Minnesota Border News Highlights Local Crises and Trials
Four youths are jailed in St Paul on highway robbery charges. Duluth attorney dies from overdose. St Paul aims to branch Irish National federation. Ledger reports deaths, fires, grippe outbreaks, and World’s Fair funding across Minnesota towns with injuries and court actions noted.
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St. Paul
Duluth
Irish National Federation
Basil W. Armstrong
Morrison County
Fair Fund
Minnesota
Merriam
J. L. Starkey
Milwaukee
Norman County Herald
J. C. Norby
Sibly
Levi Halgreen
Watertown
Minn
Miller Bros
Lake City
Frightful farm deaths and local civic notes in Grand Forks
Reports list multiple deaths from gas suffocation and cramping in North Dakota including Mr and Mrs John Brunelle of Wild Rice and a 3 week old babe of George Pepping. Other items note Grand Forks civic actions, university openings, a Minot prohibition crackdown, farm colonization talks, antelope sightings, and a Min to assault case with Ladd awaiting sentence.
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John Brunelle
Robert Lowe
William Graham
Forest River
Grand Forks
Congress
Casey
State University
Scandinavian Lutheran College
Northwest
George Peepping
Minot
James Murphy
Ardock
Logan
Northwest News
Valley City Normal
Sifton
Moses
Boles
Hand
Herrine
Gregory
O. M. Towner
R. Briggs
Chicago
National Farm Association
Towner
Indiana
Gemer
Michigan City
Ladd
Minto
Gallagher
Henry Ladd
Templeton
Grafton
Wisconsin Briefs: Disappearances, demolitions and business moves
Charles Purdy’s death at South Bend ends a Superior mystery while Gracie Marvin remains missing in West Superior. Madison Episcopal convocation at Mineral Point. Wilson Kilmer plans to move candy works to Superior. Hope Congregational Church in Superior dedicated. Sevastopol farmers to start a starch factory. Edward L. James dies by his own hand in Chicago. burial in Racine. Packing house near Madison likely linked to a Chicago house. Leo Frankel of Shullsburg runs a Chicago furnish ing store but fails. Libel risks exceed assets by about 3000 dollars. Mary Cole of Appleton granted 12 dollar monthly pension for son’s rebel prison death. she is 94. Henry Van Ell and Patek of Port Washington plan 15000 for new buildings and a fishing tug. Levi Iverson killed by a falling tree at Hazelhurst. body sent to Merrill. Two boys, Sylvester Ford and Louie Wood, steal $12 from a Fort Howard store. Three men Murphy Daily Smith plead guilty to freight car theft. sentenced to one year at Waupun.
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Charles Purdy
Superior
South Bend
Wash
Madison
Wisconsin Episcopal Diocese
Mineral Point
Wilson-Kilmer Manufacturing Company
Portage
Hope Congregational Church
Sevastopol
Door County
Edward L. James
Racine
Chicago
W. H. Lansing
Leo Frankel
Shullsburg
Mary Cole
Appleton
Henry van Ell
Patek
Port Washington
Levi Iverson
Hazelhurst
Merrill
Sylvester Ford
Louie Wood
Fort Howard
Gracie Marvin
West Superior
Murphy
Daily
Smith
Lake Store Junction
Waupun
Marriage in Burlington and Local News Highlights
Mrs Anna Blonquist wed J C Hooper of St Joseph Mo at the bride’s Burlington home. Samuel Ledermen of Burlington assigned to Joseph Simons with liabilities of 4809 38. Creditors in Kansas City and St Joseph. A mad dog causes havoc in Plymouth injuring several and leading to many killings. An anticipated large ice harvest is expected in Mason City. Centerville shaken by the defalcation of County Treasurer Lane with a $30000 shortage after eight years in office. A Milwaukee freight wreck near Sheldon injures two. L P Salon in critical condition and James Brown of Oliver Sd shipped stock to Chicago.
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J. C. Hooper
St. Joseph
Anna Blonquist
Burlington
Samuel Ledermen
Joseph Simons
Kansas City
Plymouth
Mason City
Centerville
Lane
Milwaukee
Sheldon
L. P. Salon
Rock Valley
James Brown
Oliver
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Chicago
Architectural Mysteries In a Former Secret Society Building
Workmen demolishing a block for a new post office uncover a former secret society building with a deep brick shaft and multiple bricked chambers. The bizarre find features a 30 foot deep hole with lids and a cellar opening, suggesting initiation rites and a hidden cemetery of bones.
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Secret Society
Washington Post Office
Sons of Malta
Globe Democrat
Chapter III Eheu Josephus
Joseph Morriss is asked to personally deliver a valuable parcel of brocades to Streatham for examination by Miss Lyle. The second partner praises his punctuality and trusts him with the shipment to a valued customer, noting the profit and the need for discretion.
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Joseph Morriss
Mr. Morriss
Streatham
Guizot Tale Reveals Windsor Midnight Door Incident
The Chicago News reports a published 1850 letter from M. Guizot, then French ambassador to England, recounting a near-miss moment at Windsor Castle. He describes entering a door he believed to be his, finding a lady partially undressed with her maid, and the queen later laughing at the memory.
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M. Guizot
England
Windsor
London
Windsor Castle
Chicago News
Snake vs Son in Borneo House Rescued by Neighbors
In Judan near Muka Borneo a python grabbed a boy during the night. The father freed the child from the snake's jaws and neighbors killed the fifteen foot snake. The boy suffered puncture wounds to head and forehead.
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Muka
Borneo
Judan
The Horrors of the Slave Trade Debate
A 19th century critique outlines the African slave trade's scale and calls for international action. It notes the Brussels Treaty as a potential curb, with only France and the United States yet to sign, and mentions Judge Lambert Tree explaining its benefits in the Forum.
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Europe
Brussels
France
United States
Senate of the
Lambert Tree
Tate
Belgium
Smoke or Sing on a Cable Car
A man in good humor smokes a Havana cigar and sings on a cable car while a woman beside him fidgets under the smoke. The passengers endure the scene until the singer belts out Genevieve, prompting the woman to beg for silence rather than song.
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Genevieve
Chicago Herald
Snake Occupies Catfish Stomach in Big Muddy River Catch
Thompson of Swal low Rock on the Big Muddy River hauled a 62 pound catfish that hid a water moccasin inside its stomach. The 27 inch snake clawed at capture and was killed rather than removed, confirming its long residence in the fish's gut.
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Thompson
Swallow Rock
Big Muddy
Candied Orange Peel Substitutes Citron in Cake
Guide to making candied orange peel as a citron substitute for cake. Soak quarters in lukewarm water for two to three days with frequent water changes to remove bitterness. Boil until tender, drain, simmer in thick granulated sugar syrup, then bake dry on platters.
Bad Man Henry Douglass Rides Staircase Horse in Memphis
A farmer from near Lake View Mississippi named Henry Douglass rode a wild horse up a steep stairway to the second floor of M Pearce and Co's cotton office on Front street Memphis. He entered drunk and armed, threatened workers, and after a tense staircase descent led by Pearce and City Commissioner Martin Kelly he was arrested for carrying a pistol. The horse was controlled as the man boasted of past killings including Oscar Wooldridge and Frank Waite.
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Mempis
Henry Douglass
Lake View
Miss
Douglass
Mr Pearce
Martin Kelly
Pearce
Kelly
St. Louis Republic
Severa
Oscar Wooldridge
Frank Waite
Fever Haunts Waiapu Maoris Amid Fatalism and Neglect
A Waiapu correspondent depicts a fever stricken Maori community facing isolation neglect political and spiritual remedies. Incantations rapids and old superstitions persist as sick and dying are left in stifling rooms and death actions precede the dying. Harewera a fever patient wanders into a swamp eats earth worms bit his arm and dies after fire. Nuta the schoolboy dies two days after relapse and burial occurs without medical certificate.
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Waiapu
New Zealand Evening Post
Harewera
Nuta
Self Hypnosis for Sleep The Simple Unsought Technique
A St Louis Globe Democrat writer describes self hypnotism to induce sleep. Close eyes lightly then direct gaze upward to visualize inner skull, proceed gradually to ease nerves, feel consciousness drift, and imagine floating on gentle waves. Many acquaintances reportedly can imitate the motion.
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Owever
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
How to Preserve the Voice Diet Tips for Singers
Marie Roze writes in Ladies Home Journal that a singer should avoid sweets and rich foods and eat plain, easily digested meals. She advises no eating within two hours of singing, limits fluids, warns against wine, favors fruit like grapes, and links health to vocal success.
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Marie Roze
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Nerve and Blood Benefits
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic for strained nerves indigestion and general weakness. It claims to regulate and strengthen mind and body, purify blood, remove sores and ailments, and provide relief from sick headache and indigestion with quick effects.
Salt Finds Its Place at the Table in a Dreamers Diet
An Atlantic Monthly tale recalls a nature living community that banned salt until a skeptical member tastes onions with a pinch of chloride of sodium. The group discovers salt’s likeness to food, and it is soon regularly served with the meals.
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Atlantic Monthly
Abel
Perkins
Conductor Reprimanded by Passenger Sparks Car Debate
A Detroit Free Press account describes a new street car conductor ordered to mind his business while a stout elderly colored woman asserts control of the bell rope. The scene unfolds amid flirtations with shop girls as the conductor, in a sharp new suit, asserts authority. The event ends with the woman alighting from the car.
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Detroit Free Press
Chile
French consuls warn French officers to be ready for active service
In Wrysbee Manitoba the Langier crisis rattled markets as the French consul general in Quebec telegraphed all vice consuls to notify Frenchmen of active or reserve duty. The directive covers the province and Northwest Territory where many French officers reside.
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Wrysbee
Man
France
England
Quebec
Bangtown Silills Fire Costs Workers Jobs
The Dansville Breeze reports a recent fire at Bangtown silills that burned last week, displacing 500 workers. It states 244 right hands and 246 left hands were thrown out of employment, and notes eight employees were one armed.
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Bangtown
Dansville
Ransom and Rose Exchange Odd Sheep Business Remark
In the St Joseph News Mamie Maud Ransom notes finance and style, while Rose asks how, and a remark about being warranted fast hints at practical sheep farming knowledge needed for success. The fragment blends local humor with farm life insight.
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Mamie—Maud Ransom
Rose
St. Joseph
Wool Grower Finds Tobacco Water Lacks Luster in Fleece
A wool grower notes tobacco water used as a sheep dip does not impart as much sheen to the growing fleece as some commercially prepared dips.
Don't Buy Dilapidated Salvation Oil Bottle Warns Dealers
A warning advises buyers to reject unlabeled or damaged Salvation Oil bottles as potentially dangerous or counterfeit. Insist on a perfect, unbroken genuine package before purchase.
A Novel Scheme to Give Five Stamps for Nine Cents
A New York advertising gimmick sells small memorandum books for 9 cents containing five 2 cent stamps and pages of ads. The books appear inexpensive but are designed to fund sponsors through distributed advertising and a tied newspaper promotion.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Journal
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Graniteville
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Herman Schwaygel
Wiligh
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Mechanicsville
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Roman Nose and Ruddy Sunburnt Heels. In Refuting the Charge That Her Husbad
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