Northwestern States Weekly Summary of Notable Events
A prolonged weekly digest lists accidents, fires, and murders across Minnesota and nearby areas. Notable items include a fatal horse runaway in Lake Ida, injuries to J H B Easton, a destructive blaze at Quincy, a fatal burn of Mrs. Pirree in Duluth, a body identified in Lake Pepin as John Hyatt, and Blaisdell-Collom forgery trial updates for J Frank Coliom in Minneapolis. Also reported are a failed Jordan town election for a Winona and Southwestern bonus, a Major fire at Booth & Co in Tracy, a severe shotgun accident at Hastings, a presidential pardon affecting Henry Caldwell, a $5,000 Anoka creamery fund, a dance hall dispute in Tracy, a death near Hastings, and other local notes including oil paintings, suffrage activity, irrigation projects, and mining wage disputes.
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Jordan
Fillmore County
Winona
Southwestern
Little Faille
Rhodes
Booth & Co
E. Wood
Hastings
Henry Caldwell
Stillwater
Caldwell
Twenty-fifth Infantry
North Dakota items and incidents in Grand Forks region
East steamboat purchase to ply between Bismarck and Fort Benton. Grand Forks sees a pig and dog fight with the pig the winner. J E Winship printing in Grand Forks sold to Daily Plaindealer, consolidation planned. Minot land district bill, seed wheat offer in Burleigh county, and a new trial granted for Maurice O Hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
That City
Fort Benton
Ohio River Service
Grand Forks
J. E. Winship Printing Establishment
Daily Plaindealer Company
Plaindealer
Consolidated
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Minot
Senate
Alexander McKenzie
Burleigh County
Maurice O' Hair
Peter Casey
Hillsboro
North Dakota Supreme Court
Fulton
Casselton
Postoffice
Dakotas
North
South Dakota
Packing-house job to hire 200 workmen at Sioux Falls
Two hundred workmen will be employed in the construction of the packing-house at Sioux Falls. John May, a young man near Gilby, has mysteriously disappeared and friends fear foul play. Stock on the Belle Fourche is reported excellent with losses down from prior winters. A Pierre gambler fleeced a stranger of 200 dollars and paid a 10 dollar fine. George Plummer near Columbia had his hand blown to pieces by a cartridge explosion while loading a shotgun. The following sign adorns a saloon window.
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Sioux Falls
John May
Gilby
George Plummer
Columbia
Brooxtus
N. Y
Academy of Music
Talmage
King Solomon
Jerusalem
Cleathem
Fitem & Brothers
Solomon
Petrarch
Hell
Eateh
Merchants’ Exchange
Oll
Ompey
New England
IOWA News Roundup From Early Season Reports
Highlights from Grinnell to Davenport include a base stealing mishap ending Frank Clendenin’s season with a broken leg, and two adults, M R Ferguson and Mrs Smith, released on 2000 bond each after bigamy charges. Other notes report frost in vines, a 16 year old Carroll County boy killed by a team, a dogged raccoon tale, a near blaze thwarted by a quick action, a student knife incident, and a Fremont farmer who vanished after cash withdrawal not murdered but fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Frank Clendenin
M. R. Ferguson
Japa
Ben Blackett
Spirit Lake
Jessie Havermale
Tama County
Waterloo Exempts Plants From Taxes For Ten Years
Waterloo city council passes a resolution exempting manufacturing plants with capital stock of 20000 or more from municipal taxes for ten years. Also noted are church excommunication cases, a skeleton unearthed in Coon Rapids, a courtroom assault in Ottumwa, bank indictments in Dubuque, potato prices and shipping to California, a confidence scam in Des Moines, and the Meyers family noted for large brood and no doctor visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Waterloo
Wilson Duncan
Presbyterian Church of
Council Bluffs
Coon Rapids
J. F. Blake
Ottumwa
William McCune
Blake
McCune
United States Grand Jury
Dubuque
R. E. Graves
C. H. Harris
Commercial Bank
Harris
Graves
Arizona
First National Bank
Pueblo
Colo
Montezuma Republican
California
George Riley
Des Moines
Avoca
August Meyers
Meyers
Springfield marksman Gardner hits ten bullseyes in 12 feet
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, all eighteen bullseyes. The eye measures 21 thirtyseconds of an inch and he scores 120 flawless. A facsimile target excites New York cracks and shooting world. some doubt its authenticity. renom
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Wilson Gardner
Springfield
Mass
Smith & Wesson
New York
Conlin
Gardner
Wilson
George Bird
Bird
Paris Exposition
New York Sun
Britain Embraces Electricity for Power and Light
The text notes electricity's superiority over older methods, highlighting its use in an electric railway and the London museum. It describes growing adoption of electric lighting in London shops along Strand and Oxford Street, with hotels serving incandescent lamps, signaling a shift toward electric illumination despite New York’s lead.
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British Museum
England
London
Strand
Oxford Street
New York
Alien residents taxed across Europe and allies
Countries from France to Australia pass burdens on aliens. Sweden imposes a 30 dollar monthly tax on foreigners in business, requiring tax payment for any contract validity. England shows rising anti alien sentiment with proposed 25 dollar annual poll tax on non naturalized residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Australia
Sweden
Oscar
England
Powder that should be popular from London beautifier
A London beautifier introduces a new face powder guaranteed not to rub off for twelve hours. It leaves no mark on black coats and spares powder puffs from carrying pockets. The ad likens it to a noiseless gunpowder, praising its appeal to sentimental couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
The Taste of Stamps and Their Odd Flavors
A brief note on new two cent and green stamps with playful claims about their colors and tastes. It jokes that the two cent stamp resembles a half ripe pomegranate and tastes like fried eggplant while the green stamp is cucumber flavored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ashington
Boston
It Is Naught It Is Naught Saith The Buyer Sermon
Tal mage of Brooxtus delivers a Brooklyn era sermon on honesty in trade. He warns merchants to resist false prices, inflated claims, and peer pressure from other firms, urging personal responsibility, providence, and the perils of commercial deception. The talk blends biblical parable with modern urban commerce tales.
Judge West Trials Homely Plaintiff in Bellefontaine
In Bellefontaine Judge West presided over a case involving Logan County’s reputedly homeliest man. The blind defendant’s facial appearance, showcased to the jury on the witness stand, unnerved witnesses and jurors. After a tense five minutes, the judge concluded the proceedings and the plaintiff lost the case.
What Choir Singers Are Paid
A Ladies Home Journal excerpt notes beginner choir singers in an average city earn $200 to $300 per year, rising to $500 to $800 as they gain prominence. Boston pays about $200 yearly more than other cities. Some sopranos there earn $1,000 to $1,200, with a few at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ladies’ Home Journal
Amusing Bits From The Quick Wit Of The Week
A collage of jokes and snippets from cartoons and social chatter. Characters joke about gambling as sport, clergy in sleep, marriages, misunderstandings, travel mishaps, and a Chicago banker who misses his own wedding but a later telegram eases the tension with humor.
Rise of a Chicago Ad Man From Tragedy to Triumph
A bright Chicago advertising man narrates his unlikely ascent from a starving boy to a successful executive. As a youth he offered for work after witnessing a boy fall to his death, then seized a reporting job at The Prairie Farmer. His bold move edged him into the editor’s favor and sparked a swift rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Prairie Farmer
Chicago Herald
Viennese diplomatist’s jewel display shocks Vatican watchers
In Vienna a sprightly diplomat’s wife caused a scene by asking the papal nuncio to let her inspect his diamond cross. The prelate removed the cross and she wore it, admiring herself in a mirror before returning it. Catholics viewed the act as sacrilege while the nuncio remained silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London
Finland fears czar will abolish liberties and crush constitution
From Finland comes news that the czar intends to end the long established constitutional freedoms. Since 1809 Alexander promised to respect Finland's constitution, a pledge not kept in Poland's case. A life senate and five yearly diet exist, but rule from Moscow grows. Many fear the pledge will fail and thousands emigrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Alexander
Russia
Poland
Senate
High Court of Justice
Diet
Migration of Eastern industries to the western basin
The piece argues that the westward shift of industry is a natural result of increasing western population and development. It notes that manufacturing and mining accompany agricultural growth and that the Mississippi basin has steadily gained in industrial capacity, though the changes may not always be visibly clear behind the Alleghenies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
trans-Allegheny
West
Mississippi
Alleghanies
Experience With an Eagle and a Swede Near Woodstock Ct
Charles Peterson encountered a large bald eagle on a New Boston road near Woodstock Windham County Ct. He felled the bird with a club after it sat on an oak branch, then killed it with a second blow and took it home. A neighbor hunter confirmed the bird as an American eagle. wingspan measured six feet six inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Peterson
Woodstock
Windham County
Boston
Peterson
New York Doctor Promises $10 Snoring Cure
Advertising blurb touts a New York physician offering a ten dollar remedy to cure snoring. It also promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for sore throats and colds at 25 cents and Salvation Oil for neuralgia rheumatism gout burns and wounds at 25 cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ten Thousand Found in Ash Barrel in New York
Rag-picker finds ten thousand dollars in an ash barrel while a patient faces hopeless illness. An ad-like pitch touts Dr Pierce s Discovery as a cure and blood purifier for scrofula and blood taints, claiming no equal for scalp diseases and sores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pierce
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P. G. Anderson
Lake Ida
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T. F. Pratt
G. A. R. Hall
Tracy
Jim Smith
George Heywood
Smith
Heywood
Sleepy Eye
August Anderson
Maiden Rock
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Adjutant-General's Office
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J. C. McGrue
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Canada
Fred
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Mr. Meare
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la Crosse
C. E. Gray
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Thomas Windiate
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Eau Claire Street Railroad
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Frank E. Grove
Northern Hospital
Warner
Berlin
D. D. Starks
Columbus
Harrington & Sons
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Chicago & Northwestern
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West Blue Mound
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C. B. Arnold
Stanton
Latimer
Hurley
Laura Whitlesey
Lotta Morgan
Svea
Iowa
William Finner
Fremont County
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Chicago Tribune
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Allen
J.P. Allen
Minn
Dexton Carlton
Owatonna
Pine Ridge Reservation
T. A. Sirocum
M. C
Pearl Street
Hood
V. KR. Burts
Manata
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Golden Medical
Worp'’s Dispensary Medical Association, Manufacturers
Main Street
Buffalo, N. Y
Potter Dive and Chemical Corporation
Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St.n.y
Persions
Hunteashington, BC
Who
F. G
PER & CO
St. Paul, Minn
Senderonce
Express and Post Office
I. G. Rout
BIL, C
Pearl St
New Yorks
Cerman
German Medicine Company
Minneapolis, Minn
N W.N. U
Hal
E. Zwriche
Susller
Ey Corner
Chimney Corner
Dearborn St
Lil
Ement
Ens
Aur
Northwestern Newspaper Union
Minion
Sagate
K. T. HazeLrinu
Warren, Pa
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