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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
8
Thursday and Friday items from City and County cover travels of officials and residents, hospital visits, and a bankruptcy petition for Louis Hanson. Reports flag machinery and coal mine prospects near Wilton, payrolls and land office gains, cattle shipments rising, and Stark county population growth. The Dickinson Press notes a wool market standstill and Miles City fire impact on prices. district news includes local crime and bonds.
Braddock reports a second wool day with a satisfactory sale. Wool stored a week earlier sold today at 150 cents per pound to F. M. Joslyn of Frederick for a Massachusetts mill. Most wool came from the Winona district.
Dr Ramstad visits St Paul Saturday afternoon. Miss Dora Yegen tours Billing with her uncle. State Treasurer Driscoll and Attorney General Cowan arrive on the noon eastbound train. P E Byrne wins Indian agency coal contract at Standing Rock. Cavalry at Yates departs for Manila, to be replaced by Fort Keogh troop. Register McGillivray returns from the east. Mrs McGillivray visits Jamestown. W C Andrew of Wright Barrett Stillwell visits Bismarck friends. Mrs Tracy Bolman of Netawaka Kan arrives to visit with her son-in-law and daughter. Col Tulley reports wheat from nearby farm. Local residents picnic at Twin Butte ranch. Lieut Dorman Baldwin of Jamesown among first Spanish-American War pension recipients at $15 monthly after knee injury in the Philippines. Washburn road train schedule takes effect. first train to Wilton runs. Auditor Walker’s friends ride to Wilton on a special trip. Telephone line Wilton to Washburn begins. later extended to McLean county metropolis. Lumber to Washburn enables elevator construction. Contractor Winston visits city. steel work nears completion at Wilton yards with A Y being laid and side tracks. Turntable planned for local yards. There is yet about a
Secretary of State Falley and McLean county residents Sam Falconer A Von Steiger and E A Lamb move through city points on the way to Grand Forks state convention. Northern Pacific officials and others also arrive or depart while Agnes J Gillette, 16, is shipped from Hampton Va to Fort Berthold after dying there as a normal pupil.
McLean county delegate George L. Robinson returned via St. Paul en route home from Grand Forks and was pleased with the convention results except for Spalding. Governor Fancher learned of his aunt’s death in Chicago on convention day and traveled there with Mrs. Fancher. The Sheridan house project moves forward slowly with the main wing nearly turned and telegraph wires removed for the move. Mrs. H. C. Hansbrough visits with her mother Mrs. Etta Sperry Chapman at the Blue Mountain House in Maryland, planning a western trip later. North Western Pacific outfits engines and rolling stock with safety couplers at Jamestown. additional cars to receive couplers soon. J. E. Phelan of Fargo reports Western state conditions fair. hay saved aids stockmen, overstocked ranges and close settlements pose risk. Bob Wallace’s gasoline launch tested at Jamestown. lake levels force extended dock to reach water. Alkali lake remains largely marshy. Mrs. Poole hosts Miss Knowling of Bismarck. Mrs. Stevens of Bismarck also visiting. Grand Forks Herald notes Democrats may have a chance in state this fall, reversing earlier expectations.
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