Dr McKillip Tells Of Trip To Fargo West
Dr. D W McKillip recounts a West trip invited by Fargo business men to locate there as a veterinary surgeon. He describes travel from La Crosse to Fargo via C M & St P and Northern Pacific, notes wheat fields, land gravel issues, Fargo water scarcity, artesian water at ten cents a pair, spring water five cents, and no saloons. mentions a missing chart and ongoing gold chest search at the Moody estate with stopping orders rumored.
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D. W. McKillip
Fargo
N. D
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Minnesota
Hammond
Moody
La Follette Speaks at Em pire Rink Tonight
Senator La Follette delivers a speech in La Crosse tonight in support of Irvine L. Lenroot with C W Gilman backing Governor Davidson. The week features several speeches and a warm forecast for the city.
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Senator la Follette
Irvine L. Lenroot
C. W. Gilman
Davidson
la Crosse
Empire Rink
Bad Check Passes By Stranger Across America
A 25 year old man, affable and well appearing, tried passing worthless checks at several locales. He attempted to cash a $10 check for a $1.75 music purchase at J G Loomis in La Crosse, prompting police alerts to merchants. The case involves Rosa and Georgia and a band led by Peter Lewis, with warrants issued for her parents and Lewis.
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J. G. Loomis
Rosa
Georgia
Macon County
Justice McCoy
Peter Lewis
Lewis
Bloomington
Charles Georgia
St. Louis
Rose Mitchell
Cincinnati
Rose
Mitchell
Death as freight train backs over Chicago brakeman
Fred Danis of 6223 State Street, a Lake Shore Railroad brakeman, was crushed when his foot was caught in a frog as a freight train backed down at Sixty-fourth Street. Despite his cries for help, fellow workers did not hear him. He died at Mercy Hospital a few hours later.
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Chicago
Fred Danis
State Street
Lake Shore
Sixty-fourth Street
Danis
Mercy Hospital
Glutted Market Echoes in Advertised Provisions
An advertising page hints at cheap provisions amid a glut in supply as merchants urge buyers to inspect deals. The Readerville Gazette notes evolving prices and stock levels, urging caution and comparison across listings for value.
Woman using fictitious name held on vagrancy
Isabel la Jones was arrested in Allegheny on vagrancy and disorderly conduct charges. A jail search revealed $7,000 in bills. the seized money and the name proved fictitious. An attorney secured bail and the family intends to place her in a sanitarium.
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Pittsburg
Isabella Jones
Allegheny
Jones
Treasure Hunt Near Jacksonville Bridge Reaches Deep
In Jacksonville Florida Aug 18 excitement grows as J B Mills C N Lee and an older Black man Hammond with others approach a buried treasure near the old J T and Kh W railroad bridge. They have dug about fifteen feet using pumps and a donkey engine and sound a metal chest possibly two by three feet. Hammond allegedly kept a chart guiding the expedition and Mills and Lee formed a partnership to recover the treasure within days.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J. T
Kh. W
J. B. Mills
C. N. Lee
Hammond
Métis
Lee
Darky
Lee and Mills
Earns Salary While in Jail
Frederick Begerow the Alviso constable who killed Joseph Cech and August Berger at Cycler's park on July 15 1900 will receive his salary for the two years he was confined in the county jail on murder charges. The district court of appeals reversed a lower court ruling and awarded the salary.
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San Jose
Cal
Frederick Begerow
Alviso
Joseph Cech
August Berger
Cycler’s Park
District Court of Appeals
Begerow
Walks After Lightning Bolt Then Dies in Roadside Tragedy
Dominick Chetro an Italian man aged 46 walked fifty feet after a bolt of lightning struck his group sheltering under a roadside tree near Verona Pennsylvania before collapsing and dying. He and his companions worked on the county road to Milltown and sought shelter when the strike occurred.
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Pittsburg
Verona
Dominick Chetro
Chetro
Milltown
Grand Trunk Railway doubles tracks Chicago to Montreal
Descriptive literature and timetables describe the Grand Trunk double track route under one management from Chicago to Montreal and to Niagara Falls. Free literature available by applying to Geo W Vaux A G P T A Grand Trunk Railway Chicago.
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
New York
Adams St
Slap incident over kiss demand in Chicago park
Adam Karl an 18 year old is said to have slapped Miss Bessie Strong 15 after she refused his kiss near the North avenue entrance in a park. A park policeman arrested Karl and took him to the Chicago avenue station. Miss Strong lives at 152 Cleaver street.
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Chicago
Tih
Adam Karl
Bessie Strong
Park
Chicago Avenue
Miss Strong
Cleaver Street
North Avenue
Karl
Beardsley Family Returns From Baraboo Visit
Mrs. O. C. Beardsley and her son Claude have returned home after a two week visit with relatives in Baraboo.
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O. C. Beardsley
Claude
Baraboo
Trade profits fund tomorrow’s growth and stability
The text compares civilization to storekeeping where a portion of current profits pays the tax on tomorrow’s larger profits. This flow sustains and strengthens the enterprise, feeding and lifting the future of the organization.
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