Train Schedules and Local News From Twin Cities Area
The notice lists train arrivals and departures by number with arrival times from south west and west routes, including exceptions for Sundays. It reports a St Paul detective inheriting 200000 in Ireland after resigning, a Minneapolis suicide by Pearl Foster, and Sauk Rapids anger over cyclone benefit funds allegedly favoring St Cloud, with residents criticizing the distribution.
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Sauk Rapids
St. Cloud
Politicians Yield to Voters Amid Campaign Bids
Morrison county politicians announce filings for various offices as voters press for action. Duluth hotels protest St Paul and Duluth road tickets that include meals, threatening a boycott. A Grand Forks region hailstorm damages land across four miles by thirty, with losses around $500000. Manitoba lands in Kittson county faced delinquent tax sale to C A Condgon of St Paul, who plans to tear up the track.
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Morrison County
Duluth
St. Paul & Duluth
St. Louis
Grand Forks
Walsh
Traill
Dakota
Manitoba
Kittson County
C. A. Condgon
St. Paul
Duluth to Cap Admission at Fifty Cents Next Year
The Duluth council plans a fifty cent maximum admission for circuses next year. Cole took a dollar from each person, angering Zenith City residents. Carlton county launches a new paper, Carlton County Democrat, near North ern Pacific Junction, while Brainerd dismisses such fusses. Soldiers near Fort ward and Spokane must move quickly due to Calispel Indian threats. Northwestern Passenger association grants half rates only to specific groups including clergy and newspaper men families. The supreme court ruling increasing mill power costs endangers Minneapolis saw mills and causes losses of about twenty five thousand dollars. Labrador fishermen suffer from drifted ice blocking shores and a failed season.
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Duluth
Cole
Zenith City
Brainerd
Parson Downs Expels 65 in Boston Church
Parson Downs dismisses 65 church members over alleged licentiousness. Deacon Storey plans a criminal libel suit. Downs remains cheerful and faces trial at the next court term for bastardy charged by Alice Watson.
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Parson Downs
Boston
Deacon Storey
Mr. Downs
Alice Watson
Crow Wing county officials face election buzz and resignations
A broad view of Crow Wing county politics shows multiple incumbents seeking re election along with numerous aspirants for county commissioners and other offices. The piece notes labor voters may swing outcomes while party lines shape endorsements and potential shifts. A separate dispatch reports a federal commission led by Wright Whipple and Larrabee to negotiate tribal land reductions in Minnesota Dakota and Washington with focus on White Earth and related reservations.
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Washington
John W. Wright
Tennessee
H. B. Whipple
Minnesota
Charles F. Larrabee
Indian Office
Secretary of the Interior
Montana
Dakota
Idaho
White Earth
Lake Winnebago
Leech Lake
Mille Lacs
Fon du Lac
Grand Portage
Boise Fort
Deer Creek
Winnebagos
Mississippi
Fort Berthold Reservation
Mississippi and Leech Railway Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Mississippi and Leech Railway Company were filed in Minnesota stating a plan to build and operate a west bank line from St. Cloud through Little Falls to Leech Lake. The capital stock is 3 million dollars, with a board led by Ashley C. Morris of New York and directors including Ed M. Jonson C. B. Leonard William C. Johnson and George H. Townsend. The company will commence business August 1, 1886.
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Mississippi & Leech Lake Railway
Mississippi & Leech Railway Company
Secretary of State
Mississippi River
St. Cloud
Stearns County
Little Falls
Leech Lake
Ashley C. Morris
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ed M. Jonson
C. B. Leonard
Minneapolis
William C. Johnson
George H. Townsend
New York
Globe
Whisky cases and Indian witnesses raise government costs
The Globe notes repeated whisky cases against sellers to Indians. Indians witness, officers collect fees, fines and jail time ensue. Analyzing the system, the piece mocks the profits and delays, while detailing how liquor moves to tepees via intermediaries and detectives.
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Globe
United States
Constance
Sharp
Minnesota
Northwestern league standings show Duluth at lead
With the baseball season half finished the Duluth club remains atop the Northwestern league. The following details illustrate how the other clubs compare in the standings.
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Duluth
Cursed God and The Result: Farmer Turned to Stone
A Lima farmer named Sylvester Redyan in the county line area swore an oath to cut God’s heart from the sky. A lightninglike streak struck him, turning him to stone and burning his clothes as terrified companions looked on. The event, though unbelievable to some, is vouched for by local, reliable witnesses who saw the transformed figure. Redyan, about 40, left a wife and five grieving children and had a harsh habit of swearing.
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Lima
Ohio
Mercer County
Sylvester Redgan
Redyan
Boy warns of cistern danger in yard incident
A boy asked a woman at a house gate if she would check the back yard after a cistern lid fell and nearly harmed a baby. The woman promised to go see, and it is reported she did proceed to inspect the area.
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M. P. Murphy
Brainerd
Over Losey & Dean’s Undertaker’s Shop
Seventh Street
Miss R. Mills Proves Up on Dakota Homestead
Miss R. Mills edits the Hawley Star, planted five acres of trees on a tree claim, built a saw mill, and will own 480 acres when she proves up. A Hayward graduate calls her a daughter of the gods, but the Mills of the Gods grind slowly, as she pursues her ambitious plans.
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New York World
Mills
Dakota
Hawley Star
Hayard
Strange Indian boy with three arms and three eyes
A band of Indians passing through Bismark yesterday brought a remarkable deformity: a dead mother and child, a boy with three arms and three eyes. The central arm held the shawl as he walked, he spoke in his tongue and hummed an Indian air.
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Bismark
Dak
Tribune
A Word of Wisdom to Dunning Readers and Subscribers
A pointed moral urges readers to keep subscriptions paid and not threaten editors with withdrawal. It notes that a paper would continue despite criticism and that casual contempt harms no one but the critic, who will still borrow or seek the paper to understand it. The excerpt ends urging honesty and financial support.
Storm Ravages Village Wrecks Homes and Shops
A Saturday night thunder storm with strong winds tore through the village. Daniel Farley and Archie McLeod’s house was destroyed with four occupants inside but no injuries. The Queen of the Lakes steamer was wrecked on the beach yet relaunched next morning. Birch bark canoes vanished in the lake edge underbrush. Martin Welsh's saloon front and the village drug store front suffered broken glass.
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Daniel Farley
Archie McLeod
McLead
Martin Welsh
Cherryvale Love Spotlight in Kansas Letter
A St. Joseph Visitor note extols Cherryvale Kansas as a paradise for pretty, plump maidens saying its maidens are as rosy and cheerful as cherries. The piece praises Kansas women as healthy independent and happy and notes the town motto that neither bustle nor corset is worn.
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Kansas
Cherryvale
Joseph Visitor
Aging electorate and election year contrasts in 1880s
A 19th century reflection notes how voters born after the Civil War will dominate 1886 to 1888 elections while those who voted in 1860 reach fifty by 1888. The piece contrasts age cohorts and impending shifts in political participation across decades.
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Lee
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
How Brodie Felt Jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge
Steve Brodie describes his jump as a dream like descent from the bridge to the river. He recalls swinging, fearing smashing, and surfacing after a long, cold plunge to shout to onlookers and swim for shore.
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Steve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
China
Modest man drowns after storm swamping rowboat
A notably modest man in a row boat faced a violent storm and was swamped and drowned after he refused to hug the shore. His steadfast humility led to a fatal delay in seeking safety.
Maine captain declines pardon in San Francisco prison case
The president refuses to pardon William Watts, captain of a Maine vessel held in a San Francisco jail for ill treating his crew.
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William Watts
Maine
San Francisco
Swift's Specific Praise From West Virginia User
A West Virginia mountaineer reports swift relief from Blood and Skin disease after using Swift's Specific, claiming cure in two months. He recommends 58.8 S and offers to share information, noting genuine product availability through Swift's Specific Co. and local druggists.
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Swift
West Virginia
W. M. Bar
Wheeling
W. Va
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta Ga
New York
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