Rainfall debate spurs Emmons talk on prairie fires and lakes
The Emmons County Record cites a Dale letter by Grandpa Tracy arguing rainfall has not increased. Bismarck signal station data show no material change, while prairie fire control may keep more water in soil. Goose Lake levels are cited as a case study of soil absorption vs lake depth.
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Tracy
Dale
Sheffield
Hartford
Bismarck
Burleigh
Emmons
Capital City
Goose Lake
Braddock
Low Fares to Milwaukee via Chicago Milw St Paul Ry
National Daily Show advertises round trip fares to Milwaukee from Chicago Mil waukee and St Paul Railway stations with one and a half fare and minimum excursion of 30 dollars. Sale dates October 14 to 20 with return by October 26. inquire via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway agents or F A Miller.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
National Daily Show
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Aberdeen
Mobridge
Lemmon
South Dakota
Landing Rock
Cheyenne River
A Bad Mixup in Health Certificates
A government clerk recounts mixing two certificates he received from doctors. One certificate of health was sent to a life insurance company and the other, a certificate of illness, was mailed to his chief with a leave petition. The humor lies in reversing the two documents.
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Chicago News
Danger in Eye Poultices Warned by Family Doctor
The Family Doctor warns against poulticing eyes under any circumstances. Binding a wet layer over an inflamed eye for hours or overnight can cause irremediable damage. Oculists condemn all poultices including tea leaves bread milk raw foods, and other home remedies for eye injuries.
Eccentric Count Bertrand Returns to Bed for Siege
Paris resident Count Bertrand, famed for yearly three month bed rest with only a silent servant, learned Paris was surrounded by the Germans as the siege began. He then chose to retreat to bed again, declaring, What should a Bertrand do under such circumstances? We should go to bed.
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Count Bertrand
Paris
Bertrand
Willie Objects in Congress Banter
A comic exchange from Lippincott's Magazine notes a congressman’s four year old son who faces jokes about resembling his father. The child replies with resigned humor that the common remark may be true but he does not feel he deserves it.
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Congress
Willie
Start of a Ticket Hurry in Kansas City
A Kansas City Journal snippet shows a New York wife asking about tickets for a show tonight. Her husband says seats for two are secured for two months from now and urges them to get ready.
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John
Jobo
New York
Wen
Kansas City Journal
Optimist and Pessimist Seen in Hasebell Season
A Washington Star quote recalls Mrs. Torkins noting the difference between an optimist and a pessimist by watching Charley at the start and finish of a Hasebell season.
The Unhonored Prophet Visit Recall at Carlyle Birthplace
A seventies visitor to Carlyle's birthplace tells a local about the celebrated thinker. The native replies with a wry remark on Carlyle being smart and educated, noting the shared schooling. The exchange captures local humor and reverence for the renowned writer.
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Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
The Soul as Perceiver and Revealer of Truth
A concise reflection invoking Emerson on the soul as the inner perceiver and revealer of truth, emphasizing self knowledge and inner light guiding understanding.
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Emerson
Joke on the Jockey Ends With Outsider Winning
A famous jockey warns a stable boy’s novice rider about a difficult horse. In a race the outsider and another lead while the favorite is close behind. The jockey urges the stable boy to slow, but the boy grins I cannot hold him and the novice wins easily, leaving the crack in second.
Happiness and Joy in Original Word Meanings
Dr. Horace Bushnell explains happiness as outward gifts and favorable conditions such as money social status love and honor while joy is inward and rooted in the soul's character. He contrasts happiness as a felt result of external circumstances with joy as a spring from within.
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Horace Bushnell
Concealed Weapons Hoax Shows Corncob Carrying
In a college town rumor of concealed weapons led to police action. A group of students was chased and ordered to reveal items from hip pockets. They meekly produced corncobs, not weapons, per the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Kinglake and the Crimean War Letters
A London Chronicle excerpt recalls two colonial parents writing to Kinglake about their son killed in the Crimea. They asked for a mention in his history and, after his reply, sent blank details begging him to invent any facts, since they had none to share.
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Kinglake
Crimea
London Chronicle
Taken Unawares by a Scornful Interruption
A pre bench Sir William Grantham, then plain Mr Grantham, faced an audience interruption during a political address. When a man exclaimed It’s a lie Mr Grantham replied You’re a gentleman provoking laughter and the speaker regained composure as he sat down.
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William Grantham
Grantham
Mr. Grantham
London
M.A. P
Boy Buys Uniment and Cement After Hitting Father
A boy rushed into a drug store and asked for Uniment and china cement. The clerk asked why, and the boy replied that he had hit his dad with a teacup and broken it, explaining the unusual purchase.
Knocking Hubby Reveals Frugal Time Table Hoarder
A blue eyed woman cites her husband as extremely economical, boasting one desk drawer full of old time tables, some three years out of date. The quirky exchange frames a domestic portrait of thrift and eccentricity.
A Matter of Taste and a Creaking Bridge Hint
A fragment from the Courier Journal appraises a ruined bridge and notes a fine new steel span farther on. The dialogue contrasts wasteful sketching with progress, while a Brontë line hints at self critique within compact prose.
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Qoalsvfile Courier Journal
Mistaken Uniform Amusement in Imperial Russia
Gene Witter Draper recounts a sleeping car episode in Russia with Marie, the Drapers’ maid, who asks a uniformed porter for a pillow and bolster in German. The porter insists he has none, then reveals he is a colonel in His Majesty's Imperial Guard, prompting laughter and an explanation of miscommunication.
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Gene Witter Draper
Italy
Marie
His Majesty’s
Imperial Guard
Woman on the Bench and the Curious Courtroom Moment
In Bayonne recorder Hyman Lazarus guides a woman to sentence her abusive husband by letting her wield the gavel. He proposes stacked options and, urging speed, the woman finally declares a sentence, then embraces her husband as they leave in tears of relief. Lazarus quips that she could return for further punishment.
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Hyman Lazarus
Bayonne
Lazarus
New York Press
Rhinoceros as a Dangerous Target in Hunt
The text notes rhinoceroses are formidable, fast, and can charge when scent is detected. It advises against stopping shots, suggesting a heart-shot bolt or remaining perfectly still to avoid provoking a charge. It cites Bronze age hunting counsel from Edgar Beecher Bronson in Century.
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Edgar Beecher Bronson
Young greengrocer in court as Lyons death ruled heart disease
A 27 year old greengrocer was arrested on drunkenness and assaulting a policeman with assistance from Mr Lyons. Lyons died in court the next day. the coroner's inquest would determine responsibility. By Saturday Lyons’ death was ruled due to longstanding heart disease, leaving the prisoner aged and distressed.
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Lyons
Pall Mall Gazette
A Sinister Comment From A Washington Star Caption
A wife recalls a neighbor asking to borrow a hatchet and clothesline and confirms both were lent. The exchange hints at foreboding behavior and a phrase about borrowing trouble attributed to the Washington Star.
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Sirius Barker
Washington Star
Russian princesses and grand duchesses distinction
In Russia the term princess lacks royal weight since many female descendants of princes hold the title. Real royal princesses are grand duchesses, daughters or sisters of the czar.
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Russia
Their Real Duty and The Vaudeville Hen Debate
A Kansas City Journal quip contrasts poultry talent with practical farming. A reader notes a man’s hen that can fly and another’s hen that whistles mimicking birds, while dismissing vaudeville sideshow hens as irrelevant. The cartoonish exchange mocks showy tricks over useful poultry skills.
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Kansas City Journal
How do you get on with wife differences kept secret
A Cleveland Leader quote illustrates a husband claiming harmony with his wife by never letting her know when they disagree. The exchange prompts readers to consider domestic tact and harmony as a valued virtue in marriages.
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Couse
Cleveland
Parzis Bacon on Marriage Quarrels
Parzis explains that marriage makes two become one yet a quarrel needs two. Egbert asks for clarification as they discuss common sayings about married life.
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Egbert
Linton Market Report and Local Notices
Linton Market Report notes wheat prices and butter stock while a land dispute notice requires appearance before U.S. officials in November 1909. Local ads offer homes for sale in Linton and a 25 cent cure for barbed wire injuries from Linton Drug Company.
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Benierol
Linton Drug Company
Public Land Sale Notice for Isolated Tract in North Dakota
Bismarck land office announces a public sale on November 4 at 10 am for the NW quarter of NE quarter and SE quarter of NW quarter in Section 19, Township 130 N, Range 7 W. Adverse claimants must file objections by sale date. M. H. Jewell, Register.
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Army
United States
L. A. Weatherby
Linton
N.D
United States Land Office
Bismarck
North Dakota
John Satterland
General Land Office
M. H. Jewell
Register
Contest Notice Filed Against Homestead Entry No 36208
A contest affidavit was filed by Mrs Earl C. Briggs against Homestead Entry No 36208 in the U S Land Office at Bismarck on September 20 1909 alleging that Sal A Snabb abandoned the claim for over six months and never resided or cultivated the land in Section 26 Township 124 North Range 74 West.
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Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Bismarck
N. D
Earl C. Briggs
Maine
Sal A. Snabb
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