Lake City sick with la grippe and other items
About 150 in Lake City suffer la grippe with several in serious condition. Glyndon trustees mostly from temperance party. Joseph Meyers a mason jailed for beating his wife in Dover. Prof Payne of Carleton seeks state signal service bill. Lake Crystal hotel burned for loss of 1000 with 600 insurance. Buffalo death of John Dood aged about years. immigrant from Ireland 1801. Many local political and legal notices across the region.
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Lake City
la Grippe
Glyndon
Temperance Party
Joseph Meyers
Justice Carver
Dover
Prof
Payne
Carleton College
Lake House
Lake Crystal
Blue Earth County
Buffalo
John Dood
Ireland
Wright County
Donnelly
Dakota County
Eureka
St. Cloud
Grand Central Hotel
Geo. C. Carpenter
John Shattar
James Ryder
S. M. Ash
Caledonia
McNulty Force Feeder and Roller Mill Company
Hastings
W. B. Drummond
F. W. Stahier
Westerfield, Drummond & Co
Red Wing
Stillwater Council
Duluth Herald Company
Evening Herald
D. H. Stevenson
Miron Bunnell
Associated Press
William C. Jackson
Mankato
Jackson
Minnesota
St. Paul
McCarthy
Little Falls
Lucia
Smith
Fred Pamperin
Rochester
la du
Whitman
Lake Benton
T¢m Pampelly
Ninteen
Tyler
Public updates and incidents across North Dakota and beyond
Postmaster appointed in Wheatland Cass county with public reception for Senator McGillvray and Representative Farrah at Dickinson Opera House. Austrian Mizie Zurnich, 30, declared insane at Devils Lake, sent to Jamestown due to delusions of forcing Catholics on all men. Oakes fire destroys McCarthy Bros. dry goods stock valued at 8000 pounds, insured 2000 dollars. Berg’s furniture store scorched but saved. State Treasurer Booker sells 106000 dollars in bonds to Fidelity Trust Company of Kansas City for John J Blair & Co. New York and Western bidders reported. sale viewed as satisfactory. Fargo adjourned district court with civil and criminal cases including Remington murder case, shooting at Cysselton, Mapleton larceny, and Grandin embezzlement. Rev J N Fradenburgh elected president of Wahpeton Methodist Episcopal university. noted as Pennsylvania pulpit preacher and author of several religious works.
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B. Stevens
Wheatland
Cass County
Dickinson
A. ©. McGillvray
J. A. Farrah
Mizie Zurnich
Devils Lake
Jamestown
Oakes
South Second Street
McCarthy Bros
Berg
Booker
North Dakota
Fidelity Ust Company
Kansas City
John J. Blair & Co
New York
Fargo
Remington
J. T. Fleit
Arthur
Gelhart
Perehart
Cysselton
Mapleton
Grandin
J. N. Fradenburgh
A. M
New Methodist Episcopal University
Wahpeton
Pennsylvania
American Enental Society
Society of Biblical Archaeology
London
Victoria Institute of Philosophical Society of Great Britain
Springfield claims largest artesian well in the state
The article notes Springfield asserting the state’s largest artesian well. It also reports sixty cases of influenza at Pierre, a drug clerk in Rapid City receiving a threatening letter, mass migration of Hollanders from Charles Mix and Douglas to Wright counties, and officials in Watertown advertising reservations.
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Springfield
Pierre
Rapid City
Charles Mix
Douglas
Wright County
Watertown
Sisseton
Wahpeton
Deadwood
United States Signal Service
Fort Sully
Huron
E.G. Simpson
Mitchell
Albany and Janeville Consider License Elections
Across Wisconsin towns Albany and Janeville vote on license or no license at upcoming elections.
IOWA News Briefs Under Scarlet Fever Laws and Tragic Crimes
The term ends with public schools closed due to a scarlet fever epidemic. A near Charles City woman fatally shoots her husband in a violent act. A Dubuque laborer dies from a rock fall while excavating on Queen street. A Waterloo man learns his son in Nebraska is captured by Indians and the boy is killed. Sioux City Mayor informs liquor men the license law will be ignored amid rising prosecutions. Dubuque grocers plan sugar duty reaction, stocks reduced and shipments staged for March 31 to April 1 bump.
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Iowa
Mitchell
A. C. Richards
Charles City
John Penning
Dubuque
Queen Street
H. J. Jacobs
Waterloo
Bnd
Nebraska
Law and Order League
Palmer
Sioux City
Dubugue
Surveyor of Customs
Predicament of a Wife Who Helped a Bridegroom
A young husband seeks a suitable city flat aided by an old schoolmate. A telegraph mix up sends a message intended for a friend revealing plans to marry, causing consternation in a peaceful household and prompting explanations that clarify the situation.
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York
Science and Progress: Meaning of Velts in Electricity
A compact report outlines new science terms Velts in electricity and describes progress in street lighting. It highlights developments in airship technology, bank cars, and the Dynograph Car as part of advancing transport and infrastructure.
Airship tests in Chicago spark debate on power and design
An exhibit airship in Chicago undergoes examination. It proves small lifting power, slow speed, and questions arise about a 100 horse power gas engine weighing 250 pounds. Experts compare with La France and Tissandier models and note aerodynamic principles. The piece also covers Edison volts analogy and oil well drilling by tandem electric motors.
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Chicago
M. Tissandier
Paris
Lighting Streets Then And Now In London
The article traces street lighting from candles and lanterns in 1861 London through Charles II era lanterns to globular oil lamps in 1708 and gas lighting at the century’s turn. It notes electricity replacing gas slowly, and explains electricity as a power transmission method with losses of 20 to 40 percent, centralized in one plot, whether powered by water or steam.
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Pittsburg
Western Electrician
Wesley Webber
London
Charles II
Edward Hening
Michal Coke
York Laurice
W. H. Lawrence
Agriculural Epitomist
Indianapolis
Ind
C. I. Hood & CO
Lowell
Maas
Traveling Banks On Railways A New Zealand Model
A New Zealand banking method uses traveling clerks with cash satchels operating from railway stations to serve customers along lines. The system saves settlers trips to town for deposits and change and is said to be profitable for banks and convenient for locals, though it risks train robberies.
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New Zealand
French Gardeners Grow Dwarf Trees Like Japanese Miniatures
French gardeners now reproduce the Japanese dwarf tree method producing fruit on trees two feet high. Ancient style trunks twist with age yet show no pruning marks. The trees mirror full sized sycamores oaks cedars and apple trees.
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Japan
New York Tribune
Dynograph car aims to record track faults on the move
Rail experts study the dynograph car invented by P H Dudley an American. The device records every defect on a railway track as it rolls past including spread rails open joints and defective steel. The inventor claims it could reduce the need for several railway workers and companies are testing the claim.
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P.H. Dudley
Dutley
Photographic Method by Electromagnetism Claimed by Professor
A Lemberg poly technic academy professor claims a successful photographic method using electromagnetism. A prehistoric smelting furnace found near Albuquerque contains unburned car and a small silver bar nearby. A Cheyenne telegraph operator unveils an electric device to read streetcar routes while in motion. An eastern chemist purports a corn based soap process promising revolutionary purity and quality.
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Lemberg Polytechnic Academy
Albuquerque
N. M
Cheyenne, Wy
Mrs Jar Dean Requests Fall Dress Samples From Store
A wife asks her husband to fetch various fabric samples from Wool and Satten's for a fall wardrobe. She specifies browns grays and subtle colors in textiles like India twill silk warp and momie cloth, and mentions Muscovite silks and camel hair, then jokes that her husband will forget.
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Charlie
Puck
Idle Men in Australia Warn of Unemployment Swarm
A New York Tribune excerpt describes Melbourne and Sydney as filled with unemployed graduates from English universities. The speaker argues many are intelligent but misled by romance and haste, living stylishly until funds run out. He claims he could recruit 1,500 capable men for 10 shillings weekly plus board for ranch work.
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Melbourne
Sydney
Australia
New York Tribune
Johnson
Lan
Fashions and Fabrics for Spring Women’s Attire
The article surveys spring fabrics and dress styles with ribbed cloths, wool crepons, and striped silks as lighter options. It details outfits from visiting toilettes to coats with basques, new wraps, and slim skirts, plus trims like lace, embroidery, and feather bands. It includes hat fashions with small demi-season bonnets, decorative veils, and bouquet accents, ending with a child’s rattle craft and its thirty cent cost.
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Milan
Purity and Compassion Step Beyond Style in Womanhood
A reflective piece extols the true woman as pure and modest with a compassionate heart. It contrasts moral demeanor with thoughts, praising women who comfort others and endure hardship, then shifts to household tips such as cream and acid reactions and a collection of old fashioned recipes.
First Buffalo Woman Newsroom Pioneer Nemo Reveals Secret
Miss Jane Meade Welch rose from timid editor hopeful to Buffalo Courier society news star with the Nemo byline. The New York Times praised the paper for its clever, accurate society coverage, and the public wondered who Nemo was as her fame grew. A later note offers a six colored ribbon raffle item and crafting details.
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Jane Meade Welch
New York
Buffalo
Society News
Buffalo Courier
David Gray
Miss Welch
Nemo
The
Courier
Proper Table Manners For Children
A Farm Journal opinion on teaching children table manners to prevent ridicule and social discomfort. It argues sit up straight keep elbows off the table avoid spills and use meals to cultivate patience unselfishness consideration and pleasant speech in daily practice.
Wealthy Wilmington resident endows town with charitable gifts
Miss Sabra Carter bequeaths fifty shares to fund life income for herself and upon her death to support road rest settees painting houses aiding applicants who keep no dogs or liquor, fund library books free lectures maintain Carter family burying lot renovate cemetery marble plant roadside trees. She has long dealt in seeds and aims to start immediate execution of the plan.
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Wilmington
Sabra Carter
Carter
Miss Carter
Freethinking Brooklyn Kindergartens Move Forward
A campaign pushes free Brooklyn kindergartens modeled after New York's program led by the Association officers R. W. Gilder and Mrs. Grover Cleveland. Nearby Worcester women form a constitutional law study group with Miss Charlotte Powers as president and H. M. Ware secretary.
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States
Brooklyn
New York
R. W.gilder
Grover Cleveland
Worcester
Charlotte E. Powers
H. M. Ware
M. B. Lane
Mme. Romanoff
Russia
Story of Moody life contrasted with Beecher blessing moments
The Boston Transcript recounts Moody's early hardship leaving home for farm work and his despair, shadowed by a kind benefactor. The man’s simple coin and blessing shaped the boy’s future, echoing Beecher’s claim that mind to mind action animates humanity beyond food.
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Mr. Moody
Boston Transcript
Moody
Mr. Beecher
Drummer recalls Maine dining misadventure on rail trip
A Boston Transcript anecdote recalls a drummer who, after weeks on railway sandwiches, orders a so called first class steak at a Maine stop. The meal proves inedible and he jokes that it will do him good as exercise while the waiter quips about its value.
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Maine
Boston Transcript
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W. H. Sanders
Adam Blumer
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Fond du Lac
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James Sprawley
Two Rivers
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Hurley
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Will Wauson
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Wer
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Grantsburg
Science and Progress
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Boston
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Bolonga University
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Cesar Francois Cassini
Jacques
New York Sun
Frank Powell White Beaver
Jonnson
Kelieves
Johnson & CO
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ADACH
Carter Medicine
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Tment, Bros
Nicollet Ave. Cor. 2d St
Minneapolis, Minn
Cha Beechan
Beechams
Weald
Lecham
St. Welens
Lancashire
England
F. Allen CO
Canzi St
LAL Sasams Psoeey
Scott
Scott & Bowne
SAPO
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T. A. Slocum
Pearl St. N
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