Fifty destitute families in Ramsey County face starvation
M J Harpmann reports sixty of seventy families in a Jewish settlement in Ramsey County Dakota are destitute of food and fuel with crops destroyed and mortgages foreclosing. One minister and family live in a single room as frost ruined wheat and vegetables. A prayer meeting amid rags and hunger left a lasting impression, while Brandreth's pills are advertised as a remedy.
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Minneapolis
Minn
M. J. Harpmann
Ramsey County
Dakota
Europe
Governor Ross Highlights Land Grants Water Storage in New Mexico
In his annual New Mexico report Governor E G Ross stresses land grant settlement and irrigation as top priorities for territorial development. He notes 384000 acres entered by settlers, 43 151 920 in taxable property, and urges state control of water storage and distribution to prevent conflicts and foster agricultural progress and education.
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E. G. Ross
New Mexico
Idaho Prospect Highlights Population Land and Reforms
Governor Edward A. Stevenson reports Idaho’s population about 100000 with taxable property at 21288392 dollars. Agricultural output includes nearly 3 million bushels of wheat and over 1.2 million of oats, plus hay and potatoes. Livestock totals reach tens of thousands with substantial values. Bois City assay data show 8905136 dollars in metals produced. Stevenson urges lands in severalty for Indians, opening reservations, presidential voting rights, school land lease for funding, expanded mail, and USA financing of Indian-lands crimes in federal courts.
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Edward A. Stevenson
Idaho
United States Assay Office
Bois City
Territories
United States
Endowing Religious Institutions Will of Elizabeth Tabor
The will of Elizabeth Tabor of Marion Massachusetts who died at 97 leaves 3500 to relatives and friends and 87000 to Marion Acushnet and New Bedford missionary societies churches and charitable groups. The remainder, about 100000 or more, is set to trustees to create a 66000 endowment fund for the Marion Academy and to fund a music hall and reading room in the village.
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Elizabeth Tabor
Marion
Mass
Plymouth
Acushnet
New Bedford
Marion Academy
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Blood Purification
Advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla sold by druggists at one dollar, six for five dollars. Claims to cure catarrh by purifying the blood, preventing bronchitis and consumption, with testimonials from R Gibbons of Hamilton Ohio and M Fe Read of Wauseon Ohio.
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C. J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Hood
R. Gibbons
Hamilton
Ohio
M. FE. Read
Wauseon
Flood
Editor Confesses Bond With Father Over Poem Incident
A young man named Waffles tells the editor he sent a poem. The editor reveals he burned the poem and buried the ashes ten feet deep, expressing affection for the father and promising to tell him of the act.
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Waffles
Montague H. Waffles
Pleasant stimulant for kidneys and health from Bitters
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to restore kidney activity and prevent diseases. It claims by stimulating organic action the kidneys, bladder, bowels, stomach and liver improve health, ward off malaria and rheumatism, and support overall strength.
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Ee Jackson
Couiver
Bright
Tennyson compared to a washerwoman in solitary lines
The saying likens poet Alfred Tennyson to a washerwoman who spends hours on a single line. A separate note mentions the Min grelians observing the custom of going bareheaded on the Sabbath.
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Tennyson
The Handsomest Lady Endorses Kemp's Balsam
A fashionable woman told a friend Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs stops coughs instantly where others fail. Druggists offer a free sample bottle, large size 50 cents and one dollar. The note also recalls historical remedies and compares a horse with a hitch in his work.
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Kemp
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Agricultural Statistics
J. B. Adams
Richmond St
Newark
N. J
Noely
Mooney
E. Ross & CO
Toledo
John P. Loveles
Mannl’re
Portman Mowe
Osgood
Osgood & Thompson
Binghamton, N.Y
Northern Pacific
LOW Price Railroad
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Chase
Lambor! Band
WM. I. Lindlay & CO
LaSalle St
Chicago
U.S
Hibbard
Maud
Rev. J. Roperrts
M. E. Church
Fremont
Mich
Albtion
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Augusta
Ann Arbor
E. LaRziLexk
Curtis & Wright
Broadway
N. Y
Trur & Co
Maine
Brewster Safety Rein-Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Bryant’s Business College
Buffalo
N.Y
Glee CO
North State St
Stowe
Jbrlestown
Matey
A. W. McCormick & Son
Washington, D.C
Cinciinnati, O
Address Business and Phonographic College
Sterling, ML
JM. W. Dunhaws Oaklawn Farm
Brilliant
America
MM. W. Dunham
Wayne
Illinois
N.W. R
Turner Junc
Grannan Detective Bureau Co
Arcads
E.T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
Bamwert Proprietary Co
C.N.Y
Taz Companion
W. E. Gladstone
Tur Companion
P. O
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Temple Place
Boston
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