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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
6
In Grand Forks officials propose a tiered water charge for lawn sprinkling with a thousand gallon base plus per thousand gallons after that. The engineer estimates daily hose usage to calculate monthly costs for households, while nearby states report wheat yields and related agricultural notes amid broader region discussion.
The register of deeds reports slowing real estate transfers and stalled homestead entries despite a temporary grading suspension. A monthly surplus funds books and papers, with hope that the surplus will soon cover the cost of a large iron safe bought by commissioners last winter.
Fragmented OCR mixes college names with an old bus ride incident and a catarrh cure ad. It notes a baggage incident on Train 1 where two men were forced by a conductor to the docks and fined for stealing rides. It also includes Hall’s Catarrh Cure testimonials and wheat yield estimates by Innes in Minneapolis journalism.
John ONeill, a convict who escaped from a penitentiary, was traced after four days. He was found in Hebron and returned to custody by Sheriff Haney Grampel, then jailed in the city cell awaiting transfer to the penitentiary. A customer note mentions a family illness and a medical remedy claim.
List of letters remaining unclaimed at Bramarck post office dated Aug 11 with names Martin Doering Joseph Gohmer Miss Allen Hedstrom Louis Hanley Robert Mall R J Henderson Oliver Johnson Mina Clara McCauley Eze Marseim John Shaw Bulie Smith Misa Florence Thompson and others. Notices indicate 21 day holding before dead letter authority. also contains ads for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and local druggists.
A. F. Neybart returns from the Klondike spring expedition. He is the father of a young electrician fatally killed in Minneapolis recently. His other sons who went to Alaska with him will stay there.
Gen Miles and Col Buffalo Bill Cody will visit North Dakota at the opening of the chicken season. They arrive in a private car and base near Fingal with Major Black as the introducer. Deputy Game Warden Casey will chaperone the party.
An assortment of short clippings mentions Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething relief and diarrhoea cure at 25 cents a bottle The Australian bushmen offered Rhodesian farms A Cherokee Indian returning to his tribe after five years in penitentiary forgot their language A year of work yields a cashmere shawl Cycliste and cyclisme win acceptance as dictionary words by the French academy per London Telegraph
Company B of the Eighth United States Infantry moved from Cuba to Minnesota for reorganization. About eighty troops, led by Captain Serwent and Lieutenants Nugent and Pope, took a special train and then a steamer Batchelor to Fort Yates arriving tonight after breakfast in the city.
A palliative for nasal catarrh promotes relief via Fly's Cream Balm in solid and liquid forms. The cream is sold 50 cents per jar with 10 cent trial sizes, including a spraying-tube version. Proponents note medicinal properties and offer mail orders through C. B. Yiengst in Crofte, North Dakota.
City of Bismarck schedules a special election for September 3 to decide incorporation under the general law. Mayor E G Patterson called the election after a petition of one eighth of legal voters. If approved the city would gain authority to form improvement districts, build sidewalks and sewers, and other projects. Polls at the courthouse with judges M H Weeks M H Jewell and C B Little.
Editor I M Higgs of Seneca Illinois suffered from piles for years until using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He reports two boxes cured him and calls it the surest and best salve on earth with a guaranteed cure. Available for 21 cents from P C Remington druggist.
A Bathgate Pink Paper obituary details Gideon Wylie a respected Neche youth who resorted to suicide after unrequited love and rising alcohol use. He drew a pistol on his former sweetheart, fled, then shot himself near Pembina river, dying instantly. The piece notes his early promise and social impact.
In a shocking case, a man accused of assaulting a one year old white girl was seized from custody by a crowd of unidentified men and hanged to a telegraph pole. The event underscores escalating vigilante violence surrounding the case.
A historical ad claims Consumptions preventable with Shilohs Cough and Consumption Cure. The product is marketed with a positive guarantee for over fifty years and lists E. Beardsley druggist at Fourth Street as the seller.
State board review reveals a shocking shortage of jewelry and timepieces on assessors books across counties. Burleigh and Ramsey show notable totals while Ward, Ward, Eddy, and several others report minimal or zero values. figures include Burleigh $1 Winston County missing data. Gran Forks around $344. Steele $502. Britaman $780 and Rally $4545, reflecting uneven asset reporting across counties.
A collage of old advertisements and passages mentions Karl's Clover Root Tea for digestion, Chamberlain's tablets for regular bowels, and One Minute Cough Cure. It cites E. S. Beardsley druggist, Fourth Street, plus notes about Japan banning boys under four smoking and a history line on Napoleonic army trappings and Mount Etna.
Ed Holland a well known cattleman and property owner in Northfield Minnesota died at his home after a long service to the city. He was over 60 and born in Suffolk England leaving a wife and a daughter aged eight. Farmers drought rains and crops are described as recovering with hay flax and grain prospects improving across the region.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near fatal illness with jaundiced skin and weakness. After three physicians gave up, a friend urged Electric Bitters where one bottle brought improvement and three weeks restored health, claiming the tonic saved his life and robbed the grave of another victim. Only 50 cents at P. C. Remington's drug store.
Rufus Ulam, suffering from a long illness affecting his mental condition, was transported to the James Town asylum on Sunday morning by Sheriff Bogue. After months of concern and an inquiry, officials decided to place him under treatment at the asylum, hoping rest and care will restore his health.
A pharmaceutical advertises Shilohs Consumption Cure with a guarantee that users should consume two thirds of the bottle and return it if not benefited for a refund. Pricing is 25 cents, 50 cents, or $1.00, with EB. Beardaley, druggist, located on Fourth Street.
An illustrated booklet titled Summer Trips by Land and Water offers wholesome information and advice for weary travelers seeking a pleasant summer trip. The offer notes your name and address will secure one free copy, distributed by the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railway through T. H. Larke, assistant general passenger agent in Duluth Minnesota. It mentions British apple production at one hundred thousand tons yearly.
A collection of disparate lines notes Lord Roberts leading larger forces, Paris exposition costs, a long serving teacher Felix Hogenmiller, kingfisher coloration, Dutch breakfast etiquette, coal mining fatalities, and random factual fragments. The text mixes historical and cultural references without a coherent narrative.
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