Week of notable events in the Northwestern states
Minnesota reports start to the year with St. Paul enrollment up 1,000 since 1888 and a spate of accidents and fires. Details include a girl killed by a Burlington and Northern train near Winona, a fatal shooting in Farmington, a house fire at Winona with narrow escape for Mrs Meyers, and a range of local incidents from coroner verdicts in Minneapolis to a double murder confession in Minneapolis. Also noted are railway wrecks at Dell Rapids, a Sioux Falls court martial, arrests for theft and burglary, and social advances such as Des Moines women pushing for equal suffrage.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Jenny Whalen
Winona
Burlington and Northern
St. Cloud
Earl Goddard
Bartholomew Varry
Montgomery
Farmington
August Smith
William Butts
Geo. H. Meyers
Tozer, McClure & Co
Snake River
Stillwater
Aurora
Bert Harrington
Peter Bjornstrom
Wadena
York Mills
Ar@na
Eugene Nichols
Chatfield
Fair Haven
Stearns County
Frank Thatcher
Lac Georgetown
Michael Schieber
Bavaria
Germany
Minneapolis
Schieber
Tribune
Frank Hoover
Gazette
J. B. Harsh
Osceola Republican
Davenport
Mike Whitty
de Armond
Fred Stoodt
Wiota
Charles Steerer
Lamont
Chicago St. Paul
Kansas City
Des Moines
Gordon
E. E. Paul
Little Sioux
Paul
Wm. Kreiger
Hastings
Neb
Ely
Vinton
Tipton
Mandan Votes $10,000 for Artesian Well Bond Issue
The article notes Mandan's decision to issue $10,000 in bonds to bore an artesian well. It describes a Portland well 550 feet deep with a seven inch pipe delivering 500 barrels per hour and a 30 foot rise in the stand pipe, along with other regional economic and political items from North Dakota.
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Mandan
Fargo Bank
Cass County
Portland
Father Parrault
Watertown
Senate
North Dakota
Pierce
Surveyor General
M. E
Bismarck
Lisbon
Grand Forks
George Holcomb
Forman
W.S. Allen
Allen
Holcomb
Montgomery
Bartlett
Unatrhill
Dakota
Bismarck Tribune
Commonwealth
Thief steals weapon from Deadwood Macksmith shop
In South Dakota a muscular thief entered a Macksmith shop in Deadwood and lugged off an an vil. Fifty farmers from Ingham county Michigan plan to form a colony and settle near Pierre next spring. Two Onida marksmen fired ten shots each at a steer and killed it with an ax. Arlington has a town marshal but no jail, requiring arrests to be kept at home in a cellar.
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Deadwood
Ingham County
Mich
Pierre
Onida
Arlington
Voting test at Whitewater alderman election succeeds
The Australian voting system was tested at Whitewater in a special alderman election and worked satisfactorily. The report notes multiple local matters including estates, thefts, and legal cases across Racine Eau Claire Madison and other Wisconsin locales.
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Whitewater
Germany
Rhem
Weyauwega
Ed. Bartlett
Racine
W.H. Pugh
George McIntyre
Beloit
Ingrams
Eau Claire
Hudson Lumber Company
J. H. Palmetier
Eliza
Samuel Hood
Pennsylvania
Mr. Krause
M. J. Reagan
Chicago & North- Western Railway
Eastern Alaska Mining Company
Juneau
Alaska
Charles W. Lloyd
Madison
Lloyd
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Alexander Nadan
White River Lumber Company
Mason
Hudson
Supreme Court
Leroy Whitehead
Hayward
Canada
Chippewa
Whitehead
Frank McDonough
McDonough Manufacturing Company
Frederick Weyerhauser
Wisconsin
Ashland
Chippewa Falls
Wrightstown
Daniel Whalen
Marengo
Dan Whalen
Oconto
James Duffy
Will Kinnen
Fon du Lac
Felix Parker
David Atwood
Wisconsin State Journal
E. P. Vilas
Milwaukee
Gen
Atwood
Trempealeau County
Blair
Beaver Creek Valley
Local Notes From Waterloo And Surrounding Towns
Fifteen hundred people signed the Murphy pledge at Waterloo recently. Kingsley residents will vote on postmaster preference. Colfax seeks the site for a winter blind asylum. Cedar Rapids Gazette backs female suffrage strongly. In Billings trial at Waterloo prosecutors received 1050, defense 80. In a Burlington saloon brawl Fred Peterson gravely injured. A red fox roaming Webster City alarmed residents. Duncan and O Dell arrested at Doon for illegal liquor. fines 300 and 100. In Chariton a Salvation Army clash. Belknap injured a captain and fled. Prof W T Foster of Creston Gazette sells his stake.
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Murphy
Waterloo
Kingsley
Colfax
Cedar Rapids
Billings
Burlington
Fred Peterson
Webster City
Duncan
O'Dell
Doon
Salvation Army
Chariton
Belknap
Army
Belnap
W. T. Foster
Lown
Creston
Thieving plan shows persistence in Brooklyn case
The Brooklyn Citizen recounts a tale where a thief shadowed two women from a bank to an office, then to New York, and finally snatched a $5 bill at the bridge entrance after following them all day. The piece notes the thief’s patience and methodical tracking, implying he would have escalated to assault for a larger reward.
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Brooklyn
New York
Bridge
Quotation of Colonial Bounties for Indian Scalp and Soldier
New York News notes bounties during the French and Indian War era including 1754 French offers for British scalps, 1754 colonial bounty of £100 for Indian scalps, 1755 Massachusetts grants for enlistment with guns and scalps, and 1764 John Penn proclamation detailing bounties by age and gender for captured or killed Indians.
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Massachusetts
John Penn
William Penn
Pennsylvania
New York News
The Easiest Way By A Colonial Judge
Jones scolds a servant for wrong work, calling him an idiot. The judge, angered, vows to do tasks himself rather than use a fool, lamenting the servant’s lack of common sense and the folly of repeated failed promises.
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Jones
Gold Discovery Sparks Rush Near Tacoma Territory
Excitement grows as reports of gold near Tacoma Washington Territory spread. In one day forty placer claim filings were recorded, signaling a rapid influx of prospectors and heightened activity around the prospect.
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Tacoma
Washington Territory
Senators Propose New Eighth District Split and Emigration Plan
A Senate session reports a bill to create the Tenth circuit by dividing the Eighth, adding Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Montana with two Minneapolis terms. Also a Butler measure would allow emigration for poor heads of families to foreign lands with $5 million funding, plus related House and Senate actions on taxes, printing, and nominations.
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Davis
United States
Circuit Court
Senate
Committee On Judiciary
Brewer
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Minneapolis
Butler
Quartermaster General of the Army
Salem’s Witch Trial Records Highlight Bridget Bishop Execution
Essex county records from 1630 reveal the witchcraft era with Bridget Bishop the sole execution among nineteen deaths. Witnesses, mostly teen girls, described nocturnal afflictions and a spectral devil. The girl claimed Bishop’s possession and dared her to deny. Bishop was hanged on Gallows Hill. Sheriff Corbin certified the transport of her body to death.
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Salem
Mass
Essex County
Bridget Bishop
Bridget
Gallows Hill
George Corbin
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Remarkable patient toil in London Polyglot Bible work
Detroit Free Press notes a rare feat of manual accuracy in finishing the London Polyglot Bible completed in 1600. Five red lines per page were ruled between columns to separate text, a task requiring extreme skill since a single blot could ruin multiple pages.
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Cromwell
Charles II
Detroit Free Press
Paper Torpedo Boat Under Experimental Tests
German naval authorities reportedly tested a torpedo boat crafted from compressed paper. The vessel measures eleven feet in length and demonstrated notable strength and elasticity when struck by a second boat during trials.
Cremation Gains Popularity in Germany At Gotha
Cremation grows in Germany with Gotha leading trend as 100 bodies have been cremated since January 1, reflecting shifting burial customs and rising acceptance of cremation among communities.
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Germany
Gotha
Mysterious midnight rider saves desert courier
A desert courier recalls crossing Arizona in 1866 amid hostilities. He meets a strangely confident, left-handed companion named Dick Harbert who appears to sense nearby danger and insists no Indians are near. Their uneasy alliance leads into a day of travel toward Santa Fe with hints of imminent violence.
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Washington Irving Bishop
Yuma
Prescott
Arizona
George H. Leighy
Woolsey
Agua Caliente
Wickenburg
Vulture Mine
Yuna
Pard
Dick Harbert
Santa Fe
Harbert
Allus
Electric Hand and Apache Pursuit Tale of Morbid Gift
A Civil War era narrative recounts Harbert a scout whose right hand emits a deadly electric force allowing him to strike down foes at distance during a swift Apache ambush. After the melee he suffers immense agony a mystery death follows his unlikely demise near Navajo Springs.
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Harbert
Prescott
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Canby
Navajo Springs
Charles Lane Mosher
The
Argonaut
Broker’s Wife and the Dying Partner Chronicle
A brief dialogue features a broker claiming a clear conscience after twenty four hours without taking money from an innocent man. The wife notes happiness, and the plot reveals the partner’s death closing the office for the day, as reported in New York Weekly.
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Broker
New York Weekly
Ancient idol recovered from 320 feet in Idaho sand
A sand pump near Boise City Idaho unearthed a flint idol at a depth of 320 feet The find is labeled by Professor Wright of Oberlin College Ohio as the oldest mark of human life on record The claim ties the relic to early inhabitation and raises questions about ancient peoples in the region
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Boise City
Idaho
Wright
Oberlin College
Ohio
A Man With a Very Large Family
In a final proof before the U S land office Judge Guichard of Walla Walla asked if a settler had a family. The man answered yes and listed a wife and twelve children plus workers and animals, including a hired man a gang plow a seeder a Bain wagon and a span of mules, securing his final papers.
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United States Land Office
Guichard
Walla Walla
Mr. Guichard
Portland Oregonian
Lost London Man Traced Paris Hotel Address Tale
A Londoner visiting Paris at the exposition became separated from his group and could not speak French or recall his hotel. He drove to the railway station to verify the address his wife had, then returned to Paris, triumphantly reuniting with his party.
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London
Paris
San Francisco
Influenza Spreads Rapidly Across Berlin and Germany
The disease hampers life in Berlin and many regions in Germany with severe suffering. Notably, Prof. Virchow is among the victims of the outbreak, highlighting the epidemic's reach and impact.
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Berlin
Germany
Prof
Virchow
Salvation Oil and Dr Buil s Cough Syrup Ad
A period advertisement proclaims deceit worse than consumption and urges suffering readers to seek legitimate remedies. It praises Dr Buil s Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil available at 25 cents, urging compassionate action for rheumatic pain and illness.
Governor Miller Sees Destitution in North Dakota Localities
Governor Miller formally acknowledges widespread poverty in portions of North Dakota and proposes a plan to distribute relief aid. The move targets areas hardest hit by hardship, seeking to coordinate state help with local efforts.
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Miller
North Dakota
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Northwestern States
Ida Stowell
Butte County
Washington
Theodore Dean
Wessington Springs
C. D. Savage
Kimball
Independence Hall
Old Red Cloud
M. A. Gilmore
Winfred
Link
Black Hills
Willie Tascott
Milwaukee Road
Dell Rapids
Charles Runkle
Souix Falls
Armstrong
Vermillion
Bridgeman
Dubuque
Delano
Svendahl
Story County
Richmond
Washington County
Lewis Dann
LeMars
Charles 8. King
Ogden
Utah
Daily Union
Marshalltown
Iowa
Congressional
Butterworth
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
House
Brower
North Carolina
Committee On Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Renate
Moody
Congress
Silcott
Dakotas
Florida
Texas
SENAT
Mitchell
Committee On the Judiciary
Ingalls Presen
Mr. Edmunds
Solomon Hirsch
Turkey
Judiciary Committee
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United Sates
Enloe
Tennessee
Springer
Oklahoma
Census Bureau
Election Committee
Clayton-Breckenridge
Arkansas
Jacksonville
Fla
West Indies
New York Sun
Dr. Pierce
Dobbin
Panama Canal Company
Aspinwall
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
Hood
Neillsville
Wis
Justice of the Peace
Salt Lake
John Pill
Clara
Des Moines Graphic
Friends of
National Association
Cleveland, O
Youth’s Companion
Boston
W. C. Shurtleff
Tansili
America
United States Supreme Court
Bronx
New York World
Maranham
Brazil
Castoria
Pilot Knob
St. Jacobs Oil
Henry P. Travers
Drvenetsts «Xp
Charles A. Vogeler
Carters
Iftleiver Iver
Carter Medicine C
Small Price
Dr. Tutt
Tutt
W. C. Schultze
Columbia
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Evy Bros
Warren St. N. V
Taxey Pruze
Dr. Caton
Alegmann
Sendfor
Ale Ehemist
St Paul,Mion
Feracs Chemical Co. Cincinnet! Chic
G.h.ingraham,m.d
Amsterdam
N.Y
D. Rh. Dyche & CO
Chicago
Druggista
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
E.G. West
Hippler & Collier
Cor 7Th & Sibley
St. Paul Minn
Thay-T
Piso
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