Eskimo Bulletin Yearly Paper Marks Northern Print Aspiration
In old Arctic lore whalers once fed Eskimos alcohol for lure. By 1903 Hakimas led Cape Prince of Wales youths in rearing reindeer and learning carpentry. W T Lopp and wife built a small press enabling the region to print its own annual Eskimo Bulletin, a rare northern newspaper.
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San Francisco
Cape Prince of Wales
Beringstrait
H. A. Thornton
W. T. Lopp
Liberia
Old Volume Sold at Sothebys London Auction
Bunyan's copy of Foxes Book of Martyrs sold at Sothebys in London after two bids. Bought in at 3000 dollars as the Bedford Literary nativate vendors faced financial trouble. Attorney General intervened to determine trustees' selling power, sale initially withdrawn then allowed. First edition Walton Complete Angler from 1650s earned 3750 dollars.
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Bunyan
Foxe
Measra
Walton
Drainage of the Zuyder Zee project in Holland
A Dutch plan to drain the Zuyder Zee surfaces again with a formal association backing a bill in parliament. Proponents argue population growth requires land reclamation and note future lakes could be addressed after initial drainage.
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Zuyder Zee
Holland
Aee
Rate Schedule Lacking in Rail Office Tale
A San Francisco Call snippet recalls old railroad days before Interstate Commerce Commission rules. An optimist jokes Santa will come as usual, while a grouch notes under new law Santa would be a common carrier and the schedule is not set.
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San Francisco Call
Santa
Telegram That Saved India During the Durbar Exhibit
A museum displays a Mogul relics collection for the Durbar, including the famous May 11 1857 dispatch once cited as The electric telegraph saved India. The telegram alerted British commanders Lawrence Edwardes Nicholson to disarm rebel regiments and organize Delhi relief, helping quell the mutiny and restore allegiance.
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India
Mogul
Montgomery
Brendish
I ‘Lawrence
Edwardes
Nicholson
Delhi
Columbus Speech on Egg Purchase Arouses Crowd
Disjointed garbled text shows Columbus addressing an audience and seeking guidance on buying fresh eggs. The crowd responds with mixed reactions as he paces and fumbles for a cue, delaying applause while seeking clarity on the matter.
Beet, Rasberry Visit Drugstore for Plaster
A fragment from the Athute Journal notes Uncle Rasberry entering a drugstore and asking for a plaster for his back, contrasting a porous plaster with a demand for a “baw” in dialect. The odd dialogue captures a quirky local flavor and speech.
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Rasberry
Athute Journal
Not Guilty Plea In Mississippi Chicken Theft Case
A Black defendant pleads not guilty in a Mississippi court after being accused of theft of a chicken found in a bag at arrest. He delivers a rambling defense blaming Providence and his “natchel kineheartedness” for the chicken in the bag. He asserts he never stole the chicken.
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Missisippi
Hero With Carnegie Medal Seeks Work in Washington
Alvin G. Williams, 61, carries a Carnegie hero medal and a $1,000 award letter from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. He saved two girls from drowning in 1908 at Spring Lake New Jersey. He says the money is not cash for living and laments age and effort to find employment.
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Alvin G. Williams
Washington
Carnegie Hero
Carnegia Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
Williams
Spring Lake
N. J
Carnegie Hero Fund
Willame
Washington Post
Glass paving trial at Place de la Republique fails
About seven to eight years ago a La Demi Lune glass plant near Lyon tested paving bricks named pierre du verre Garchey on a busy section of Place de la Republique. The bricks lasted over two years, edges broke, many blocks split. Officials doubted suitability for central street use, favoring sidewalks under favorable conditions.
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la Demi Lune
Lyon
France
Pierre du Verre Garchey
Place de la Republique
Highway Chemistry At Oregon Agricultural College
The Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis offers the world’s first highway chemistry course. Professor John Fulton leads the program, addressing demand for better roads. The curriculum covers physical and chemical tests of tars bituminous products asphalt and mixtures such as aggregates graves rocks and other highway ingredients. Concrete testing and chemical changes under exposure weather will be key, along with surface protection studies.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Ore
John Fulton
Aged Woman Ends Life Over Crop Failures
Grand Forks reports Margaret Gilmore, an elderly resident, killed herself at the Inkster home after two successive crop failures on land she owned in western North Dakota. A note left on the kitchen table said she could not live for being a burden. Her body was found in a barn with a rope around her neck.
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Grand Forks
Margaret Gilmore
R. L. Bennett
Inkster
Miss Mostad Is Not Guilty In Murder Case
In Grand Forks on March 1 the jury found Miss Sylvia Mostad not guilty of murder in the Frederick hotel case. Co-defendant Harry Reese, arrested with Mostad, was released after the verdict. The infant’s body was found under a hotel bathtub after they stayed three days. Insanity was the defense, but not accepted by the jury.
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Grand Forke
Sylvia Mostad
Harry Reese
Mostad
Miss Mostad
Reese
Frederick
Tnsanity
A N Leslie Dead Longtime Bismarck Tribune Figure
A N Leslie died at his home in Bismarck on Saturday after a year long illness. For over twenty five years he served the Bismarck Tribune company as head bookkeeper and manager and was mayor of Bismarck fifteen years ago. A pioneer figure in western North Dakota politics and journalism, he came to the city from Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Bismarck, N. D
A. N. Leslie
Bismarck Tribune Company
Leslie
Grand Raplas
Mich
Grand Forks
N. D
James Duncan
South Broadman
John Robinson
Dun‘can
Heine and London in a London Chronicle
Heine disliked London yet found warmth in Ramagate cliffs and a mid June scene with an Irish helper. A Paris revue anecdote follows, recalling a chorus girl’s costume debate as a manager remarks on cost and tongue.
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Heine
London
London County Council
Craven Street
Strand
Ramagate
Paris
Daring Robber Makes His Escape
In Portal on Monday a burglar broke a jewelry store window at noon while the proprietor dined, taking 60 dollars and several second hand watches. The daylight theft occurred amid busy streets and open curtains, with the culprit unseen and no arrest made. The case is described as one of the boldest in the region.
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C. B. Briggs
North Dakota cream rate complaints to board
The North Dakota board of railroad commissioners will hear complaints next week about cream shipment rates. Creameries in many small cities have organized to seek lower charges, arguing that existing rates favor distant cities 125 to 400 miles away while local shipments 60 to 125 miles suffer. Readjustment of local rates is requested.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota Board of Railroad Commissioners
North Dakota
Will Bond For Seed Grain In Bowman County
Bowman County commissioners in Hettinger North Dakota have authorized 60000 to buy seed for drought-stricken farmers. The funds are to be raised by a 35000 bond issue and 16000 in grain warrants. Applications total 97563.50, many backed by collateral. Seed will be provided without collateral and a mortgage will be taken on the coming crop.
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Hettinger
N. D
Bowman County
Contract Let for Courthouse at Richland County
Wahpeton North Dakota March 1 The contract for the new courthouse was let to Ingeman & Co of St Paul for 101850 The building will be Blue Bedford limestone with Italian marble inside finish Bidders offered on over a dozen propositions and the successful bid was low on all propositions
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Wahpeton
N. D
Richland County
Ingeman & Co
St. Paul
North Dakota South Dakota joint conference urged
State Commissioner of Immigration John D. Deets of South Dakota invites Grand Forks Commercial club to send representatives to a March 20 and 21 conference in Aberdeen. The effort seeks mutual interests and cooperation between the two states plus a regional outlook across departments and economies.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
South Dakota
John D. Deets
Aberdeen
Grand Forks Commercial
Detective Runs Amuck at Harvey
Harvey March 1 A Minneapolis detective identified as M A Dittberner allegedly assaulted Jas O'Brien in a room invitation incident with Chief Lilly involved A preliminary report notes possible lumber business links and sidelights on regional trade amid ongoing hearings.
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Harvey
Delay Meeting Of Lands Board In North Carolina
The board of university and school lands met in Bismarck to approve several bonds. With many members absent on February 29 the farm loan items will be set as a special order for March 4, and numerous county propositions are expected for consideration.
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Bismarck
N. C
Board of University and School Lands
Elevator worker badly mangled at farmers elevator
Ole Rosberg, employed at the Farmers elevator in Westhope, had one leg badly mangled when a cog wheel on a shafting caught the bottom of his trousers as he shut down a gasoline engine. The bones were broken between the knee and ankle and the wheel shoved into the flesh.
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Westhope
Ole Rosberg
Farmers Elevator
Man Dies in Deserted Shack Near Fort Lincoln
Harvey Stone editor of the Daily Missoulan of Missoula Montana and brother of Capt E R Stone of the Fourteenth Infantry US Army was found dead in a deserted shack near Fort Lincoln Bismarck North Dakota last Sunday night The body will be taken to Missoula for burial Death is believed to have been due to apoplexy
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Bismarck
N. D
Harvey Stone
E. R. Stone
Fourteenth Infantry
North Dakota contest over corrupt practice act rate
Valley City March 1 The constitutionality of the North Dakota corrupt practice act will be tested in court. The law limits political notices to 7 cents per line for the first insertion and 4 cents thereafter. M Brinton editor of The Fe asden Free Press argues regular rates exceed the legal rate and lawmakers cannot force publishers to charge politicians less than businesses. The average reading notice rate in North Dakota papers runs nearly double the legal rate.
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Valley City
N. D
North Dakota
M. Brinton
Feasenden Free Press
Bank Offers Cash Prize for Best Three Hogs of Corn
Williston North Carolina March 1 Corn raising in this section has been so successful the past three seasons that a local bank offers a $50 prize for the best three hogs grown from Tottendom corn in Williams or McKenzie counties this coming summer. The commercial club also offers cash prizes. Individuals will contribute to the prize fund on alfalfa corn and cattle. Alfalfa land has become valuable with irrigated tracts selling for 75 to 100 dollars an acre and yielding strong returns, while farther from town alfalfa land is available for 35 to 50 dollars.
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Williston
N. C
Williams
McKenzie
Commercal Club
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Alaska
Eskimo Bulletin
Old Columbus
Columbus
America
Carnegie
Calvin Co. Williams
A.N. Leslie
Alberta
Canada
Is & Seimer
Cee Nédrem
Wales
C. J. Nickel
John Chuhelser
G. H. Johnston
William Dew
John Smith
C. P. Getchell
J. + Sehneider
Cooperstown
Jessie
Medora
Stillwater
Minn
M. W. McDonald
Fort Lincoln
Jong Winter
Vonhinsper
Adel Realy
Op Fe
Standard Oil
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