State notes on politics, railroads, and local events
Ryder girls form a Himless Club and Anamoose men seek wives in the east. Hay markets thrive as farmers ship grain slowly due to mild winter. Grand Forks sees barefoot children and flood of public notices. Wahpeton bird nest found. Forman reports a diaphanous small pox case gaining weight under quarantine. Burleigh horses culled for glanders. Bowbells coal mine operates. Railway traffic weak due to low grain and scarce lumber. Hazelton real estate sales show steady interest. Local politicians push initiatives and grain inspection efforts remain central. Jamestown reports NP business at a low, with crews on vacation in mild weather.
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Pacific Coast
Braddock Brevities Tie In Local Travel and Court Affairs
Hazelton visitor Jan W. Wright returns from Dawson with two horses for his livery. Braddock grows busy for its size as traveling salesmen note its activity. J M Wirth lists a butcher business with premises for sale at a bargain. Postal routes planned for April 1 with a $70 monthly pay, mail leaving Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays at 7 30 am. Bank of Lehr DeLaney Fredreksen cattle case settled in district court with costs and damages awarded. a sale of stock under execution advertised in another column.
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Braddock
Emmons County
Bank of Lehr - DeLaney - Fredreksen
Bismarck
Jones
Shepard
Attorney Register of
Bank
Clyde
Ashley
de. Laney
Murphy
Napoleon
Winchester
Bank of Lehr
Frederickson
Quack and the Era of Gargantuan Oratory in Law and Society
A collage of historical notes traces the word quack from its sixteenth century roots to its 18th century revival in Carlyle’s vocabulary and a Tower Hill mountebank speech. It also recalls the old gag of gig as a symbol of respectable pretension and links to medical hoaxes, tetanus myths, and Puritan preaching clocktalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Clarke
Henley
Tower Hill
Prester John
Hieros
Morocco
Carme
Carlyle
John O'Londen
London
Tatler
Hazelton Happenings Mixed Local News and Notes
Hazelton residents report visits from families of John Baker and S E Kurtz planning Delmont South Dakota and Cleveland Ohio trips. Hazel Roop starts a lamp fire at home. Kalberer farm rental arranged for April 1. Peter Klapprich from Cottonwood Idaho sends warm winter greetings. N P branch timing rumors persist, sparking complaints about late arrivals.
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the Leader Department Store
I. Mendelowitz
Linton Hardware Store
New Linton State Bank
Daffinrud
Linton, North Dakota
Hackney Land Company
Hackney Lands
Martin & Sims
State Bank
Smith & Irvine
Linton
North Dakota
Ryder
Grand Forks
Hansbrough
Marshall
Oakes
Wahpeton
Forman
Burleigh County
Bowbells
Forum
Blaisdell
Marmarth
Billings County
Dead Man’s Gulch
HH. Briggle
Hazelton
Jacob Brunmeier
A. Goehring
Brunmeier
Goehring
Ueland
McCumber
Alex McKenzie
Manning
Dickinson
Dickinson Press
Ed Long
Surrey
Ward County
Minot
Republican Party
New Rockford
Colonel Little
U. S. Senate
McLean County
Grano
Arlington Hotel
George W. Fryatt
Devils Lake
Julia Judd
Isle of Pines
Mr. Fryatt
Jamestown
Northern Pacific
Jan. W
F. Wright
Dawson
J. M. Wirth
Joe
Phe Nex
Arizona
Willian Vanna Thomson
Everybody's Magazine
Roger L'Estrange
the Republican
Wim. Baker
Mencken
Delia
Glen
John Baker
Miss Over
Anna Geil
Hazelton School
S. E. Kurtz
Delmont
S. D
J. B. Baker
S. E
Cleveland
Ohio
Peter Klapprich
Cottonwood
Idaho
Hazel Roop
Joe Smith
T. E. Shepard
Little Son
Grandpa
Grandma Kalberer
Kalberer
Town
N. P
Dakota Lumber CO
Vorlander
Pres
KB. B. Martin
A.W. Sims
Linton State Bank
Linton, N. D
Apert
Linton Bakery
Stocxx
Hague
Joseph Schrankel
Frank Weigel
Schirankel
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