Standish campaign and legislative notes dominate the scene
The piece reports Attorney General Standish's push against the blind pig trade linking to pork prices, praises Representative Wishek for a McIntosh county senatorial district bill, and commends the current legislature's delegation with Emmons county’s clerkly Charlie Allen as a noted figure.
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Priga
Standish
Missouri
Wishek
McIntosh County
Charlie Allen
Emmons County
Debate Over Anti-Option Bill for Farmers
Opinion diverges on the anti-option bill now before the U S Senate with wheat at 50 cents a bushel. Some see a curse while others call it a blessing for farmers, urging a one year trial and potential repeal if claimed benefits fail to materialize.
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United States Senate
Prohibition Tides Shift on Minnesota Border Saloons
Minnesota saloons near North Dakota rise after prohibition expands in North Dakota. Moorhead and Breckinridge report increased wholesale and retail trade as border merchants oppose licensure and signal lobbying against resubmission. The piece also critiques local editor conduct amid bribery and disfranchisement debates.
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Moorhead
Minnesota
Fargo
North Dakota
Breckinridge
Wahpeton
East Grand Forks
the Red
Bismarck
Mild Weather Bounds County Notices in Arcosp
Correspondents report very mild weather with widespread sore throats among children. School board meetings failed to reach a quorum on both occasions. Mrs Parker visited Hampton en route to Bismarck. Mills Beech traveled to the Capital City. Mrs East heads to Illinois. Mrs Redoute remains in Mandan with ill daughter-in-law Mrs Parks. Farewell to Father Sloan. Park Robinson returns to Glencoe with a fine Northwest team. a large party at Mr Duttons. Young folks enjoy a bright winter with plans for gatherings at the Sites home.
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Parker
Hampton
Bismarck
Mills Beech
Clarence East
Sloan
Park Robinson
Glencoe
Robinson
Northwest
David
George Jennings
Arthur Keebler
Beaver Creek
Elsie Wescott
Streeter
Lillie Robinson
Lloyd Worst
Missouri
Harcourt
Williamsport
Elsse
Tom Bottomley
Bottomley
Emmons
Squire Eick
New York
Edick
Justice Edick
Albany
C. H. Edick
Dutch Art Enthusiast Sees Yerkes Gallery Worth Fortunes
A foreign artist touring the fair grounds admires a Yerkes Amsterdam picture and notes its immense value while joking that Yerkes could buy ten similar works. He cites a price of two hundred thousand francs and observes Americans spend lavishly on telescope luxury.
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Fair
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
Dirtha Hollander
Michigan Avenue
Yerkes
Amsterdam
English Profanity Law Upheld in Wehbeck Case
London discussions on curb of street profanity gave way to enforcement of a George II era act for suppression of profanity. Wehbeck trial shows penalties vary by social class for swearing. French agriculture frauds cited. Polish hot roots exported to Germany for sulphuring. St Vincent station pursues progressive farming using imported roots. Most manual labor done by prisoners.
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London
George II
Wehbeck
Poland
Germany
St. Vincent
West Indices
Umbrella Language Decoded in Ladies' Home Journal
An American, after study, defines umbrella symbolism. Placing one in a club house rack signals change of owners. substituting cotton for silk means exchange is no robbery. Rain from umbrella points signals courtship. giving the raindrops signals marriage. Carrying under arm at angle risks eye injury. holding high to injure others marks I am a woman. Loaning an umbrella equals egregious trolley.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Gas in Mines Debunked by Science and Clergy Opposition
Dr. Andrew D. White notes in Popular Science Monthly how belief in devils and demonic interference in mining faded as scientists like Black Priestly and Bergmann exposed gas dangers. Earlier 1715 Jena cellar digger deaths spurred a medical counterclaim, provoking Protestant clergy to defend secular inquiry against superstition.
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Valentine
Satan
Andrew D. White
Popular Science Monthly
Protestant
Germany
Jena
Loescher
University of Wittenberg
Black
Priestly
Bergmann
Stylish corpse stirs talk of fashion leader
A Philadelphia Times reporter recalls a deceased fashion leader praised as stylish by a spectator. The woman described the corpse wearing a black velvet gown with lace, penciled brows, rouged cheeks, and a dove up hairstyle, claiming such beauty would be worth dying for.
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Philadelphia Times
No senator yet and local notices in Williamsport era
Mr. W L Yeater appears in routine mentions as treasurer handles the office. George Jennings of Bismarck advertises groceries with premiums and buys butter eggs poultry and hides. Wheat price shifts noted in Minneapolis with a proposed North Dakota grain handling plan.
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George Jennings
Bismarck
Ezra Thurber
E. Wood
United States
Grand Forks
Geo
Jennings
Consumption Cured Recipe Claim From Rochester Ad
An old physician, now retired, claims a vegetable remedy cures consumption and other diseases after testing in thousands of cases. He offers to mail the recipe free in German, French, or English with full preparation directions, addressed from Rochester, N Y.
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East India
W. A. Norxs
Rochester
Over Fifty Years of Winstlow Teething Slaver
Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup claims fifty years of use by millions of mothers for teething children. The advertisement asserts relief from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, griping, and windcolic, claiming health for the child and rest for the mother. Bottle price listed as 50 cents.
May Bros Nurserymen Advertise Choice Stock for Sale
Agents to sell our choice and hardy nursery stock with many new special varieties in fruits and ornamentals. Varieties controlled only by us. We pay commissions or salary. Write for terms to secure choice of the May Bros Nurserymen Rochester NY.
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May Bros
Rochester
N.Y
Williamsport District Annual School Report 1892
Clerk Campbell reports Williamsport district houses 106 seats for 83 local pupils and 4 from other districts. Five schools taught four to six months. five female teachers employed with average monthly wages of $39.10. Total teacher pay $958.50. state aid $897.40. Attendance 80 percent. enrollment 79. 2 residents out of district within 24 miles lacked schooling. Indebtedness fell by $379.54. total debt $7,017.45.
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Campbell
Williamsport
Distress Drives Unemployed to Enlist in Britain
The article reports extreme poverty in Great Britain pushing men to enlist in the army to obtain food and shelter. It notes brisk recruiting, overfilled cavalry regiments, and steadily filling line regiments as doctors select only the strongest applicants, while others return to slums or unemployment amid failed Christmas charity and reports of deaths from destitution.
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Great Britain
England
Electricity for Deafness Aids Students Hearing
An article describes medical electricity devices for deafness using a battery belt and ear electrodes. Indianapolis deaf institute reports that phonograph focus at the eardrum helps some pupils hear, with a large portion gaining ability to hear speech and music.
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Desf
Johnson
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Indianapolis
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Main Street
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Norta Dakota
Pioneer Journal of the County
W. S. Moorhouse
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Bismarck, N. D
Europe
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Williamsport, N. D
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Dakota
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Billsport
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