North Dakota Politics And Local Affairs Highlight Statewide Tensions
A scan of North Dakota news notes Dickinson as a key city in fire insurance tales while Bismarck eyes Mayor Smyth for state senate. The piece covers campaigns for legislature in Kidder Emmons and Bradley counties, farmer advisory sprays, and local editor feuds. It praises Col Tuttle of Dawson as rising in the Twenty-sixth district and details a farm accident near Brad Hook. The report also mentions Andover’s irrigation by farmers and a poet-manager in Fargo.
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Robert
P. M. Johnson
Brad Hook
Johnson
Dawson
Tvents
Col Tuttle
New England
Braddock News
Mismarek
Braddock News Briefs Highlight Local Events
May 7 item slate notes Parr Hart breaking outfit start and many trees planted around Braddock. Sickness among horses, debate on summer ball team, new FF H Cottons building front, Pennsylvania frost reports, and warnings about tampering with mail. Visitors from Hazelton and Odde plan indefinite travels. local business figures face health and relocation notes. Arbor Day observed. students dig and plant trees in Braddock schools.
Hazelton Happenings Prominent Visitors and Local Notes
Dr and Mrs Wm Muench visited from the county seat shaking hands with friends. John Snyder may manage Hazelton baseball team this season. Dr J F Snyder injured by a nail in his foot. A child of the engineer on the new steam outfit died. another sick but improving. Contractor Harding adds living rooms to the Republican office. Dr J Fr Snyder and George Zirbes bought new buggies. Irani Kol known as Billy Pills visited. Linton players expected strong. Chris Winterton left for Braddock en route to Norway with Soo Line. Wintertons leave Hazelton but may return when health permits.
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South Dakota
Harding
J. Fr. Snyder
George Zirbes
Irani Kol
Linton
Billy Pills
Joe
Billy
Chris Winterton
Braddock
Norway
Mrs. Winterton
Hazelton
Big Pond
North Dakota
Mr. Winterton
Freak of the Tides at St John River Mouth
Boston Globe reports a tide phenomenon at the St John River mouth where water appears to rise up hill and fall, driven by Fundy Bay tides. The ebb and flood create counterintuitive water levels, with rapid rises of up to fourteen feet through a narrow gorge and several hours of delayed river rise after harbor tides. Describes temporary navigation impossibility during half tide.
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St. John River
Tiis
Bay of Fundy
St. John Harbor
Lileh
Boston Globe
Worthless Testimony in Hertford Post Office Case
In Hertford assizes a poor letter carrier faced irregularities with Irish counsel cross examining Anthony Trollope, the government post office inspector. Trollope admits he is also an author and that his book Barchester Towers is fiction, undermining his credibility before the jury.
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J. K. Preston Maddock
Lord Alverstone
Hertford Assizes
Anthony Trollope
Government Post Office
Barchester Towers
T-1
Trollope
Five new towns planned in Whitman county Washington
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry announces five new towns in Whitman county on the Palouse district eastern Washington to be established this month. Town plots at Spokane with auctions for Seabury Pandora May 25 Kenova Palisada May 26 Malden May 27. Contact F A Miller for details.
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Whitman County
Palouse
Washington
Spokane
Seabury
Pandora
Kenova
Palisada
Malden
F. A. Miller
Avent
Chicago
Lost animals notice near Winona North Dakota
Owner Fetterley seeks return of an old sorrel mare branded fy on right hip with two white hind feet and a brown yearling colt with no visible brand. Location near Winna, North Dakota, April 28. Call to arrange charges and reclaim animals. Wo. Fetterley.
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Winna
Fetterley
Lioness Gratitude Changes Recruiting Tale in Africa
A British lieutenant in Africa spared a lioness by removing a thorn from her foot. She left, then returned that night and killed every officer ranked above him. In gratitude, the soldier was promoted to colonel.
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Africa
Stage caricatures and national stereotypes in early travel humor
The piece critiques stage acts that lampoon nationalities with exaggerated costumes. It notes Irish roles with green whiskers, German imitations, and French and German stereotypes riffing on English travelers and Uncle Sam figures as travel magazine material.
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France
Germany
Travel Magazine
Earth-Wishing Serenaut Dialogue Sparks Whim
A surreal exchange unfolds as a serenaut asks his trembling assistant what he desires most. The reply is a bold wish for the earth, signaling a whimsical confrontation between dream and duty.
Censure Pardons the Ravens but Rebukes the Doves
Quote attribution to Juvenal frames a terse moral on mercy and judgment. The line contrasts harshness toward the strong with admonition for the meek, illustrating perennial tensions in power and virtue.
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Saskatchewan
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Linton, N. D
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
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