Glencoe Correspondence and Harvest Notes Update
Glencoe notes report rain blessings and harvest signals. Ida Buckley injured after a horse fall. Wheat yields mentioned. spring water struck at a factory. Several locals travel to harvest fields near Fargo. railroad work in Eastern Dakota. Union Congregational Church planned at Winchester September 12. Weather and crop reports include chokecherries, wild plums, ducks, prairie chickens, and hail effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casselman
Jerry Cole
Eastern
Dakota
Long Lake Creek
G. Tiananr
David Wirt
Simmons
Fargo
Union Congregational Church
Winchester
David Tough
Burleigh County
Cummins and
Horan
Casselton
Teachers’ Institute
Winona
Congress
Joseph Fish
Lismarck
Slax
Catholic Intolerance Discussed In Late British Election
In the late British election Catholic intolerance shaped sentiment and helped defeat home rule. The Irish as a people endured oppression and indignities, while Protestant Ulster was feared to lose power under Irish rule. The Spalding Free Press notes Protestants held many offices in Dublin and Cork, indicating complex religious influence in governance.
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Great Britain
England
Ulster
Ireland
Spalding Free Press
Lincolnshire
Wm. Shaw
Cork
Dewden
John Gordon
John Arnett
Dublin
B. Lee Guinness
Kinahan
Boyse
Atkinson
Lambert
Vereker
John Barrington
M. W. Layne Joynt
Treasury Solicitor
Limerick
Purdon
Dardin
Brooks
George Owens
Alderman Mpyere
Charles Dawson
Protestants Hold Most Lucrative Official Posts in Ireland
In Cork and Dublin records show Protestant officials receive the bulk of salaries in Catholic or mixed corporations. The Cork town clerk and several city offices along with Dublin’s chief positions are held by Protestants, despite Catholic majorities. The piece argues the arrangement reflects tolerance and political reality, noting substantial funding for Protestant offices and suggesting future parity might follow diminished English-Ireland tensions.
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Ireland
Cork
Dublin
England
Grand Perks Phiindesler
Williamsport Tops Emmons County Township Valuations
Williamsport township leads with $109,961 in assessed value, more than any other township in Emmons County. Nestus Cherry Grove and Logan follow with about $46,100 and $46,635 respectively. The northern half totals $256,040 while the southern half sums to $106,157 with Winona and Winchester the top southern district values.
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Emmons County
Name
Newel
Versonal
I Buronle
Perce
Gayton
Winonit
Glanavon
Winchester
Williamsport
Cherry Grove
Logan
Williamsport Township
Nestus Cherry Grove
Winona
Peculiar Thanksgiving Turkey Keeps Fowl World Guessing
A local note reports Mrs J. S. Worst possesses an unusually persistent turkey that has been nesting and setting eggs despite efforts to stop it. The bird, male by the account, defies culling and now faces fattening for the oven.
Dakota Leads Local Outlook Amid Drought and Low Prices
The LaMoure Progress notes broad gloom in national and international markets with overproduction and stagnation. It urges continuing forward with thrift, debt reduction, and resilience as a response to hard times in a world of plenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
America
LaMoure
Proposal for Territory wide gopher bounty tax
A level headed exchange advocates a general Territory action to end the powder pest gophers. It argues annual damage runs into tens of thousands of dollars and proposes a county tax to fund a bounty, ensuring only counties with gophers pay.
Severe drought hits local rasberries and vegetation
A Peoria correspondent notes very severe drought in the area. Raspberry growth is dying and tree leaves have fallen as if frost occurred. Bluegrass is brown and hot winds exacerbate the stressed vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Frairie
Read of Bismarck-Williamsport wrap for owner claim
Notice invites owner to claim a lady's plush wrap by reporting to the office with proof of ownership and paying the advertisement cost. Samples of new spring wallpaper styles are available by writing to R. L. Durant & Co. in Bismarck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Durant & Co
Bismarck
Town notes on weather travel and local business
Local items report a mix of news from Frisby and Bismarck including social visits by Miss Jennie Smalley and Miss Sarah Thornton, a weather shift with showers and cooler days, and a range of notes on cattle ponies trains and road work. The rail and road projects near Ordway and Roscoe are advancing with graders, timbers, and potential lines toward Bismarck.
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A. Williamsport Jandy
Herrick
Winova
W. L. Gardner
Wm. McCror
Tribune
Don Stevenson
Stevenson
Aberdeen News
Westport
Ordway, Bismarck & Northwestern Railroad
Aberdeen
Bismarck
Leola
McPherson County
Tsibune
Bly
Joscoe Magnet
Milwaukee
Jennie Smalley
D. R. Streeter
Nashes
Beaver Creek
Professor Keim's Fatal Fall Near River Crossing
The professor, a respected and enterprising farmer, faced a deadly mishap when his horse team and oxen dangled over a bank after the Devil's Gulch bridge washed away. The right hind ox slipped and fell fifteen to twenty feet, dragging the wagon and animals to their deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Keim
Devil's Gulch
Era
Fallowing Seen as Future Farming Method
The Weepe Pioneer notes a new land practice in the neighborhood, predicting commercial fallowing will become common. It promises two crops, saves seed, and provides work for teams between planting and harvest, with yields doubling compared with traditional methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwepe
Man’s Pasture Defies Surveyors as Pony Offends
A party of surveyors ran a line south of Bristol Ohio and placed red flags in a farmer’s pasture. The owner ordered them off, but they stayed. His pony attacked the group, chasing them from the field and ending the intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Oak
Deep Plowing Advised For Future Wheat Yields
The Grand Forks Herald urges farmers to adopt deep drilling and liberal seeding practices now. It notes drought resilience where wheat was deeply drilled and well harrowed into summer fallowing, advising year by year adoption as the safest course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks Herald
Comparative Wages For Farm Heads In Northwest Region
The St Paul Farmer presents a table of average farm head wages in the Northwest. North Dakota shows 21.49 dollars plus board, South Dakota 20.25, Northern Minnesota 20.65, Southern Minnesota 17.41, Worthern Town 18.67, and Nebraska 19.47 dollars.
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St. Paul
Northwest
North Dakota
Board
South Dakota
Minnesota
Worthern
Nebraska
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Gull River Lumber Co Co
S. Weaver
Edwards & Bradford
Jefferson & Kasson
Bismarck, Dak
Fourth Street
City Hall
Ladyour Clothing Department
ST Paul
Hanauer & C
Proprietors
J. W. Rayaonxp
Preet
Dustrus Braces
Vice Wrest
W. GB. Bes
Cashier
THE
Bismarck National Bark
Univ. P. Frasneny
Jusees Braue
J. Wawiring
Ales. McKexarti
J. W. Rayoonv
le Sans
Cattle Brands
W.C. BapuEn
Badger & Lilly
Ben
Horsehead Creek
Livonn, Dak
Dak
E. A. Lier
F.e.stone& CO
Dan Eisenberg
Hamburgs
Wil. M. Pye, Jr.’S
Banner House
T. W. Russell
Bismarck, D. T
James Holland
Main Street
Ral
Pacific Hotel
Fourth St
Louis Peterson
Donald Stevenson
Glenese
William V. Wade
Lak
Bismarck National Bask
Jas
W. Ravuonn
Esq
Ginnent Pirexer
Gro
I. Flanneny
Esc
J. G. Rapelie
Real Estate and Loans
Union Block
J. A. Armstrong
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Wilk Hasport
Werrick
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J. Edgerly
Central
Dmk
Kendrick
Dakots
Biemaret
VV. Barnes
First National
Hismaret Jforn
A. Stovelt
Land
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Bloc
FF. Yoke
Pua
Port & Fort
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Ors
TCI Ngnors
Hogit
Union
Joan C. Hollembark
W. B. Widout
Hollembark & Wright
First National Bank
D.T
Hunt
Arporse
Bisgard, Dak
Ljarvey Harris
Becker
Warrnate Wanted
County. News
Glencoe
Risvenp
Wil Robinson
Hugh Campbell
New York
Misa Ida Buckley
Charlie Kilbern
Armstrong
L. T. Buckley
Steele
Arcou
Dhewss
Mr. P. Bakker
Betland Settlement
Frisky
Isismiarck
Dr. Pettit
Frisby
Sarah Thornton
Annie M. Scott
Brock
Post Office Department
Prass
David Yeater
David
Wash Hawkes
Mrs. Hawkes
Thomas Bottomley
J. B. Taylor
Eva Campbell
Attorney Wright
Jerome Brock
Jacob Kalberer
Oregon
Vietre Free Prese
Pilcher Vs. Cotton
Squire Campbell
Squire Weller
Tsane Isaacson
Biswarck
Fannie Crawford
Emmons
Burleigh
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