Inter Ocean fragment notes local county paper item
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions county matters and several scattered names or terms. The readable pieces reference a local paper and county context without coherent details or clear events.
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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1888
Page
2
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions county matters and several scattered names or terms. The readable pieces reference a local paper and county context without coherent details or clear events.
The Jamestown gathering of 230 delegates, mostly nonpartisan, approved a rapid path to statehood for 250 000 people. They call for a constitutional convention in January, a state government and a special session of Congress to admit North Dakota early in 1900, urging Gen. Harroll to act. Delegates from major parties signed the policy despite some chairmanship tensions.
A garbled 19th century excerpt notes a November 6 Republican plurality with Mathews 518 plurality and Ramsey near Cass in a comparison of population proportional results. The text is fragmented, but implies political results in Cleveland with Mathews outperforming Cass and Ramsey in the count.
A note mentions Gen Harrison receiving a box of celery praised as nervine. It claims liberal feeding strengthens the nervous system to withstand shocks, citing a tale of a great celery eater reacting calmly to news of a death. It urges Dakota celery shipments to fortify him against looming office-seeker pressure.
Conductor Jerry Murphy about 18 and unmarried was killed during car coupling at Rolla station between Cando and St John. He stepped between two wood cars to brace the coupling when he failed to emerge, and a brakeman found him under the cars as the crew rushed for aid. His body was transported to PrestO Minnesota, where his parents reside. Mrs. Rilic resides on Fifth Street.
The Jamestown convention opened at 2 15 with debate over who could call the meeting to order. Grand Forks withdrew its claim and Wells led the assembly. Over three hundred delegates from most North Dakota counties attended with Pierce elected chairman on the first ballot. The body adopted a resolution for division along the eleventh standard parallel and elected officers and committees.
A Minnesota county newspaper column defends Jewish relief funds amid accusations of misallocation. It lauds Russian Jewish generosity, notes destitution among Gentiles, and criticizes claims of fund mismanagement while praising local charity and agricultural ingenuity. The piece references Brimmarck, Ramsey County, and Devils Lake relief efforts, and includes a December 1, 1883 note.
The regular monthly city council meeting notes Aldermen Hurst Jenks Cleveland present with Prescott Pattie and others. Bills recommended for approval include prison ore repair coal for eng and street labor. A sanitary report urged abatement of nuisances in blocks and lots, and a resolution about defending city funds failed. The council fixed liquor licenses at 750 for 1889 before adjourning. Fashionable Dressmaking offered by Mrs. Marsh at Hurats old furniture store.
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