Special Cloth Sale Details and Outlet Closures
A brisk textile sale offers 22 inch and wider fabrics at reduced yard prices from 25¢ to 75¢ per yard. Sebastopols in all shades and 54 inch wool flannels marked down from 87c to 65¢. Nouveaute de Paris gold en cross fabrics and cashmeres in stock. Last stocks of cloaks and beaver shawls must be cleared out, with mitten hosiery and underwear on display. Canton flannels offered at knockout prices.
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Nouveaute de Paris
Golden Cross
Northwest
Marty
Turbulent Dakota News and National Politics of 1888
A compact snapshot from INTER-OCEAN dated January 2 1888 covers Utah wool tariff resistance New England industry concerns and Democratic party treason fears. It includes remarks on ex governor Pixgee Davidson Edwards contempt case and debates over Lamar as Supreme Court nominee with warnings against southern dominance.
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New England
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Carlisle
Leimar
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Lamar
Mississippi
Lamar
Supreme Court
United States of America
Jesuts
Lamars
Supreme Bench
Infamy Over News Rates and Foreclosure Ads
A Chicago paper condemns an 1881 2 Dakota law that set legal printing rates per folio for foreclosures and other ads. It argues higher fees suppressed the press and favored monopolies, while last legislature lowered rates to 75 cents first folio and 50 cents after, with sworn affidavits required. Foreclosures seven weeks cost $15 to $18.76 under the new rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Notable Cold Wave and Historic Tariff Trolls
A chaotic fragment recounts an extreme cold wave hitting Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakota regions with temperatures plunging below zero at St Cloud Winona Owatonna Red Wing Markesan and Chippewa Falls. It weaves in stray references to Dakota identity and a garbled tariff note tied to Confederate era articles and historical figures.
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Puget Sound
Gulf of Mexico
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dakota
Galveston
Texas
United States
Twin Cities
Bord
Hancock
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Mercury
Winona
Owatonna
Northfield
Red Wing
Markesaa
Wis
Chippens Falls
Infamous law halts insurer statements under raid pressure
The passage describes publishers and advertisers plotting to commit perjury to obscure rates and titles, arguing the law blocks insurer statements during starvation raids. Insurance firms threaten to resist or leave the territory, but Dakota remains a lucrative field and lawmakers may also push back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jena
Dakota
Gome
Aleo
Great Opportunity Sparks Growth Plans for St P M M Railway
A grand chance emerges as the St P M and M railway reaches Great Falls and Helena, prompting farmers, capitalists, and merchants to organize a board of trade. Demand grows for flour, bran, feed, potatoes, fish, hay, and wrapping paper as the city eyes artesian wells, bank buildings, a city hall, and resort improvements to boost industry and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falla
Helena
Board of Trade
Tabor
Fragmented Odds and Ends From a Dakota Territory Correspondent
Special correspondence from Cuany Dakota reports confusion over the accuracy of figures in a table. mentions Car roll D Wright ex Consul Frisbie Robert Griffin and ex Consul DuBois as sources for various nations. Local notes from Jan 7 cover visits, dances, school heating concerns, a newborn, and a blacksmith proud of a daughter. Also ads promote medical tonics and real estate, clothing, and overcoat sales.
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Carroll D. Wright
United States
Frisbie
France
Robert Griffin
DuBois
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