Farming notes and townsite news at Fort Lincoln and beyond
A survey of local farming near Fort Lincoln details Stevenson’s 160 acre farm on the Missouri where he grows potatoes cabbage and garden produce with a seven acre setup yielding 60 bushels of corn and 175 bushels of potatoes per acre. Other settlers Quinlan Welch Byrne Townsend and Schenkenberg provide crops and livestock data while townsite developments and land entries, new mills and a growing trade network unfold along the Missouri River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Missouri River
Stevenson
Quinlan
Welch
Thomas Welch
P. H. Byrne
Byrnes
Boone Amd Martin
Horace'p. Bogay
M. Martin
Samull Townsend
Townsend
Amputation of Denise in Fort Rice Company Cage
Our Fort Rice correspondent reports Denise of Company M 7th Cavalry lost a left leg after being accidentally shot by Morris of the same unit during a chicken hunt. Dr. Taylor Post Surgeon performed the operation with high credit. Col Benteen ordered to Standing Rock for a brief inspection.
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Fort Rice
Denise
Co. M
7Th Cavalry
Morris
Taylor
Col
Benteen
Standing Rock
Col. Benteen
Bismarck
Col. Beateen
Ayent ix Ai
Pitts
Opis
Stop Thief in Minnesota Press Theft Riddle
A riddle portrays a newspaper thief stealing city papers. The speaker asks who roams with the exchanges stolen from New York Washington Chicago, and who targets St Paul Sioux City and Yankton editions. The verse hints at anger and urges discovery of the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Chicago
St. Paul
Sioux City
Yankton
Minnesota
Fashion Revolt and Fashions Through Ages
A fragment discusses male reactions to changing female dress styles from hooded gowns to modern skirts. It notes past reactions to the kangaroo droop and Grecian bend, tracing foreshadowed tensions and a lingering male fascination with female silhouettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Bess
Glaus-Singiser Abandonment Claim Dismissed
The complaint of abandonment by Glass was filed after the five year period including military service, leading to dismissal and landward transfer to Singiser. Chas. A. Galloway opens a billiard parlor and saloon on the street with a top table, quality goods, a quiet place, and attractive rooms expecting patronage from billiard players and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Galloway
Éth Sr
Mail schedule changes announced for weekly departures
The mail will leave on Wednesdays and Mondays, and arrive on Thursdays and Saturdays. Stages are making regular trips with good timing and improved accommodation for passengers, who have previously faced peaks in service terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evary
Local Notices and Community Notes from Port Lincoln
Spee Gee W Warnion of Port Lincoln leaves hive yesterday while Byerons buzzing skiat Bremerck and Harper's Monthly will furnish one year porch paid for five dollars. Hildebrand reconsiders moving to Black Hills. family to return to Chicago. Presbyterian church announces regular services at 11 am and 7 pm every Sabbath with weather not delaying. Mail tonight will give further relation to the matter. Indignation talk in St Paul lunch room over policy of denying service to non-buyers. A L Bonnatson reports Standing Rock and plans to Stevenson. more news next week. Hunters report good success with 17 deer by N J Colling, ten by Henry Ward, ten by Merry and others. carcass price ranging from 1 to 8 cents.
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Carcaco
Chia
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lake Michigan
Chicago Evening Journal
Chicago
Tere
Fair Daughters
Garden City
Johnson
Springfeld
Crockery
St. Louis
Springfield
Denmark
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Beggar's ruse ends in rare Bedouin bond over horse
A Bedouin named Daher feigns weakness to steal Naber's horse but, after being allowed to ride, confesses and returns the animal. Naber spares him, offers aid, and the pair become lifelong friends.
Freaks of Gladsteas in Curious Book Trade
The tale recounts Mr. Gladstone selling his entire library to a second hand bookseller. A relative Lord Wolverton rushed in to buy, then the books were resold at minimal profit. The piece notes Gladstone’s eccentric aura and references Palmerston’s quip about his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Maguire
America
Down
Lord Wolverton
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Palmerston
Hiachina
Letter at the store sparks a memory of home and love
A reader recalls a past Sunday night at home and a long journey to visit the girl he loves. The scene includes a father at the gate testing a marriage timeline and warning about candles and crops, with the town newspaper noting the moment from the Vicksburg Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburgh Herald
Howlittle Alice Died In Fiery Tragedy At Redwing
In Redwing Minnesota Rev Mr Windsor mourns as his five year old daughter Alice perishes after severe burns from a fire. She lingered between life and death and asked her mother to sing Jesus’s little lamb then clasped her mother’s neck. She later requested her father to sing Rock of Ages and found solace in the hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Windsor
Redwing
Minn
Alice
Heaven
Earth
Jesus
St. Paul
Seedy man jumps into river at Third Street
A vagrant leapt into the river foot of Third street yesterday forenoon and was pulled out within minutes. He drys his clothes in the sun as a hackman quips about the stunt. The man remarks Toledo crowds who once urged him to drink.
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Third Street
Hackman
Toledo
Detroit Free Press
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Dot
Steverson
John Quinlan
Thomas Cantwell
Theodore Schenkenbero
Fort Lincoln
Uspt
Fain
Hazen
Brooklyn
Amai-Pox
Moody and
Sankey
Ant
Beether
Gova
Talmage
Ieoam
Quartein
Esere
Serat
Tuebuer
Cols
Scully
Port Rice Minstrel
Tatraxe
United States
Corprate
As Anhabitwata
Hobart
Souter
Kibner
Spee Gee. W. Warnion
Port Lincoln
Erie Byerons
Ays
Biemarck
Harper's Monthly
Basar Willshe
Portage
Presbyterian Church
Plandreau
A. L. Bonnatson
N. J. Colling
Henry Ward
Merry & Ith
Browning & Se
Lasnartine
Negedber
Daher
Phus
Naber
Nuber
Gladsteas
Cnet
Mdaer
al Hemelors
Bill
Rome
Vibe
Candall
Agathet
Mather
Vicksburg
Louisa
Howlittle Alice
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