North Dakota Pioneer Record Notes Local Items
North Dakota weekly Emmons County Record reports routine items from Linton and rural life. A humorous note mentions EpiTrok Woop visiting Kentucky and promising to return before corn planting. World news covers Gen Roberts’s position at Bloemfontein and Boer movements around Pretoria amid political tensions.
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South Africa
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Chamberlain
Rhodes
Republic
Syndicate Eyes East of Missouri River Land Buy
A decade and more past the D. B. S. Johnson land company bought extensive tracts in Wells and neighboring counties from the N. P. They have since resold most at satisfactory prices and now report negotiations to buy all N. P. lands east of the Missouri river.
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D. B. S. Johnson Land Company
Wells
N. P
Missouri River
Plaudits and Fall of a Major Stylist in Essays
The Forum cites Plutarch on Alcibiades and Euripides noting beauty in aging form. It comments that the major once modest in writing and daily dealings grows self admiring as he nears the autumn of decline, using his own physique as ornament to moralize his tales.
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Plutarch
Alcibiades
Euripides
Fargo Mayor Johnson Seeks Re election
In Fargo the incumbent Mayor Johnson runs again amid city campaign criticism. The piece notes his dedication to municipal interests, prompt action for town advantages, and national recognition at governance forums, while acknowledging enemies in the current race and the saying about prophets not honored at home.
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Fargo
Johnson
United States
Gate City
Railroad building rumors drift through North Dakota
Newspaper chatter pins near term railroad growth to high steel prices. Rail costs have surged around 2500 dollars per mile, delaying extensions by the Soo, N P and Milwaukee. Western lines from Braddock and Burleigh McLean faces possible sale but rails postponed until next year.
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North Dakota
N. P
Soo
Milwaukee
Bismarck
Braddock
Gen. Washburn
Burleigh-McLean County
Kentucky election crisis with two claimed governors
Kentucky faces heightened tensions as two men claim governorship and militia units split. The dispute stems from an allegedly infamous election law pushed by Goebel that could strip electors of their right to choose state officers, shifting power to the legislature.
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Kentucky
Louisville Courier-Journal
Goebel
Goebel dispute and Kentucky fight to governorship outcome
A chaotic battle over Kentucky governor election results led to a Goebel majority attempt in the legislature, a Goebel assassination, and arrests of Republican leaders. The piece contrasts the flare of South American plots with a volatile late nineteenth century political crisis and includes anecdotes of travel misadventures unrelated to the core story.
Wolfology book hints at North Dakota Wolf Convention plans
A stockletter from Uncle Ben Corbin promotes a Wolf Convention to destroy wolves and outlines a press book on Wolfology. He claims North Dakota officials aim to curb the 1900 wolf population while noting quirky, garbled lines about stalks and livestock protection amid farm weather.
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Ben Corbin
Col. Corbin
Benjamin Corbin
North Dakota
Wolf Industry of
West
Glencoe
Lounsberry
Col. Jewell
Snowbound Town Delays Mail and Rescue Efforts
Snow fell quietly for days from Monday night through near daylight Thursday, burying streets and hindering travel. Farmers and residents faced deep drifts as mail routes shut down Tuesday and resumed Wednesday. A heroic rescue saved Doug after vanishing under ten feet of snow, while others such as Willie Eberton completed perilous rounds. Citizens relied on improvised teams and tools, and a council meeting may honor locals who aided in the public-spirited effort.
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George Lynn
Lawyer Lynn
Will Carmichael
Doug
Winchester
Linton
Willie Eberton
Braddock
Willie
Jim Corbin
Merchant Wescott
Paddy Flynn
Corbin
Flynn
Wescott
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Vvebb Bros
DEAI
Lers
ST. Croix
Emmons County
NOR
J. E. Horton
E. A. Crain
Bank OF Linton
Linton, Nor Dae
Icemens
Boston
Nordak
St. Paul
Chicago
Mammoth
R. i Best & CO
First National Bank
Bismarck, N. D
Emmons County Record
D. BR. Streeter
Pioneer Journal of the County
EpiTrok Woop
Steele
Old Kaintuck
Taylor
John Sanford
Gov. Taylor
Titus Oates
Golden
Lane
Williamsport
Mr. Keebler
Bobby Dickson
Allen
Ellerton
Billsport
Dickson's
Old Country
Maine
Jonah
John Roop
D. P. Bier
F. A. Bier
Lynd, Minn
Minneapolis Tribune
W. E. Petrie
Amatgt
W. H. Johnson
F. H. Cotton & CO
Farm Machinery
NORDA
HOTEL
Emmons
Dewey Avenue
Linton, Nov
Dak
J. A. Corbin
NEW Drug Store
J. F. Snyder
N. D
A. L. Geil
GO. BrAones
J. C. Brown
Braddock, Nordak
J.W. Wescott
Feed & Sale Stable
Brook
Pioneer Drug Store
John P. Hoagland
Cerain and
Sixth Streets
Beaddock, Nor, Dak
T. P. Lee
Stickney
North Side
R. R
Stesle, JB
Henry Mayer
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