Impeachment Clash Echoes Across North Dakota Papers
A long critique decries tactics by the Grand Forks Herald Valley City Times-Record and Fargo papers in pressuring House members to reconsider Judge Cowan impeachment. It cites editorials and alleged sensationalism, defending the Senate’s independence and questioning the delayed case charges and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks Herald
Valley City Times-Record
Hotel Dead-Beat
Fargo
Jordah
House
Senate
Fargo Forum
Cowan
Machinery Prices and Tires Advertised by Smith & Irvine
An old ad lists outer casing 32x3s guaranteed at 19.15 and 30x31s casings at 17.85. Tubes priced at 3.40 and 4.80. The notice is for Smith & Irvine and references "The Man from Borneo" in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith & Irvine
Impeachment Proceedings Against Judge Cowan Progress
The New Rockford Transcript notes limited headway by the prosecution after reviewing 233 pages of the senate journal acting as high court of impeachment regarding Judge Cowan. The report reflects a cautious stance on the case's momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy County
Journal of the Senate
Cowan
New Rockford Transcript
Fergus Falls to Miles City Northen Pacific Line Push
Fergus Falls businessmen report assurance from the Northern Pacific that the Fergus Falls division will be completed to Miles City Montana in the coming summer. The main line has seen heavy upgrades including double tracking and block signals, with work continuing to reduce distance to the coast and enable heavier traffic.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Miles City
Mont
Linton
Edgeley
Cannonball
N. D
Mott
Fargo
Staples
Wadena
Vetoes North Dakota appropriation bill after unanimous passage
Governor Burke vetoed the increased appropriation bill reported by Farm Stock and Home. The veto cites an exhausted surplus limiting state work and funding. Supt Hoverstad’s institute program faced a $10,000 annual cost with under $5,000 available until the next legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
North Dakota
The Second Amendment serial by Hansbrough debut offer
Ex Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota writes a thrilling love story tied to national political scenes. The Evening Times will serialize the work from about April 15 offering a special $1.00 subscription through September 1 to readers in North Dakota.
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Hansbrough
North Dakota
Evening Times
Grand Forks
N. D
Gayton Gossip and Local Movements in April 1911
The column notes visits and illnesses among residents including Miss Mamie Chamley Mrs Quin Noyes Mrs J J Loney and Mrs Robert Mitchell. Elmer Jarvis and family visit Linton while John Watkinson travels to Hills Iowa after news of his sister’s death. The Boys Band to perform The Man from Borneo at the Opera House on April 19 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quin. Noyes
Chamley
Mr. Mickel
Hazelton
J. J. Loney
Robert Mitchell
George Jackson
Elmer Jarvis
Badger Ranch
Linton
Miss Corbin
J. W. Gilman
John Watkinson
Hills
Iowa
Borneo
Early 1910 North Dakota farm wealth and acreage rise report
Census Bureau releases preliminary North Dakota agricultural statistics from the Thirteenth Decennial Census. It shows 1910 versus 1900 changes in farm land value, buildings, machinery, labor costs, and acreage, with final figures pending due to incomplete farm returns. The Record notes 74 165 farms in 1910 and outlines key gains across land, buildings, implements, and labor. The notice also advertises legal blanks for real estate and chattel mortgages.
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Joe Glas
Veter Voser
Conrad Wingerter
Sors
Kuffato Pitts Company
County of Findons
North Dakota
Buffalo Pitts Company
C. G. Rosina
Washington, D.C
Durand
Census Bureau
United States
le Grand Powers
Division of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
Old Time Feast Diet According To 1675 Advice
Gervais Markham’s guidance from 1675 outlined a feast with sixteen meat dishes per course and up to thirty two dishes on a table, advising seasonality, balance between substance and show, and multiple courses to please guests. Harper's Weekly reports that the master should plan full dishes, balance fullness with display, and arrange second and third messes for frugality and delight.
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Perons
Gervais Markham
Harper’s Weekly
A Good Yawn Described As Body Rest Stimulus
The piece explains that yawning signals rest and stretches the body. It argues yawning stems from tiredness and encourages stretching while yawning to relax nerves and muscles. It advises a vigorous posture to induce a yawn even when one feels tired.
Spelling of God’s name Across Languages and Scripts
The passage lists how the four letter name of God appears across languages. It cites Latin Deus Greek Zeus Hebrew Aden Syrian Adad Arabic Asian Persian Syra Tartarian Idya Egyptian Aumn Zent East Indian Esgi Zen Japanese Zain Turkish Addi Scandinavian Odin Wallachian Zene Croatian Doga Dalmatian Rogt Tyr rhenian Wher Wtrurian Chur Margarian Oese Swedish Codd Trish Dich German Gott French Dieu Spanish Dios Peruvian Lian
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God
Deus
Zeus
Aden
Asia
Idya
Odin
Zene
Doga
Rogt
Dich
Gott
Dieu
Faith In The Doctor In A Murky Irish Tale
In Limerick a man orders a coffin for Pat O Connell after a doctor predicts he cannot live till morning. The undertaker questions the prognosis while the man insists the doctor’s remedy will end Pat’s life tonight, per a Le Fanu anecdote from Seventy Years of Irish Life.
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Limerick
Pat O'Connell
Pat
le Fanu
A Fatal Dose For Him
A Punch reprint recounts a father’s death after a mysterious dose given at night. The narrative voice describes the family’s distress as the father asks for water and the mother tries to comfort him. The doctor visits in the morning and the event is framed as a tragic household incident.
Oxygen Gas Discovery and Characteristics
Oxygen was first separated by Dr. Priestley in 1774 and by Scheele in 1775. It is essential for animal life and combustion, forms about one third of the solid earth and nine tenths of water, and once made liquid by Raoul Pichot in Geneva in 1877.
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Dr. Priestley
Scheele
Priestley
Bo Raoul Pichot
Geneva
The Time of His Life in a Klondike Dream Flourish
A Seattle tale from 1897 recounts a hastyKlondike windfall by a hackman named Jerry. He buys a regal turnout with horses and a chauffeur, feasts his family in a grand restaurant, and basks in public adulation before returning to ordinary work.
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Derry
Edward Hughes
Seattle
Portland
Seattle Harbor
Skagway
Hackman
Jerry
Piron Challenges Paris Magistrate Over Profession
In Paris, Piron explains to a police lieutenant that he is a poet. The magistrate scoffs, prompting Piron to reply that he has a brother who is a poet and another who is a fool, turning the exchange into a wry self mockery.
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Piron
Paris
Tam
Hair Dressing in Abyssinia and a Dead Heat Joke
The text describes Abyssinian hair combing where a woman detangles knots with a wooden comb and portions hair at the nape while the rest stays loose, a process repeated yearly. It also recounts a London Tit-Bits joke about a boy asking a watchman if a smoldering fire is a dead heat.
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Abyssinia
London
James and the Hare’s Wild Hamper Escape Tale
A boy named James sets out with a hare in a hamper to deliver it but the hare bolts away. He chases and laments the escape then exclaims he has the address on the hamper to find the animal. The tale blends humor and a misread clue in a light local tone.
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James
Rock City Caves of Tunis Describe Desert Dwellers
The piece describes desert cave dwellers in a Tunisian plateau with rock cities carved from caverns. It notes dwellers using pits and tunnels to create living chambers and storage, referencing a distant Chicago News report.
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Latgau
Rollins
Tunis
Aries
Chicago News
Voltaire era table manners contrasted with continental practices
Fragmentary notes compare 17th to 18th century dining customs across Europe, noting shifts from knives and spoons to forks. Moyson’s view is cited as dating developments to a later period, with general approaches to table etiquette evolving along with reigns and regions.
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Voltaire
Lavish Entertainments In Royal Palmy Days
A fragment describes lavish entertainments for a monarchy with Comte d Ari organizing weekly fêtes. It notes thresholfs of 900 work a night and Marshal 4 deceived Louis XV, with a scene of a yawn and a steward addressing the king.
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Comte d’Ari
Tle
Thresholf
Marshal
Louis XV
Stewart
The Gold In Sea Water Discovery
Fragmented text suggests a claim about gold content in seawater and its potential global distribution and value. The readable portions mention small amounts per volume and a weighing estimate, but no clear event, date, or source organization is identifiable. The fragment lacks coherent facts.
The Game of Drafts Origin and Early Mentions
The text notes an unknown origin for the art of drafts and a 1668 writ describing a game or device. It mentions access by some men of the era and traces of drafts found in earlier cultures, with references to sixteenth century recognition.
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Paul
Whimsical Exchange Highlights Family Parental Recall
Fragmentary dialog recalls a boy named Harry discussing resemblance to father and mother. He notes he is more like his mother and mentions whipping as a family memory. The passage captures a playful, old fashioned tone about parenting.
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Harry
Question of Precedence in Old London Mail Wording
Fragmentary OCR treats a debate on precedence among nobility with quoted irritation about responses. The readable text hints at a London newspaper tone, referencing Farini and a possible offer or claim, but most of the passage is garbled.
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Lintos Lodge
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H.N. Turner
C.C
H. E. Petrie
K. of BR
Linton, ND
A.M. Britts
DE OW. C. Wolverton
Linton, North Dakota
Vorlander's Pharmacy
Emmons County Abstract Company
L.A. Weatherby
Emmons County
American Surety Company of
New York
William Muench
the Home Bakery
Petrie’s
K. D. Mickel & Son
Omlo
Francis Jaszkowiak
Twelfth St
Bismarck
W J Bechtly
Theo, Brenner
Bechtle & Brenner
Ice
Kintyre
Emmons County Record
D. R. Streeter
Linkin Prest
Man From
Ht. P
Minneapolis Journal
Gayton Gossip
Mamie Chamley
Don
Danford
Scribendo
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the Doctor
Jerrys
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
James and the Hare
London Mail
Farini
Ghristiag
Tory
Wany
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