Crary’s Growth as a Regional Trade Hub in Early North Dakota
Crary expands with three general stores, multiple mills and shops, two churches, a new post office planned, and rising trade from nearby settlements within fifteen to twenty miles north. Rain has paused school events. seeding nears completion as the town buzzes with construction, new homes, and growing prairie routes.
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Crary
Bartlett
Devils Lake
Rge
Maccabees
Woodmen
Crary_ tor
Jerusalem
Ees
Fox Lake
Sheyenne
Merry Woodmen
Prete
Robbins
Grand Forks
Michigan City
Louis Ugland
Amelia Lee
H. L. Ugland
Rey
Loveland
Lakota
Reveries and Roads At Churchs Ferry 1899 Events
Mrs Vaughn visits. Miss Annie Anderson and Miss Ora Bullock on sick list. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Salter and Victor Me Williams of Rolla. Roads praised when sunny. rain and mud hindered Silver Medal contest at Maza. H H Noltimier back from Maccabees convention in Fargo. School entertainment June 23 proceeds to library fund. School closes June 16. pupils urged to enjoy vacation as much as school year profitable.
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Mr. Naugh
Maza
H. H. Noltimier
Convention of the Maccabees
Fargo
Jackson notes and local updates from Big Coulee
The column reports Mr. O Anderson's serious rheumatism and doubtful recovery. Mrs. B Nestegard dies after long illness. funeral held Tuesday. Young people of Big Coulee plan a schoolhouse meeting on June 4 to form a youth association. Sam Gilbertson relocates a barn to be rebuilt by E Sim. Lena Jacobson and Mrs. Bye visited last Sunday. E Tuftie of Leeds visited this week.
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Nestegard
Big Coulee
Young People’s Association
Sam Gilbertson
E. Sim
Lena Jacobson
Bye
E. Tuftie
Leeds
Devils Lake Driving Association Sets July Race Privileges
The Devils Lake Driving Association will set the usual grounds privileges during the three days of races in July to the best.
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Devils Lake Driving Association
Epizoot Wilkins Departs to Reorganize Democrats
Epizoot Wilkins, a New Jersey Democrat billed as Grover Cleveland’s representative, travels to Washington to aid in reorganizing the party. He recounts meetings with Cleveland, lawmakers, and locals, describing financial worries, reception on arrival, and advice from Cleveland as he begins the mission.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
Kowlishiun
Depo
Kapital
Cleveland
Epizoot Wilkins
Nooney Dimicrat
Booze Farm
Pennsylvany
Jersey
Hoar
Ny Massachousetts
Hale
Maine
Grover
Wilkins
A Woman's Hand Poem Fragment Lifesold in Harper's Magazine
A fragment from Arthur J. Stringer appears in Harper's Magazine. The poem portrays a dawn scene where a guest speaks to a woman's hand, claiming it cannot be understood. She withdraws the hand with a wistful smile, her birdlike hand remaining untouched by toil or time, its sole task a tender, aching heart.
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Arthur J. Stringer
Harper's Magazine
The Store Detective
A Chicago Chronicle report details a female store detective who followed a shopper through counters, provoking a confrontation as the shopper torn her gown and hair. The incident prompted police involvement but no arrest, highlighting the uneasy tension between patrons and pioneering shoplifting prevention. The piece notes such detectives boosted store reputation yet alienated regular customers who feared mistaken theft labels.
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Chicago Chronicle
Remarkable piano tale and jewel critiques from London Truth
The piece recounts a medieval anecdote of a pianoforte crafted for Louis XI by Abbe de Baigne using a pig’s squeals as musical tones. It also critiques ostentatious wealth, noting many ladies wear sham diamonds while bankers store real jewels, likening it to advertising wealth.
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Bouchet
Louis XI
Orphen
London
Two Towers in Peking Guarded by Ancient Bell and Drum
Two towers in Peking house a fifteenth century bell and a colossal drum that is to be beaten in. The towers are off limits to the public, with authorities enforcing strict entry bans to the historic instruments.
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Peking
Pony found on Township 157-62 farm likely owned
Taken up on a farm in Township 157-62 a white pony now in possession of the finder. It bears a brand N on the right shoulder and W on the left hip with both eyes white. Owner should prove ownership and pay charges for keep of the animal. Tier Mien.
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Prove Property
For Sale Cheap 5000 Brick by H Fiabe
Five thousand bricks offered for sale at a low price detail shows contact H Fiabe living on Fourth Street. The ad notes bricks available for immediate purchase with simple application method.
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H. Fiabe
Fourth Street
Public auction permits to cut grass 1809 lands Devils Lake
The county treasurer will sell permits to cut grass on school and institution lands for 1809 at the court house Devils Lake at 10 o clock a m Tuesday June 20 1899. No bid under 2 50 per quarter section or fraction thereof. Ordered by the Board of University and School Lands Hency J Warr Land Commissioner 12 14
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Devils Lake
Board of University and School Lands
Hency J. Warr
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Harry
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Ramsey County
Henry Butler
Deaf School Board
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Issu
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J. O. Baughman
Washington, D. C
Edirne
Kapital Uy
Mariar
Dimicratic Party
Nickle
Finanshul Kondishun
Uneeda Biscuit
Douglas
Alex
Walker
Manns
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ICE
Nelson
Telephone
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