Water Power Growth in Central Western States Signalled
The U S Geological Survey reports active studies of water powers in central western states, highlighting past developments around Minneapolis and emerging plans for Duluth and Minnesota rivers. Anticipated uses include flour milling and electricity, with ongoing contemplation of St Clair river electricity and wide regional benefits from capital-led power expansion.
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United States Geological Survey
Mississippi
Minneapolis
Wisconsin River
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Forks River
Wisconsin
Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Duluth
St. Louis
Minnesota
Dakota
St. Clair River
Lignite Coal Bids for Devils Lake School for Deaf
Bids due by 4 pm April 15 1903 for supplying lignite coal to the School for the Deaf at Devils Lake North Dakota. Each bid covers one ton of 2100 pounds F O B Devils Lake with shipment from July 1 1903 to July 1 1904 for about 1000 tons. A $100 certified check and a $900 bond are required. The board reserves the right to reject all bids.
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School For the Deaf
Devils Lake
N. D
Beign
A. O. Whipple
Board of Trustees
D. F. Bangs
School For Deaf
Devils: Lake, N. D
For Sale Woodland and timber near St John North Dakota
A parcel south of SW section 14 63 72 offers 100 acres of woodland with 5000 to 7000 cords of wood plus heavy timber. Includes a 12 log high house 16 by 24 with gable shingled roof hardwood floor a 12 by 16 stable and a 6 by 9 outhouse. Address J S Ashman St John ND. Also bandsseekers may contact Professor J H A about St Johns band of 257 pieces.
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J.s.j Ashman
St. John
N. D
St Johns
New Catalog From Oscar H Will Co in Bismarck
A full catalog promotes choicest acclimated seed corn grain potatoes vegetables forest and ornamental trees and plants. Free packets with every order. OSCAR H WILL & CO located in Bismarck North Dakota offers free seed packets and a wide selection.
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Oscar H. Will & CO
Bismarck
N. D
Notice to Contractors for Deaf School Dormitory Project
Sealed bids for a dormitory, boiler house addition, wing to the main building, and other changes to the Deaf School at Devils Lake North Dakota are due by 4 p m Wednesday April 15 1902 to Superintendent D F Bangs. Plans and specs available in Devils Lake Grand Forks Fargo and St Paul with Hancock Bros Fargo office. A 1000 certified check with each bid and contractor bonds per state law. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Hancock Bros architecte.
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School For the Deaf
Devils Lake
N. D
D. F. Bangs
Grand Forks
Builder's Exchange
St. Paul
Pungent Paragraphs and Snappy Quips Across Papers
A collage of witty exchanges from multiple papers shows sharp, humorous lines. Quotes touch on photography, newspaper size, public images, and stage careers, with a running thread of editors, publishers, and writers offering playful yet pointed observations.
Man Marries Himself in Jersey City Ceremony
Justice of the Peace Henry Bundy performed his own wedding to Mary Becker after Becker agreed to the union and hesitated at publicity. Bundy presided in a parlor setting with Becker's daughters as witnesses, declaring the marriage per constitutional authority. The notice also quotes praise of New Zealanders as honest travelers and low crime.
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Hudson’ County Board of Health
Mrs. Becker
Henry Bundy
Mr. Bundy
Justice of the Peace
Mary Becker
Miscellaneous items mix facts and quotes from era
A collage of tidbits notes weight loss in cooking meat and trees releasing moisture, New Jersey taxes, postal irregularities in Semarang, English teaching in Mexico, a rock springs elk antler incident, and quotes about Ellen Terry Trollope and a sleeping Trollope reacting to a debate with Carnarvon and others.
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New Jersey
Semarang
Java
Mexico
Rock Springs
Wye
Ellen Terry
Anthony Trollope
London
South Africa
Lord Carnarvon
Lord Derby
Froude
Lord Wolseley
Trollope
Wu Ting-fang Becomes American At High School Entry
A Atlantic City high school principal testifies Wu Ting-fang’s successor as minister to Washington was appointed recently. Wu declares he is an American after red tape and nonresident tuition made him seek entry for his son. The boy enrolls and the father plans frequent visits. Portable wireless telegraphy aims to let a soldier carry a compact apparatus on his back, with a balloon aerial, promising mobility and improved results over prior German maneuvers. It is noted that 6,000,000 turkeys supply Thanksgiving dinners annually, totaling over 50,000,000 pounds of meat valued at about 7.5 million dollars, with Rhode Island receiving the largest share.
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Wu Ting-fang
Washington
China
Atlantic City
United States Signal Corps
Rhode Island
Interstate Migration Shows Large Native Mobility Across States
National Geographic Magazine notes that 21.3 percent of native-born Americans live outside their birth states. New York and Ohio each sent out over 1 million people. Illinois over 1 million left. Vermont and other states sent out large portions of natives. Net gains include Texas 629,000 and California 364,000, while New York and several southern states report substantial losses.
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United States
National Geographical Magazine
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
Nevada
Maine
Delaware
Union
Texas
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New England
New Jersey
West Virginia
Florida
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Middle West
Michigan
Minnesota
Arkansas
Louisiana
Pacific Coast
Kansas
California
Duchess Enjoys Freedom Before Returning to England
The duchess of Marlborough sails for England after a US visit saying she has loved the informal side of America, enjoyed Newport and Hempstead, and plans to return yearly for relaxation. She notes life in England would be ceremonial and formal, unlike her American sojourn as Connie Vanderbilt.
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America
England
Duchess of Marlborough
Newport
Hempstead
Connie Vanderbilt
Nervy Boardee and Naive Landlady Exchange Potpie Jabs
A landlady brags a cook is a Chicago domestic service graduate with a diploma like a doctor. A nervy boarder quips that she may have steamed the diploma in a lamb potpie. He survives only because he paid regularly.
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Chicago
Cincinnati Commercial- Tribune
Bull Invades Football Match in Hanley Field
A bull ran onto a Hanley football field during a match as players in bright red uniforms fled. The rogue animal showed surprising agility, ducking the center and scattering the players, stealing the spotlight from the game.
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Hanley
England
N. Y
Sun
Money grows on bushes on railroad right of way
A Lincoln Nebraska report says a Burlington line crew near Hyannis Alliance found $2,135 in bills scattered along the right of way after a money pouch fell from an express car the day before. Bills of ten and five dollars appeared in weeds, bushes, and field stubble as workers hunted.
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Burlington
Hyannis
Alliance
Lincoln
Neb
Treasury
Lees
Religion of the Blanket and Navajo weaving
A meditation on Navajo blankets as living prayer and biography. The piece links warp and weft to the soul, noting the weaver's travail, the prayer in every motion from cart to distaff to loom, and the blanket as a vibrant record of joy and sorrow.
Fruit Glut Strains New England Orchards
The New England fruit yield is abundant with heavy limbs on apples and pears and ground littered with droppings. Some apples go for picking at fifty cents a barrel. thousands of bushels are fed to cattle and cider mills. The piece urges renewed charity programs to share the surplus with Boston's poor and notes a public-spirited fruit offering scheme by Dr. Hale.
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New England
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Chicago Daily News
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Dolly
N. Y. Times
Barnew
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Boston Transcript
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Philadelphia Press
Chicago Post
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