Secretary Windom Dies At Delmonico's Banquet
New York date line reports Hon William Windom secretary of the treasury died tonight at 10 01 after swooning at Delmonico's where he attended a New York Board of Trade and Transportation banquet. He died of heart disease despite efforts at revival.
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New York
William Windom
the Treasury
the United States
Delmonico’s
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Itasca County Seeks Realignment and Mortgage Debate
The piece notes a Minnesota legislative debate over reducing the legal interest rate and warns of farm foreclosures if lending tightens. It discusses Itasca county’s bid to join the Eleventh district for easier access to courts, criticizing moving it to Aitkin and detailing travel times, judges, and district options.
Mille Lacs Lands Claimants Face Long Battle Ahead
Washington Dispatch reports that odd numbered Mille Lacs Indian reservation lands face slim title prospects for claimants while even numbered lands are likely to be settled. Railroads may gain preference over settlers as litigation looms over successor rights and internal improvements proceed. Henry M. Rice and the Chippewa commission push Indian relocation to White Earth.
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Mille Lacs
Chippewa Commission
White Earth
Rice
Washington Dispatch
Call for Lumbermen to Expand State Signal Service
A lumberman urges that a new bureau be created within the signal service to provide rainfall, snow, water levels, and other seasonal information. He proposes stations in Minnesota at Grand Rapids or La Prairie and similar centers in Wisconsin and Michigan to aid the lumber industry. He argues the lumber interests are large enough to warrant such a service and that information would be entirely beneficial.
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Minnesota
Grand Rapids
la Prairie
Wisconsin
Michigan
Thanks to Friends and Neighbors for Care During Illness
Gratitude is extended to all who ministered to my beloved during her sickness and sent numerous tokens of sympathy to me and mine in this hour of trial. Cuas. Minspaver.
Dunn Price contest branded unjust by St Paul News
The St Paul News condemns the Dunn-Price decision as unjust arguing the ruling ignored law and evidence. It accuses both old parties of using technicalities to seat partisans and mocks the Alliance for proclaiming virtue while repeating the same political maneuvers.
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Dunn-Price
Dunn
New Alliance
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Tribune
Antlers and temper of the park stag foretold in natural history notes
A San Francisco Chronicle report explains the stag in the park will shed its royal antlers and grow a velvet-covered pair in ten weeks. The creature becomes tame after shedding, then ferocious again after the new antlers reach full size. The growing antlers also mark the stag’s age, currently six summers.
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San Francisco
Ayer
Sharon Grove
Mary A. Jackson
Salem
Mass
la Fever
Eaton Rapids
Mich
J. W. Bowen
Enquirer
McArthur
Ohio
P. J. Cullen
Saratoga Springs, N. Y
Probate Notice in Estate of F G Sandberg
In Crow Wing County Minnesota Probate Court hears petition by Carolina Sandberg for administration of F G Sandberg late of Brainerd who died intestate January 1 1891. Hearing set for February 23 1891 at 10 am at the Judge of Probate office with notice to heirs and interested persons. Brainerd Dispatch to publish once weekly for three weeks prior.
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Crow Wing
F. G
Andberg
Carolina Sandbrg
Brainerd
F. G. Sandberg
Crow Won
A. F. Ferris
Said
State of
Minnesota
Annie E. Robles
Os Plaintif
Allan C. Boland
East Brainerd
Register of Deeds
Henry Spalding
Crow Wing Co. Minn
Verturasy, Tree & Warner
John Olson
Minn
Nels T. Gjernes
Knute J. Nesheim
Oscar Thelander
Louie Wicks
Teller Paulson
Ail Brainerd
Ole Brand
Charles K. Henrickson
C. K. Hendrickson
Lota
Schwartz
Crew Wing
Crow Wing Co
A. Fleming
Art tale of Lord Palmerston and the painter's wit
A London Telegraph anecdote recalls Sir John Watson Gordon who after years of failure gains Palmerston's favor with a humorous reply. Palmerston admires Summer in the Lowlands, asks about the long grass and sheep, Gordon answers sharply, earning a commission and future notable checks.
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Royal Scottish Academy
Lord Palmerston
Lowlands
London Telegraph
Locked horns lure curios and costly hunts in Adirondacks
A Utica Observer clipping describes hunters forging locked horns by twisting cords to simulate bucks locked in death embrace. Rich collectors pay high prices for these rare curios while guides recount tales of real skeletons and ruined clearings that drew buyers into the odd trade.
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Utica
Dom Pedro's Charity Nobility Endows Rio Hospital
Dr. Stellway recalls Dom Pedro of Brazil offering noble titles to donors to fund a grand hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The system required repeat payments for hereditary wishes, and the completed hospital bore the inscription Vanitas Humana Miseri umane, meaning Human Vanity to Human Misery.
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Stellway
Vienna
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Rio
Joseph
London Daily News
Salt mistaken for cocaine in Arkansas traveler tale
A Mississippi river veteran, pale and salt challenged, eats a salt heap at a city restaurant believing it was ground corn or calomel. The story unfolds with a waiter noting the salt’s fineness as the man realizes his mistake and laughs at the misidentified salt grain size.
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Arkansaw
Mississippi
New Whisper Method For Stammerers Proposed By Dr Coen
A report notes a treatment idea by Dr Coen stating stammerers rarely show impediment when whispering. The plan: ten days no speaking, ten days whisper speaking allowed, then fifteen days normal conversational tone.
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Coen
Keegam
Petition for final account in Parmort estate hearing
Abner D Parmort administrator seeks examination and approval of final account of Mark Purmort deceased and assignment of residue. Court orders hearing February 14 1891 at 10 am Probate Office Brainerd with notice via Brainerd Dispatch for three weeks.
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