From the Record 1888 Pioneer Days Highlights
In Town and Out reports local 1888 events from Winona and Winchester. Notes include Miss Eva Campbell leaving for Winona, a Cherry Grove township farmers alliance, a large schoolhouse move, harvest activity, a Grand Army post formation, a county crops and weather snapshot, social gatherings, and remarks on box elder trees’ westward plantation use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Campbell
Winona
Lilliel Keim
Winchester
Taip
Sterling
Prof. Keim
Aberdeen
Farmers’ Alliance
Cherry Grove Township
John F. Geil
Central
Emmons
Bertha Packer
Lillie Keim
Cherry Grove
Jones
Stalka
Eureka
Goose Lake
A. B. Peterson
M. Flick
D. R. Streeter
Robert Maxwell
A. W. Scofield
John Parker
Village Correspondence From Them Vik North Dakota
Correspondence notes social visits and travel around Them Vik. Residents, including Mr A Bische from Artas and Mabel Morton, attended Fort Rice’s sham battle. Local families, births, anniversaries, and club meetings are summarized with several visits to Fargo and Bismarck. Old friends gathered for Mrs Chas DeWitt’s birthday with games, songs, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Morton
Fort Rice
M. Ohlhouser
Lemmon
Franz Tempel
Marion
S. D
Mrs. B. Meinhover
Fred Snyder
Hazelton
J. B. Davis
Curtis
Fargo
Newsall
Mothers’ Club
Chas. DeWitt
Philip Pfiefer
Bismarck
Chas DeWitt
Anni
Shadow of the Moon Eclipse Speeds Awe and Fear
The shadow of the moon moves about 2000 miles per hour across earth during a solar eclipse. Observers atop a mountain can watch the edge approach, a terrifying yet awe inspiring sight. Quotes from Forbes and Langley describe the rapid, tangible sense of speeding darkness and its surreal impressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes of
Turin
Langley
Lawrence Hodges
Chicago
Record- Herald
Sparrows Eat Insects and Weed Seeds Across North America
The article surveys sparrow species in North America, noting their diverse diets of insects in breeding season and hard weed seeds in winter. It highlights the substantial role of tree and white crowned sparrows in consuming weed seeds, with estimates of their impact on weed seed destruction across states, and details the birds’ adaptability to harsh winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman M. Hoss
Ontario
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Lethbridge
Macleod
Cardston
Manitoba
F. BE. L. Beal
United States Department of Agriculture
North America
Melospiza
Junco Hyemalis
Spizella
New York Tribune
Iowa
Massachusett
A Perfect Defense in a Humble Garden Mystery
A short quip from Youth's Companion features Mrs Prouty returning home after July and August to find her garden troubled and Sam replying that he has done nothing. The exchange yields a light domestic moment centered on a puzzling garden riddle.
Horse bargains at auction in Winona North Dakota
Ten yearlings averaged 30 dollars per acre two year olds valued at forty two brood mares and colts average sixty five dollars One four year old gelding offered at one hundred dollars One Percheron stallion available after August priced at two hundred twenty five dollars Payment terms cash or bankable paper at ten percent interest Auctioneer John H Blore Winona North Dakota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Blore
Winona
N. D
Receipts and Expenditures Report for School Year
A historical accounting shows cash on hand at year start July 1 and total receipts from state funds, taxes, and other sources. Expenditures detail for apparatus, teachers, services, incidentals, interest, and sinking fund transfers align to balance with cash on hand and the grand total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oae
Seogee
Yeaur
SRO E Ae
AMOR
U. EF. Green
Omlo
A.D
W. H. Johnson
Stella 8
Johnson
1908 Homestead Entry Notice for North Dakota Land
The claimant 1908 filed notice of intention to make final three-year homestead proof for the northwest quarter of Section 10, Township north, Range 74 west, Fifth Meridian. Hearing before Charles B. Carley in Linton on September 1813. Witnesses Halver Helgerson, Koy P. Towne, Thomas H. Grogan, Michael Goldache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Bismarck
N.D
Nathan &, Sheffield
Hartford
North Dakota
NEM
Woship
Charles B. Carley
Linton
William Hamilton
Charles
0Wood Rd
Wren E Dale
Raed
Halver Helgerson
Marne
N. D
Koy P. Towne
Kintyre
Thomas H. Grogan
Muarle
Michael Goldache
Marle
N. Stevens
Register
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Hank
Wm. Green
Bakker Township
Yeater
Hibbs
Burleigh County
Williamsport
Dakota
Nelson
Arthur Chesley
Billy Baxter
Nicholas
William Graham
Col. Kelly
Brockville
Romey Brock
Mr. B
Romey
Lynn
Messrs
Klinginsmith
Charley Cronk
Mr. L
Brown County
Wallace Petrie
Herrick
Carl
Lepeer
Mich
Higbee
Miss Smalley
Will Albright
D.R. Streeter
St. Paul
Ben Haggard
North Star Lumber Co
Strasburg
Hague
THEM
Vik, North Dakota
Temvik
August Falhaber
Martin Hicks
Shadow OF the Moon
Jordon
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Field
General Merchandise
Gottlieb Schatz
Bob
Eva McGinley
Adv
R. C. Burlingame
Nor, Dak
Estrayed
Anton Senger
Ohio
of Emmons
Fioy Ou
Euren
Stella
Nleo
Seer
Emmons Poality Record
Streeter
Nessler
F. B. Streeter
KR. Streeter & Son
EB Streeter
Ros Public
State of Nova Dakota
Department of the Intérior
James Green
Maine
Marlin Klinyser
Nor. Dak
Emmons County
OB R. Snyder
the Board of County Commissioners
School Board of
Dakem
Township 132
Roch US Vetsch
Emma A. Burge
Francis M. Burge
Flist Bank of
Eet Portnarec
D. J. Pleuss
Register of Deeds
Emmons Hunter
Atecape
Orain
A. D. Wd
Elock
Wien
van Dene
North Dene
Aredecare
Armstrong & C
Assee
Rtgagee
Nowe
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