Minnesota News In Brief A Roundup Of Local Incidents And Developments
Winter wheat condition reports spread across the state while a 6,000 barrel flour mill is planned for Oneota. Brown county treasurer paid $115 for wolf scalps. Sleepy Eye drivers ousted fourteen tramps. a fire destroyed Bions brewery at Owatonna with losses cited. Hastings forms a stock company to build a flax mill. An Indian named Big Fire was killed by a Milwaukee train near Minnesota City. A 4 year old near Rochester died when run over by a wagon. A dock worker Erling fatally injured after fall from a Duluth bridge. An 11 year old near Fergus Falls died after eating wild parsnips, father poisoned. Prairie fires damage Alexandria area. Mankato ships potatoes to the Pacific coast at 27 to 29 cents a bushel. Red Wing Methodist steeple struck by lightning with a long rent. Elgin horse died of hydrophobia after mad dog bite. other animals bitten nearby. Michael McCarty fatally injured in Austin moving engine cables. Winona school board selects Alvin Bradley as superintendent over W G Curtis. Hastings fines Theodore Becker for selling a disapproved street newspaper. A horse killed and Mrs Rosanda injured crossing tracks at Montgomery by a train. Henry Strief arrested at Kasson for robbing an old man. $175 recovered. J W Baer departs Rochester for Boston to lead Christian Endeavor. Soha Gauch near Troy ends life by strychnine amid debt and farm fears. He leaves wife and two children.
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Milwaukee
Minnesota City
Minneiska
Charles Adler
Rochester
Erling
Duluth
Ole Sandberry
Fergus Falls
Alexandria
Mankato
Red Wing
Elgin
Michael McCarty
Chicago
St. Paul
Austin
Winona
Alvin Bradley
W. G. Curtis
Theodore Becker
Hastings
North Dakota News Roundup From Fargo To Bismarck
Obscure items report M. W. Greene’s death in Fargo and Grand Forks sewer plans. County debt stands at $82 650.72 while a runaway horse injures Mrs Bay J ess near Steele. A mad dog bites a boy in Grand Forks. the dog is killed. Sheriff House’s residence and stables burn at Logan County. The North Dakota Sunday School association meets in Grand Forks May 27 to 29. Officials appoint trustees for Devils Lake deaf mute school and a new East Grand Forks national bank forms with 50 000 capital. School land rents total about 80 000 statewide. Knights Templar chapters total twelve in the two states. A joint Dakota claims committee meets May 6 at Bismarck. Seeding near Bismarck finishes with 10 percent less area. more corn and stock farming noted. Steamer Batchelor repaired at Bismarck for service to Fort Benton. Rosebud to run between Bismarck and Pierre. Milnor embezzler Thune arrested in Portland Oregon. Supreme Court at Bismarck upholds seed wheat bond act in State of North Dakota vs Webb.
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M. W. Greene
Dakotas
Fargo
Grand Forks
Grand Forks County
Joseph Bay- Jess
Steele
Sam Jughber
Sherrif
Logan County
North Dakota
North Dakota Sunday School Association
Gov. Miller
H. R. Dickinson
Reynolds
H. H. Ruger
T. D. Lee
Devil's Lake
Devils Lake
East Grand Forks
William Budge
F. J. Duffey
G. A. Bachelor
Knights Templar
South Dakota
Territory of
Dakota
Bismarck
Batchelor
McGinty
Forest City
Fort Benton
Rosebud
Pierre
M. Thune
Milnor
Justice Wallin
Steamer Planned for Pierre Cheyenne River Route
Arrangements are under way to place a steamer on the Cheyenne river to operate between Pierre and the new town of Cheyenne. Quarantine rules are being enforced by the state veterinarian. A number of grandered horses are reported in Beadle county. John Cain of Columbia fell from his wagon while intoxicated and sustained likely fatal injuries. Houses on wheels are becoming common across the prairies with a procession of four residences rolling into Pierre. An alcohol can exploded destroying John Goeres residence at White Lake, seriously burning Mrs Goeres and a child though not fatally. Ernest Kramper of Armour has been sent to Yankton insane asylum for religious delusions. Surveyor M T Woolley of Yankton heads toward upper Cheyenne river to begin township and section line surveys on the late reservation, surveying eastward. Spring Valley township in Turner county has sixteen artesian wells supplying 25 to 175 feet depth, iron-tasting water with no alkali, offering excellent cooling for milk and butter. summer temps around 48 to 50 degrees in winter.
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Cheyenne
Pierre
Beadle County
John Cain
Columbia
John Goeres
White Lake
Cheyenne River
Spring Valley Township
Turner County
Prominent Early Wisconsin Figures and Local Incidents
Gen J H Hammond dies in St Paul, a founder of Superior, while Rockland hosts Wisconsin’s strongest farmers alliance with over 130 members. Fatal accidents include Ferdinand Roswalk near Ixonia and D A Wyman near Rockland. Me nomonie saloonkeeper Fred Schmidt dies after assault by tramp. Prohibition convention set for Madison July 22. Pipe of peace owned by J T Kendrick traces Cherokee gift from Nashville 1830. Archie Truckey injured at Coleman mill. dam gate at Combined Locks fails, triggering a minor flood.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Wisconsin
Rockland
la Crosse County
Ferdinand Roswalk
Ixonia
D. A. Wyman
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Fred E. Schmidt
Menomonie
Mike Cunnigharm
Schmidt
Madison
J. T. Kendrick
Montford
Nashville
Tenn
Archie Truckey
E. E. Bolles & Co
Coleman
Appleton
Kaukauna
Christ of Ascension Day Defies Natural Law
A preacher extols Christ’s power to override natural laws by miracles. He cites Jesus calming seas, feeding thousands, healing the sick, and raising the dead, urging faith and prayer as superior to fatalism and calling for grace to govern theology.
Man Seeks Grief Portrait On Grave in Local Shop
A man explains he wants a photograph of himself weeping at his late girlfriend’s grave. He imagines either transporting items to Michigan for the shoot or creating a fake grave in the artist’s shop. The narrator considers the request, finds it ludicrous, and the man leaves to explore options.
Wealth and health clash in a financier’s confession
Blakely Hall in Frank Les lie’s illustrated paper notes the wealthy’s drawbacks. A fifty million financier, seedy and unable to eat, regrets lost time for a walk as he fears being half an hour late at the office. A rich man proves a pauper in fresh air and leisure.
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Blakely Hall
Frank Leslie
Fifty-seventh Street
Broadway
National Lawmaker recap and Senate action items
The senate confirmed the nomination of C. Donahower as marshal of Minnesota and discussed pension and Morrill bills. House debated and rejected the international copyright bill amid fears of a publishing monopoly. Senate committees considered land, education fund provisions, and silver related measures with frequent adjournments and nonconcurrence in amendments. A wide mix of tariff, pension, and public land topics dominated the day with few decisive outcomes.
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Renate
Senate
C. Donahower
Marshall
Minnesota
Morrill
House
Chamber
Davis
Hopkins
Ilinois
Rusk
Pickler
South Dakota
Aurora
Bon Homme
The Whistling Baker and His Raisin Test
In Brooklyn a Columbia Street bakery uses a quirky hiring rite for boys. Applicants must whistle to earn 50 cents, testing honesty and lip skill as currants and raisins are counted. The ruse collapses when the baker steps away, leaving a quiet, fruitless scene.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Columbia Street
Apache in War Paint Visits Indian School in Albuquerque
Harriet Phillips recounts a terrorizing Apache visit to an Albuquerque Indian school. The man arrived in full war paint with two loaded revolvers, demanded coffee and soup be kept away, then placed the weapons on the window to eat, later leaving with a dozen braves as she recalls the chilling encounter aboard a Santa Fe train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Harriet Phillips
Philadelphia Times
Miner Ends Tale Of Wolf Fight Besieged Cabin
The Virginia City Chronicle recounts a tale where 1 100 wolves besiege a miner’s cabin in the mountains after his fiddle incites ferocious fighting. The scene grows gory as wolves fight, feed, and die, leaving a bloodied snow and scattered remains.
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Mill Creek
Virginia City Chronicle
Wolves Show Noted Instincts In Ranch Attack Case
John Mumford reports a sow with twelve piglets in a Red River valley draw. A mother wolf attacks the sow while a male wolf stalks off with a single pig in its mouth. The sow pursues and the wolves flee as the piglet calls for help. News from the New York Sun.
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John Mumford
Red River
Mumford
New York
Government ordnance works moved to East Chattanooga
A contract directs the United States government ordnance works at Boston to be relocated to East Chattanooga Tennessee immediately.
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United States Government
Ordnance Works of
Boston
East Chattanooga
Tenn
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil Ad
An old fashioned advertisement touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the real cure for coughs and colds. It urges buyers to spend twenty five cents for a bottle of Salvation Oil to ease rheumatism and keep a rider ready for a bicycle ride tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Dominion Parliament Member Accused of $250000 Doodle Claim
A member of the dominion parliament faces accusations of embezzling or misappropriating funds up to 250000 dollars. The allegation centers on covert doodling or misapplication of resources within the parliamentary sphere. no further details provided.
The Rapids of Death and Lungs Bafflers Warned
A narrator warns of danger as a man cries out about rapid waters and a warning to a life drawn into ruin by consumption. The ad-like text lists symptoms such as coughing blood loss of flesh and fatigue, urging timely use of a claimed cure for lung disease and asserting guaranteed effectiveness if tried in time.
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Hostetter
T. A. Stocum
M. C
Pearl Street
New York
Anne
Dr. Pierce
Wornp
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Minn
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St. Paul, Minn
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Warren, Pa
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Grand Rapids
Chichester
Laea Ask Dragzis
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Phila
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Armsterdam
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