Local notes and social items from the city
A roundup of brief city notices includes visitors and registrations at the Sevilla hotel from Webster Grand Forks Bisbee and Churlhs Ferry. Officers elect to qualify next Monday. Prof Haig and family move to Seventh street. Several residents travel for visits business or holidays. Royal Neighbors plan a ladies choice ball next Wednesday in Woodmen hall with invitations. Eastern Star installs officers and holds lunch and card prizes. Deaf school reports 59 pupils. XIX Century club elects officers. County staff honor janitor Nick Schmaltz with a gold chain. Real estate firm Brown Co praised for aggressive advertising and calendars sent to press.
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Prof
Haig
Dingle House
Seventh Street
Henry Hale
Leeds
Geo. W. H. Davis
Evanston
Bismarck
Woodmen Hall
Marche Miller
Libby Sparks
Ida Sparks
Mary Wallace
Carrie Connolly
Hilda Keller
Trena Wineman
Mary Rodenbach
Eastern Star Lodge
W. M
Hilda Koller
Harriet Juergens
W. P
Chas. Beegle
Carrie Lewis
Maggie Beegle
Sue Pitcher
Mary White
Grace Scrumgard
Ada
Ellie
Wm. H. Brown & Co
Inter-Ocean
Inkster Tribune
Tribune
Wm. H. Brown& Co
Devils Lake
North Dakota
Brown & Co
Ramsey County
Messrs, Brown & Co
A Spasm of Reform In Jericho Booms a Moral Revival
Abijah Holden proposes a town revival to raise Jericho's moral standard and spark a real estate boom. Local leaders and residents pledge support, predicting influx of preachers, new churches, and lots sales as a result of elevated virtue.
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Abijah
Widders
Jericho
Bijah
Admiral Taylor
Salathial Thompson
Lars
Sodom
Solomon Davis
Gomorrah
Durin
Revival plans spark awkward town meeting
In a tense scene Deacon Spooner and Abijah Holden discuss organizing a revival with preacher invited. Lish Billings questions who will fund and who will confess past sins before the revival, prompting exits and leaving the gathering unsettled as townsfolk depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waal
Lish
Abijah Holden
Deacon Spooner
Lish Billings
A Dreadful Blunder Reveals Neighbor’s Hidden Pay Gap
A Mrs Jinks laments a foolish belief as she learns the neighbor’s husband earns five dollars more per month. The dialogue from the New York Weekly exposes social snobbery and wage disparity in a domestic vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jinks
To an Extreme Miss Hankypank debates Clara Denger on feathers
In a Chicago Tribune item two girls argue over Clara Denger's behavior. Miss Hankypank says she supports kindness to birds but believes Clara takes it too far, referencing the rower Harry Singleshell and his feathered ears sparked by rumor.
Eye Glasses Question in New York World Note
In a brief exchange from the New York World an optician asks about nose glasses while Larry asks for eye glasses and notes difficulty seeing. The odd phrasing reflects a quirky dialogue about vision aids and costs.
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Larry
Optician
New York World
Bridal Presents we Revenge Lamp Trick Quips Exchange
A brief historic quip recalls a bridal exchange where a rival plays a mean trick by gifting a lamp that burns four half gallons of coal oil each night. The lightbound jab reflects social wit of the era.
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W. V. Baker
Webster
X. H. DeCamp
Grand Forks
City
J.B. Nicol
Bisbee
Sevilla
Riages
R. W. Walker
Churles
Hans A. Moe
Churlhs Ferry
W. Ritchie
Grafton
J. O. Hilliard
Larimore
F. N. Molyneux
Towner News
A. O. Whipple
St. Paul
Faribault
Minn
M. E. LeMay
Great Northern
Charlottsville
Ind
Smyser Baughman
Metropole
Fargo
Charlie Smith
Stillwater
XIX Century Club
A. M. Powell
F. E. Merrick
Joseph Denoyer
S. J. Small
Geo. Ruhberg
A. P. Hanson
Confederation of State Clubs
Nick Schmaltz
C.C
Miss Della M. Strayer
Tully
Kana
Cardus
Thedford’s
Pap Perkins
Whit Abijah Holden
C. B. Lewis
Boston
Chica-go
Mebbe
Tade Syneches
Yours Truly
Huesgen
Bradfield
The
Kansas City Southern _Railway
Port Arthur
Kansas City
Gulf
Pittsburg
Kas
Joplin
Ft. Smith
Ank
Texarkana
Tex
Shreveport
Beamont
Lake Charles
Pullman Sleeper
Houston
Galveston
Arkansas
Siloam Springs
Sulphur Springs
Arkanea
Texas
Louisiana
Louisana
H. D Dutton
Tray
Warner A
Perrtns
Perry
M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Parker
Alana Pew
Ita Dane
Rocky Mountain
Wlf-Ad
Dearborn St
Chicago
Ford
Taling
Balzer
United States
Fes
Geo
P. Lyman
Gerssaenger
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