults not children. He condemns paternalistic explanations that mislead juries and notes recent releases of criminals on technicalities, sparking citywide debate.
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Supreme Court
Frank Delea
Smith
Hamilton the Intelligence Horse Sparks Public Interest
A twenty month old horse named Hamilton, bred at the Daly ranch in Hamilton, Montana, performs tricks and shows memory beyond training. He alerted his rescuers by kicking down a burning barn door and awakening his trainer and owner Bert Fuller. Reporters visit from across the state as exhibitions may follow.
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Hamilton
Marcus Daly
Daly
Hans
Jim Key
Bert Fuller
Northern Pacific Awarded Montana Mountain Route Contract
Reliable Helena report says Northern Pacific awarded a contract for a new route westward from Helena to Winston Bros. via McDonald pass, bypassing the Mullan tunnel and Helena hill. The line aims to avoid wrecks and block St Paul from cutting coast by routing Lombard to Garrison through Helena.
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Helena
Northern Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Winston Bros
Twin City
Elliston
McDonald Pass
Mullan
Helena Hill
St. Paul
Lombard
Garrison
Chicago
No True Bill Against Mrs Gray
The federal grand jury handed its final report to Judge W H Hunt and was discharged. The expected indictment of Helen Pierce Gray on defrauding Indians did not materialize, though the panel criticized officers of the Indian Rights association for aiding her exoneration via counter charges against government employees at the Eastern Montana reservation.
Invigorating Bayonne Moment At Jersey Central Station
An early morning Jersey Central express paused briefly on the platform one passenger, a genial gentleman, stepped out for air and exclaimed that the air was invigorating. The brakeman calmly replied that they were in Bayonne. The man retired shortly after.
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Beesier
Jersey Central
Bayonne
Memoirs of Richter to be opened in sealed package
In the Scandinavian North the late Minister Richter’s sealed memoirs will soon be opened and made public. Other items note a 91 year old peasant Pedersen Selvig, the 750 crown grant to Mr Enebo, and Norway's historic journalist associations.
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Richter
Danish Seiners Provoking Indignation in Bohuslien
Anger runs high in Bohuslien over Danish fishermen using seines in local waters without harassment from the Skagerack cutter. Creditors of Ander sen Lindberg of Gothenburg met last month to continue disentangling accounts through March first. Assets and liabilities nearly balance but realisable value unclear. National Bank plans to claim Robert Dickson’s residence to cover losses from his bankruptcy, with expected family acquiescence.
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BohuslIen
Skagerack
Andersen & Lindberg
Gothernburg
Robert Dickson
National Bank
Dickson
Copenhagen Bank Suspends Payments Amid Distress
A leading Copenhagen bank with 5 million dollars in capital has ceased payments due to financial trouble. The piece notes the bank is known as the landowners' bank and cites broader Danish concerns such as cancer mortality, noble prestige, declining liquor consumption, and Swedish committee work on agricultural schools. It also reports a rise in poor Russian Jews in Copenhagen and their difficulties with emigration and police friction.
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Lagercrantz
Washington
Europe
America
Copenhagen
Sweden
Landowners’ Bank
Rigsdag
Denmark
Vegen
Department of Agriculture
Russia
Immigration from the south boosts Canadian Northwest settlers
St Paul reports expected heavy influx of U S settlers to the Canadian Northwest in 1908 driven by attractive homeseekers rates and good winter weather. Reports from Magrath and Cardston detail wheat yields and farm values confirming strong agricultural prospects for moving families northward.
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St. Paul
Minn
Canadian Northwest
United States
Canada
Alberta
Cardston
H. Howe
Magrath
Asia
J. F. Haycock
J. F. Bradshaw
Absentees at Presidential Reception Noted
A report recalls a recent presidential reception with several notable figures missing in attendance. Absent individuals include Messrs Storer Whitney Long Bowen and Brownson.
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Storer
Whitney
Long, Bowen and
Brownson
Itch to cure: tale of eczema relief after 55 years
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong skin ailment that covered his body with red and white boils. He credits Cuticura Soap Ointment Regolvent and Pills with his recovery after eight months of use and an accompanying endorsement from Nelson R Burnett confirming the cure.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Read This Book or Not Aimed at New Year Resolutions
A playful exchange centers on a book titled Three Weeks with a joking reference to broken New Year resolutions. The dialogue hints at humor about personal goals and reading choices.
Patent free for inventors claim
Announce that inventors can obtain patents at no cost and request a stamped reply to Edwin L. Yewell, Patent Solicitor, 806 McGill Building, Washington DC. The notice underscores free patent rights and provides the solicitor's contact for particulars.
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Edwin L. Yewell
McGill Building
Washington, D. C
An ounce of confidence over faith in neighbors
A concise aphorism contrasts personal confidence with reliance on others. It suggests self belief holds more value than trusting neighbors, framing individual empowerment as superior to collective faith.
Hires and Furs Taxed for Robel Coats or Rugs
Taubert Tannery in Minneapolis Minnesota advertises prices for robes and coats or rugs with a note on taxes. The ad urges readers to send for price first.
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Taubert Tannery
Minneapolis
Minn
We Pay High Prices for Furs and Hides
N. W. Hide and Fur Co of Minneapolis advertises top prices for furs and hides and offers tanning for robes rugs or coats. The text references a boast about a young man acting despite inherited wealth and a remark about turning hair and a political note about convents.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
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