Weather and politics in early 1900s Emmons County
A compact local column notes a harsh spring of 1902 with blizzard, flood, and prairie fire followed by Manitoba vote on licensing. It comments on Fargo Grand Forks and Bismarck mayoral races, naming candidates and factions, including Johnson Sweet Wheeler Dinnie Patterson and a Register-aligned group in the Northwest hotel ward.
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Fargo
Grand Forks
Johnson
Mr. Sweet
Dr. Wheeler
Geo. Winship
Ernie Kent
Bismarck
Patterson
Northwest Hotel
Register Administration
Mayor Register and the wandering cow in Bismarck
In Bismarck Mayor Register walks with a drifter who mocks him after the town turned dry. The scene ends with the mayor escorting the man to the cooler in a nod to enforcing order. The piece playfully questions his campaign plans and hints at politics centered on stray cattle.
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Mayor Register
Bismarck
Jewell
Homestead Proof Deadlines Clarified by Record Letters
In correspondence the Record explains that land cannot be successfully contested if the entryman complied with the law for five years and then moved away, as long as proof is filed within the seven or eight year statutory period. It notes July 26 1804 extended to eight years for pre July 26 1894 filings, while post July 26 1894 entrants have seven years to prove up. Also mentions an eight month residence rule before commutation.
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General Land Ofice
Aix’ Monthe
Eight Months Residence to Proof Land Claimant Status
The text notes that after living there eight months the claimant can prove up and pay for his land, indicating a requirement of occupancy duration before finalizing land ownership. The statement focuses on the claimant’s eligibility milestone and payment obligation.
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Josephus Allen
Ben W. Whitney
Vanderbilt
Peter Leonard
William L. Bules
Ashgrove
N. D. Gottlieb Dockter, of Vanderbilt, 8. D. A. C
Around the County Correspondence of the Record
John Stewart visited Linton this week and Charley Coventry went to Lin ton on Saturday. Roy Kinsey and family moved from Dale to Selby. Dale Sunday school organized and will begin April 13 at noon. Births report several new daughters and twin sons. The Gravink baby died of bronchitis. Seeding has begun. Maurits Van Sdest holds the acreage record. Real estate boom. Milwaukee Land Company plans a hotel and a wayside inn. Eureka survey crew, J Q Adams predicts town location and Strong growth for the county.
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Charley Coventry
Linton
Roy Kinsey
Dale
Selby
Roy Morris
Frank Loutzenhiser
Fort Yates
Bert Pierce
Mark Scott
Ole Olson
Gottlieb Dockter
Chas. Vail
A. B.C
Henry Gravink
W. P. Groen
Compaan
Herreid
Maurits Van,Sdest
Arend Hollaar
Pollock
Boo
Lynn
Prichard
Board of Health
Oxp I. X. L
Delays at Pellock Highlight Local Activity
April progress notes from Pellock list John Baum gartner of Tirsbo Emmons county visiting on business Monday. Clint Wagher and Harry Petris traveled from Linton to collect freight for W E Petrie the Linton merchant. Jimmy Davies the village teacher becomes Hull schoolmaster. Eureka cattleman W W Wilcox is building two small structures north of here. Mrs Wilcox’s daughters recently filed on nearby land. Frank McConville from Dale reports new settlers and ample room. T B Stewart stockman notes cattle losses about fifty in recent storm and seeks hides settlement at Herreid. Dr Geo Whalen of Westfield and mayor John Rooks visited Pellock. Andrew Boschker of Westfield also here. G G Busby of Hampton brothers of Billy visit. Will Payne arrives from Columbia South Dakota.
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Pellock
John Baumgartner
Tirsbo
Emmons
N. C
Clint. Wagher
Harry Petris
Linton
W. E. Petrie
Jimmy Davies
Hull
Davies
Linton’s Court
W. W. Wilcox
Eureka
Emmons County
Wilconx
Frank McConville
North Dakota
Geo. Whalen
Westfield
John Rooks
Pallock
Andrew Boschker
Westfeld
Pollock
G. Busby
Hampton
N. D
Brothers of Our
Billy
Will Payne
Geo. L. Payne
Farm buyers and local sales spark Northern Pacific plan
Reports from Hull North Dakota note Harry DeBoer selling farm machinery and John Schaap selling his farm to the Northern Pacific Railway, with a town likely built if the extension proceeds this year. A wagon accident injures Stephen Silk on the way to town while his daughter and neighbor are uninjured. A long discussion argues that farmers benefit from a protected home market and foreign markets, noting history 1893 97 and asserting the home market is the farmer's best.
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Harry DeBoer
Hull
N. D
Pollock
John O. A. Schaap
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Stephen Silk
John Winkle
Winkle
Ork (Pa.) Gazette
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
Hoime
York
Dispatch
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Endures For Babies
An old and well known remedy Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over sixty years by millions of mothers for teething ailments. It soothes the child, softens the gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. Pleasant to take, sold by druggists worldwide, twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
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Mrs. Winslow
Episcopal Church Services and Meetings Schedule
Episcopal services planned for Linton next Sunday at 11 am with Sunday school at noon Epworth League meeting at 7 30 pm prayer meeting Thursday 8 pm sewing class Saturday 2 pm services also listed for Burge Fort Yates Winona and Eammonsburg with times The Ladies Aid Society meets at Mrs Corbins in Linton April 5 with quarterly conference at Dale on April 19 at 2 pm Rev M P Burns presiding preacher will hold Dale church service Saturday morning and Linton evening service final schedule notes.
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Episcopal Church
Linton
Epworth League
Burge
Eammonsburg
Fort Yates
Winona
Ladies’ Aid Society
Insurance company policy counts 1901 totals
Financial figures show New York Life Mutual of New York Equitable of New York Northwestern of Milwaukee Germania and others reporting new policies and amounts for 1901. The data, including totals 1 512 526 535 651 308 500 206 700, comes from the Commissioner of Insurance in the capital.
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New York Life
Mutual of
New York
Equitable of
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Germania
Siete Deeiee
Tetera Mutual
Ustable of
Ae Northwestern
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Emmons County Land Office
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Gayton
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Capitol
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Otice
Charles 8. Lane
United States
District of North Dakota
Anna Stiles
Anna Carls
John McCrory
Jacob Wellminn
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George W. Wescott
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Margaretha Welge
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