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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1894
Page
4
The fragment chronicles a newspaper page with scattered items on subscriptions, political critique, wheat market notes, and Hawaii and New York relics. It references the Bismarck Weekly Tribune, legal notices, editorials on democracy, and international trade, with mentions of wheat prices, Argentina, Australia, and a Greeley statue fund drive.
R J Burdick, a former state railroad commissioner, argues wheat price raises require time and notes foreign market factors. He cites Liverpool selling 2?000 quarters of hard Manitoba wheat on February 10, priced near Canadian hard, after freight and insurance deductions, highlighting global price parallels and transport costs.
Henry Curns notes weekly business review shows relief costs declining with year start, demand exceeding supply in many sectors, reduced stocks and price effects stimulating buying. Confidence grows as tariff decisions near, signaling a move toward normal conditions. main signs include sudden development of economic improvement and cautious optimism.
A public health committee reports partial findings on securing pure water. A forty mile forty inch pipe could deliver two million gallons daily at a cost of about 500000, with 250000 for pipe alone. Artesian wells yielded high solids, Sandy river is impracticable, and the city may pursue alternation or electrical treatment while engineers study eastward options.
A fragmentary report notes a forthcoming feat tied to North Dalkote liquite and lantern coal in the Northern Pacific region. It hints at industrial or transportation significance and a notable achievement involving a train or route. Further details are not yet clear.
The article notes a Fargo movement to favor North Dakota coal over eastern supplies for the Duluth & Winnipeg road and to have it pass west from its line near Fargo through Fargo to the south, tapping Red River valley trade. Prominent businessmen urge senator Washburn’s help to reroute the line.
North Dakota steps forward to feed the needy as Runcey county parishes donate wheat and money. About 102 fifty pound sacks of wheat and 880 in money have been sent to the poor. Great Northern and Chicago Burlington Northern provide free transportation for the relief shipments.
Telegrams show the contest for surveyor generalship narrowed to Hare and Engle with Hare slightly ahead, while another telegram reports Hare has given up hope. The latest dispatches indicate a choice decisive between the two candidates as Hare returns home.
A stalled appointment blocks Saver Joserns, famed for a stirring soup house march and other stanzas, as United States marshal for the district of Philadelphia. Mixed in editorial note on politics and culture, the piece also mentions North Dakota and South Dakota college debate results at Vermillion and a quip about railroads ownership.
Senate remarks indicate the surveyor generalship plum will fall shortly with debate centering on who will assume the position. The timing remains uncertain as political maneuvering continues.
Noties to Contractor shows sealed proposals due April 2 1894 at 2 Nelo ck p m at the state auditor office Bismarck for a Suk Sod feet addition to the Capitol. Separate bids for plastering and painting. Bonds required fifteen thousand dollars and five hundred dollars as surety. Board reserves right to reject bids and employ convicts at 41 per day.
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