Railway board orders Blooming Prairie grain warehouse approval
The Minnesota Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners directed the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway to grant F H Ferry permission to erect a grain warehouse at Blooming Prairie. After ground inspection, refusals were deemed unlawful and the warehouse must be built under the state act.
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Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
F. H. Rry
Blooming Prairie
Seeele County
Observer Lyons
St. Paul
McFarland
Wade
Hahn
A.J. Stewart
District Court
Wright County
Kiehle
F. Moritz
Europe
London
Northern Pacific
Brainerd
Minnesota
O. Fidem
Watson
C. A. Fleming
Beauford
H. A. Sauer
Gibbon
Darwin
A. Bigelow
Lafond
Cloquet
H. Curry
Sage
Dean
A. Polson
Kieden
C.J. Batch
East Minneapolis
G. P. Fuller
Minneapolis
Henry Chick
Endymion at Ghost Lake Ends in Tragedy
Fred Castle a charming clerk at Ghost Lake retreats from crowd reactions and indolent pleasures until a pistol shot wounds his arm. The Newfoundland known as the Black Prince lunges to shield him as the grim incident shocks onlookers and forces a sudden, fatal turn in his holiday.
Castle and Fannie Elwood Drama at Ghost Lake Hotel
Fred Castle is shot in the arm during a tense hotel scene with Ever ton and Fannie Elwood. He recovers with a doctor’s care and muses on love and indifference as he and Fannie confront their past, leading to a vow to renew their romance while Everton looks on.
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Charles Rekenbeck
Waseca
Lake City
Spencer
St. Paul
Dog Kelley
Clay County Agricultural Society
Glyndon
Adjutant General
Kittelson
General University
Merchants Hotel
Carver
Johnson
A. A. Swenson
A. Roesch
Lafayette
St. Peter
Joseph Laurer
P. P. Hendenstrom
Vasa
George S. Ruble
Fallon County
John L. Scudder
Minneapolis
Congregational Tabernacle
Jersey City
A. P. Foster
Boston Highlands
Wells Advocate
E. A
Wallace C. Brown
Castle
Edward Everton
Everton
Fred
Fannie Elwood
Prince
Fanny Elwood
Elwood
Mrs. Elwood
Epward Liggett
Minnesota
Fannie
Dickens
Cleopatra
Mercy
Tam
The Critic Doomed Says Texas Siftings
A satirical note from Texas Siftings declares critics doomed as self important and unnecessary in art food and theatre. It mocks critics for arrogance and claims readers are well informed enough to judge without a hired guide.
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Texas
At Dawn by John Moran
Poem describes dawn over meadowlands with cowbells and misty clover wreaths as larks sing and a beloved’s presence makes the speaker’s heart rise heavenward Fresh opening buds and dewdrops are likened to gifts from the beloved and from a bright bird, infusing the speaker with glow and melody.
Frost bitten rooster sale turns into hay bale clash
A hillside farmer with a poor horse stops at a feed store to sell a frost bitten rooster. A man objects, claiming the hay belongs to him. The exchange ends with the farmer driving away insisting the “transackshun” won’t hurt the boss, in Arkansaw Traveler style.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Trenchant Pen Sparks Caustic Gifts at Bookshop
A young writer asks for a trenchant pen and a small box with caustics, as store clerks discuss pen choices and the sharp tools of writing. The exchange highlights quirky literary humor and shop chat.
Farming tips Abandon pests with soot and plant care
The column shares home remedies and practical farming notes. It explains using lamp black mixed with milk to deter rabbits from young trees, then washing it off in spring to remove tree lice. It also covers soil cultivation benefiting rainfall distribution, fencing cost versus pasture, and sorghum fodder for cattle. It cites Mr. Holstein and Mr. Gaston on experiments with pumpkins and squash as healthful feed for hogs and cows.
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National Stockman
Holstein
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Texas
Maryland
Kansas
A. H. Gaston
Marshall County
Ilinois
Gaston
Valparaiso
Household Hints and Dessert Recipes
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes including broiled ham with eggs in muffin tins, fig pudding boiled in a mold, lemon pudding with corn starch and fresh lemons, almond balls flavored with lemon or vanilla, and drawn butter with flour and butter.
The Agriculturalist Professors A Farm Debacle
An ex editor Professor J Cudigo Philemsbury buys a farm and orders seed oats. Misreading his own note and ignoring advice, he discovers the sack contains sawdust. The town humors him as the plan collapses and he vows to return to editing.
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J. Cudigo Philemsbury
Colonel Subberly
Jackson
Arkansaw
Treasury circular explains veteran bounty rules from Civil War era
The Second Auditor of the Treasury outlines eligibility for $100 to $400 bounty for volunteers and drafted men from the Civil War. It details heirship, service dates, discharge conditions, and how payments proceed to widows and heirs, with special notes on veterans and regular army entitlements.
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Second Auditor of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Second Auditor’s Office
WashIndon
United States
War Department
Adjutant General's Office
First Corps
United States Veteran Volunteers
Hancock's Corps
Adjutant General
United States Army
Veteran Reserve Corps
What Do You Mean By Lady
A Saturday Review critique questions the evolving use of the term lady versus woman and notes how modern manners blur distinctions between generations. It comments on respect for elders, the bluntness of youth, and the risk of degrading language while urging wiser domestic manners and intergenerational understanding.
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Johnson
Archbishop Trench
Mr. Jones
Mr. Watts
Saturday Review
The Nativity of Plants Origin of Common Foods
Read as a catalog of plant origins. It lists spinach Persia ingot. spinach Persian. horseradish England. melons Asia. filberts Greece. quinces Corinth. turnip Rome. peach Persia. sage Europe south. marjoram Portugal. bean Egypt. damsons Damascus. nasturtium Peru. pea Europe south. ginger East and West Indies. coriander seed East. cucumber tropical. gooseberry Great Britain. apricots Armenia plains. pears East by Romans. walnut Persia Caucasus China. clove Malacca Islands. nutmeg Malacca Islands. cherries Asia seventeenth century. garlic Sicily Mediterranean shores. asparagus Great Britain. tomato South America. parsley from Apples East by Romans. crab apple Great Britain.
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England
Asia
Greece
Corinth
Rome
Persia
Europe
Portu
Gal
Egypt
Damsons
Damascus
Peru
East
West Indies
Great Britain
Armenia
Caucasus
China
Malacca Islands
Sicily
Mediterranean
South America
Nine-year-old on Kansas Pacific train seeks a real cowboy
A bright-eyed girl travels from her eastern home to Denver aboard a Kansas Pacific train. She is eager to see a western cowboy and encounters a stereotyped traveler in a flamboyant outfit. The report notes 250000 Creoles in Louisiana, mainly in New Orleans.
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Kansas Pacific
Denver
Wide Plains
Kansas
Detroit Free Press
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E. H. Lewis
C. D. Kingsley
Mary Rehling
Henderson
Congregational Church
J. W. Horner
Brown
Christian Brown
Racine
Minn
J. E. Andrew
England Prairie
Nancy Fulton
Mabel
John Anderson
Woodland
Mankato
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Cloud
Glencoe
J. E. Andrews
Wadena
St. Paul Fire and Marine Company
Joseph Hebel
Reno
Strait
Mississippi River
Red Wing
Wisconsin
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Committee On Commerce
Senate
John C. Wise
Sabinas
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Owatonna
Alexandria
J.C. Erickmann
Erickmann
Brickmann
Olie Aulie
Ramsey
Fred Castle
Ghost Lake
Endymion
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Isaak Walton
Ned Everton
Creation
Ligget
John Moran
Macaroons
Sor
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