Leading Bargain House ad in Bismarck 1897 sales pitch
An old time storefront ad from BISMARCK dated July 16 1897 promotes low price clothing and goods. It touts coats pants shirts and socks at 1.00 per armful or item, shoes with 25 percent savings, mats 5c to 60c, underwear shirts hosiery neckwear gloves and more, plus trunks and bags from 50c to 3.00. It invites readers to compare prices with catalogs from eastern houses and promises the largest stock west of St Paul Minneapolis or Chicago.
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Northwest
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Williamsport News Briefs and Court Notes
The Pioneer Journal of the County notes the federal tariff bill is now law. Manrraza Serry obtains a Benson county divorce after a short marriage due to prairie life solitude. A scandal plaintiff R Goyet faces $2500 in Stutsman district court for defaming Gertrude Mosher. Washington Leader comments on officials' conduct and a democrat stance amid veteran views.
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Manrraza Serry
Benson County
R. Goyet
Stutsman County
Gertrude Mosher
Bray Appointment Report Sparks Loose Politics Debate
Old Mam Winship notes Bray is changeable while Iron in his soul signals lost grip. The poem hints political maneuvering and fruit metaphor shows power plays driven by the longest pole in other matters. This compact item reflects local political theater and wit.
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RE Bray
Mam Winship
Persimmons
Opinion tone reflects editorials on judgment and superiority
A remark from the Chicago Inter Ocean critiques arrogance in journalism. It argues that assuming superiority over mankind reveals a flawed view of public judgment, and that tearing away from the masses rarely equals real superiority, especially when ostentatiously asserted.
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Chicago
Lawyer Sues Editor for Libel In Rural State News
In McIntosh county lawyer Crypg sues Editor Clowes for libel with potential damages around one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Stutsman county residents held a mass meeting at Jamestown to oppose Tax-Dodger Fernalds plan to cut seventy thousand dollars of delinquent N. P. taxes to seventeen thousand and halve the tax rate to about seventy cents per acre. The proposal was rejected signaling Fernald faces stiffer county opposition.
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Crypg
McIntosh County
Clowes
Flickertail
Disciples of Blackstone
Stutsman County
Jamestown
Fernald
N. P
Burleigh
Morton
Stark
Measly Moffet on murder claims and accountability
Measly Moffet calls for mixing sense with horror to identify the killers of the Spicer family, questioning whether native or white perpetrators set the blaze. He says real offenders will be caught, while accusing a judge of being honorable yet the paragraph’s author is denounced as hypocritical and cowardly.
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Spicer
Tuttle
Streeter
Red Caldwell
Winchester
Taxation and fairness in Republican message at Detroit
Governor PrxGeREz addresses the National Republican League in Detroit arguing that honest citizens expect equal taxation and public accountability. He cites burdens on farmers and mechanics, condemns Northern Pacific tax dodgers, and urges the party to enforce tax equity across classes.
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Prxgerez
National Republican League
Detroit
Republic
Republican Party
Emmons County Prefers No More Spicer Murder Trials
Epitork Tuttue of the Mandan Pioneer notes Emmons county will not host further Spicer murder trials in Williamsport. He cites difficulties forming juries, with 48 examined for Coudotte and 76 for Defender, due to publicity. Residents oppose county expense, seek government reimbursement, and acknowledge debt limit constraints while praising current administration’s caution.
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Epitork Tuttue
Mandan
Emmons County
Spicer
Williamsport
Emmons
Coudotte
Defender
Laborer Worthy of His Hire and Scaring Husbands
A colonial era editorial argues that paying only 15 cents for each parcel in delinquent tax lists risks not publishing any lists in counties and suggests five years of unpaid taxes should merit five times the pay. An item recounts a wife trying to scare her husband with a devil costume, but he retorts with a jab about his sister, hinting at a prankish domestic dynamic. Also includes School Notes from Williamsport District No. 1 listing pupil names, visitors, total pupils, days taught, and average attendance.
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Ole Bhoy
Sher Bruzzer
Sher Shister
Williamsport
Edna Armstrong
Anna Geil
Hettie Boutillier
Frank Boutillier
Juda Baker
Cressie Baker
Alfred Slaatenhus
Minnie Mittlestedter
Minerva V. Smith
Emma Boutillier
Bernice Smith
Ernest Mittlestedter
Lizzie Rush
Katie Rush
Willie Rush
Frank Streeter
Mabel Raymond
Asa Brown
Myrtle McWhorter
Willie McWhorter
Mamie Rush
Bessie Lindsay
Jay Lindsay
Scott Lindsay
A. McGinness
W. B. Andrus
D. W. Casey
R. A. Yeater
M. J. Fanrew
John Parker
Anna Petrie
James Parker
Winchester
Misses Cash
Annie Petrie
Shier
Livermore
A. O.wagher
Muench
Wagher
State Board of Health
John
Frank Baumgartner
Minot
J. H. Brown
Blackhawk
Bismarck
Wm. Zychlinski
Zychlinski
Margaret Yeater
Grace Yeater
Jamestown Alert
State Press Association
Fargo Forum
Spicer
Messrs
R. N. Stevens
Geo. W. Lynn
United States
Major Edwards On Mob Law
Forum argues mob law has no boundaries and spawns further lynchings. It notes a recent mob execution of a man not the target and recalls past mobs that harmed the innocent for speaking against prevailing views.
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Major Edwards
The Coming Man Comes From A Child's View
A Somerville Journal excerpt muses on the imagined future leader seen as a child. It praises a baby’s future potential, pondering whether a child’s clumsy steps and small hands may grow into national guidance, blessing the coming man and his unformed plans.
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Somerville Journal
Upheld Modern Woodmen in Illinois report
Chicago Record dispatch from Springfield notes Maj. J J Brinkerhoff and two state experts completed a thorough exam of the Modern Woodmen of America. The 250000 Northwest members are praised for prompt loss payments and proper mortuary fund use. Directors and head clerk duties are commended amid growth and flourishing condition.
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Chicago
Springfield
J.J. Brinkerhoff
Insurance Department of Illinois
Woodmen of America
Northwest
In Town and Out Bids Across County Life
Town visiting officials and locals shown in a roundup: attorney Lynn and ex-Treasurer Lee in town, Sheriff Bhier over weekend, farmers report rust in grain, Wm. McLain from Sand Creek and W. S. Lee from Emmonsburg, Brown in Bismarck, Mrs. Cotton back from Steele, Woodmen meeting, and tax list updates forthcoming. Hay harvest active, various town movements, and a note on court matters and local incidents including illness, transport, and losses from a hail storm with a lightning strike survivor.
Editor designation for Emmons Co Record in 1897 notice
A historical note from July 24 1897 confirms Brimance N D as editor of the Emmons County Record. The missive also disputes a claimed gender change for Norah Bell and asserts Mrs Howard will not receive red paper, signaling personal notices and editorial matter from the era.
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Norah Bell
Grand Forke businessmen organize street fair event
North Dakota items report a Winnipeg ball game turnout of about two thousand. Ellendale aims to raise 2000 for a local flour mill. Pembina county losses from hail affect 16000 acres. Governor Briggs reappoints W. S. Parker to the state board of pharmacy. a Sargent county farmer is robbed of 275 in cash 5000 in notes and a gold watch. a series of burglaries and a lightning strike on a Hillsboro barn occur. D W Hines of Hannah is described as going crazy while leading the Farmers railroad. local warden receives five new inmates this week. several burglary theft sentences issued for listed defendants.
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Wesle
Burch
John Ericson
Chase Farm
Grand Forke
North
Pembina County
Briggs
W. 8. Parker
Lisbon
State Board of Pharmacy
Sargent County
Hobes
Jamieson
Bardare
Wahpeton
L.H. Larson
Hillsboro
D. W. Hines
Hannah
Northine
Farmers’ Railroad
Wm. Baker Geta
Fred Smith
Janes
EB. A. Deanny
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Bismarck, N. D
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W. A. Ditton
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Joseph Hare
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Bismarce, N. D
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Cerain
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Bismarok
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Emmons County Record
D. R. Streeter
Pioneer Journal of the County
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W. M. Slaughter
New Haven
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Heard
McCormick Agency
Lynn
Lee
Sheriff Bhier
G. H. McLain
Sand Creek
W. 8. Lee
Emmonsburg
J. C. Brown
J. A. Cotton
Steele
Woodmen
Albert Shier
William
Lincoln Geil
J. H
Lillian Robinson
Andrus
Western Mutual Insurance Company
Fred Hager
Sweet Briar
Billsport
Register Geil
Margach
Dr. Muench
J. W. Wescott
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