Strange double headed infant and other oddities from era notices
A mixed sheet of transient curiosities reports a two headed infant dead in Stillwater and a turtle stomach containing a ruby ring found in the Red River. It notes an African explorer Stanley and wife separating, Irish poor law officials warned against sending emigrants, and a $50,000 suit against the South Fork Fishing Club for dam destruction and a missing husband. Also mentioned are reports of a Texas baby born with a full set of teeth, Crookston bonds dispute by Junce Mills, Senator Hompe on a party committee, and Uncle W W Erwin’s political reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club
Johnstown
Little
Motely misstep and county intrigue headline
A Motely resident had her husband arrested after returning home before ten o clock. Fergus Falls loaned Dawson Bell ten thousand dollars at two percent to buy the Grand Hotel. he sold it and assigned, alarming taxpayers. Otter Tail admits Brandenberg, who killed a Swede at a Fourth of July rally, to bail. An Iceland telegram proposes moving all Icelanders to Alaska, arguing Alaska’s land could support cultivation and Icelanders would improve the territory.
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Motley
Fergus Falls
Dawson Bell
Bell
Otter Tail County
Brandenberg
Farmers’ Alliance
Bob Dunn
Lupwie von Dexexe
Iceland
Alaska
Sweden
State OF Minnesota
Crow Wing
15Th Judicial District
Jos. E. Wilson
D. D. Smith
Brainerd
G. W. Holland
Wheeler & Wilson
Europe
Nathaniel Wheeler
Paris
St. Cloud
Minn
Eettier
District Court
Jesse N. Matheny
NWX
Martin King
David H Kinney
John B. James
Frank Storey
Fort Ripley
Crow Wing County
A. Barto
Register
Misn
James R. Wood
Charles H. Clute
William Prentice
Alva M. Bratt
Edgar E. Jones
P. O
Ft. Ripley
Minnesota
Barto
Brainera
Theodore Douville
Hi. E
Stillings
William Shontell
Frank Siveny
George Merrill
Primaries define elections as much as offices
The Northfield News argues that primaries determine office holders, not general elections, and that voting in primaries is essential to elect good candidates. It warns that free elections are meaningless if primaries are controlled by corrupt influences, urging citizens to participate vigorously in nominating processes.
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Northfield News
Mille Lacs Reservation Open to Settlement Sparks Tension
The Princeton Union reports that Mille Lacs lake area sees Indian threats to kill any white attempting hay cutting on the reservation. Government opens the land to settlement, with hundreds of settlers taking claims and forming three new townships. Over 300 bona fide settlers reside there, hay cutting on their claims may provoke violent clashes and a lasting removal of Indians.
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Mille Lacs Lake
Mille Lacs Reservation
Remo
Princeton Union
Timber Dam Scandal Behind Twin City Fortunes
The Duluth Herald reports U.S. dams built to aid log waterside navigation flooded lands along the Mississippi. Lumber owners had bought pine lands cheaply and later claimed damages for submerged acreage, enriching a few Twin Cities fortunes at public expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mississippi River
United States
Duluth Herald
Mississippi
Minneapolis
Minnesota Game Law Summary 1891 Prohibitions on Hunting
The document outlines season dates for various game and birds, a five year moratorium on moose deer caribou, and bans on hunting with hounds or shoulder-fired guns. It prohibits traps and decoys except for ducks and geese, declares wanton waste a misdemeanor, sets daily limits and sale restrictions, and imposes fines or jail for violations. It also mentions penalties for nest destruction, egg taking, and songbird trapping, with a $25 reward for information leading to conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game Commission
Minnesota
Board of Game and Fish Commissioners
Royal Baking Powder Praised as Pure and Strong
Dr. Edward G. Love and official government tests endorse the Royal Baking Powder as completely free of lime and alum. It uses refined cream of tartar, excludes tartrates and impurities, and outperforms rivals in strength, leavening power, and flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Love
U. S
New York
Love
United States
Resolutions From Fourth Annual W C T U District Fifteen
The document records resolutions from the Fourth Annual Convention of District Fifteen Minnesota W C T U notes support for enforcing temperance laws and elect officials in sympathy with temperance. It urges expanding franchise use beyond school suffrage and emphasizes teaching Scientific Temperance in Brainerd public schools. It also thanks Reverends Cable Jenkins Frizzell and Baptist trustees for hospitality and support.
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District Fifteen
Minnesota
Weenreas
Resorver
Resover
Brainerd
Reso
Resolvep
Cable, Jenkins and Frizzell
The
Baptist Church
Mas
B. A. Ferris
A. D. Ware
Mas. Mixnre Crank
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Gent's
Laurel and
Sixth Streets
On Iine
D. W. Whitford
Sanborns
City Hotel
Front Street
J. C. Concdon
Arlington
Brainerd, Minn
M. Hagberg
M. Hagberc
Odd Fellows’ Block
Sam Smacy
Rooney
Duluth
Stillwater
Tady
Red River
Aone
Stanley
Tut Irish Executive
Boards of Poor Law Guardians
Ireland
Houston
Texas
Richard II
Junce Mills
Northern Pacific
Crookston
Hompe
People’s Party
Doc. Fish
W. W. Erwin
Jong
Frank Searle
Congres
Gil. Hartley
Col. Graves
Hartley
Graves
G. G. Hartley
Kinney
Ely
Brillant
Ayer
J. W. Haynes
Palouse
W. T
E. P. Goodwin
Democrat
St. Landry
Harry Robinson
Ayer’s
J. C. Ayer & CO
Lowell, Mass
WM. Hall
Leon E. Lum
R K. Whiteley
W A. Fleming
Ribbel
WM. Dresseell
Werner Hemstead, MD
Dr. Front and 7Th Streets
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg CO
Wabash Ave
Chicago
W. T. Caneff
Wisconsin
Milwacy Kee
Portland
Oregon
Tacoma
Wash
Easwin
Western
Northern
Sting
Waukesha
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Neensh
Menashi Chippewa Fails
Eau Claire
Hariey
Wis
Ironwood and
Bessemer Midh
Canada
S.R. Arvsuim
Milwaukee
J. M. Hawnavorp
St. Paul
H. C. Baron
Louis Eckstein
R & Tk’t
Ill
Jane
James Tanner
Washington, D.C
Kate M. Claus
Frank A. Claus
Mortgagors
Brainerd Co-operative Building & Loan Association
Office of the Register of Deeds
Lton E. Lum
George Britton
Amelia Britton
Crow Wings
Minnesota Saving Fund & Investment Company
Mortgegee
the Register of Deeds
Esid Mor
District Court House
Minnesota Savine Fund & Investment Company
Coas
W. Purple
Minneapolis, Minn
Mortgagee
Mark Purmort
Abner D. Purmort
Brainerd Diepatch
Said
Milton McFadden
State OF
Henry C. Miller
First Presbyterian Church of
Leon B.lum
Plaintiff
Silas O. Lum
Ada B. Howes
John R. Howes
Fannie Mulrine
Crew Wing
H. Spalding
Crow Wing Co
Wilfred J. Davenport
BEX
Abraham L. Hoffman
William Barber
Eugene Duba
Dementress
A. C. Stoops
P. Os
Crow Wing Lierato Ro
Highland Improvement
Chamber of Commerce
Duluth, Minn
Orcall
W. E. Seelye
Sundberg
Jeweler
Spencer
Johnson & Bain
Corner
Cor
Fifth and
Front Streets
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