Brainerd Minn paper notes state lakes and new venture
Brainerd Minnesota weekly issued Thursday mornings at one dollar fifty per year in advance. Editors N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland announce Otter Tail County Farmer new Fergus Falls venture. St John advocates cold water at Fergus Falls. State Geologist Winchell estimates Minnesota lakes at eleven thousand.
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Brainerd, Minn
St. John
Fergus Falls
Winchell
Minnesota
Otter Tail
Pelican Rapids Loses Sheridan House Hotel in Fire
The Sheridan House Hotel in Pelican Rapids burned Tuesday night. Residents and officials mourn the loss of a local landmark as firefighters battled the blaze and investigated the cause.
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Pelican Rapids
Sheridan House
Farmer Near St Peter Plans Flax Experiments Next Year
A farmer living near St Peter will pursue flax growing and spinning his own binding cord in the coming year, testing rustic feasibility and self-sufficiency on his homestead.
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St. Peter
Tax Hike Aims at US Flour Exports to Canada
An attempt will be made to raise the duty on American flour entering Canada from 50 cents to $1 per barrel. This move targets cross border trade and could affect millers and exporters in the region. The proposal reflects ongoing tariff tensions between the two countries and may influence prices for bakers and consumers.
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Canada
Yclopaedia
Department of Human Knowledge
Thurber
American Agriculturnet
American Agriculturist
David W.judd
Burnham
Broadway
New York
Water in Sauk Center Poisonous Safer Source
The Sauk Center Tribune warns that town well water is dangerously poisoned by lead in the soil and linked to typhoid fever and diphtheria, urging action to protect residents.
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The
Sauk Center Tribune
Tompson sues Farnham and Lovejoy for 59000 after seven acquittals
W. F. Tompson, after seven arrests seven trials and seven acquittals on a defalcation charge, yesterday filed a civil suit seeking 59000 against his former employers Farnham and Lovejoy.
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W. F. Tompson
Farnham & Lovejoy
Colfax’s Estate Valued at 150000 in Bank Stock and Bonds
The late Schuy lar Colfax left an estate of 150000 mainly in bank stock and bonds. He made his will the day after Christmas and died with debts absent. At death he served as a director of an Indianapolis bank, owning 30000 in its stock.
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Schuylar Colfax
Indianapolis
Call for Division of Eleventh Judicial District
The Judge of the Eleventh judicial district must travel 680 miles to Hallock in Kittson county. The district covers 275 miles east to west, and the judge is constantly on the road, making him hard to reach. The people urge dividing the district. St. Paul Dispatch.
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Eleventh Judicial District
Hallock
Kittson County
St. Paul
Love in town on move to a Democratic bulletin
E H Love met Perham leaders to decide relocating the Bulletin to town and making it a Democratic organ. The Telegram notes uncertainty but welcomes the contest as likely to boost interest for both parties.
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E. H. Love
Democracy
Perham
Mr. Love
Fergus
Northern Pacific officials visit Ashland amid winter work
Gen. Anderson and Col. Clough of the Northern Pacific railroad company visited Ashland on Monday. Road work between Ashland and Superior is temporarily suspended due to cold weather while surfacing and leveling are halted. Round house and depot construction near completion. Trains will run from Ashland to Superior this week on alternating days, with a future daily service to Bramerd, Minnesota, linking to the St. Paul train for the West.
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Gen. Anderson
Col. Clough
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Ashland
Superior
Round House
Bramerd
Minn
St. Paul
Far West
Chicago
Northwest
River Bank
Lake Pepin
Mississippi River
Milwaukee
Northern
Grand Union
St. Pau
Wisconsin Central Opens New Line To Milwaukee
The Wisconsin Central launches a new line linking St. Paul and Minneapolis to Milwaukee, offering direct service to Chippewa Falls Stevens Point Waupaca Neenah Menasha Oshkosh Fond du Lac without transfers. Central's first class equipment includes elegant parlor cars, tailored for Milwaukee and St. Paul traffic. Offices opened in Minneapolis at 10 Nicollet House Block and 173 East Third Street, St. Paul.
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Wisconsin Central
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Steven's Point
Waupaca
Neenah
Menasha
Oskosh
Fond du Lac
the Central
Milwaukee and
Nicollet House
East Third Street
Crow Wing Bonds Bridge and Dam Project
This week Dr. Howes of Crow Wing introduces a bill authorizing the Crow Wing commissioners to issue bonds of fifty thousand dollars for a bridge and dam on the Mississippi at that point. The swamp land grants to the Winnipeg and Duluth Railroad, now in the Duluth and Iron Range line, faced a fierce fight last session and may again be contentious as Mr. Sadley proposes transferring the grant to the St. Paul Brainerd and Northwestern Railroad.
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Howes
Crow Wing
Mississippi River
Winnipeg & Duluth Railroad Company
Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Company
Senate
Sadley
St. Paul, Brainerd & Northwestern Railroad Company
Wadena Bank Fails Under Strain of Lumber Losses
E. 8. Case, president of the Bank of Wadena, made an assignment to A. Murray of Merchants Bank on Tuesday evening. Liabilities are estimated at 30 000 to 35 000 with assets likely 40 000 to 50 000, mostly real estate and bills receivable. The move follows his inability to realize on property and paper from lumber ventures. Case has been in banking about five years and is respected locally. most liabilities are expected to be paid, and the community offers sympathy for his losses.
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Wadena Bank
Case
Bank of Wadena
A. Murray
Merchants Bank
Wadena
Minnesota clerks of courts hold state meeting in St Paul
State meeting of Minnesota clerks of courts convened at the courthouse in St Paul at 2 pm with EK L. Winje Montevideo and others present. Purpose to standardize record keeping across offices. association to meet biennially to discuss methods and public service matters. C A Bennett Stillwater called meeting to order. W J Wallace elected chairman, C A Johnson secretary. Visiting clerks hosted by E A Davenport for a dinner at the West.
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Clerks of Courts of
Minnesota
Court House St. Paul
EK. L. Winje
Montevideo
A. W. Frater
Brainerd
W. H. R. McMartain
Manterville
C. A. Johnson
St. Peter
John O. Collier
Shakopee
W. J. Wallace
Halleck
C. A. Bennett
Stillwater
E. A. Davenport
Minneapolis
Charles A. Johnson
Fergus Falls Telegrams Dold and Quiet Town Notes
The piece laments a dull season in Fergus Falls with little crime or scandal. No major robberies, divorces, or official corruption. police and sheriff ventures are modest. insurance rates stay under eight percent. The only notable event was a prize fight’s lingering afterglow as hope fades for any dramatic change.
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Fergus Falls
Fergus
Eveme
Red River
Pious Minnesotan Legislator Involved In Scandal Tale
A granger legislator in St Paul, known for piety and modesty, rented a furnished room to double up and was confronted by a lurid scene. A white-clad woman rushed in, accusations flew, blows were exchanged, and he fled in a nightshirt. He reappeared next day in his usual calm demeanor.
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St. Paul
Granger
Minneapolis
State Education Chief to Visit High Schools
D L Kiehl superintendent of public instruction plans an official visit to the state high schools. President Northrop of the state university is expected to accompany him.
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D. L. Kiehl
Northrop
The
State University
Senate bill sparks color change in press representative
In the senate the bill opposing obscene literature was read and H. P. Hall, speaking for his paper, turned all colors of the rainbow. The reason remains unclear.
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Senate
H. P. Hall
Pioneer Press
Judge Rules Mule Not a Horse In Reward Claim
Minneapolis Judge Young rules the mule is not a horse and the $200 state reward for a horse thief cannot be claimed for arresting a mule thief. The decision clarifies the distinction between the two animals in official reward law.
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Young
Minneapolis
Ice Disaster Near Duluth Claims Swede Fishermen
An old Swede fisherman named Larsen was carried out onto a lake on an ice cake last Monday afternoon at Duluth and is presumed drowned. Four or five other fishermen were sighted through a glass beyond a wide ice crack several miles out, and it is believed they are all lost.
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Larsen
Duluth
A Man Moves After Neighbors From Hell Borrow No More
Mr Butterwick vows to move after the Tompsons who hoard and borrow every item in his house. They take his poker, chairs, wash boiler, baby, and even the front door, with absurd requests and scandalous antics. He laments constant borrowing and outrageous misuses, preferring lunatic asylum to further neighbors.
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Mr. Butterwick
Tompson
Butterwich
Aattern
Tompsons
The Gradual Path of Marriage Across Life Stages
Theodore Parker argues that marriage unfolds slowly from cradle to grave and that true happiness lies in a complete, gradual union. He divides couples into opposites and similars, noting growth through years, trials, and shared reform with love, piety, and mutual correction guiding a noble partnership.
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Theotore Parker
Mount Washington
Boston Bay
Heaven
Earth
Mothers Do Nine-Tenths Of The Child’s Toil
A Will Fuentres quotation in Indianapolis Heral d argues mothers shoulder most daily child care tasks. It contrasts husbands enjoying small luxuries with wives prioritizing family needs and food. The piece emphasizes maternal labor in upbringing and provision within the home.
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Indianapolis
Hugo’s Faith Price of Belief in Infinite Life
Arsene Houssaye reprints Victor Hugo’s dinner testament on God and eternity. Hugo declares death as life beyond, cites infinity, and argues science must be guided by a radiant ideal, debating belief in God versus natural forces.
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Arsene Houssaye
Victor Hugo
God
Old Georgian Gentleman Claims Nine Marriages at Simmons Gap
An elderly man in Simmons Gap Georgia boasts nine marriages with a ninth wife as current partner. He aged four score years has many descendants. about 53 are his children and a recent gathering saw over 300 of his descendants.
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Simmons’ Gap
Georgia
Augustus II
Poland
Legislature Asked to Award $1000 to O L Clyde
The legislature is petitioned to grant $1000 to O L Clyde of Little Falls who, while acting as lieutenant of Company K, Second Regiment State National Guards, was blinded in one eye and injured by a premature cannon discharge during a sham battle at the New Ulm annual encampment in July 1883.
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O. L. Clyde
Little Falls
State National Guards
New Ulm
Private secretary salary and housing costs referenced
The president's private secretary earns 3250 dollars. Colonel Lamont searches for a Washington house and finds none under 3200 dollars. He contemplates how to use the remaining 50 dollars after a year's family support.
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Lamont
Washington
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Cass
Minnecota
Minnesota Clerks of Court
Hugo
H.C. F. Kogh & Son
6Th Ave
20Th St
New York City
United States
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Grand Union Hotel
Grand Gentral Depot
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Minis
France
America
Ed Stock O& Band
Hippi Percheronne
7 Danham
Rosa Bouhenr
Wisconsin Central Line
Eau Clare
Vray
Stevens Point
Appleton, Neenah, Menasha, Oshkosh
Lake Superior
FPUR
Grand Rapids
Wausau
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P.N. Pinney
Jas. Barker
Fraziers
FP. M.cabie &Co
Frazier Medicine CO
Cleveland
Ohio
Barnes & Allen Mfg. CO
Syracuse
N. Y
R.G. Barnes & CO
Papas Raoney
WM. H. Maule Ae
Philadelphia
D. H. Ribbel
Fernald
Frater & Fernald
Attorney AT Law
W. A. Fleming
C. ©. Paquin, M. D
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Juniper Streets
Episcopal Church
M. McFadden
Court House
R K. Whitely
Civiz
Endrorer
Omce
Bratnerd
MIMN
Max Shapiro
Prop
5Th St Et
Wadhams
Renyold Bros
Gray Bros
Curtiss& Wheeler
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ST. Paul and Minnneapolis
la Crosse
Milwanukee
Ali
Menaiut
J.T. Craps
Supt
A. W.H. Cannerter
Gro
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W. J. Dixon
Northwestern
Cottace
Haa
Chicago Cottage Organ Co
Randolph and
Ann Streets
Ill
Romite
Aaige
Sreer
American Agricist
George Tharber
Joseph Harris
Byron D. Heiste
Williams
William
J. M. Coffinbury
F. M. Cable & Co
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Casselton
Moorhead
Fargo
Valley City
Jamestown
Minnewaukan
Devil's Lake
Milnor
Lamoure
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Mandan
Glendive
Bilings
Helena
Yellowstone National Park
Deer Lodge
Butte City
Missoula
Spokane Falls
Walla Walla
Portland, OR
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Victoria
B. C
Britisi
Columbia and
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Salem, Albany, and
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Norther Pacific Railroad
Portland
Ore
Northern Pacific
Prop’r
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EH. Martin
Parker
Tobacces
Front Street
Kentucky Liquor CO
Kentucky
Busines
Laurel Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
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C. B. Sleeper
Laurel and
D. W. Wheitstord
N. McFadden
D. Johnson
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Naloon
Frank Currie
Beene & Nevers
S. Walker, Prop
East Front Street
Post Office
Lorillard
Plug Tobacco
Ang Iyl
State OF Minnesota
Aitkin
Kinsea
11Th Judicial District
William M. Moneny
William H. Wurrr
Ramsey
Sanford & Sanford
St. Paul, Minn
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