Notice to Taxpayers and Local Professionals in Bismarck
The notice lists F D Kendrick M D and surgeon rooms in Dakota Block, Pettit physician surgeon Lu offices on second floor, Pettit a lawyer in Griffin's Block, J F Fort Fort Attorneys at Union Block, H Williamson dentist in Bismarck offering extractions fillings and denture sets, C Aunt attorney at law, Ruby Vey Harris estate and loan broker with a $5,000 fee, all in Bismarck North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quis D. Pettit
Dakota Block
Bismarck
D. T
Porn AP Stovell
Griffin' S Block
J.F. Pol
W. Bringhourst
Joan D
Hollembark
W. EB. Wright
Ollembark & Wright
First National Bank Block
Ruby Vey
Harris
Hanne
Directory of Bismarck business firms and services
A printed list of local Bismarck businesses and professionals supporting the Emmons County paper. It enumerates attorneys, banks, blacksmiths, bootmakers, tobacconists, clothing, dry goods, flour mills, general merchants, grocers, guns, hardware, livery, lumber, meat markets, real estate lenders, news dealers, physicians, sewing machines, tailors, watches and jewelry, and other services with firm names and owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Emmons
Davis, Fort & Fort
Hollemback & Wright
Harvey Harris
Carland & Hull
N. Hunt
M. J. Edgerly
John A. Stovell
Banks
Capital National
Bismarck National
Mellon Bros
van Houten Bros. & Little
M. Wick
George W. Elder's International
Banner House
Pacific Hotel
Rosser Street
Malloy & Stovell
John FP. Hoagland
Weaver Lumber Co
Gull River Lumber Co
Geo. Gunsner
H. W. Bringhurst
Missouri Valley Land Mortgage Company
J. R. Gage
Frank J. Phother
L. D. Judkins
Louis
Pettit
F. D. Kendrick
J. Brady
R. L. Durant & Co
Cahros
C. H. Phelps
E. L. Strauss & Bro
H. H. Day
Letters From Emmons County Farmers Spark Immigration Debate
The Record urges action on a growing immigration information demand. Letters from Emmons County farmers, especially Williamsport, have drawn widespread inquiries about vacant land and land entry procedures. The paper notes increasing eastern interest and the burden of answering numerous questions with limited staff and postage.
Immigration Society Could Aid Dakota Settlement
An article urges forming an immigration society within ten or twelve miles of Williamsport to streamline information, provide plots of land, arrange locator services at fair rates, and hire transport for newcomers. It anticipates a large Emmons County migration, increased land values, and promotes a farmers club to boost settlement and wheat farming. The St Paul Northwest Magazine questions raising wheat north when Dakota offers better land and grain quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmons County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Carpenter
United States
Canada
Emmons
Williamsport
Uncle Sam
Dominion
Bismarck Land-Office
Dakota
Farmers’ Club
Winona
Winchester
St. Paul
Wanted an educated negro in Cleveland era politics
A Democratic Exchange argues President Cleveland will seek a Black Democrat to replace Frederick Douglass as Recorder of the District of Columbia. It claims Southern disfranchisement and fraudulent elections suppress educated Black Democrats, predicting a future emphasis on free ballots and Republican gains if Black voters were counted openly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frederick Douglass
District of Columbia
Fred Douglass
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
South
Fred
Dixie
National House
Dakota
West
Butler
Democratic Party
Manito ban farmers emigrate to Dakota claim debated
A Canadian paper reports thousands of Manitoba farmers leaving for Dakota, but the remark is dismissed as absurd by local editors. The Northwestern Miller note from a grain farm foreman near Winnipeg dated Oct 12 describes a poor wheat crop with most of 80,000 bushels grading low and frozen receipts at Port Arthur and Duluth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmons County
Dominion
Dakota
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Port Arthur
Duluth
Canadian Northwest
Sam
County Officials Under Scrutiny Promise Stricter Oversight
A county division paper argues officials will now follow the law more closely and guard public funds better, claiming they are under constant surveillance. The piece questions sincerity, noting longtime locals and a Times manager figure, Webster's surmised as watchful oversight, and urges readers to interpret surveillance as scrutiny of public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metf
Buck W
Webster
Tone
Winona Tax Collection Visit Noted in County Row
Treasurer Stevenson plans to be in Winona on January 25 and 26 to receive taxes. The Fort-Yates-Annex organ attacks Winchester residents and the county north half, aiming to promote a division scheme next winter. The writer criticizes George-tik’s efforts and the townsite division rhetoric as harmful to civic harmony.
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Stevenson
Winona
George—tik
Winchester
Fort-Yates-Annex
George
Georgie
Notice of dissolution and suspended business by Hodgkinson firm
W. N. Hopeersson, member of Hodgkinson & Margach, announces that all business transactions of the lumber and contracting firm at Williamsport Dakota are suspended since December 23, 1885, pending settlement and dissolution. Will not be bound by any sale transfer or collection by William Margach since the date. Final dissolution notice to follow in legal form. dissolution requires mutual consent or court edict despite Margach’s notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgkinson & Margach
Williamsport
Dak
William Marguch
William Margach
W. N. Hopeersson
Dramatic entertainment at Schollhouse No 1 Williamsport
A youth produced performance titled Dick Turpin and Tom King will be staged at Schollhouse No 1 in Williamsport tomorrow evening with vocal and instrumental music. An admission fee will help defray expenses and organizers expect a good turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schollhouse No. 1
Williamsport
Dick Turpin
Tom King
Emmons County
Man says self defense in Winona shooting
Ipswich Tribune notes that Thomas Stallard of Company B Seventeenth Infantry killed Mrs Ida Woods in what is claimed to be self defense at Winona. The paper adds that the town was drunk at the time, making details hard to obtain. Emmons county buyers are reminded Dunn & Co offer pure drugs at reasonable rates in Bismarck.
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Emmons House
Douglas
Ipswich
Emmons County
Bismarck
Dunn & Co
William Hicks
H. D. Connor
Northern Pacific Preferred
New York
Frisby
E. Kurtz
Aurora County
HL. H. Day
J. R. Mead & Co
Oak
Andrew Hansen
Ed. C. Taylor
John
Ida Roop
John Kurtz
Miss Campbell
Stephen Hawkes
Thomas Parks
Miss Lil
P. I. Snyder
EB. Kurtz
H. R. Mead & Co
Main Street
Frank Frisby
H. C. Rhue
N. W
J. W. Parker
Parker & Parkes
Bismarck Oak
Misses Lane
Bettie Yeater
Captain Cotton
Bottomley
Deacon Doolittle
R. L. Durant & Co
Bushman & Co
Dakota Block
Stallard
Fort Yates
Bill Irwin
St. Paul
Palace Drug Store
Dak
U. S.brielly
S. Briggs
Levi Chapman
Little Miss Olive
Woodbury County
Iowa
Hawkeye
Reading Circle meets at Captain Cotton residence Williams Port
The Reading Circle will convene at the home of Captain Cotton in Williams Port on Saturday evening January 238. Members and prospective joiners are urged to note the time and place. A cordial invitation is extended by order of The President and Secretary H A Anmet Trong.
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Captain Cotton
Williamsport
H. A. Anmet Trong
Emmons County
Burleigh
Grandfather Chapman
Miller
Frank Smith
C. A. Gregory
Williamsport Temperance Society Announce Event
A Saturday evening literary and social entertainment is planned by the Williamsport Temperance Society. A fuller notice will follow next week. By order of The President Burta A. Packer, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport Temperance Society
Burta A. Packer
Revival sermon at Williamsport Schoolhouse
On Sunday evening January 24 1886 Rev J H Worst will preach at the Williamsport Schoolhouse. Services begin at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Worst
Williamsport
In Town and Out Charm and Commerce Note
Local notices from Bismarck and Williamsport feature Frisby druggists trades and cures, shop ads, horse and cow trades, social visits, well construction, and county events amid a tapestry of small-town life in Emmons County and nearby towns.
Napkin Misplaced At Williamsport Social
A lively Williamsport party saw a young, energetic farmer attend, later dining at the same house. While reaching for his handkerchief he found a napkin he had accidentally swiped at the prior gathering, stored in his Sunday coat pocket, and only then revealed itself. Blushing ensued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Horse Injured In Snow Bank Incident Near Williamsport
Mr J L Kennedy driving a team for Mr J A Robinson from Mr Bates place to Williamsport encountered a serious accident two miles from Philip Alexander’s. While freeing the team from a snow bank the ax Kennedy used slipped, slashing the front leg of a horse. The horse went lame by the time it reached Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Kennedy
J. A. Robinson
Bates
Williamsport
Kennedy
Philip Alexander
Recoup Creates Market From Abandoned Water Buckets
During a cold spell buckets in the Buchanan town well froze and travelers must bring their own water. A fixed chain on a rope allows the snapper to release the pail when it touches water. By spring, enough old water-pails will be gathered to stock a second-hand store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
A New School House Proposal Discussed by Township Board
A Williamsport School Township Board meeting with the County Superintendent of Schools and residents from township 134 ranges 76 and 77 considered a request to submit to voters the plan to build one or two schoolhouses for children south of Williamsport. The question will be put to a vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
County Superintendent of Schools
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Edwards & Bradford
Jefferson & Kasson
Bismarck, Dak
Bain Bros
Main ST
County Official Directory
James B. Gayton
Savion
William L. Yeater
R. W. Childs
Register of Deeds
Gayton
E. T. Herrick
Iiumsport
Donald Stevenson
Glencoe
Williat
Heriff
William v. Wade
Tge Walker
W. A. Patterson
Nowa
J. H. Vorst
George Dougherty
Williams
C. H. Bumatead
Daniel Long
Justices of the Peace
A. M. Weller
Elliott Campbell
E . Ne
Aorey
Williamsport, D.T
A. Armstrong
Fourth Street
Lake Malt
Bismarck, Dakotae
C.H. Bumstead
Williamsport, D. T
Thomas Bottomley
Territory of Dakota
Bozeman County
D. T. Williamsport
Pene Caran
J. Edgerly
Central Block
F D. Kendrick
Cae & Aarland & Hull
Ome Canta Cantano
Tew
Louis K
I Ba Merchants’ Bank Biock
Bismarck, Ak
H, Williamson
Raymond’s Bank
D. R. Streeter
The
Record
Missouri Slope
Fred Whittier
Billy Gayton
Sheridan House
5. E. Wood
John Goylmour
Dahl Bros
Wade
Chester Gilbert
William Mittlestedter
E. Coover
Mc-Thomas Kelly
George W. Monroe
Dak! Bros
Don. Stevenson
W. W. Wade
Miss Smith
Eli Robinson
River
Bumstead
Ashland County
Ohio
Major Dickey
Lomestead
Robert Dickson
de Wetten
Holland
George Gassner
W. H. Worst
Worst
J. H
Elmore
Willamsport Dramatic Club
Dick Turin
Ira L. Young
Livona
K. Laverly
Lilly
William Gardner
Buroak School
C. C. Livingston
Anovil
John Parker
Des Moines
C. F. Parker
Robert Maxwell
H. D. Brown
James Kerr
J. M. Stouder
Max
Pittsburg
Bmfaona County
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