Knots of anecdotes and editorial chit chat
A fragment from a 19th century column mixes a brain teaser about ages, a tale of a telephone operator, jokes about Levi on ballots, and musings on literary ability, advertising costs, and theater life in a small city. It notes a caller’s tease about Nora, a tax ballot in Pennsylvania, and ends with a report that the Western Express Co faces fines for illicit liquor shipments.
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Jamestown
Western Express Co
Soo Railway
P. T
Uncle Sam
Here and There About the State Highlights
Mrs. William Evenda of Cando gives birth to triplets two boys and a girl. The Scandinavian Republican League of North Dakota will meet at Hillsboro November 5 with large attendance expected. John Donovan of Neche injured after being run over while attempting to stop a runaway team. Berger & Inel house Milner store robbed. safe blown. $25 taken. no clue. Petrified wood found in Mino basement excavation. Judge Fisk and brother may move to California for business. William Jones of Glasston burned by gasoline lantern during engine trouble at elevator. Independent elevator men meet in Fargo. O. G. Major leads organizing drive. Half the Washburn school library missing. teachers on warpath. Potatoes suffer rot and scab due to wet weather in Red River valley. Frank Davis alias Ginger the Larcenist jailed for ten years. Dickenson youth jailed for abducting two schoolgirls. arrest made. Harry Alsop to start Fargo lumber business. North Dakota among wealthiest, healthiest states. wealth estimated at 400,000,000. Hungon and Zimmermann escape from Williston jail. chances point to keys. Lisbon man John Busston loses legs in machine accident. dies three hours later. leaves widow. Walhalla farm youth shoots at geese. rifle misfires explode. hand severely damaged.
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Scandinavian Republican League of
North Dakota
Hillsboro
John Donovan
Neche
Berger & Inelhouse
Milner
Peter Ehr
Mino
Judge Fisk
Grand Forks
California
Wmn. Jones
Glasston
Island Lake Man Suffering Partial Paralysis Moved for Care
Johnnie Murl of Island Lake was sent to Devls Lake hospital on Wednesday for treatment of a partial paralysis. The Knox Advocate notes he will receive the best care and hopes he gains benefit from the medical attention.
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Johnnie Murl
Island Lake
Devls Lake
Knox
Keith Co operative Creamery announces butter fat price
The Keith Co operative Creamery in Keith Ramsey County North Dakota will pay 24 cents per pound of butter fat for cream delivered at the Keith creamery on Mondays and Fridays until further notice. Ship as your cream Mooers manager.
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Keith Creamery
Mooers
Keith
Ramsey County
North Dakota
Strayed Mules Near Grand Harbor Promised Reward
A pair of dark colored mules strayed from a farm near Grand Harbor. Reward offered for information leading to recovery. Contact M. A. Doheny.
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Grand Harbor
M. A. Doheny
Farmer August Saver Dies by Own Action Near Keumare
A farmer living alone near Keumare died by self-inflicted action. A fire destroyed his barn and twenty head of horses belonging to Fred Carbolom of Milnor.
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August Saver
Keumare
Fred Carbolom
Milnor
Laurier presses Canada to win own treaty power
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier declares in the house that Canada must secure independent treaty making authority from Great Britain. He argues continued dependence limits Canada’s rights and warns of showing Alaska correspondence only when empowered. He voices regret at living beside a powerful United States and urges an all Canadian railway to the Yukon.
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Ottawa
Ont
Wilfrid Laurier
House of Commons
Canada
Great Britain
Laurier
Alaska
United States
Yukon
Colombia Congress Adjourns Without Canal Action
Washington reports that the Colombian Congress will take no action on canal legislation as its session ends October 31. A report from the special committee on the Panama Canal franchise is ambiguous and inconclusive, leaving the matter unsettled.
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Washington
United States
Beaupre
Bogota
Panama Canal Company
Republicans to Choose Convention Date in December
Perry Heath of the Republican National Committee said a Washington meeting will be called soon after the election for December 9 or 10 to select the place and time of the 1904 national nominating convention. He expects the convention to be held near mid June.
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Republican National Committee
Columbus
Perry
Heath
Ohio
Washington
Maybanish Lebaudy Emperor of Sahara
Paris dispatch reports Jacques Lebaudy may be banished from France after his yacht Frasquita visited the Moroccan coast. The government has pressed a prosecution under a penal code section that allows banishment for exposing Frenchmen to reprisals by unapproved acts of foreigners.
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New York
Jacques Lebaudy
Sahara
Paris
Herald
France
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Ann
Edwards Wood & Co
Northwood
Nora
Pennsylvannia
Levy
Levi
Gath
Ramsey County End
McCauley
Goldsmith
Shakespeare
St.Peter
Shepears
Elijah
William Evenda
Cando
Fargo
O. G. Major
Washburn
Red River Valley
Frank Davis
Ginger
Dickinson
Harry Alsop
Beidler and Robinson Lumber
Union
James Hungon
Thomas Zimmerman
Williston
Hanson
Zimmerman
John Busston
Lisbon
Walhalla
Devils Lake
Sweetwater
Webster
Garske
Starkweather
Keith Co-Operative Creamery
Mauveny
St Paul
P.O
St, Paul, Min
Ffashion
WM. Wilson
Prop
Sevilla Bus and Transfer Line
Postoffice
T. Fox
Geo. W. Jamieson
Prosser & Serumgard
Webster and
M. 1
North Dax
Bree Mometead
Mr. Dakets
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