Affinity Fades After Henry Thompson's Cash and Cards
Henry Thompson of Teastrike paid debts and bought outfits for a Red Lake Falls dressmaker in Crookston Minnesota. After a hotel stay and planning to return to Teastrike, the woman slipped away with his trunk and funds, boarding a train for Fargo.
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Crookston
Minn
Henry Thompson
Teastrike
Cupid
Red Lake Falls
Henry
South Crookston
Fargo
Man Robbed Twice in 24 Hours in Minneapolis
Edward Carmody, fresh from Chicago, arrived in Minneapolis seeking work and was robbed twice within a day. A phony Fargo driver and a fake private detective swindled him out of his money, leaving him penniless and wary after the second encounter.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Edward Carmody
Chicago
Union Station
Fargo
N. D
Edward
Carmody
Butcher Arrested for Stabbing Brother in Law
Michael Brennan a pioneer butcher of Yankton is in custody on a charge of stabbing his brother in law Mike Walsh of Sioux City with a butcher knife. The notice ends with an advertising prompt.
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Yankton, S. D
Michael Brennan
Mike Walsh
Sioux City
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promoted for Women
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as strengthening for nursing and expectant mothers and aiding various female conditions. It claims safe use, alcohol free formula, and mentions Lotion Tablets and Antiseptic Suppositories as complementary products. It also promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowel regulation.
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Mr. Pierce
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Darmody Swindled at Hotel After Accepted Offer
Darmody awoke in a hotel to find a gold watch $4.33 and all his money missing along with his "private." He reported the theft to police, but no arrests are likely as the two swindlers are believed to have escaped and he aims to return to Chicago.
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Darmody
Chicago
Car Stop Ends In Fatal Mine Tramway Crash
The mangled body of Victor Lohonen, a Finnish miner, was found entangled in tram wheels on the Homestake mine line between Lead and Terraville. He had been walking the dark tramway and appeared to have laid down for a rest when struck and killed instantly.
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Homestake
Lead
Terraville
Victor Lohonen
Editor Lies Near Death After Suicide Attempt
J. M. Wiser once city editor of the Mankato Review remains at the St Peter state hospital for the insane after attempting suicide two weeks earlier. He shot himself through the chest the bullet passing inches above his heart without causing death.
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ST. Peter, Minn
J. M. Wiser
Mankato
St. Peter State Hospital
Mr. Wiser
Fire Fatality At City Grocery Store
J. M. Bachelder of 200 St. Anthony avenue died in a fire that started in his room above a grocery store. The aged man’s body was found face down near the door to the kitchen area of the living apartments above the shop. Investigators consider the cause under review.
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Minneapolis
Minn
J. M. Bachelder
St. Anthony Avenue
Man Dies Trying to Flee Blaze. Bachelder Built Store
The man attempted to escape a blaze in a burning building. Mr Bachelder had suffered rheumatism for years and ran a small grocery store to support his family.
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Mr. Bachelder
Lake Crystal Vote Set Amid Wet Dry Fight Next Week
Lake Crystal Minnesota prepares for a village election next week pitting wet and dry factions. The town has been dry for two years aside from pockets of bootlegging and blind pig activity that troubled authorities in the past.
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Lake Crystal
Minn
Iowa Mines to Close Across State April First
Des Moines Iowa faces a coal famine as every mine in the state will close on April 1. Officials expect a month or more of shutdown with no coal mined during the period. Factories and large coal users have prepped by leasing extra ground and storing coal in anticipation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frazer Gets Two Years in Penitentiary
Frazer, an old-time politician, is sentenced in Deadwood to two years and four months in the state penitentiary after a conviction for shooting with intent to kill Isaac Trotter. The case drew wide local attention.
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Deadwood
S. D
William K. Frazer
Frazer
Isaac Trotter
Oakland Fire Station Established at Vanderbilt Estate
A regular fire department, well equipped and manned, has been established at the Oakland estate of Alfred G. Vanderbilt near Newport Ra.
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Oakland
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Newport
Northern district gains land from Miles City area
A 150 mile by 25 mile strip south of the Missouri river was detached from the Miles City land office district and added to the Glasgow district. Across Minnesota and South Dakota reports note farmers plotting elevators and legal actions for theft and jail.
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Miles City
Mont
Glasgow
Barnesville
Minn
Opera House
Sioux Falls
S. D
Hamlin County
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Hayton
South Dakota Central Railroad
Yankton
Earl Hedelston
Virgil Winfrey
Abe Case
Gayville
Brainerd
Minnesota and International Railroad Company
Henry Suthers
Family row ends in fatal blow in Dickinson
George Belknap dies after a blow to the head with a poker. The weapon was wielded by his wife or her brother-in-law during a marital dispute. Belknap, married about a year, had deteriorating relations with his wife who sought help at her brother George Ladd’s home.
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Dickinson
N. D
George Belknap
Belknap
George Ladd
Thousands of British War Graves Remain Unmarked in South Africa
Four thousand graves of British soldiers who died in the late war lie in South Africa without headstones. Authorities note the omission persists decades after the conflict, prompting calls for markers and recognition for the fallen.
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South Africa
Woman Driven to Insanity After Revival Ordeal
Mrs Alexander Schutzendorf wife of a carpenter and mother of several children was committed to the Northern hospital for the insane following a religious revival in Oshkosh Wisconsin. She raved and had to be restrained for violence toward herself and others during the intensifying excitement.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Alexander Schutzendorf
Northern Hospital For
Avoca Man Dies After Canned Chicken Slows Poisoning
In Racine Wisconsin on March 20 it was reported that John Graves of Avoca died after suffe ring a reaction to botulism from canned chicken. He ate the product hours before his death at St Luke's hospital and officials have not yet traced the purchase point.
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Racine, Wis
John Graves
Avoca
Wis
St. Luke’s Hospital
Never Home Long Enough Says Ocean Liner Captain
A passenger on an ocean liner asks if the captain ever gets homesick. The captain replies he is never home long enough, reflecting a life spent at sea.
Fire Devours Braham Business District in Five-Hour Blaze
Braham Minnesota residents battled a major fire lasting five hours on Wednesday threatening the business district. High winds and snow spread embers as firefighters used the Mercantile company’s apparatus and 150 feet of hose to contain the flames and prevent total destruction.
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Braham
Minn
Mercantile Company
Mrs J Addison Hayes Relocates Letters From Memorial Hall
Mrs J Addison Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, moves letters from Memorial Hall New Orleans to Colorado Springs. The letters concern the claim that Generals Grant and Thomas offered their services to the Confederacy during the Civil War era.
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J. Addison Hayes
Jefferson Davis
Memorial Hall
New Orleans
Colorado Springs
Grant
Thomas
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