Northwest Minnesota News Roundup and Local Updates
The St Paul library reaches 25 000 volumes. Warren defeats Argyle in the county seat fight by over three hundred. Winona plans a new Scandinavian Lutheran church. Rochester to adopt free delivery November 1. Crimes, fires, and court actions sweep through towns including Mankato lighting contract, currency of eggs shipments, and a fatal accident near Henning. Local elections, divorces, and jail terms reflect regional issues.
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Warren
Argyle
Winona
Rochester
Mankato
J. R. Morrin & Co
Albert Lea
Hastings
Hess
Motley
Moose Lake
Brainerd
N. E. Pratt
Canada
J. R. MecVicar
Thomas O'Connor
Stillwater
Orever
Larry Waugh
le Suer
O'Connor
John Stringer
Benedict Lipp
Little Falls
Walla
Lipp
Grand Forks Opera House to Open in November
Emma Abbott will open the new Grand Forks opera house on November 10. The feature is part of a busy regional report including saloon cases in Valley City and local civic improvements across the state.
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Grand Forks
Emma Abbott
van Dusen-Harrington Co
G. W. van Dusen
Masonic Temple Question and Local News From Sioux Falls
The Masons of Huron weigh building a temple. A Greene farm near Dell Rapids loses 100 bushels of flax. Sioux Falls water works now supply up to 6 million gallons and can scale up further. Elk Point saw mill hits steel in a log. reward offered. Yankton man reports missing rifle and later life use dispute over purchase. A troubling Creek area incident leaves a stranger injured. Grant county horse thieves under pressure, Mrs Casey arrested. Aberdeen shoeman Sha t sells 720 pairs of papoose moccasins to Marshall Field in Chicago, boosting Aberdeen's moccasin trade and local female employment.
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Greene
Dell Rapids
Sioux Falls
United States
Surry Brothers
Elk Point
George Wagner
Yanktown
Hanting
Wagner
Grayville
Grant County
Sisseton
Wahpeton
Casey
Aberdeen
The River We Cross Yet Courage Holds Firm
Poem urging perseverance through hardship to reach rewards and fulfill divine will. Written by Josephine Pollard and published in Christian at Work. The verse frames trials as a river to cross, demanding steadfast heart and effort.
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Josephine Pollard
Christian
Night with Rajah the tiger ends in chandelier crash
A former show worker recounts a December night in Philadelphia thirty years ago when Bengal tiger Rajah cornered him in the ring. Drunk and trapped, he escaped by swinging on a rope to the cage then leaping to the chandelier and dropping to safety as the tiger died beneath. He says he has not tasted liquor since.
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Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Rajalsenge
Rajah
Remarried After Thirty Five Years Near Newport Arkansas
Sept. 14 near Newport Arkansas Jack's son Thomas remarried his divorced wife after a 35 year separation. Both were once well to do and from the same circle. After earlier separations they each remarried and later died, leaving them widowed again. The pair rekindled affection, marrying again when she was 69 and he 81, after long earlier unions ended.
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Newport
Ark
Jack
Thomas
Col
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Australian Rabbit Skins Export Surplus Shocks Markets
The London Globe reports Victoria has exported 29 million rabbit skins in ten years while local use and decay reduce waste. English breeders kill rabbits mainly for skins, with a home-skin supply around 30 million annually. Belgium ships 6 million tame rabbit skins for food markets, though larger finer fur skins are preferred.
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Victoria
Australia
Belgium
London Globe
Southern Confederate Home in Atlanta Opens in Ceremony
The Confederate Home in Atlanta completes its construction and will soon be opened with ceremonies. The Richmond Times urges Georgia and other southern states to fund and expand homes for disabled Confederate veterans, noting current facilities are undersized and veterans depend on personal effort and charity. The editorial calls for broad, liberal appropriations as southern wealth grows.
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Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Georgia
South
Richmond Times
Bear Invades London Church During Service
In a London Nonconformist chapel a bear wandered into the pews during a Sunday sermon on Be not afraid. An Italian owner led the bear out after attaching a nose ring strap, the animal having been accidentally released and possibly drawn by the hymn.
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London
Kamschatka
British Columbia
Duel Overboard Escape on Deal Lake
A gentleman and two or three ladies rowed to Deal Lake headwaters. He fired a gun in the boat, was knocked over by recoil, and fell in. The ladies screamed, one held his feet, ducking his head underwater twice before he freed himself and swam to safety.
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Stutsman County
Bailey
Charles Bailey
Northern Pacific
New Salem
United States
Fargo
Charles Youngman Wage
Jandel
Jamestown
Dick Brown
Plis
Grand Central Hotel
Langden
Washington
Stutsman
Kidder
Logan
J. R. Deckard
Mandan
J. A. Carem
Eliendale
J. Cruword
D. D
St Thomas
George Kline
Bismarck
E. H. Teal
Fond du Lac
Berlin
la Crosse
Henry Hicks
Oshkosh
Keley
Frank Davis
Timner
Cannon
Ashland
Waupan
William Gray
Gray
Waukesha
Deal Lake
Asbury Park Journal
Polygamy Dying Hard in Utah Territory
A Salt Lake City visitor argues polygamy remains widespread despite government suppression. The Cincinnati Commercial notes frequent Mormon court cases, heavy fines, and few defendants promising to avoid offenses, predicting polygamy will take years to end in the Utah Territory.
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Cincinnati
Salt Lake City
Utah
Plenty of Good Oysters From a New Haven Letter
Long Island Sound oyster dealers report a large vigorous set of young oysters along the Shore with beds thick and rapidly growing. Starfish are absent as a major threat this season while drill pests cause some damage. Fall and winter promise a superb oyster crop with rich flavor and fat, tender oysters praised by epicures.
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New Haven
Long Island Sound
Epicures
Miraculous Minnesota Health Cure Tale and Flight of a Fraud
A Detroit visitor promotes Minnesota climate as a cure for severe illness, claiming dramatic recoveries from blindness, weakness, and dental loss after moving to Minnesota. The tale contrasts with a separate court case where Mrs Pabor flees with hidden funds after a husband’s legal recovery, ending with her suspected European travels under an assumed name.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Doctor Daughter Reunites With Sane Father Hidden in Asylum
Jane Pabor, now a respected physician, discovers her father confined in a private insane asylum. She confirms his sanity after Maggie Gleason reports his condition, vows to take him away, and faces a menacing keeper at the gate as they prepare to depart.
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Rose
Jenny
Pabor
Jane
Maggie Gleason
Jane Pabor
Maggie
Miss Doctor
Eve
Stepped on by a Railroad at Alabama Station
A man and his fifteen year old son sit on cotton bales when a railroad passes. The old man walks toward the street crossing and is run over by a mule team. Moses helps his father up and plans to take him to Aunt Judy's until noon. The incident ends with the man noting the railroad stepped on his arm earlier.
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Alabama
Moses
Sartin
Cincinnati
Hood
All Druggista
C. J. Hood &Co
Lowell
Mass
Prominent clergyman recalls tale of intolerance at church
A eastern cleric visiting Dr Willits recalls a young version of himself invited to preach in an Episcopal church lacking a rector. He told of the vestryman’s rule about pulpit access and the later critique of hypocrisy as several high church members left in protest. The sermon urged humility and exposed intolerance, drawing cheers from the rest of the audience.
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Vestrys
Willits
Louisville
The Elevated Road Debate Across Cities
A narrator recounts a chat about elevated railways, contrasting New York's elevated lines with London's underground approach. The old lady wishes the elevated road were on the ground, while an English visitor claims London hides such railways underground to avoid street disfigurement.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan Beach
London
What the World Owes to Cranks
A compact opinion piece credits cranks with driving progress from printing to telegraph. It links Archimedes Edison Plato Spencer Lycurgus Beecher and Washington to bold dissenters who advance civilization.
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Archimedes
Edison
Plato
Herbert Spencer
Lycurgus
Lady Rabberton
Peter the Hermit
Onvy Ward Beecher
Liberty
Washington
Kate Field
Sam Jones Confronts Whispering Interruptor in Western Sermon
In a Western town Sam Jones silenced a disruptive young man by pausing and demanding that the back of the room finish whispering. The youth calmly replied that the preacher should continue, stating he was not bothering anyone.
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Sam Jones
Mr. Jones
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