Dakota Machinery Co Builds Largest Dakota Foundry at Devils Lake
The Dakota Machinery Company at Devils Lake nears completion and readies for business as a major regional foundry and machine shop. They distribute Russell Co. threshers and engines, offer plumbing and steam fitting, and plan local automobile manufacture led by superintendent Joseph Jilek who showcases a self-made vehicle and patent covered innovations.
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Dakota Machinery Company
Devils Lake
Russell Company
United States
Joseph Jilek
West
Dakotas
Death of C A Holbrook Shocks Devils Lake
Citizens mourn the death of C Arthur Holbrook manager of Holbrook Mercantile owners of the New York store. He died Tuesday morning after a battle with a heart tumor. He had sought Chicago specialists but an operation was deemed unsafe. His funeral was held at the Methodist church with business houses closing in sorrow.
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Devils Lake
C. Arthur Holbrook
Holbrook
W. M. Holbrook
Norwegian immigrant dies after moving to North Dakota land
John A Rushfeldt of DeGroat township Rameey county North Dakota died after moving from Minnesota where he lived in Albert Lea Freeborn County. Born in Norway forty five years ago he came to America in 1865 with his parents and settled in Albert Lea later moving to Carpio North Dakota to acquire land. He leaves a wife five children two brothers in Albert Lea a sister in St Paul and another in Adrian Minnesota and is mourned by family in Hayward Minnesota where burial will take place. The Rushfeldt family thanks friends for aid during the illness.
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A. Rushfeldt
DeGroat Township
Rameey County
N. Dak
Norway
America
Albert Lea
Freeborn County
Minn
North Dakota
Carpio
St. Paul
Adrain
Mino
DeGroat
Hayward
Minnesota
John A. Rushfeldt
Walk on white hot stones by Fiji fire walkers
Col Gudgeon, a British resident at Raratonga, explains in nine letters to the Polynesian Society about walking on red hot stones with Fiji fire walkers. He describes heat and electric shocks but no burn, noting it tests inspiration and may not be advisable for all.
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Col. Gudgeon
Raratonga
Fiji
Sys
Leslie's Monthly
Gatling's Farm Machinery Legacy and Early Inventions
The article notes Dr. Gatling's belief that his rapid-fire gun helped shorten or deter war and recalls his early interests in agriculture. It mentions his youth inventions of drills for sowing cottonseed and grain as part of his broader technical legacy.
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Gatling
Dr. Gatling
The New Tomato Tree
A Philadelphia Record item notes a Ventura California grower Mrs Shepherd has a potted tomato tree under glass. The fruit, described as a rosy plum shaped produce resembling a cross of tomato and plum, is valued for salads and desserts and may soon be widely cultivated in California and beyond. A Bronx NY botanical collection is cited as having a specimen.
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Saya
Philadelphia
Sheperd
Ventura
Cal
California
Bronx Botanical Collection
New York
Peace Fort Monument and Rock Island Fort of 1816
The 1816 Rock Island fort named for Gen Armstrong stood at the Mississippi lower tip. Built to deter Indiana incursions, it withstood no attack and served as a trading post. In 1831 a Sac and Fox removal treaty was signed nearby. The fort covered 400 feet square with water access and ample supplies. now only two cannons remain as markers until a DAR monument was added two years ago.
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Rock Island
Mississippi
Armstrong
Indiana
George H. Daniel
Nowa
Rock River
Daughters of the American Revolution
About the Red-Headed Girl Champion of a Red-Headed Woman
A column extols the red headed girl as capable and witty noting five assertions from the Chicago Chronicle about her keen scent for mischief, piercing gaze, quick retorts, and sharp timing. The piece sketches a humorous portrait of a self-assured woman who defies general stereotypes.
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Chicago Chronicle
Pope Leo XIII and Vatican Expenditures
A Leslie's Monthly article notes the pope spends heavily on Catholic missions, clergy, churches, education, and Vatican staff. It highlights the Vatican's mosaic factory, art purchases, and subscriptions from around the world, while stressing the church’s lack of temporal power after ten centuries and a Christmas budget reported at 14 000 000 francs.
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Leo
Vatican
Leslie
Leo XIII
Washington's Letter Writers Record Postage Spending
In the national capital residents reportedly spend about $3.25 yearly on postage stamps, highlighting a remarkable per capita rate of letter writing in Washington.
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Washington
Silent Retriever Attends Campbelltown Funerals
In Campbelltown Argyllshire a retriever dog has become a silent mourner at almost every funeral. The dog walks beside the hearse and follows the funeral party to the churchyard before departing after the rites. It instinctively knows funeral timings and is a regular, welcomed presence. An incident on a special funeral steamer saw the dog accompany the party to the graveyard, drawing public interest.
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Campbelltown
Argyllshire
Saya
Sleep and exercise lift dull mood and restore vigor
A paneled note urges rest and outdoor activity to relieve exhaustion and despondency. It claims sleep and country exercise renew enthusiasm, energy, and zest for life, comparing youth and adult vitality and urging thankful, active living.
Children at Work Across Industries Prompt Debate
W H Waudby argues in Leslie's that thousands of children work in mines workshops and stores despite laws. Census data reportedly shows about 1 750 000 individuals aged 10 to 15 engaged in gainful occupations across the continental United States.
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Waudby
Leslie
William Hunt
Census Office
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Prayerful Visit Reveals Mistaken Tobacco Factory Tale
A group of Philadelphians touring Richmond Virginia were told by locals that a large building was a tobacco factory. An elderly Black man then directed them to a white frame church and shared a proverb about liberty or deaf, claiming the Lord gave Marse Henry a certain fate.
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Richmond
Detroit News-Tribune
John
Marie Patrick Henry
Henry
Mexican Tortillas and Goose Liver Pie Noted in Market Summary
The text describes how Mexican tortillas are made from corn kernels boiled in lime water then ground into a soft mass and cooked on a griddle. It also cites Paris purchases including goose liver pie valued at $25,000 and other items such as hair and rooma worth $120,000.
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Paris
Pay of School Teachers in Early America and New York
The article surveys historical pay for teachers, noting higher city wages in New York and comparing regional salaries such as Maine and Massachusetts. It cites figures: Maine $448 yearly, New York City $863, Massachusetts $726, Pennsylvania $528, with women averaging $304 in Pennsylvania and monthly averages $47 for men and $39 for women nationwide. It mentions Lewis Elkin of Philadelphia funding pensions for worn out teachers and a shift to formal pensioning rather than ad hoc support.
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New York City
McAndrew
Nowede
Crates
Mallos
Rome
Horace
Orbillius
Historians of Education
Maine
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Lewis Elkin
Philadelphia
Habits of Southern Boys
A New York Sun piece recounts a dining room observation of a twelve year old boy from the south. It notes hair grooming with front brightness and untended back, polished shoes front shine with dull heels, and a tendency to avoid middle hair parts or cowlicks postwar.
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New York Sun
South
The Weed of Cathedrals and New York Faith
A New York cathedral project aims to cost 10 million dollars or more on an unmatched site. The bishop argues commerce builds palaces and the church must follow, warning of wealth and poverty dangers. Eugene M. Camp discusses youth organizations and a 30.66 million accumulation as a modern measure of faith. The unfinished arch of St. John the Divine preaches about Christ and human ills, signaling future influence regardless of completion.
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New York
Europe
Eugene M. Camp
St. John the Divine
America
Metropolia
Jexus Christ
World's Most Eminent Parsons
A compact summary notes that Popular Science Monthly ranks eminent persons by nativity with France leading Britain close behind. It lists that Germany and Italy trail, Greece surpasses Germany in promoting prominent men, and among the 16 greatest composers Germany produced 12 and Italy six. It adds Russia credits nine men and only 32 among the total are women.
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Popular Science Monthly
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Greece
Russia
Philadelphia Market Receipts Tie Eggs to Miles
Philadelphia reports show heavy egg receipts measured in feet and miles. If laid end to end, the eggs would stretch about 134 miles with a total of 285,120 dozen received. At one egg per omelette, 3,481,440 could be made amid food inspection data for 1908. post mortem checks condemned 61,060 cases.
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Philadelphia
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Ewan Valley
Grand Forks
Craik
Rosthern
I. M. Walker
Saskatchewan Valley
Kent Realty Investment Co
Grand Forks, Morth Dakota
Dakota Machinery CO
C. A. Holbrook
Joseph E. Rushfeldt
Markable
Peace Fort Monument
Marke
Pessecess
Cannet
Peescasion
Children AT Work
Learty
Loewe
Patrick Henry
Phey
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