Travels and Intrigue Across Cromwell’s England
Armstrong and Frances flee through towns with Cromwell’s pass, dodging Parliamentarian troopers. He fears capture near Northampton while planning a bold Oxford crossing, while Hezekiah Benton’s paper proves a key but fragile safeguard as a dangerous pursuit closes in.
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Frances
Armstrong
Od John
Oriel
Cromwell
Mr. Armstrong
Oxford
Carlisle
Hezekiah Benton
Newark
Mr. Benton
James
Hezekiah
London
Benton
Corbiton Manor
Durham
Northumberland
Stamford
Northampton
Manchester
York
Grantham
Sphinx
Corbiton
Roland
John
Nell
North Dakota Corn Prize Offered for 1905 Yield
W O Gilbreath announces a 1905 North Dakota contest with prizes of 15.00 for first, 12.00 for second, and 10.00 for third best bushel of corn grown in North Dakota and delivered in Bismarck by December 31, 1905. Each entry must include name of corn, location, planter, planting date, harvest date, and yield per acre.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
W. O. Gilbreath
Counpaninnes of Agriculture
Bismarck, N. D
Illiteracy Decline Reported for Native White Youth
The census bulletin shows North Dakota native white children aged ten to fourteen reading and writing at 7.6 per thousand in 1900, down from 28.2 in 1890, with nationwide declines and North Dakota’s rate among the higher in the country. The reduction is praised as a tribute to the state’s educational system.
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Alty
Armstrong
Census Bureau
North Dakota
Maine
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
New Mexico
Union
Bismarck Tribune
Ingenious Iowa milker invention claims modern dairy breakthrough
An Iowa man proposes a sensational milking system driven by a cow’s cud chewing. A three inch eccentric pumps milk via an air suction nipple, with a patent for a rump-mounted electric motor and tail dynamo. A phonograph, a churn, and hair-separating devices complete the outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State News Roundup Mixed on Polar Weather and Politics
Reports from Jamestown Minot Bottineau and Fargo Forum cover a blizzard statewide, a former US senator eyeing North Dakota politics, and a large Minot land office volume. Other items note a Moorehead incident, death of Henry G Patterson, hospital site woes, and strife over a northern Lutheran hospital location. Volunteers, recruiting efforts, coal concerns, and local editorials round out the digest.
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Bottineau
City Delert
Valley City
Jay Bazar
Fargo Forum
Stockwell
Frances
Grafton
Irysh
Wheatland
Congressman Granna
Washington
Nelson County
Henry G. Patterson
Hoople
E. S. Bennett
Bennett
Rugby
Buttineau
Church
Twin City
Washburn Mining Company
Minot Land Office
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Robert Barr
Jennie Baxter
Margaret
Scotland
Crown Inn
Omemee
United States
John Flute
Fred Rice
Nelson Ledoux
Willow City
Lars Siverton
Turtle Mountains
Bernt Anseth
Souris
L. W. Brophy
Nordak
Neil McDonald
Hannah
Jamestown
Minot
Langdon
Walsh
Philippines
Wells & Dickey
Ladd
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago
THE
Phoenix Lumber Co
Ghris
Wolfer
Linton Construction Company
Linton
E. D. Wescott
Linton Dray
Pacel & Broman
Barbersh
Stage
Hazelton
Eacd
Soo
Wm. Carmichael
Prop'r
Braddock
Ceeens Strasburg
Westfield
Hull
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J.P, Snyder
Haz’ An
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