Labor Strife and Economic Woes Dominate Duluth and Minnesota News
Reports detail a 10 percent wage cut sparking a streetcar strike in Duluth while St. Cloud mills burned causing an estimated 40000 loss and slow rebuild. Thief River Falls News notes historically low Red River Valley wages as harvest hands earn just 1 to 1.25 dollars daily. The Senate blocks seating of governors appointees from Montana Wyoming and Washington in a 35 to 30 vote. Trades and Labor Assembly drops charges against Eva McDonald Valesh allowing resignation with a clean record amid ongoing troubles. A Populist push for West East financial separation with a Mexican dollar draws emigration talk and Gov Exure Newsox denounces secession as traitorous to liberty. The piece condemns secession attempts and defends national unity.
Frightened farmer deposits $300 at Fargo bank
A farmer, fearing loss of cash, drew 300 silver dollars from a Fargo bank on Monday. After packing the money and attempting to deposit it at every city bank, none would accept it. Eventually the bank took the money, issuing a time certificate, and the farmer confessed his foolishness, returning to his harvest.
Minnesota Mortgage Statistics Highlight Farm Debt Surge
The Minnesota census shows mortgage debt rising dramatically from 1880 to 1889 with a 200 percent increase to nearly 60 million. Lot mortgages dominate total indebtedness at 61.03 percent while acre debt grows slower. Hennepin Ramsey and St Louis counties account for over 41 percent of total debt. average acre debt per mortgage is 776 dollars.
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Grand and Petit Jurors Named for September Term
The September term jurors are listed with many Brainerd entries and several surrounding towns. The piece also notes Norwich, Connecticut reporting the Blaine biography project with Gail Hamilton serving as authorized biographer and executor, in partnership with Henry Bill Pub company.
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The Farmer and the Newspaper Man
A comparison explains why publishers press for timely payments. A farmer sells 1000 bushels to 1000 buyers who pay slowly, losing the crop’s value in many small debts. the result is persistent dunning, as described by the National Labor Tribune.
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Mouth as Front Door to Face Prompts Humorous Riff
A humorous meditation on the mouth describing it as the front door to the face and a source of many roles and pleasures. The tongue in politics, speech, meals, and romance is celebrated with playful, exaggerated analogies and cultural references.
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Ex-Governor Crittenden Hosts Kentuckians at Kansas City Box Party
Ex Governor Crittenden now U S minister to Mexico tells a story at Coates Opera House Kansas City honoring actress Miss Selena Fetter. The Kentuckians at the box party included the chief justice district court clerk and circuit judge. A Brainerd September play scene shows a decanter of whiskey emptied into a cuspidor while the audience reacts with ap precipitation.
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Stranger to Reporter on the Dispatch’s Job Printing
A peculiar remark from a Stranger to Reporter compares the Dispatch job printing with other city print shops, hinting at a perceived distinction in quality or role. The exchange centers on what separates the Dispatch’s work from rival pages.
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Northern Pacific Cuts World’s Fair Excursion Fares
Beginning Saturday August 12 the Northern Pacific Railroad launches a sale of Chicago excursion tickets at one fare round trip plus two dollars. Tickets available at all Minnesota North Dakota and Manitoba coupon offices daily for 30 days from sale date. Offers include through Pullman sleeping car service in first class and tourist each way to Chicago, providing Northwest residents with affordable access to the world’s fair.
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Indian Jim Bush Larceny Case In Aitkin
Indian Jim Bush, described as an addict, allegedly broke into Chris Knudsen's home two miles east of Kimberly and stole edibles and other items. Knudsen pursued him, Bush armed with an ax, but Knudsen escaped. Sheriff Mausten captured Bush who faced larceny charges and received a sixty day jail sentence in Aitkin after a hearing before Justice Williams.
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Burlington scenery at the fair and the post office exhibit
Visitors to the world s fair are urged to see Uncle Sam s house and the post office exhibit. The Burlington route loaned a collection of oil paintings of upper Mississippi scenery, tied to the Northwest migrations, on loan by special request from Chicago, Burlington and Northern railroad. For rates maps and schedules contact W J C Kenyon in St Paul Minnesota.
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Enormous Sea Floor Reveals Hidden Globigerina Ooze
A reader-friendly survey traces deep sea bottoms revealing no foreign debris, only blue slime rich in foraminifera shells at 1000 to 2500 fathoms. It explains high pressure dissolving shells, abysmal red clays, and rare lime carbonate absence, with notes on obscured preservation and related oceanic curiosities.
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