YARD WALL Construction at Pence Mary Prison West Yard
A report details the renewal of the Pence Mary Prison yard wall. Workers remove debris and prepare foundations as a brick wall replaces the old wooden enclosure. The wall will be 25 feet tall with arches and recesses, using about two million bricks for its completion. The project, on the south side, is described as a major improvement since the institution’s founding. A separate note promotes Chanteuvin’s Cough Tolu for sleeplessness.
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Hancher
Yale
Farmers Institutes urged with funds available in North Dakota
Kauffman director calls after winter success for about twenty farmers institutes. Farmers and businessmen should appoint a secretary, choose preferred dates, and apply quickly to ensure scheduling. State covers most expenses. only hall costs needed. Institutes aim to promote diversified farming and practical pointers.
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Parmers
Kaller ‘Tribune
Farmers’ Institute
Glorious Cure Claims for Bitters and Local Ads
Dr D B Cargile of Washita I T reports four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs Brewer of scrofula after years of suffering. The ad extols Bitters as a top blood purifier for eczema tetter ulcers boils and running sores. Also promotes furniture stoves and hats at low prices and Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets at 25 cents with free samples at Beardsley’s drug store.
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D. B. Cargile
Washita
I. T
P. C. Remington
John Carlson Builds Gasoline Boat For Missouri Tour
Mandan Pioneer reports John Carlson assisted by his father and brother has constructed a gasoline boat in regular ship shape style and will depart tomorrow with his father mother and brother for a tour of the Missouri Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico country. The youths inventive genius is praised by those familiar with this craft.
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Missouri
John Carlson
Mississippi
Mexico
John
Fragmentary note on a new boat named Sure Favor
The text describes a lengthy vessel eight thirty feet long with three-garlera feet width and seven ton capacity. It mentions five small rooms and an engine with five power, and a hopeful note about launching and naming the boat the Sure Favor.
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Jola
Surgeons and self cure with Arnica Salve claim
Fragmentary 19th century ad copy touts Drs advising Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson D. to undergo costly surgery for rectal ailment but he allegedly cured himself with five boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Includes political snippets and testimonials about Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with local seller E. S. Beardsley.
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Renick Hamilton
West
Jefferson
Buelklen
P. C. Remington
B.D. Lowther
Centerville
Java
Funeral for Eb A Spoonum Held at Methodist Church
The painter Eb A Spoonum, killed at Mandan last week, was honored with a Sunday funeral at the Methodist church at 5 pm. Fraternal lodges from Mandan attended, escorting the body to South Dakota for burial. Fraternal groups conducted arrangements amid strong turnout. Dr James Maden of Chicago to visit for eye care on a noted date. Grand Forks Herald note on Burtness seeking presidential elector nomination reflecting local polling.
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EB. A. Spoonem
Methodist
BE. A. Spoonum
Mandan
Methodist Church
Anderson
Lodges of
Odd Fellows and Maccabees
Maccabees
South Dakota
James Maden
Chicago
Northwest
Grand Padde Hotel
Grand Forks Herald
C. Burtness
Secretary of State
Haverley's Minstrels at the Atheneum October 24
Haverley's Mastodon Minstrels set to appear at the Atheneum on October 24 promising a new program that departs from routine. The act features chief purveyor George Wilson with Dan Allman and a notable line up including Gard ner & Hunt, Baker & Teal, Mozier & Conley, Master Martin, Dan Waldron, Bobby Teal, Robert Baker, James Conners, Larry Brown, William Mack, John Morton, Claude Menkee and a prominent vocal ensemble led by Harry Leighton and J. J. Claxton among others.
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Haverley
Atheneum
George Wilson
Dan Allman
Big Four
Gardner & Hunt
Baker & Teal
Mozier & Conley
Master Martin
Dan Waldron
Bobby Teal
Robert Baker
James Conners
Larry Brown
William Mack
John Morton
Claude Menkee
Charming
Harry Leighton
J. J. Claxton
John S. Rolans
John Maxwell
Sam Nankeville
Advertised List of Unclaimed Letters at Bismarck Post Office
Week ending October 13 includes Tohan Bisher John Greyerbiche Jack Hunsley Thos Howley John A Johnson Mrs E Moore Henry McElfist Fred Monan Frank Powell Mrs T G Pine Uriah Ross Si Woodworth. Letters held 21 days before dead letter office. Advised to call and say advertised with list date AGATHA G PATTERSON P M. Logan county sheep numbers rise with Bangla sightings. Homestead notes crop failure softer due to stock gains. Napoleon sighting trains export cattle. stock shipments frequent. Lumber trade signals rising stockman interest.
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Bismarck Postence
Tohan Bisher
John Greyerbiche
Jack Hunsley
Thos
Howley
John A. Johnson
E. Moore
Henry McElfist
Fred Monan
Frank Powell
T. G. Pine
Uriah Ross
Si Woodworth
Agatha G. Patterson
P. M
Logan County
Napoleon
Windy Prairie Return Weighs In On Bryan McKinley Vote
Fragmentary OCR notes show a split vote with Bryan ahead by a margin of 13 to 2 and 47 to 2 in another train bound for the Sioux City corn palace exhibition. The muddled text hints at socialists versus Bryan and McKinley and mentions calves and straw, illustrating the era’s windy political mood.
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Bryan
McKinley
Sioux City Corn Palace Exhibition
Wit McKinley
Weakon
North Dakota
Soothing Syrup for Teething Warned Remedy
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething aid for babies. It claims to soothe the child ease gum pain and relieve diarrhoea for 25 cents a bottle in this historical notice.
Incomplete technical description of an apparatus
The fragment describes a device setup with a strong finish two inches long and twelve inches of wire, a six inch high base, and a wire cloth with meshes dyed to the net. It mentions positioning at a proper distance from the bottom and a supporting rest.
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Hottom
Beardsley drug ad touts Chamberlain tablets aids
The item promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a quick relief for biliousness and a preventive if taken at first signs. It notes price per box and free samples, with Beardsley's drug store as the seller. Also appears to include unrelated political clippings and campaign notes mentioning Wallace and McCumber.
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Beardsley’s
Beet Sugar Plant Aimed For Oakes North Dakota
Senator Marshall of Oakes travels to Minneapolis to meet eastern capitalists about establishing a large beet sugar factory in Oakes. discussions are preliminary with optimism for success, stressing Oakes as a prime site and the need for a sugar beet industry.
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Minneapolis
Om" Marshall of
Oakes
Todey
Marshall
North Dakota
New York
Mr. Marshall
Jan
Jakota
Fusion campaign gains momentum amid drought and politics
Reports describe fusion campaign managers confident in Halland's prospects and Comstock's push amid Republican splits. Farmers face crop reverses with hail and drought, yet corn and flax show resilience as neighborhoods brace for elections and postwar recovery. London dispatch notes thirteen Boer deaths in skirmishes and a British detachment retreat.
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London
Lord Roberts
Vhenus Botha
Volksrust
Bell Reports From North Dakota Banking Tour
NO BLUES HERE Minneapolis Oct 12 J E Bell of the Hennepin County Savings Bank who has been examining business conditions in North Dakota with H L Moore of the Minnesota Loan and Trust Company returned this morning Bell spent time in Trail and Case counties part of the Red River valley where the farm-
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Minneapolis
J. E. Bell
Hennepin County Savings Bank
North Dakota
H. L. Moore
Minnesota Loan and Trust Company
Mr. Bell
Trail
Case Counties
Red River Valley
Adirondacks See Two Inches Snow Overnight in Plattsburg
Snow to the depth of two inches fell in the Adirondacks last night, with Plattsburg, New York, reporting the cold weather as autumn depths deepen across the region.
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Adirondacks
Plattsburg, N. Y
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Pargo, N. D
Troy
Chamberlain
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Johore
William Mc.Kinley
Beveridge
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Philippines
Conaresa Bay
Louisia
William McKinley
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Eters
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Croker
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Morton
Merr Counties
Rmer Wallace
Morton Mercer
Farmer Wallace
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McCumber
Ohio
Toledo
Aueas
Cheney
Iby & Co
Hull
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
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Jomstock
Carmody
Vorcement League
Comstock
Tee
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Drouth
Hall
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Worth Star Shoe CO
Mink
Port Women
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Dr. Hathavas
Dr. Hathaway
Gee
Jowt Cianey
Mr. Hathaway
Hathaway
Peases
Newton Hathaway
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