Williamsport School to Plant 200 Trees Next Saturday
NOTICE 18 Hereby given that Williamsport School Township will plant 200 trees next Saturday at 1 pm. One hundred trees will surround the Williamsport school and another hundred at the Kalberer neighborhood house. Citizens are invited to attend the planting at the Williamsport schoolhouse. The notice mentions other unrelated items from the era.
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Williamsport
Kalberer
OTICE
Logan Poweenle
Section 21
Township 135
Range 75
Dakota
Emmona County
Pierce
Regional Newspapers Welcome New Titles and Notes from Dakota
The McIatost County Herald announces regular mail delivery to Hoskins, while the Optic of Keystone seeks readers with its sharp typography. Dakota Index in Forest City debuts with local news, and Sioux Falls Leader under new management emphasizes farming prosperity over politics. A charity play by the Bunch of Keys highlights Maggie Garrett’s absence and a planned Philadelphia medical visit. Frank Frisby’s recent Tribune pieces amuse readers.
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Optic
Keystone
Dickey County
Rowe & Gordon
Emmaus
Dakota Index
Forest City
Potter County
Ziebach
Hope Pioneer
North Dakota
Pioneer
Brother Simpson
Simpson
Daily News Company
Chicago
Sioux Falls
Dakota
John Doe
Richard Roe
Minnehaha County
Maggie Garrette
Bismarck
Philadelphia
Pereling
Garrette
Winchester Correspondence Reports New Settlers and Cattle Movements
Correspondents from Winchester Beaver Creek Livona and Anovil note arrivals of new settlers. John Barty and Benj Losey relocate while Potter Bros and Wescott bring cattle to local areas. Descriptions include holdings near Sand Creek and prompts about daily river travel, prairie fires, and new buildings. A letter from E O Packer discusses wintering poultry with straw roof and planned improvements.
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Wescott
Sand Creek
Winona
Minn
Benj. Losey
New York
Winchester
Weather and farming hardships in Elxton Ohio April 11 1885
Attorney Armstrong quotes his father detailing heavy snowfall four inches and ongoing cold weather in Elxton Ohio. Ground frost persists, farms idle, fences unrepaired, wheat frozen and feed scarce, highlighting struggles of small farmers and contrasts with North Dakota’s early spring and thriving fields.
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Armstrong
Elxton
Ohio
A. AnMsTnona
Columbiana County
North Dakota
Dakota
Profitable Chickens Williamsport Poultry Winter Laying Tips
A reader from Williamsport offers a concise guide to wintering poultry. He notes using hens from last year's early hatch for reliable winter laying and describes constructing a coop by digging two feet down and sod-building up eight feet above to shelter and protect the birds.
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Willliamsport
D. T
the Recoup
Oats for sale and local seed offerings
Old timey classified notes advertise oats and seed millet and Hungarian at 1.50 per bushel, with seed corn offered. Also promotion for Brices and SHELLY granary near Williamsport, four miles southwest. The Reading Circle reports a well attended meeting in Williamsport with discussion on Gettysburg and a bubble science prize. A letter from Bates’s County Line House details emigrant land claims in 186-75, naming several residents relocating from Redwing and LaCrosse.
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Briggs & Shelly
Williamsport
Bismarck
John Kurtz
Brices & Shelly
J. L. Boutillier
Gettysburg
Wood
Lucy Streeter
Ella Yeater
Well-Grounded Protest Pushes for Mail Increase on Bismarck Ellendale
A note from McIntosh County Herald urges revived petitions to raise mail service from weekly to thrice weekly along the Bismarck Ellendale route. The Reporp backs the push, while Arbor Day advocates plantings to beautify homes and improve communities. County Superintendent Worst issues school fund divisions. Glanavon Township treasurer post remains vacant after Barney Langan’s death.
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McIntosh County
Bismarck and
Ellendale
Roop
Williamsport
Buchanan
Bismarck-Ellendale
In Town and Out Sends Frisbys Trades and News
Rainy bulletin from Bismarck notes Frank Frisby druggist sells Pills and paints and discusses local commerce. Livestock, coal strikes, hotel sale to Benedictine Sisters, new settlers from Pennsylvania, and an influx of lumber and dry goods. Also mentions Russian Mennonite immigration, wall paper store Parker and Parkes, and weather impacts on crops and trade.
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Frisby
John Perry
Bismarck
Frank Frisby
H. R. Mead & Co
C. T
Parker & Parkes
Fineal
D. T
Good Neighbors and Local Notices From Mandan Pioneer
Good neighbors assist Brindle on his return to Ohio with eight of ten wagon loads. Frisby cures corns for 25 cents. Mandan Pioneer urges flax farming, reporting South Dakota yields over 600000 bushels at 1.30 to 1.40 per bushel. Sowing from mid-April to June 10, harvest with barley. Temperance meeting planned for Sunday April 26 at 8 pm. Railroad prospects in North and South Dakota look favorable. Sunflower stalks can heat a stove for six months, seeds feed fowl to cover cultivation costs. Some text about Emmons county division appears incomplete.
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Herrick
Otto Fischer
Bismarck
Franz Falz Brewing Co
Emmons County
Jacob Kalberer
Croup
Pennsylvania
Dakota Index
Pilcher and
Ogle
Edick
Edick Bros
Long Lake
Perry
Perry Bros
Chicago
Broad Street
Kelly
Seigneuret
Ed Taylor
Burleigh County
Messrs
A. 8
Shelly
Briggs & Shelly
Williamsport
Ohio
Buckeye
Ashland
E. Brindle
Mandan
South Dakota
Frisby
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WM. M. Pye, JR
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Dak
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William Mittlestedter
Lamborn
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Franz Falk Brewing Company
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