New Title O B Office Boy Climbing Corporate Ranks
A New Degree Took Time to Decide What O B Meant. The Electrical Review notes that titles grow in prominence in corporate dealings. A New York firm reports Richard Emerson known as Dick, with O B meaning office boy, a precocious junior circulating slips among offices.
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O. B
Charles W. Price
The
Electrical Review
New York
Sargent
Richard Emerson
New York Times
Northwestern Inventors Receive Last Week Patents
The Pioneer Press lists patents issued to Northwestern inventors including Thomas Arneson Garretson 8 D acutelene gas generator Alvin Butler Clifford N D horse collar Peter W Ekstrand Cokato Minn seed drill Timothy Hurley Butte Mont crusher Francis Inden St Paul Minn barrel filler Andrew Lifquist Wadena Minn cream cooler and aerator Harvey Smith Missoula Mont fire escape Te Johnson patent ee 2 and 912.
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Northwestern
Thomas Arneson
Garretson
Alvin Butler
Clifford
N. D
Peter W. Ekstrand
Cokato
Minn
Timothy Hurley
Butte
Mont
Francis Inden
St. Paul
Andrew Lifquist
Wadena
Harvey Smith
Missoula
Te Johnson
Pioneer Press
Bidg
Changes at the boarding house breakfast routine
Leavitt asks about life at the boarding house and bacon and eggs. Stayer notes occasional change with some mornings only bacon, reflecting a shift in meals at the establishment.
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Leavitt
Stayer
Philadelphia Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised to Cure All Stages
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh and urges constitutional treatment. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for a case it fails to cure and promote testimonials, with sale through druggists at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Tempter on the wall prompts dose of quinine
A Chicago News item quotes a nurse explaining the doctor warned that rising temperature would trigger another quinine dose. The exchange underscores concerns over patient care and medical limits.
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Chicago News
Stolen Horses and Goods Notice from Wheatland ND
Saturday night July 25 a gray horse with light mane branded Q-bar on right shoulder a dark sorrel with Q-bar on right shoulder white stripe in face a gray horse fresh cut on right shoulder a brown mare five years old with white star in face average weight 1400 lbs all in good condition plus a new buggy with red running gear aide springs two sets work harness. Two hundred dollars reward for arrest of parties and return of property. B H and W Harrold Wheatland North Dakota or contact Sheriff T Twitchell Fargo North Dakota
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B. H
W. Harrold
Wheatland
N. D
T. Twitchell
Fargo
Cabbage Requested In Short Market Exchange
A humorous exchange reveals Cheapley in a brown study as Sububs reminds him to stop at the market. Cheapley offers a cigar, and Subbubs helps jog the memory that the wife wanted cabbage.
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Cheapley
Breraays elect pr Kine s greet nose eee p
Puzzle text mixed with quotes and ad like items. A Toledo Blade note mentions a mock race question about two horses and eight miles. A Fargo specialist ad lists eye ear nose and throat services. A stage joke about Thomas Francis Meagher and a child asking father questions is included.
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Ad
An old advertisement proclaims Bromo Quinine Tablets stop coughs and cure colds priced at 25a. The copy quips about men dreading visits from their mother-in-law until the baby’s whooping cough ends. A man keeps memory in his pocket when few possessions remain.
Land sale plan promises cows to buyers to pay off land
An explicit sales pitch offers to finance land purchases by delivering dairy cattle to buyers. For 100 acres, ten cows are supplied with calves. milked cream remits cover the note, accelerating payoff. Half-section buyers receive twenty cows, with down payments of 2 to 3 dollars per acre. Whitney & Wheelock advertise from Mertes Bleck, swiwa koal, Ni.
North Dakota News Roundup From Railroads to Flood Relief
North Dakota items report Bottineau landmarks burned and Sawyer debates extermination. Ramsey county flax prospects, Bottineau horsemen invest in fast horses, and a Minot arrival driven to insanity. Hankinson raiding wolf dens, Enderlin a hobos stop, and Jamis court notes. Metigoshe grows as summer resort, Renville hosts August picnic, and Linton beer thefts. Judge Palda and Williston juries. Spiritwood Lake busy. Richburg fights fever risk. Glenburn prospers. Coal near Ryder and Oregon timber claims draw North Dakotans west. Portland floods, Minnesota drivers, and road fencing spark disputes in McIntosh. Chautauqua funds rise. Chautauqua Pearl Reed born. Northern Pacific wiring progress. typhoid recovery. Judge Wallin returns to practice. Bid for grain prices and Chinese immigration officials. Daily NP train service to Emmons contemplates. Deep River board resignations over carelessness. Kansas flood donors praised. Local bandits comment on mosquito killing bands.
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Ramsey County
Balfour
Mc Henry
Bottineau
Wilson
Minot
Hankinson
Enderlin
Fisk
Jamis
Glaspell
Metigoshe
Renville
Linton
Palda
Williston
Spiritwood Lake
Richburg
Wahpeton
Ward County
Glenburn
Bismarck
Goodrich
N. Nickish
Northern Pacific
Jamestown
Farzo
Windell
North Dakota
J. C. Hoff
B. Byford
Portal
Liton
WeKenzie
Uo Emmons
Deep River
Molyneux
McHary County
Botesmont
Grand Forks
Kansas
Wallin
Stm
Hoon
State Supreme Court
New Orsey
Nursery Of The Streets And The City’s Night
A vivid portrayal of East Side streets as the only play space for children, lacking parks or indoor venues. A lone four year old girl circles a barber’s pole on Monroe Street at 2 am singing Ring Around a Rosey, illustrating streetlife loneliness and the foreign quarter's late hours.
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East Side
Central Park
Gamin
Monroe Street
Foreign Quarter
Everybody's Magazine
Adversity Through Childs Mud Pie Tale
A brief example from Everybody's Magazine shows a bright East Side child making two dirt figures labeled man and woman and saying he could not mold them larger because times are hard. The anecdote captures early familiarity with hardship through a simple clay sculpture.
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East
Everybody's Magazine
Striking Cure Attributed To Dodd's Kidney Pills
In Friarpoint Mississippi a boy sick with spinal cord illness improved after two months of unsuccessful treatment. The father bought eight boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports complete cure with no further trouble. He urges others to try the remedy.
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Friarpoint
Miss
G. L. Butler
Dodd
Invasion of Canada and Yankee Drift Across the Border
An National Magazine article argues Yankee influence and migration push into Canada as a looming continental future. It cites 1902 and 1903 migration figures with 40,000 farmers moving north and 825,000 acres claimed by Americans, signaling a shift in demographic and political dynamics.
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Grant
Canada
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Arctic
Border States
British Empire
National Magazine
Woman credits Postum over coffee for curing health ills
A woman details two weeks without solid food due to coffee caused gas pressure and chest pain. She quit coffee, switched to Postum, and reports improved health, better digestion, no palpitations, and resolution of headaches without medicines. The notice cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and a mail extension offer for a cooks contest prize.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Coun
Paxtine
Dra Coor
Eek B. Farton Co. Yeeetons
Columbas
Soil survey map for North Dakota by Washington department
A soil survey is under way in North Dakota with Thomas A. Caine of the Department of Agriculture in Washington and two assistants, aided by Fargo Agricultural College. They map soil types between Eldridge and Valley City and between Buffalo and Fargo, planning a free Washington publication for farmers. The work links with state stations to correlate soils across states, aiding crop adaptation and future experiments.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
North Dakota
Thomas A. Caine
Fargo Agricultural College
Eldridge
Valley City
Buffalo
Fargo
Caine
Department
Union
P. St
P I
United States
Jamestown
Fargo- Buffalo
Eldridge Valley
Red River Valley
James River
Afton Line
Janesville
Wis
Minnesota
South Dakota
Harvest Hands Need 15000 Workers North Dakota Minnesota
Northern Pacific reports from territory offices show harvest fields in northern Minnesota and North Dakota will need about 15 000 men. August to autumn work at 2 to 3 dollars per day, with 1 50 to 3 dollar minimums in some stations. Grand Forks leads North Dakota demand with 3000 workers and many stations offer 2 50 to 3 a day. The Great Northern route expects about 8000 harvest hands along its line with starts from August 1 to 10. The Twin Cities to harvest routes also plan reduced rates for crews of five, beginning late July through August.
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North Dakota
Minnesota
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Rhodesl
Carrington
D. C
Grafton
Grand Forks
Twin Cities
North Dakota Crops Report Shows Mixed Harvest Prospects
The past week brought dry spells with scattered showers and hot days. Wheat ripening fast but generally weaker, oats rusting, barley harvested, rye mostly in, flax backward, corn stressed by heat and drought, haying underway, linseed yields expected to be light and scarce forage for winter.
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Red River Valley
S'lax
Severe hail destroys six hundred acres near Neche
A northwest hailstorm last week laid waste to about six hundred acres of prime crop near Neche, eroding a half mile wide strip. Reports indicate damage also in Northfield area but total losses elsewhere along the Walhalla branch and the Great Northern route are not expected to be large.
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Neche
Hall
Northfield
Edmore
Great Northern
Walhalla
Larimore
Reform at Minot Drives Out Gamblers in Ward County
Mayor Roach of Minot ordered gamblers tin horns blind piggers and hangers on to leave the city by 10 o clock Monday or face arrest. A stampede ensued and about thirty six transported out of town. authorities push new rules to rid Minot of the gang for good.
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Ward
Roach
Minot
Man Slaughter Charged After Week-Long Hearing
Wesley Styles, cashier of the First State Bank of Maddock, bound over to district court in $5,000 on a first degree man slaughter charge. Victim Peter J. Sleseth died in Maddock on July 5 from a kick to the abdomen in a street fight days earlier.
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Morstrand
Minnewaukan
Wesley Styles
First State Bank of
Maddock
District Court
Peter J. Sleseth
Styles
Devastating Cyclone Obliterates Three Villages
A terrible cyclone swept the Tchernigof district in July, destroying three villages in minutes. Churches and houses were lifted bodily and carried far. the loss of life was reported as great.
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St. Petersburg
Tchernigof
Four More Victims Recovered At Hanna Mine
In Hanna Wyoming on July 30 the bodies of four more men were removed from the Union Pacific mine. About sixty bodies have now been recovered giving the latest toll in the disaster.
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Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific
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