Minnesota News In Brief Disorder Across State
Winter wheat across the state in fine condition. A 6000 barrel flour mill to be built at Oneota. Brown county treasurer paid 115 for wolf scalps last week. Fourteen tramps driven from Sleepy Eye after a baseball date. Bion’s brewery at Owatonna destroyed by fire with losses 6000 and 3900 insured. Hastings forms stock company to establish a flax mill. Indian Big Fire killed by Milwaukee train between Minnesota City and Minneiska. 4-year-old son of Charles Adler killed near Rochester by wagon. Erling dock laborer fatally injured by a passenger train at Duluth. Ole Sandberry’s 11-year-old son dies after eating wild parsnips. father poisoned. Prairie fires damaged farms near Alexandria. Potatoes shipped from Mankato to the Pacific coast 27 to 29 cents per bushel. Red Wing Methodist steeple struck by lightning. 75-foot long rent. A mad dog bite at Elgin leads to horse kill and other animal bites. Michael McCarty fatally injured at Austin in engine yard accident. Winona school board selects Alvin Bradley as superintendent over Curtis. Hastings fines Theodore Becker for selling an immoral St Paul Sunday paper. A horse killed and Mrs Rosanda injured crossing tracks at Montgomery. Henry Strief arreseted at Kasson for robbing an old man. $175 recovered. J W Baer sails for Boston to serve as general secretary of the United Societies of Christian Endeavor. John Gauch near Troy, Wabasha county, ends life by strychnine. leaves wife and two children.
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Oneota
Brown County
Sleepy Eye
Bion
Owatonna
Hastings
Big Fire
Milwaukee
Minnesota City
Minneiska
Charles Adler
Rochester
Erling
Duluth
Ole Sandberry
Fergus Falls
Alexandria
Mankato
Pacific Coast
Red Wing
Elgin
Michael McCarty
Chicago
St. Paul
Austin
Winona
Alvin Bradley
W. G. Curtis
Theodore Becker
Martin Rosanda
Montgomery
Henry Strief
Switzerland
Kasson
North Dakota Topics From Across the State
Died at Fargo prominent lawyer M W Greene of the Dakotas. Grand Forks debates a new sewerage system. Grand Forks County reports 82650.72 in treasury. Steele buggy accident with skull fracture. Sam Jagher bitten by a suspected mad dog. dog shot. Sheriff House in Logan County loses residence, barn, and horses to fire. North Dakota Sunday School association to meet Grand Forks May 27 to 29. Governors appoints trustees for Devil's Lake deaf mute school. East Grand Forks forms national bank with 50000 capital, directors Budge Duffey Bachelor. School land rents total about 80000 statewide. per-child figure about 32. Knights Templar: South Dakota 8, North Dakota 4, total 621 members. Dakota claims committee to meet in Bismarck May 6. notify auditors to file claims. Seeding near finished near Bismarck. yields and corn acreage rise. wet spring. Batchelor steamer raised for repairs to Fort Benton route. Rosebed to run Bismarck to Pierre. Milner embezzlement suspect M Thune arrested in Portland Oregon. Chicago attorneys pursue. North Dakota Supreme Court upholds seed wheat bond act in State v Webb with Justice Wallin delivering opinion.
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Grand Forks
Joseph Bay- Jess
Steele
Sam Jagher
Sherif
Logan County
North Dakota
North Dakota Sunday School Association
Gov. Miller
H. R. Dickinson
Reynolds
H. H. Ruger
T. D. Lee
Devil's Lake
East Grand Forks
William Budge
F. J. Duffey
G. A. Bachelor
Territory of
Dakota
Bismarck
Batchelor
McGinty
Forest City
Fort Benton
Rosebed
Pierre
M. Thune
Milner
Portland Or
Chicago
Thune
East
Supreme Court
Ve. Webb
Nelson County
Justice Wallin
Steamer Planned for Cheyenne River Route Pierre to Cheyenne
Arrangements are under way to place a steamer on the Cheyenne river to run between Pierre and the new town of Cheyenne. A number of fine horses are reported in Beadle county. The state veterinarian enforces strict quarantine regulations. John Cain near Colombia fell from his wagon while intoxicated and may suffer fatal injuries.
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Cheyenne
Pierre
Beadle County
John Cain
Colombia
Rockland Armers Alliance Leads Western Wisconsin
The strongest farmers alliance in western Wisconsin is centered in Rockland La Crosse county with over 130 members. Reports note fatal accidents including Ferdinand Roswalk near Txonia and D A Wyman near Rockland, plus a saloon assault in Menominee and a Prohibition state convention planned for Madison July 22. The Bennet law issue threatens third party votes to Republicans. A pipe of peace dating to 1830 and Archie Truckey’s severe mill injury are also mentioned alongside local dam release and minor flood effects.
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Armers’ Alliance
Wisconsin
Rockland
la Crosse County
Ferdinand Roswalk
D. A. Wyman
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Fred E. Schmidt
Menomonie
Mike Cunnighar
Schmidt
Madison
J. T. Kendrick
Montford
Nashville
Tenn
Archie Truckey
E. E. Bolles & Co
Coleman
Appleton
Kaukauna
Talmage Expounds Jesus Ascension on Mount Olivet
In a Brookline sermon at the Academy of Music Dr. Talmage recounts Jesus ascent from Mount Olivet, framing the event as the moment natural law yielded to the law of grace. He extols ascended humanity, cites miracles breaking natural law, and urges faith and prayer as mighty medicine.
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Christ
Charles
Mount Olivet
Bethany
Jerusalem
Tiberias
Gadara
Lazarus
Raphael
Mendelssohn
Phidias
Strauss
Woolston
Spinoza
Home
Schleiermacher
Photograph Gallery Prank Sparks Grief and Giggles
A photographer recalls a quirky visitor who wanted a photo of him weeping on a grave. He resisted the absurd request though the man insisted on fitting a grave into the shop or shipping materials to Michigan. The tale ends with the man leaving to “look around” for options.
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Michigan
Devil
Rich men, poor health, and the art of living
Blakely Hall in Frank Les lie’s illustrated paper remarks that wealthy financiers often lack comfort and health. A famous financier, valued at ten to fifty million, admits he cannot walk for leisure due to time pressure, lamenting how wealth does not guarantee well being.
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Blakely Hall
Frank Leslie
Fifty-seventh Street
Broadway
Doings of Congress Weekly Wrapup
Senate confirms C Donahower as Minnesota marshal and opens battles over lands pensions and education. House rejects international copyright as Farringtons and Rusk seed aid update South Dakota farmers. Debates swirl on tariff silver and land surveys with Becks death reshaping priorities.
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HOUSE
Hopkins
Illinois
Rusk
Pickler
South Dakota
Aurora
Bon Homme
Henry George Leaves Stage After Liberty Question
In San Francisco a crowd at the California Theater recalls the Declaration of Independence anniversary. Henry George delivers a long oration, skips pages, and ends with a bold liberty question. A gallery heckler cries You will, Harry George, triggering laughter as the speaker quietly exits.
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San Francisco
Henry George
California Theater
Harry George
Antiquated Spain Still Clings to Ancient Farming Methods
The article notes Spain retains primitive farming practices with grain cut by a small reaping hook and thrashed by trampling with donkeys hitched to a stone. Plows are crooked sticks with iron, and in towns heavy wooden oxen carts appear rare. Much work relies on donkey transport for sand brick lumber and other goods.
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Spain
Woodward Avenue salesman recalls poverty to prosperity
In a Detroit News piece a Woodward Avenue salesman narrates his rise from near homelessness to home ownership. He describes selling essentials to support his family, finding a buyer for a house with two hundred dollars down, and quitting rent to become a homeowner despite ongoing financial strain.
Apache in War Paint Dines with Indian School Guests
Harriet Phillips recounts an Apache in full war paint entering an Albuquerque Indian school. He sits with loaded revolvers until the cook and teacher compel him to place them on the window. After dinner he leaves. later he returns with a dozen braves, causing great fear among staff and students.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Senate
Santa Fe
Han —Harriet Phillips
Philadelphia
Miner Fights Wolves After Fiddle Becomes Rallying Cry
In Virginia City a miller claims 1 100 wolves besieged his cabin at night drawn by his fiddle. He says the wolves fought and devoured each other, leaving a bloody scene with hair and bones scattered, describing the event as the dandiest dog fight he ever saw.
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Mill Creek
Virginia City
Sweet Sierra Spring Water Versus City Fountain Racers
A San Francisco traveler and an old mountaineer compare mountain spring water to a rusty public fountain in Frisco. The city trip cost both men time and money, yet both declare the water’s sweetness proves costly but rewarding.
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San Francisco
Sierras
Red Woods
Frisco
Wolves show reasoning in hunt on Mumford ranch
The New York Sun reports a case on John Mumford's Red River north fork ranch where a sow with twelve piglets is attacked by a she wolf. A male wolf tows a pig, then both wolves flee as the sow tries to rescue her brood, revealing a coordinated, strategic hunt.
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John Mumford
Red River
Mumford
Wee
Serato
New York
Move United Seana ordnance works to East Chattanooga
A contract moves the United Seana ordnance works of Bos ton to East Chattanooga Tennessee at once. The passage notes worn garments misfit and bogus remedies fail while Dr Bull s Cough Syrup is praised as a cure. It also cites a dominion parliament member accused of doodling up to 250000.
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United Seana Ordnance Works
Boston
East Chattanooga
Tenn
Dr. Bull
The Rapids Below and Cautions on Consumption
A wary speaker urges vigilance against consumption and its warning signs. He warns against delaying care and emphasizes urgent action rather than relying on uncertain remedies, noting that true cures lie in proven treatments for lung disease.
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Northwest
Northwestern States
J. W. Baer
United Societies of Christian Endeavor of the World
John Gauch
Troy
Wabasha County
William Cheshire
John Plantenberg
St. Cloud
St. Peter Asylum
Bill Nye
William
Merriam
L. G. Powers
Geo D. Holt
Minneapolis
John W. Willie
J. P. Wright
Society of Charities and Corrections
Pallimore
Goodhue County
Walter Lively
A. F. Lively
Bluffton Otter Tail County
New York Mills
Binston
Edelbrock
St. John’s Abbey
Collegeville
Bernard Tacinicar
Rome
St. Benedictine Order
Assumption Parish
Fargo
Liszie Moore
Ald. Lally
Forman
Joint Commission
North and
C. E. McKinney
Sioux Falls
W. W. Taylor
Redfield
O. Gesley
Watertown
W. W. Girton
Melette
M. W. Greene
Dakotas
Knights Templar
Hughes
Sully
Woonsocket
John Goeres
Waite Lake
M. T. Woolley
Yankton
Cheyenne River
Spring Valley Township
Turner County
William Weaver
Durbin
J. H. Hammond
Superior
Iowa
Des Moines
Webster County
Boone
Broken Kettle
Osborn Bros
Anamosa
Stone City
Ilinois
Frank Hayes
Victor Dunbar
George Mercer
Laws Reform School
Eldora
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Dunbar
Mercer
Horticultural Society
State Capitol
Mortimer Hunt
Hull
Paris Green
Bronx County
Mason City
the Ascension
Talmage
Jesus
Academy of Music
Pau
David
Heaven
Sin
Death
Hell
Palestine
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Dead Sea
Jordan
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Tenth Legion
Gethsemane
Cesar
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Pilate
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Mount Oliver
Emmaus
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Marshall
Minnesota
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Power
Montana
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Kinley
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Canada
America
Brazil
Sareeseer
Beck
McKinley
Ohio
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Cuspersson
Secretary of War
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Mich
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Kansas
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Senate Committee On Pensions
Idaho
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Beck Dis
Rowell
Committee On Elections
Alabama
McDuffie
Turpie
Mills
Sherman
Washburn
Lafollette
Detroit News
Woodward Avenue
Brooklyn Eagle
Columbia Street
Nan
Williamsburg
William Winters
Susan Luther
Hostetter
Staples
Ida Augusta
Baltimore
T. R. Lewis
Ville
Brown
Brooklyn
Albany
F. Slingus
Montgomery (Pa
Lehman & Richman
Cleveland
Itenee
Brocum
M. C
Pearl Street
York
Hood
M. V. Barano
Atlantic City
N. J
Lutazx Nason
Lowell
Maas
C.J. Hood & CO
Sickhe Carters
Topes&s Conta
Carter Medicine
Ian
Wortip
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Sage
Doentsa
Portza Cave and Carmmical Comfontation
Eee Benen Picea
Ohttamar
Minnesot
B. Stoneman
John N. Harbress
Bank Commerce Bidg
Pipe and Weill
Irocers & Ordway
Bivy
Webster
Expres
S. F. Heath
Minn
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Sapolio
Northwestern Newspaper Union
ST. Paul, Minn
Hazeltine
Warren
Josepu Fn. Hunt
Washington, D.C
Vision
Caten
H.C. Morton
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Rapids
Tonenet
Chichester
Wadisee 3Q
Phila
Doaly
Braca Chemical Sa
Cincinnati
Ingraham
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