Winter Notes and Local Happenings in Pioneer Days
From the December 16 1887 Pioneer Days column a mosaic of small town items. Topics include Christmas and New Year on Saturday, a proposed winter term at Schoolhouse No 1, land and mining activity at Brindie coal mine, beaver hunting laws, village socials and dances at Williamsport, weather reports, horse care quips, and scattered correspondence from Ohio to Dakota Territory. Names appear for residents and visitors such as Robert Dickson A. H. Yeater J. Perry M. Appert D. L. Chapman L. Korner and others.
The Mystic Orient and the East West Contrast
A Boston Transcript piece reflects on Constantinople and the Bosporus in May. It contrasts Eastern repose with Western bustle, arguing the East fosters calm, health, and resignation while the West breeds restless nerves and action. The author praises a Turkish spring and the idea of the East as a potential great sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Constantinople
Bosporus
Boston Transcript
Muscular Monarchs and Mighty Feats of Ancient Strength
A fragment from the New York Press recounts legendary strongmen and feats. Peter the Great and Alexander the Great are cited for extraordinary strength, lifting anvils and bursting doors. The tale also mentions Cymburga of Poland famed for cracking nuts with her fingers and hammering nails with her feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amees
George Destrict
Dania
George
Charlee Mace
Nesia
Peter
Alexander
Tian Samson
Poland
New York Press
TEMVIK North Dakota Basket Social At School House
In Temvik North Dakota a basket social at the school house Friday night drew a good crowd and yielded a neat sum. Noting personal events, Orwald Naumann left for Bismarck to aid his brother Emil while Mrs. Naumann followed later. Faith Stedman fell ill requiring Dr. Fuller and is recovering. Several residents attended funerals in Wisconsin for relatives, including the Gibbon family. A new depot agent arrived to fanfare, and Emil Naumann, the local butcher, was injured in a horse kick and underwent an operation in Bismarck. School notes report the socialism debate postponed due to debaters’ absence and a small basket social profit of 5.20, with a forthcoming literary program slated for December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orwald Naumann
Bismarck
Emil
Mrs. Naumann
Faith Stedman
Fuller
Lincorn
Emil Naumann
Auto
Tim Vick
Debate on American Claims Versus Native Rights Noted
A list records an affirmative claim by Mr. Dodd and Mr. Burlingame that whites hold a greater claim to America than the Indian, with Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Elex ett opposing. Absences are listed for multiple students including Georgie Schatz Thursday and Jacob Weber Monday and Tuesday, plus others with partial days noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Dodd
Burlingame
Calhoun
Elexett
Georgie Schatz
Jacob Weber
Caroline Chibauser
Ernest and Erwin Koeh
Jennie Rudd
John Heer
Lords Mansfield and the four black horses tale
The article recalls Lord Mansfield, famed lord chief justice of England, who demanded four black horses without white hairs for his carriage. Four matched horses were bought, but each developed white markings, leading to a dispute over misrepresentation. The dealer insisted the bill stated four black horses, and Mansfield’s prejudice toward dealers lingered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Mansfeld
England
Owever
Lord Mansfield
Ancient Plane Tree on Cos Said to Be Over Two Millennia Old
An immense plane tree on Cos in the Aegean, aged above 2000 years, measures nearly eighteen yards in circumference. Its lower branches are propped by antique columns, forming a cap-like growth. A marble seat beneath the tree is believed to be Hippocrates’s chair, from which he taught healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cos
Aegean Sea
Hippocrates
Pollock Progress Notes and Local Events
Pollock reports Dee 61 Gerrit Biesheavel will run west-side livery alone. E. E. Lord, manager of a recent Pollock medicine show, was found dead in Ashley, likely by his own hand. Missouri River remains unfrozen. November crossings remembered. Mark Brindle returns from Wahpeton with bride Edna Nelson. Hazelton community extends congratulations as they plan spring move to Markley farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Lord
Pollock
Ashley
Wahpeton
Brindle
Edna Nelson
Ezra Stiles
N.D
S. E. Brindle
Markley Farm
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Robert Dickson
A. H. Yeater
Bertha Packer
E. T. Herrick
D. H. Yeater
Mounds
Ohio
W. L. Yeater
Walker
Worst
Auburn, In
Edna F. Corner
New Hampshire
John Perry
Martin Appert
Brindie
Jack
Beaver
Robert Huchnan
Mr Connor
Tommy Sanders
Net
Tharnes Armstrong
Conner
Charles E. Conver
Conver
Biernarcy
Charlie
M Bey
Herdi Ng
Ira Young
Ira
Billy Baxter
Fred Cotton
Dekots
Ereke
Beck
Tom Kelly
Ted Billy
Bionery
Rapid
Frank Hart
Frank
Dakota Territory
L.H Lily
Robert
Eugene Waldrof
Eugene
L. Hi
Powers
Williamsport
Selegations
Dantury
Cherry Grove
Frank Smith
Charlie Kilborn
Onio
W. Ho
H.W
Allen
Ohnio
Emmoensburg
Suromer
Carmicheal
Gatyon
Sohee-Boone
Wade
A. M
Piermarck
L. Chapman Hae
Lot
D. L
C. C. Chapman
L. Korner
G. A
Carp Koker
Wood
Frassx Ser
Glencoe
Tena
J .B. Brock
Sanford, Conn
Charley Graham
Histarch
Hilly Baxter
Mr. Bentley
States
Winchester
Joseph Fuller
Richard Herholz
C. H. Bumetead
L. F. Burge
Wm. Mittlesteder
Willismeport
Clumaete
Jecob Halberer
Jake
Croup
Plesei
Ln Smith & Irvine
Windows
Mereger Turter
Ewey
the Mystic Orient
Far East
Turkuh
Bie
Temvik, North Dakota
Temvik
J.B. Davis
Owen E.and
John P. Jones
Milwaukee
Rewey, Wis
Mr. Gibbon
Ben Gibbon
Rewer
Wis
Ben
Tempelton State
Tempelton State Bank
Emmons County
Farmers’ Friend Milling Co
North Dakota
THE
Cash Store
BE. M. Larvice
R. C. Burlingame
Nordak
P. J. Wittmayer
Dee
Gerrit Biesheavel
Will van der Vorste
Missouri River
W. W. Wilcox
Linton
Mr. Wilcox
Andrew Marsh
Vanderbilt
Mr. Marsh
Chas Pulling
Shields
N. C
Miss May Stout
John Tuntland
Glanavon
Minnie Nanden
McDonald
Dale School
Annie Huse
Winona
Roy Payne
Barbara Brenan
Frank Salmonson
Lindor
Thor Naaden
Anton Naaden
Mark Brindle
Hazel
James Nelson
Mantin Onihouse
Temvik, Nor
Jos. Eberle
Prop
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