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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
8
A lengthy City and County column details officials, legal notes, and elections while reporting on Dakota and Minnesota events. It notes court activity, postal matters, forestry funding proposals, river conditions, tribal matters, and local and state officials traveling for hearings and conventions with scattered updates from Mandan, Washburn, Lake View, and Fargo.
A blaze occurred late last week at the Metlley Harel in Mandan. Fire crews responded and damaged furniture and furnishings were reported in one of the rooms.
The report notes land sales across the state with W. J. Brown & Co. buying sixty two quarter sections in sixty days for speculation. It records 1600 hides auction at Port Yates and a shift in Interior Department policy. Washington praise for North Dakota delegation follows, with Senators McGumber and Hansbrough highlighted for notable service.
The column recounts various locals including insurance chief Harrison, state officials Carltow and Walley, and Attorney General Phil prick visiting or returning from duties. It notes Miss Carroll and Mrs. De Graft, calendar news from WH Brown & Co, a train incident near Valley City killing two horses, a Kansas transfer to a Woods school, and a Reno-style social at Baker hall. It discusses weather, ice shipments, a Forts of Fargo officer resignations, and Canadian and American mining developments in Alaska and Dawson City with claims, rail progress toward White Horse Pass, and new mining machinery. It mentions miners debating the origin of gold deposits, and cautions about counterfeit salves.
Weather fears delay landseekers while a petrified man exhibit tours from New York to St. Paul. Maggie Davidson in Pasadena improves health as Mrs. Dowell visits California. Manover postmaster faces possible whiskey accusations and possible saloon closure. Northern coast lines prep for spring travel and Alaska steamship demand rises. Old mill buildings near New York auctions reshape Grand Pacific frontage projects underway.
Secretary Poole reported from Jamestown as two popular youths Tom Pergugon and Miss Hallenberg drowned after skating on a river near town. A hole in a thawed ice led to both sinking, with Ferguson found at the bottom and Hallenberg later recovered, highlighting dangers of ice cut for fishing and skating.
An odd fragment notes a satire on a perfume line and a claim for Clover Root Tea with breath cleansing effects. It mentions varying prices and a Beardsley Drug Store. Separately Paul Fretz is praised for entering the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis from Grand Forks and ranking first in mathematics in a class of sixty.
What is Shiloh presents as a global fifty year old remedy for coughs colds and consumption. It claims to have cured many incipient cases and relieved advanced stages. A money back guarantee applies if not satisfied. Price 25 cents 60 cents to 1 E 8 Beardsley Druggist 4th
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