Fergus Globe Seeks foothold in Fergus Falls press arena
The Fergus Globe claims to fill a felt want in Fergus Falls though local readers doubt the need for another paper. The Northern Pacific will contest a Minnesota tariff cut to three cents per mile in court after a state order. An error is noted regarding authorship of the "Hot Music" letter, denying the Monday item’s attribution.
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Fergus Globe
Fergus Falls
Northern Pacific Railway
Minnesota
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
State OF Oat - Covstr
Crow Wixe
District Court
Prtrp
Ve. Nayey J. Suont
Brainerd
Taxpayers’ Rights Questioned by Local Paper
Citizens charge the News with insulting poor men and laborers and claim the paper belittles Brainerd’s respected residents. They urge fair opinion, defend local rights, and warn readers to challenge the newspaper with solid logic.
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Brainerd
Fishers Landing
Graceville
Eight conductors dismissed on Pacific coast run
A misplaced report states eight railway conductors between Sudbury Junction and Vancouver were dismissed after a passenger posing as an old, broke-down conductor appealed for passage to the Pacific coast. He met several men who passed him along as an act of kindness.
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Pacific
Sudbury Junction
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Agents Wanted for George Stinson Co. Publications
Dull times banished by firm’s claim of wide demand for new lines. Women and men can earn profit with flexible hours at home. No experience required. Free trial and full instructions sent by mail from Portland based Stinson & Co.
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George Stinson Co
Portland
Maine
Messrs. Stinson & Co
Stinson & Co
Burt Premium Offers for Gems of Songs or Dance Music
Readers are invited to order Burt's Selected Gems of Songs or Burt's Selected Gems of Dance Music by sending $1.30 to the Minneapolis Tribune Co. Each weekly issue offers a one year subscription and a choice of additional premium books in cloth binding for $1.25. The premium list includes Boys' Useful Pastimes Usages of the Best Society Friendly Chats with Girls Dictionary of Synonyms Famous People of all Ages A Classical and Mythological Dictionary and Talks with Homely Girls. Subscribers should request the premium list for examination before selection.
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Burt
Minneapolis Tribune Co
Ming
Book on 1881 Mississippi canoe voyage by Captain Glazier
An 1881 travel account from source to mouth of the Mississippi in a canoe by Captain Glazier. The book offers vivid river scenery, notes on riverbank peoples, town descriptions, and a contested claim of a source lake beyond Lake Itasca.
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Great River
Glazier
Mississippi River
Lake
Itasca
Mississippi
Oranoe
Brainerd Votes $25,000 Bonds for Dam Project
The Brainerd city council authorized issuing 25000 dollars in bonds to aid the Mississippi Water Power and Boom Co in completing the dam. Supporters argue it secures a major enterprise and city growth despite criticism and rumors of graft.
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Mississippi Water Power and Boom Co
Kindred
Brainerd
St. Cloud
Lit Falls
Panther Attack Strikes Engineer on Burlington Route
On the Burlington and Missouri River line between Minden and Arteil an engine crew faced a six foot panther. Engineer Markham was clawed in the shoulder, the fireman struck the beast with a wrench, then was mauled before Markham shot the panther dead. Both men were badly hurt. Omaha Special.
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Engineer Markham
Burlington & Missouri River
Minden
Arteil
Markman
Omaha
Women Assess Ages With Silly Arithmetic
In a humorous exchange reported by the Chicago Mail Mrs A and Mrs B discuss aging and compare ages by past events. They deduce Mrs T is at least forty while joking over timelines and kinship, ending with a light luncheon remark.
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Mrs. T
Mrs. A
Brainerd Dam Project Wins City Bond Approval
The Brainerd dam project receives city council approval to issue $25,000 in bonds to fund the construction. The decision secures financing for the municipal water and power development.
Northern Pacific Unveils New Dining Car Pacific Coast Schedule
The Northern Pacific Railroad announces a new timetable effective Nov 20 1887. Key changes include 12 hours faster St Paul to Helena and Butte and 24 hours quicker to Portland Tacoma and North Pacific coast points on the 4 pm daily limited express. An 8 am daily through express with Pullman sleepers and dining cars improves through time to Helena Missoula Spokane and Eastern Washington by five hours versus the old coast express. Three daily express trains from St Paul Minneapolis to Moorhead Fargo Jamestown with through sleepers to Grand Forks Fergus Falls Wahpeton and other North Dakota points. The line touts its dining cars Pullman palace cars emigrant sleepers and overall fastest routes to Portland and the coast, with substantial time savings over rival lines and shorter distances to Butte and Helena.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Helena
Butte
Montana
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
W. T
North Pacific Coast
Minneapolis
Moorhead
Minn
Fargo
Jamestown
D. T
Grand Forks
Fergus Falls
Wahpeton
North Dakota
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Mont
Yellowstone Park
All Rail Line
Mt. Shasta
San Francisco
Columbia River
Cascade Mountains
Crown collars and cuffs by Geo B Clutt Bros best at Day Meaghers
Johnson and Bain sell crown collars and cuffs made by Geo. B. Clutt Bros. Co. as the finest available at Day and Meaghers.
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Geo. B. Clutt Bros. & Co
Day & Meaghers
Bares or troubled with Stomach Disorders, be let at Acker's Loother
A garbled ad fragment offers a stomach remedy at Acker's Loother with a price of 25 cents. Readable details are limited, but it appears to promote a medicinal product sold by a merchant.
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Acker’s Loother
Johnson & Bain
An Ambitious Youth of Eighteen Asks for, and Receives it
A Philadelphia Press column advises Cyrus Hatfield, an eighteen year old with no capital, to avoid law and medicine. It promotes a cowboy path instead, noting law and medicine lack appeal for him and praising practicality and independence.
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Cyrus Hatfield
Cyrus Dear
Cyrus
Mar Less Prairies
Philadelphia Press
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Pianos
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Sleeper Biock
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Fifteenth Judicial District
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H. Relf, C. E
City and County Surveyor
Court House
Brainerd,Minn
MRS
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A. D. Cheney
Abbie J. Cheney
Minnesota Loan and Trust Company
W. W. Braden
Register of Deeds
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Crow
Saidies
the Court House
Minnesota Loa and Trust Company
Keith, Thompson & Pairchild
Eels
Dyan Leopold Bros
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M. Hagberg
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