The North West Weekly Major Events Summary
The North West reports a fatal horse incident in Lake Ida Douglas County and a severe head injury to J H B Easton in Rochester. A baron was destroyed by fire in Quincy with $2000 loss. A Duluth woman burned in a kettle accident, a body identified near Wacouta, and Colom’s forgery trial set for April 14. Ground broken for a Winona creamery, a fatal Hastings shotgun accident, and a royal array of fires, arrests, strikes, ore finds, and population notes across Minnesota and neighboring states.
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P. G. Anderson
Lake Ida
Douglas County
J. H. B. Easton
Rochester
J. Harshmann
Quincy
Burleigh land district bill eyed by North Dakota lawmakers
The North Dakota legislature considers creating Minot as a new land district with a favorable senate report. Alexander McKenzie offers 5,000 bushels of seed wheat to Burleigh county at 75 cents per bushel, 6 percent interest, with crop security. The Ottawa house of Grand Forks burns. 40 boarders escape with little more than night clothes.
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Grand Forks
J. E. Winship Printing Establishment
Daily Plaindealer Company
Plaindealer
Consolidated
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Minot
Senate
Alexander McKenzie
Burleigh County
Maurice O’ Hair
Bismarck
Peter Casey
Hillsboro
North Dakota Supreme Court
Fulton
Casselton
Post Office
Watkin
Dakotas
North
South Dakota
Winchester
Ecklund and Healy
Guy W. Johnson
M. Eppinger
Eppinger
Cass County
Dalrymple Farm
Fargo
Ottawa
Forks County
Cty
Wuch
Nat County
G. Cou
T. Acres
Fred
Naac
Bank’ Conde
A. Mears
National Bank of
Medhurst
Mears
National Bank of North Dakota
Canada
Sioux Falls Packing-House to Hire 200 Workers
Two hundred workmen will be employed in the construction of the packing-house at Sioux Falls. Other brief items note a mysterious disappearance near Gilby, robust Belle Fourche stock, a Pierre gambler fined after fleecing a stranger, and an accident injuring George Plummer near Columbia from a cartridge explosion while loading a shotgun.
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Sioux Falls
John May
Gilby
George Plummer
Columbia
Oshkosh aims to revive Northern Fair project
Oshkosh contemplates renewing the old Northern Fair scheme as local plans unfold. Courthouse at Richland Center cost 28460 dollars, La Crosse MENSA to erect 9000 dollar clubhouse, and 10000 dollars pledged to ensure the La Crosse fair venture. Coroner rules C E Gray of Waukesha died of heart failure. Father of Thomas Windhate dies in Pontiac aged 103. Lipper: Carl Braunschweig of Lebanon injures hand in Watertown hunt. Rev Samuel Brown accepts Ashland Presbyterian post after 14 years at Chippewa Falls. Eastern capitalists linked to Oshkosh water works are Gardiner residents, same syndicate owns Eau Claire Street Railroad. Lillian Grove, wife of Frank Grove, dies. pre-marriage work with insane asylum institutions noted. Watertown Y M C A dissolves. funds to found Watertown public library. Hinsman and Halverson fined for drunkenness after burglary misstep in Racine. Mrs Warner dies in Berlin. sister Mrs Starks dies of heart failure hours later. Berlin burial, Columbus burial. Safe robbery at Harrington & Sons Dakota yields 600 cash, six bearer checks, 300 in securities. No trace of shelves. Chicago Northwestern collision at Racine. express crashes into freight. one hurt. West Blue Mound auction risk. sale to pay debts. mound height 1169 feet. eighty acres near summit. Latimer sues Eau Claire city over sewer and pavement taxes. temporary injunction blocks tax collection. Laura Whitesey found murdered in Hurley alley. ax bloody. revolver near body. rings and money indicate not robbery.
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Thomas Windhate
Manitowoc
Pontiac
Mich
Carl Braunschweig
Lebanon
Watertown
Samuel Brown
Presbyterian Church
Ashland
Chippewa Falls
Oshkosh
Gardiner
Eau Claire Street Railroad
Lillian Grove
Frank E. Grove
Northern Hospital
Warner
Berlin
D. D. Starks
Columbus
Harrington & Sons
Dakota
la Crosse
Winona
Chicago & Northwestern
Racine
Wis
West Blue Mound
Iowa County
C. B. Arnold
Lake Michigan
L. E. Latimer
City of
Eau Claire
Stanton
Latimer
Hurley
Laura Whitlesey
Lotta Morgan
Syea
Mixed Local News From Grinnell To Tama County
A season opener in Grinnell saw Frank Clendenin break his leg on a stolen-base attempt. Davenport arrests of M R Ferguson and Mrs Smith for bigamy ended with $2,000 bonds posted. Frost spared blackberry vines statewide, signaling a strong crop. Omer Wiley, 16, of Carroll, died after a team ran him headfirst into a tree. Spirit Lake mised a pair of raccoons with a club. Jessie Havermale helped prevent a major blaze by tossing a blazing lamp into the street. A Tama County youth faces weapons charges after railing at school and injuring a teacher. William Finner, once missing after large bank withdrawal in Sidney, not murdered but vanished.
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Grinnell
Frank Clendenin
M. R. Ferguson
Spirit Lake Mise
Jessie Havermale
Tama County
Springfield marksman hits bull's eye ten times in a row
Mr. Wilson Gardner of Springfield Massachusetts fires ten shots from a 38 caliber Smith and Wesson at a two inch bull's eye twelve feet away and scores 120 flawless hits. The target facsimile excites New York cracks and the shooting world. Some doubt its authenticity despite measurements.
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Wilson Gardner
Springfield
Mass
Smith & Wesson
New York
Conlin
Gardner
Wilson
George Bird
Bird
Paris Exposition
New York Sun
Electric power spreads through Britain as lights and motive force
The article notes electricity proving its advantage over older methods as both a motive power and luminant. It cites a new electric railway and the electric lighting at the British Museum as signs of adoption. London streets already show growing arc and incandescent lighting, with hotels, especially American frequented, embracing electric products despite New York leading in some areas.
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British Museum
England
London
Strand
Oxford Street
New York
European nations seek to tax aliens for burdens
Across Europe and England governments are considering or enacting laws to tax foreigners. France Germany Italy and Australia have passed measures in the last year to share burdens with alien residents. Sweden just approved a $30 monthly tax on foreigners in business, with contracts void without payment for the entire residence term. In England a poll tax of at least $25 per year is proposed for non naturalized foreigners.
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Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Australia
Sweden
Oscar
England
A Powder That Should Be Popular
A London beautifier has devised a new face powder that won’t rub off for twelve hours It leaves no mark on black coats making it a boon for sentimental couples The New York Commercial Advertiser notes the powder is a quiet boon comparable to gunpowder that makes no noise
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London
New York
The Taste of Stamps Two Cent Stamp Tidbit
The two cent stamp is described as the color of a half ripe pomegranate and tasting like fried egg plant. It is praised as an improvement over the earlier stamp that kept George Washington in his salad days. The green stamp reportedly tastes like cucumbers, a notion disliked by those who lick stamps rather than envelopes.
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August Anderson
Hastings
Maiden Rock
Wis
Fort Ridgely
Adjutant-General's Office
St. Paul
J. C. McGrue
Crookston
MceGrue
George Washington
Boston
Trade Sermon Warns Honest Gain Demands Hard Work
Dr Tal mage preaches in Brooxtus on Proverbs about buyers and sellers in a world of deception. He denounces falsehoods in merchandise and warns that strong temptation to covetousness and ease can ruin souls, families, and firms, urging business leaders to seek God's kingdom now.
Judge West Lets Jury See Awful Face Wins Case
In Bellefontaine Judge West tries a major suit with a blinded defendant whose repellent facial features cause the jury distress. The plaintiff wheeled to the stand and, after forcing the man to turn, the jurors fixate on the face as the judge ends the tense moment. The judge’s gambit secures victory for the plaintiff.
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West
What Choir Singers Are Paid in Cities
The article notes beginner choir singers in an average city earn 200 to 300 dollars annually, rising to 500 to 1000 dollars as careers advance. Boston pays about 200 dollars more than other cities, with several sopranos earning 1000 to 1200 dollars yearly and a few reaching about 1000 dollars.
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Boston
Ladies’ Home Journal
Humorous Anecdotes and Missed Matrimony
A collection of light jests and anecdotes from the era. Jokes about gambling, sleep preaching, mistaken words, engagement breakups, married life, and a hurried downtown wedding tale from Chicago to Omaha. Reads like a weekly humor column with everyday vignettes and faint moral pauses.
A Chicago Ad Man's Rise From Tragedy
A reporter recalls a man who, as a starving youth, offered to replace a dead boy after falling from a Prairie Farmer editor’s window. He seized the chance, began at the bottom, and rose to become a leading Chicago advertiser whose ascent many never realized began with that fateful day.
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Chicago
The
Prairie Farmer
Chicago Herald
A Diplomatic Lady’s Levity in Vienna
A Vienna report says a young female diplomat caused a scene at a party by asking the papal nuncio to let her inspect his diamond cross. The prelate removed the jewel and she wore it briefly, admiring herself in a mirror. Catholics viewed the act as sacrilege and were shocked.
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Vienna
London
Finland’s Constitution and Czar’s Move to Abolish Liberties
From Finland comes the news that the czar is preparing to abolish the liberties of that country where for 80 years a free state has existed under despotic power. The 1809 pledge by Alexander to respect Finland’s constitution has largely held, yet fears grow that the promise to Poland failed and that Finland’s parliamentary system may be crushed. Emigration surges as belief spreads that the Russian despotism will erase Finland’s rights.
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Finland
Alexander
Russia
Poland
Senate
High Court of Justice
Diet
Migration of eastern industries to the western basin
The piece argues that the west’s industrial growth is driven by population clustering and expanding manufacturing, mining, and agriculture. It notes the ongoing, substantial shift of industry toward the western basin of the Mississippi, a trend visible through labor and development despite distant alarm from trans-Allegheny perspectives.
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St. Louis
trans-Allegheny
West
Mississippi
Alleghanies
Swede Kills American Eagle by Roadside Near Woodstock
Charles Peterson of Windham County Connecticut reports a striking encounter on the New Boston road. A large bald eagle perched on a roadside oak branch. Peterson knocked it down with a club and killed it with a second blow. The neighbor hunter identified the bird as an American eagle. its wings spanned six feet six inches. Also noted are fleeting ads about snoring cure for ten dollars and Salvation Oil at 25 cents per bottle for various ailments.
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Charles Peterson
Woodstock
Windham County
Boston
Peterson
Drought Aid Ordered for Spink County Sufferers
Red Wing to ship a carload of oats and large provisions to drought sufferers in Spink county. The note mentions products from Dobbins and Allen with claims of benefits and signatures, reflecting era advertising. The weather outlook per Dakota papers suggests big crops ahead after years of poor yields.
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Red Wing
Spink County
3. D
Dakota
Medical Discovery Promises Cure For Blood Taints
A New York rag-picker finds ten thousand dollars in ash and a medical advertisement hails a discovery as the most potent blood purifier of the age. It claims to cure scrofulous lung disease, sores, and swellings, attacking the root of the evil and offering hope if tried in time.
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New York
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