Testimonials From Residents NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A STATE INT
Two letters from North Dakota in 1899 praise new settlement near Towner and Bisbee. Oliver Strawler reports land, stores, and homestead near Berwick with a good future. Frank M. Tissue recounts moving from Confluence Pennsylvania to a 160 acre farm with 800 dollars of personal property, 150 debt, and better schools and winters, urging others to move west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towner
N. D
Berwick
Oliver Strawler
Port Royal
Bisbee
Confluence
Penn
Frank M. Tissue
York
McConnellsburg
Fulton Co
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
E. Summers
North Dakota proclaims praise from immigrant farmer
Joan Eller, formerly of Monticello Indiana, writes from Rock Lake North Dakota on November 6 1899 praising the new home. She notes a good crop an excellent garden and wages favorable for men and women. She invites easterners to move west and stay for better living. Weather is mild and farming continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Rock Lake
N. D
Indiana
Joan Eller
Monticello
Ind
Land Promise In North Dakota Homesteading Offer
Guo Hooker of St John North Dakota writes of relocating from Indiana in 1898 to 320 acres, 130 cultivated, with 1824 bushels wheat 800 oats 133 potatoes produced, $450 profit first year, good water, health and no medicine costs, encouraging newcomers to claim land as five people already settled nearby with land to buy before it’s gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
N. D
Owasco
Ind
Guo, Hooker
Great Northern
Illinois
W. T. Marnerty
North Dakota settlers praise harsh winters and rich land
Letters from York and Island Lake in 1899 recount Emigration to North Dakota from Indiana and Pennsylvania. Settlers describe warm homes, 160–480 acre farms, thriving gardens, large yields of wheat oats barley flax and potatoes, and a growing school system. They urge others to move, noting low rents, good water, friendly communities, and opportunities for renters to become landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Lake
N. D
Nappanee
Ind
J. J. StavBaues
York
Milford
North Dakota
Public Library Offers Farm Loans and Book Sale
Mrs Ruviere the librarian announces new farm loan applications available until spring and invites patrons to visit the public library and courthouse. She notes fuel costs rising and encourages inquiries, listing titles like Quo Vadis and Tess of the Durbeyfield among items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quo Vadis
David Harum
Red Rock
Richard Carvel
Peter Sterling
Hugh Wynne
John Street
Crucis
Tess of the Durbervilles
Janice Meredith
Court House
Ruviere
ARE HERE TO STAY IN CANDO NORTH DAKOTA 1899
Residents announce their long term settlement in Cando North Dakota expressing satisfaction with the new home after an 18 mile relocation within the state. The message underscores permanence and pride in the community's growth and future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cando
N. D
North Dakota
Homestead Entry Near Mouse River in North Dakota
Bottineau area notes detail a frontier move from Elba Tl to a homestead ten miles west of the Mouse river and thirty miles from Bottineau, with October nineteenth date referenced. The snippet records a settler’s arrival and land claim in the Mouse River country during 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottineau
N. D
Elba
Mouse River
Teachers Examination to be Held at Devils Lake
Regular examination of applicants for teachers certificates will be held at the court house in Devils Lake North Dakota beginning Friday March 9 1900 at 9 oclock a m. Candidates should be provided with legal cap paper pens and ink No further examination will be held until May 25 1900 L B Fancuer County Sup t of Schools
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Court House
Devils Lake
N. D
L. B. Fancuer
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Brown & Co
America
WM. H. Brown & CO
Canada
New Paris
East
Nies
Henry Groves
Joan C. Mellinger
Powell
Mouse River Country
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