Northwest Minnesota News Curiosities and Tragedies
Minnesota items chronicled range from school opening with seventy students in Stillwater to Duluth murder and arson cases. Notes detail population disputes in Stillwater. a hunter killed himself with his own trap. jailbreaks. a horse accident. a beet sugar factory search. drownings, suicides, and a missing child near Dunseith with a $500 reward for alive return. Local disasters include a fire at Starbuck injuring children. raft logging output near Stillwater. and a Duluth real estate donation for a military academy site amid a $30,000 bonus request.
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State School of Agriculture
Stillwater
Duluth
Jacob Searle
Grand Forks Calls Rev Wilcox as Minister Choice
North Dakota items report church in Grand Forks extending a call to Rev Wilcox of Alexandria Minnesota. Also notes the new Metropolitan theater opening November 10 with seats sold over 7000 dollars. Multiple local incidents include injuries, water strikes at Jamestown artesian well, a divorce case in Fargo, and regional news from Bismarck and Crookston.
Water flows strong at Mitchells artesian well depth 375 feet
The first flow of water in Mitchells new artesian well reached 375 feet and is very strong. Silas Burton, a Yankton county farmer, grows a Hubbard squash weighing fifty four and a half pounds. Bob Smith, a St Paul youth posing as a prizefighter at Yankton, swindled C F Smith out of 10 dollars with a forged check. Some Chamberlain men who went to Wisconsin for railroad grade work found it too disagreeable, wading through knee deep water, and returned. The Crow Creek Indian reservation held its first election to select a chief by ballot, with White Ghost chosen by a large majority. J J Wests hired girl in Aberdeen became asphyxiated by escaping gas from a gasoline stove but is expected to recover. Left Hand Thunder, a Lower Brule Sioux chief, married his wife of three years, ensuring property will revert to her upon death. John Pederson of Red Lake Falls was badly injured when his coat hooked in a threshing machine. he may pull through. George H Carey of Sioux Falls, who suffered sunstroke, has been taken to the Yankton asylum, aged 31, and shows delusions of ongoing killings. South Dakota can raise sugar beets as shown by A C Patheal, who reported 115 pounds from two seed rows, with a 5% pound sample at the office, confirming local cultivation viability.
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Pat Kenney
Madison
Peter Harps
Traverse County
Wheaton
Henry F. Oxnard
Grand Island
Chris Langguth
St. Peter
Charles Bushee
Minnesota
Grand Forks
Crookston
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lewis Baker
Caledonia
Murice Hafey
Duluth
McNamara
Mike Brennan
New Orleans
Murphy
Brennan
Otto Walther
Mississippi
Harry Esterling
Aitkin
Trout Brook
Mich
Herman Davids
Stillwater
Starbruck
E. P. Byhee
Ernest Holst
Belvidere Township
Goodhue County
Holst
Nelson
Mankato
Ed A. Steven
Thaddeus
S. Alickey
Ben Aarons
Nellie K. Green
Joseph C. Green
Green
Rochester
Mitchell
Silas Burton
Yankton
Bob Smith
C. F. Smith
Chamberlain
Wisconsin
Crow Creek
White Ghost
J. J. West
Aberdeen
Left Hand Thunder
John Pederson
Red Lake Falls
George H. Carey
Sioux Falls
Carey
South Dakota
Salem
A. C. Patheal
Agricultural Department
Various Wisconsin items tell of cash, crime, and travel
Wisconsin notes report Hans Olson finding 115 pounds of copper worth ten cents per pound, John Gallagher holding a $300 diamond, and J D East paying $15 and costs for discharging a gun. Secretary Noble warns no green pine cutting on Indian reservations. A Norwegian teacher visits Wisconsin schools as a government agent. Midland railroad condemnation commissioners award $3,300 to Winnebago Furniture. A demented Frenchman from an asylum causes a scene near Superior. Racine sheriff pursues Join Muehr after a skipped jury trial. William Walton narrowly escaped death on a railroad track. Wealthy Superior resident George E Jacobia searches for cattle buyer Scott and funds sheep purchases. No further word on the cattle or Scott.
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Hans Olson
Hurley
John Gallagher
Shulisburg
J. D. East
Waupaca
Noble
Leahy
Oshkosh
Annie Bentzen
Christiana
Norway
United States
Midland Railroad
Fond du Lac
Winnebago Furniture and Manufacturing Company
West Bend
William Walton
Superior
Walton
George E. Jacobia
St. Paul
Scott
Jacobia
Durand
Local notices and curious events of the region
The report lists various local items including a potential freight car plant in Dubuque, relief contributions in Warren County for Kansas drought victims, a drowning incident of Willie Tilton in Indianola, and the disappearance of Dubuque Hebrew Frank Blumenthall with his family in distress. Also noted are a Geneva heir to a vast fortune in Kentucky talks, a state high school statistics pamphlet, walnut log shipments by D McMillan of Birmingham, and Capt J S McKinley of Osage bearing wartime scars yet remaining in good health at 52.
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Dubuque
Warren County
Kansas
Indianola
Willie
William Tilton
Frank Blumenthall
Alex. Cowdry
Geneva
Kentucky
Old Country
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
D. McMillan
Birmingham
Washington Press
Crawfordsville
Maxwell
Graham
J. S. McKinley
Osage
Daisy Found Safe After Neighborhood Search
In a family tale from Youth's Companion a toddler named Daisy is lost from garret to cellar as neighbors join the search. Night falls before she is found sleeping beside a haycock, comforted by mamma, while papa returns tired and anxious but relieved. Daisy then sleeps at home as the scene ends with her simple, innocent response.
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Mamma
Daisy
Garret
Papa
Iself
A Parkside Marriage in Hard Times
John Collins idle and penniless meets Annie, a young woman intent on suicide by the reservoir. He intervenes, offers to marry her, and they wed with church support. Although misfortune follows with no steady work, a long-lost heiress case reveals Annie’s wealth, yet she affirms love for John over fortune, planning a hopeful future together.
Death Blow to Love
A dialogue from New York Weekly depicts a father and mother plotting to break their daughter's infatuation with a young man to prevent an elopement. They discuss turning her affection toward indifference by suggesting other girls do not want him.
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New York Weekly
Ribbon clerk helps Maud in Del Monte Wave store encounter
In a light exchange at the Del Monte Wave shop Maud recalls a lifesaving beach moment. The ribbon purchase follows a warm reunion as the clerk identifies Maud and offers two yards of ribbon.
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Maud
One year ago a ringing voice and sunny hair
A mourning verse recalling a year since a beloved girl died. The speaker laments the loss, notes the silent portrait and grave details, and asks where she has been and what she has seen. The poem ends with faith in God and a prayerful submission to His will. Harriet Beecher Stowe authored the piece.
Twenty Four Hours with John Mowbray in New York
In Delmonico's, John Mowbray invites a companion to spend the next twenty four hours with him on a journey of a lifetime. He boasts wealth and status, plans to prove time is an illusion, and aims to recount his experiences to the observer as they begin with a visit to Mabel.
Melodramatic Downward Path Ends With Death Impulse
A narrator recounts Mowbray’s ruinous descent after gambling away fortune, honor, and love. He watches Mowbray shoot himself, then recalls a meeting at Delmonico’s and hints at a sensational newspaper story. The piece closes with a Pittsburgh Dispatch reflection on lost ideas and memory.
Caveat Emptor Extended by Minnesota Supreme Court Marriage Ruling
The Minnesota Supreme Court refused to annul a six year marriage despite the wife’s preexisting kleptomania. It held the husband should have investigated her character before marrying, stating deception alone is not enough to void a marriage. The ruling emphasizes self inquiry before a contract of great significance.
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Supreme Court of
Minnesota
A Thousand Lakes
Supreme Court
Extermination of the Grizzly Bear in California
A California paper urges the government to act swiftly to protect the grizzly bear warning that inaction could drive the species to extinction like the buffalo. The piece mocks attacks on the bear, joking about its temper and habits while questioning what qualities endear it to Californians.
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California
John Sullivan
The Freihaus the Giant House of Vienna
The Freihaus in Vienna is the world largest residence complex housing 2112 residents in 400 apartments across thirteen courtyards. It fronts three streets and a square, with a daily post delivery of up to 10,000 pieces and a rent tallying 100,000 florins yearly. Goods and tradesmen range from goldsmiths to tailors, instructors, and clerks within the vast complex.
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Vienna
Austria
Freihaus
Wieden
Colorado Exchange Journal
Horace Greeley’s simple honesty shone in a candid dinner scene
A writer recounts Greeley’s keen intellect and patriotism paired with plain, unselfish morality. At a private fall 1872 dinner he defended his political course with masterly arguments, then joked about pineapple that gave him the colic, revealing a child-like honesty that inspired both admiration and mockery.
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American Stationer
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Washington's Possessions and Agriculture of General Washington
From an Almanac of 1790 a description of General Washington's wealth and farm. He owns 10 000 acres in one body near his residence and employs 240 hands. He maintains 25 plows, sowed 1 787 600 bushels of oats, 700 acres of wheat, and prepared much corn and other crops. About 500 acres are in grass with 150 turnips sown. Stock includes 140 horses, 112 cows, 235 working oxen and many sheep. Lands around his seat are grassed and farms lie 2 to 5 miles away, which he visits daily when possible. He conducts extensive agricultural experiments and aims to benefit mankind. In 1786 he killed 150 hogs weighing 18 500 pounds for family use, excluding provisions for his negroes.
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Washington
Schiller's Curiosity In a Thunderstorm
A Boston Herald tale recalls a boy Fritz Schiller chasing lightning during a fierce storm. The father searches the house and yard, finds him perched on a tree branch, oblivious to rain and danger, admiring the brilliant flashes.
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Schiller
Fritz
Boston Herald
Minister boasts most baptisms in church despite cough
A Baptist minister in New Jersey claims the most baptisms in his church. His stubborn cough has hindered his pastoral duties, and a physician advised Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. Consequently, the church will hold baptisms next Sunday.
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New Jersey
Left Destitute by Malaria and Ailments
A neglected sufferer tormented by malaria finds relief only with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The ad extols the tonic as a preventive and cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, rheumatism, nervousness, and kidney issues, urging systematic use.
Filemaker Sets World High Jump Record at Chicago Show
Filemaker won at the American Horse show in Chicago, clearing a 7 feet 1⅛ inches high jump to set a new world record in the event, surpassing previous marks and drawing attention from spectators and officials.
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Filemaker
Chicago
Castoria Slogan Ad Claims Universal Cure and Safety
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as superior among blood purifiers. It asserts cures for dyspepsia, biliousness, scrofula, and other blood taints, promises refunds if ineffective, and notes the tonic contains no alcohol or sugar. The copy targets both adults and children with year round use claims.
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Dr. Pierce
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Williams
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Meinhardt
Cogswell
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Miles
Roger
Standing Reck Indian Agency
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Perfecto Fernandez
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the Christian Workers
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Tut
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Utese Littie
Carter Medicine CO
Terie
J. R. Littell
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Lola
Waupaca, Co
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Bor Ok
Garfield
the Wedine Co
ENSO
Joan W.orris
Washington, D.C
Pension Bureau
James Tanner
Washington, DC. C
Hood
D.b.lowe Medical Institute
Winsted-Conn
Caresta
Cincinnati
Otic
G. HL. Exgraham, M. D
Amsterdam
N.Y
D. R. Dyche & Co
Arctics
Orhes
Weensocket Rubber
Yoo
Woonsocket Rubber
Yoormaxer
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Clea
Sapolio
van Dusen-H
Commission
EB. T. Macevrine
Warren, Pa
Northwestern Newspaper Union
Resstas Rices
Particuise
ST. Paul, Minn
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