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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
7
Emmons county has settled the county seat dispute with Linton named permanently. A prior suit from Williamsport challenged the vote to move the seat, asserting ballots did not meet two thirds. Attorneys for the plaintiffs moved to dismiss after partisans from both towns reached a settlement.
An odd combination of an advertising blurb for Foot-Ease and a post office notice listing unclaimed letters at the Bismarck post office for the week ending June 16, 1900. Name entries include Mrs Mike Fitzgerald Miss Car Nelson Mrs Bertha Peterson Mrs Mary Peterson and others. letters held 21 days before being sent to the dead letter office.
A reader cites T M Heptits Supply House in Minneapolis for selling an inferior wagon and failing to respond to letters. The complainant warned of potential fraud to authorities, alleging the wagon was covered by a one year guarantee but repairs were never paid.
Fragmentary newspaper note references foragers and the Boston Bloomer Girls, Leeds boys, and a claim of forger-like competition. Mentions Nasal Catarrh treated by Ely's Cream Balm, both solid and liquid forms, with trial offer and mail order. Also advertises bedsteads, springs, and mats at Faunce's Corner and goods at Lucents on the dollar.
Notices indicate Bosard and Bosard initiated actions against blind pigeons in Dickenson. papers sent for service but police refuse to proceed until costs are guaranteed. Also includes brief ads and local notices about remedies, sales, and political commentary from Morton County Republicans.
Constable Clark of Mandan petitions the Grand Forks Herald to start a subscription for deputies who guarded buildings and stock while pige were in hock. He claims Attorney Voss set $1 daily rate but only $83 daily total was paid. Deputies have received $400, Clark borrowed funds and has only $377 collected, doubtful of further recovery. He notes saloons have reopened except those burned.
Anne B Springer of 1125 Howard Street Philadelphia credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a complete cure for a long standing hacking cough. She reports chest pain relief and better sleep after trying the remedy, priced 50 cents to 1 dollar with trials at P O Remington’s drug store.
The insanity board ruled W. W. Barrett must be sent to the state asylum after examination and testimonies from Erick Meljem and Oscar Koolberg. Barrett, former state superintendent of irrigation and forestry, is about 60 and has worsened in jail. his son George Barrett will escort him on the train. The paper notes Barrett's long service and hopes for recovery, while also including an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills.
The Second district convention will decide the combined slate for county commissioner at the North Menoken school house on July 7 at 3 p m The Fargo Forum notes Arthur Noyes has returned to Minneapolis from Washington with a commission in Alaska and is a well known former Grand Forks resident.
Married in Bismarck North Dakota on June 18 James Smith and Annie Dunbar both of Hampton Emmons county were united by Rev. A Currie They will reside in Emmons county and friends extend best wishes for a happy life with abundant success.
A historical advertisement claims consumption is preventable and that neglect in personal crisis worsens illness. It touts Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure as curative with a 50 year positive guarantee. Sold by Beardsley, druggist, Fourth Street.
Barney Schwab Jr married Lizzie M Cox at their Menoken home, with about a hundred friends in attendance. He is son of the veteran Barney Schwab Sr, and the couple began married life with independent means. Despite politics dividing them, the event marked a cheerful union.
An old remedy for teething, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, is advertised to soothe the child, soften the gums, ease pain, cure wind colic and diarrhoea, priced at 25 cents per bottle.
A 15 month old cow reportedly belonging to John White gave birth last night, a stock item noted for print. The incident underscores routine agricultural reporting in the region.
A guarantee on Shilohs Consumption Cure promises refund if two thirds of the bottle is used and no benefit is felt. Prices listed as 25 cents, 50 cents, and 1.00. Drugstore notice credits E S Beardsley, druggist on Fourth Street.
W F Cochrane was elected to the Bismarck school board by a vote of 12 to 1 against Mary Wilson wife of E H Wilson. Rumor says a pop enthusiast organized a surprise vote with eleven others to vote for Mrs Wilson, who is unaware of the joke. The item notes no real interest in the election and no tickets were prepared in advance.
A recent heavy shower centered on the Missouri slope drenched the area aiding the dry season. Though two weeks late for maximum impact, soil moisture improves, grain and pasture prospects rise as rain continues intermittently from midnight onward, with Jamestown outside the precipitation zone.
Editor F. M. Higgins of Seneca Illinois credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing years of piles after doctors failed. The ad claims two boxes cured him and guarantees a cure for 25 cents through P. Rementing druggist. Also notes flax losses from cut worms and cites One Minute Cough Cure saving over fifteen hundred lives from grippe and related illnesses.
Western views offered by L A Hiffman, Miles City Mont photo publisher now in New York 111 Bad 26th St. Catalog of 150 pictures for 20. Includes round up cattle ranch scenes wild animal chase and Indian chieftains 48 cabinets. Sanitary authorities in Boston call for sterilization of devices and clean towels for each customer.
Cockerels priced from 1.50 to 83.00 each with eggs in season at 61.50 per setting. Prize winners noted from W. A. Falconer in Bismarck North Dakota.
A list of livestock taken up including a sorrel horse at 1100 pounds with white hind feet and face strip, branded V, another 1100 pound white-footed horse shod on three feet no brand, a 700 pound gray horse pony branded IL, a 1000 pound gray mare with no brand, a 1000 pound sorrel mare with two white hind feet and a forehead spot branded FF, and a one day mare at 1000 pounds blind in the right eye branded FR.
Farmers can obtain coal by sending orders to B Yiengst of Crofte North Dakota. Mail orders receive prompt attention and delivery arrangements are suggested for convenience.
May 15 entries describe four horses two bay mares with branding, a sorrel mare, two yearling foals, and a white strip-faced colt. Owners must prove property and pay charges. Also noted are branded bay horses with marks and a white mare with a colt, plus a gray mare, all held by authorities in Steele and Fort Rice Reservation within North Dakota.
Washington reports Admiral Dewey withdraws from the presidential race and declines any run for second place. He says I am out of politics for good and would have voted for Cleveland but cannot muster a Democratic core to vote this fall. Nevada population noted alongside.
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