Grasshoppers overwhelm Minnesota towns as crops suffer
A letter from Freeport Illinois dated June 10 1875 describes Minnesota grasshopper plagues across Blue Earth Nicollet and Le Seur counties. Officials assign ten cent bounty per grasshopper with thousands gathered. burial trenches for millions of hoppers and widespread property and crop damage amid county efforts to curb the invasion.
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Ana
Minn
Freeport
Joseph
Egypt
Os Mankato
Pines
Wei Anners
Coe
Jerusalem
Blue Earth
Nicolett
la Seur
Manao
Mr. Hopper
United States
Ifres
Nebraska
Une
Warair
I Thompson
Elizabeth ‘Woomipsuu
Recorder of Deeds
Stephenson County
Illinois
Towit
George Thompson
Aaron Wolf
Court House
Stephenson
Henry CC. Hyde
Plan to pay bounties curbs grasshopper swarms in Minnesota
The state wide bounty plan for captured grasshoppers has spread from Le Sueur County to Sibley Nicollet Blue Earth and Brown counties. Blue Earth reports 2000 bushels of hoppers captured bringing total yardage to 600000000 insects while the pests begin flying northward. The campaign aims to limit damage this season and keep Minnesota's fields from heavy losses.
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St. Paul
Minn
Gresenoppen Teeta
le Sueur
Sibley, Nicollet
Blue Earth
Brown
Minnesota
Burglarious Fishing Excursion Reported in Rochester
At about 2 am Mr. Joseph Pierce of University Avenue woke to a fiddled racket in his bedroom. A fishing pole appeared over his head and a rod vanished through the window while two men scampered from the shed roof. A gold watch chain and seal were stolen from the bureau.
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Rochester Union
Joseph Pierce
University Avanue
Chicago market mixed as grains rise and pork dull
Wheat and corn advance in Chicago with No 2 Spring around 1.01 cash and July 1.01 sellers, while flour remains firm but quiet. Pork slackens with July and August prices near 19 dollars, and lard eases to about 13.35 to 13.60. Beef cattle hold firm. hogs weaker amid thin demand. lake freights steady.
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Texas
St. Louis
Hollingsworth
J. M. Chambers
Is Your Life Worth 10 Cents Buy Gyran's Avecast
An advertisement claims Dyspepsia and liver complaints yield to Gyran's Avecast Frown. It urges readers to visit Swarts & Stocking for a sample bottle at 10 cents, asserting relief after two doses and full cure at 75 cents.
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Gyran
Swarts & Stocking
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