Strawberries, Wolves, and a New Postal Appointee
Strawberries sold for four cents a pound in Portland last week. Eleven wolves were found in a Zumbro cave with scalps yielding a $66 bounty. The St Paul to Bismark postal route will have a new agent, Harry Fink appointed. Fergus Falls Journal criticizes railroad commissioners riding in a special car to hear granger grievances.
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Portland, Or
Zumbro
Minn
St. Paul
Bismark
Harry Fink
Fergus Fall
Scheme for Cuba Purchase Prominent Cubans in Washington
The plan to buy Cuba remains under discussion with several notable Cubans in Washington and members of Congress reportedly involved in the effort.
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Cuba
Washington
Congress
Locust Visit Hinted as Nation Faces Plant Losses
A 17 year and a 30 year locust swarm are forecast to visit this year, threatening fruit trees and crops. The remark attributes the coming harm to the nature of a democratic administration.
Threatening notices target Detroit shop employees
Workers at Michigan Central car shops and the Detroit car wheel works in Detroit Michigan have received threatening notices in the last two weeks urging them to quit.
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Michigan Central Car Shops
Detroit Car Wheel Works
Detroit
Mich
Logan Elected U S Senator in Illinois General Session
In a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly United States Senator John A Logan was chosen on Tuesday. Logan has faced difficulties but providence intervened and he secured the office amid ongoing political shifts.
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Illinois
John A. Logan
United States
Logan
Providence
Brewers Converge for Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention in New York
The brewers of the United gathered in New York City for their twenty-fifth annual convention on Wednesday. Fifteen thousand delegates attended representing a capital investment over 100 million dollars, signaling a potential threat to prohibition policy.
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Brewers of the United
New York City
Minneapolis poster arrestee linked to leg show complaint
A poster artist in Minneapolis was arrested on a complaint from a minister over posters promoting the Rents-Santley company billed for a leg show at Peace Opera house. The incident reflects the city adopting a more modest stance.
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Oaly Bill
Minneapolis
Corpley Appointed Collector of Customs at Georgetown
Richard L. Corpley of Washington has been named collector of customs in Georgetown D C The controversial sentiment attributed to Cropley after Lincoln’s assassination is noted as part of his history It is described as a “nice appointment.”
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Richard L. Corpley
Washington
Georgetown
D. C
Cropley
Lincoln
Northern Pacific Lands Sale Near Missouri River
The Northern Pacific closes a 20000 acre tract sale on this side of the Missouri in Labour county Dakota. Samuel Glover of Delaware acts for himself and other farmers and plans quickly breaking 1000 acres. Ohio farmers take interest as average price reaches 7 dollars per acre paid in preferred stock. The company says it can absorb 10000000 dollars or more of the stock with land to spare.
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The
Nothern Pacific
Missouri River
Labour County
Dakota
Samuel Glover
Delaware
Glover
Ohio
Missouri
Minneapolis Tribune Credits St Paul Globe For Key Riel Dispatch
The Minneapolis Tribune praises the St Paul Globe for a delayed edition that allowed use of a late dispatch announcing Riel's capture. The note lauds new paper management as bright and enterprising and suggests luck and effort unite for success in journalism.
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Minneapolis Tribune
St. Paul Globe
Riel
Riel’s Complex Folly and Deadly Feud in Canada
Historical notices recount Louis Riel as Manitoba rebel leader who allegedly became an American citizen in Helena Montana around 1873. He supposedly ruled 1863 with a harsh hand, once arresting a white man named Scott over alleged Fenian ties, leading to Scott’s shooting and burial in a rough pine box sunk in a river.
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Louis Riel
Manitoba
United States
Helena
Mont
Scott
Brainerd Railway Dream Promises Regional Growth
A long stretch of the Brainerd & Northwestern railway survey covers over a hundred miles as Brainerd residents rally for the new line. The project, branded St Paul Minneapolis Brainerd & Northern, aims to turn Brainerd into a commercial and manufacturing hub. Sheriff Wm. Burkhart seeks John Duff, once of Wabasha County, now in Cass County, to answer for prior horse-related property issues at next week’s court. An excursion into Cass County may pursue Duff. E H Farnham, after war service, was gifted a revolver. years later it reappeared via a Sioux City man, prompting Farnham to request its return with the story of its travels and ownership.
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Aitkin
Brainerd & Northwestern Railway
Brainerd
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Brainerd & Northern
Wm. Burkhart
Wabasha County
John Duff
Mertz
Cass County
E. H. Farnham
Missouri
National Republican
Sioux City
Iowa
Farnham
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Brainerd Dispatch
N. H. Ingersoll
F. W. Wieland
Editors and Proprietors
Crow , Wing, Cass
Itasca Counties
Minnesota
Egotisticas
Fergus
Fergus Falls
Jonewal
St. Peter
Journal
M. P. Murphy
South Sixth Street
J. 5. Gardner
6Th Street
Mill Track
IL. A
Rie
White & White, Contractors & Builders
Cash Store
California
Norwood
Igre Sts Iequailél
Cor
Norwood and
Seventh Street
K. A. Summers
Brainer
G.A. R
Leopold Bros
Chey
Sixth Street
Paine
Seea
J. W. Koop
N. McFadden
C. D. Johnson
IN Brainerd
Front Street
Colgate
McColl
J.a.mccoll
7Th Street
Ladies Guild of
St. Paul's Church
Mil Wood
J. J. Howe & Co.’s Mill
J. L. Smith
H. M. Barron
City
Racca
O. H. Hubbard
F. A. B. King & CO
Caver & Mohle
Wallo
J. Mecaliue
Front Street Bet
H. S. Totton
Sleeper Block
E. W. Lynch
J.D. Barstow
Lynch& Barstow
Odd Fellows’ Block
Hagberg & Honnett
H&acberg & Honnett
7Th
Laurel Streets
Swartz
Farrar & Forsyth’s
Sleeper
Taylors Addition
N. P
East Brainerd
Koop Bros
J. H. Koop
St. Cloud
Qourd
Lucie Duclos
Crown
Cow Minn
Eaid Land
Ole Anderson
A. Lessard
Ae King
J. L. C. Miller
Brainerd Inn
D. HW. Freeman
Register
Ceneral Land Office
C. B. Sleeper
Sleeper’s Addition
Harness Shop
Laurel and
Sixth Streets
Dana
Kentucky Liquor Co
D. W. Whitford
Lorillard
PLAC
Rose Leaf
Dr. Frazier
Frazier Medicine CO
Prop’r
Cleveland
F. M. Cable & Co
Dr. Waiton
Mother Waiton
Price
Frazier Medical CO
Short
BULL
J. H. Gossett
Wisconsin Central Line
Wisconsin
Minneapolis, St. Paul
New Rich
Chippewa Falls
Hall Claire
Stevens Point
Waupaca
Neenah, Menasha
Fond du Lac
Ohkosh
Deana
Oshkosh
Union Depots
Nicollet House
Minneapolis, Minn
Jame Gem
East Third St
Merchant's
St. Pauli
Isare
T. Milwanter
Wis
F. A. Finney
Milwaukee, Wik
F. H. Anson
Northwestern
Pase
Northern
Pacific
Saint Paul
Duluth
Montana
Idaho, Washington Territory
Oregon
British Columbia, Puget Sound
Alaska
Pullman Palace
ST. Paul and Portland
Yellowstone Park
Chas
Fee
St. Paul Mina
Williams
William
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