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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
5
A poetic collage of longing for windless, calm places and stable homes, a humorous Uncle Ben Bryan feud tale, and moral musings on truth and life. It blends verse fragments, political satire, and reflective vignettes on everyday life.
A Civil War era summary details Lewis and Clark's 1800 Missouri River expedition from its mouth near Mandan to the Yellowstone and beyond. It notes boat crews, Mandan villages, fort structures, landscape wonders, encounters with wildlife, and the interpreter Chalhoneau. The piece praises the expedition's lasting impact on knowledge of the region and river perils and legends.
Drayton sends notice to North Dakota Sunday school workers announcing the interdenominational convention at Grand Forks from May 21 to 25. It highlights speakers Mary Bryner and Charles Lawrence, urges each school to send a delegate, requests county pledges and fundraising, and promises reduced rates and free entertainment for delegates.
An old advertisement endorses Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. It claims the formula soothes pain softens gums and cures wind colic and diarrhoea with a 25 cent bottle price. The tone mirrors period delicate medical patent remedies once common in newspapers.
A Missouri Supreme Court decision overturned a district ruling in a Cass County case involving the noxious weed law. The court held the state cannot sue for penalties absent explicit legislative designation of who benefits from the recovery, and that penalties cannot be recovered in a civil action unless authorized by law. The opinion, by Chief Justice Bartholomew, stresses the state’s lack of capacity to sue for penalties except as legislatively permitted, and notes no treasury designation for collected fines.
Gov Wells of Utah practices experimental chemistry at leisure. Gov Roosevelt of New York shuns jewelry except a plain gold seal ring bearing family arms. Hebron plans a state bank led by H R Lyon. Rep Spalding's pontoon bridge bill for Red River at Grafton passes the House. Wahpeton reports high demand for carpenters and masons, yet workers scarce as firms hire ahead.
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