Interior Secretary revokes land entry suspension order
The secretary of the interior revokes Commissioner Sparks 1885 order suspending final action on public land entries west of the guide meridian in Kansas and other western states. Lamar directs resumed regular consideration and disposal of claims suspended by the order, emphasizing no delay without substantial fraud evidence.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Lay
Sparks
General Land Office
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Dakota
Idaho
Utah
New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
Nevada
Minnesota
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
L.Q. C. Lamar
Agreement on hearings by commissioner in land entry dispute
An agreement in Yankton Dakota between the United States attorney and Dudley’s counsel centers on whether hearings may be ordered upon cash entries by the general land office commissioner. If the demurrer against that practice is sustained at trial, contesting entries after trial receipts issue could end. Judge Tripp is praised as an ideal tribunal for the matter.
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Yanketon
Dak
United States
Dudley
Tripp
Terrible railroad accident shocks Greenfield scene
An east bound passenger train on a 200 foot embankment near Bardwells Ferry and West Deerfield crashed into the riverbank. Six bodies were recovered with many more feared dead as engines cars and a sleeping car tumbled to the river below. A special train carried physicians and workers to the wreck as rescuers faced a hazardous climb. Reports from Shelburne Falls put the death toll uncertain and the number of passengers between 25 and 100. In La Crosse a separate fire caused $562,000 in losses with $60,000 insured.
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Greenfield
Bardwells Ferry
West Deerfield
Springfield
Deerfield River
Deerfield
Shelburne Falls
Forester
Shelburne
Gem City Mills Destroyed In Quincy Fire
The Gem City mills in Quincy Illinois were destroyed by a fire last night. Losses total nearly two hundred thousand dollars with stock company ownership and a construction cost of one hundred twenty five thousand dollars. Taylor Bros lessees had 15000 bushels of wheat and 1000 barrels of flour in storage and face about three thousand dollars in losses. Nordyke and Co of Indianapolis recently refurbished the mill. machinery not yet accepted and losses expected at thirty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Gem City Mills
Taylor Bros
Nordyke & Co
Indianapolis
Coming Emigration Predicted for Dakota Lands
Commissioner Dunlap predicts large summer immigration to Dakota. Many newcomers will seek deeded lands as public domain tightens. Non residents hold land under preemption and timber culture acts, and turning idle land to producers would aid Dakota’s development.
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Yankton
Dunlap
Dakota
Surveyors map C N W line north toward Eaton
The D T surveyors report a new C N W line running north near the Jim crossing toward Eaton and into the Northern Pacific limits. Assistant General Superintendent Sanborn and Chief Engineer Blunt visited with Raymond and Stoddard to review the route. Sanborn reportedly said the line would be built and ironed this summer though no subscriptions or townsites have been offered.
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Columbia Dispatch
Times
Sanborn
Blunt
Raymond and
Stoddard
Eaton
Redfield
Pierce
Lansing
Northwestern Company
Wheat price outlook improves with expected 1886 shortage
A St Paul statistician projects a nationwide wheat shortage in 1886 with mills in Minnesota Dakota needing more grain than remains in elevators and farmers hands after anticipated eastward deliveries. Dakota farmers may see prices rise toward a dollar in the home market before the next harvest. The Globe also praises country editors for independent leadership shaping public sentiment and policy.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakota
Northwest
Duluth
St. Paul Globe
Smalley
Minneapolis Press Club
Metropolitan Press
Ife
Dakota sunflowers touted as fuel source in Dakota reports
A Dakota correspondent writes of growing sunflowers as year round fuel. One acre yields stove fuel, with seeds valued for oil burning. stalks cure to oak-like hardness for hot fires. Russians and Tartars historically used sunflowers as fuel in harsh winters.
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Great Steppes
Prairie
Russia
Tartary
Dakota
First Annual Plankinton Academy Catalogue Published
The Free Press prints the first annual catalogue showing 35 pupils and a full course of study. Faculty includes principal William B. Pinkerton A B Latin Greek Mathematics and Bookkeeping, Rev R H Battey physiology and teaching theory, Miss Hattie M Patterson penmanship, Miss Nellie Groves assistant in English, Miss Hattie Miracle tutor of primary branches.
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Plankinton Academy
Free Press
William B. Pinkerton
A. B
R. H. Battey
Hattie M. Patterson
Nellie Groves
Hattie Miracle
Mugwumps and birds in a tongue twister wire
The Washington Post mocks the mugwump metaphor while a Chicago paper cites Audubon birds and a whang-hee example as a test of political pretensions. The piece notes President Cleveland has lost support from leading party papers over patronage, tariff, and silver issues.
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Chicago News
The
Washington Post
Ingalls
Post
Audubon
Asia Minor
Whang-Hee
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Cleveland
New York Sun and World
Cincinnati Enquirer
Louisville Courier-Journal
Boston Globe
Atlanta Constitution
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Augusta, Gay Chronicle
Dakota G A R honors Captain Lucas re-election as commander
The Press and Dakotaian praise the Grand Army of the Republic Dakota department for re electing Captain Lucas as commander. They hail him as a fitting and generous leader and wish the position could be perpetual until his final muster out.
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Dakota Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Lucas
Dakota and Dakotans local election roundup
Redfield elected a license ticket Mandan elected a republican mayor Fargo chose a republican mayor by a narrow margin Capt A W Lavender elected mayor of Scotland Frank Able appointed post master at Lead City Elk Point and Howard each elected temperance tickets Spring term of Yankton College began yesterday Bismarck weather prophets predict Missouri River breakup by the 10th W A Dow of Sioux Falls secured heating contract for Madison dormitory Bismarck elected a democratic mayor Monday six democrats to two republicans Ipswich county commissioners quarrel over saloon licensing Mitchell visit by Drs Fishblatt Hubbard Gaines the Buckeye man gains today matinees on Saturday are worth attending No extra charge for reserved seats on the nail keg.
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Redfield
Mandan
Fargo
Capt. A. W. Lavender
Scotland
Frank Able
Lead City
Elk Point
Howard
Yankton College
Bismarck
Missouri
W. A. Dow
Sioux Falls
Madison
People’s
Board of Aldermen
Ipswich
Gaines
Des Moines Captain Praises Pain Balm For Rheumatism
Capt W A Abbott of Des Moines Iowa, veteran of Co A 79th Ind Vol Inf, says chronic rheumatism relief comes from Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He claims the medicine's penetrating power ranks it highly among curatives and notes widespread word of mouth advertising. Sold by Hammer & Hammer.
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W. A. Abbott
Des Moines
Towa
Co. A
Ind
Chamberlain
Hammer & Hammer
Farmers Mutual Protection Association hires Geo Farnsworth
The Farmers Mutual Protection Association of Plankinton led all insurers in losses last year and remains the cheapest option for farmers to protect crops. Geo Farnsworth will handle Association business in this area and farmers are guaranteed that all work done for the Association by him will be sustained by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Protection Association of Plankinton
Geo. Farnsworth
Advice to Mothers and Remedies Advertised
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup described as the best teething aid from a leading nurse and physician in the United States with forty years of use by millions of mothers. It claims to ease teething pain and cure dysentery, diarrhea, griping, and wind colic, priced 25 cents per bottle. St Patrick’s Pills advertised to relieve constipation with a suggested continued use for a permanent cure, sold by Hammer Nammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammer & Nammer
Notice of Tax Collectors and Land Claims in Dakota Territory
Notices warn taxpayers of personal property tax distress and sale starting May 1 1886 and list multiple land claim filings with final proof dates May 14 and 15 1886 at Mitchell Dakota Territory. Names include Edwin L. Rugg Daniel S Teneyck Thomas E Freeland and witnesses from Davison Hanson and surrounding counties. GEO B EVERITT registers these notices with Blanchard and Hannett attorneys noted.
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Dakota
Mitchell
D. T
Mitchell, Oak
Edwin L. Rugg
Levi Brown
Charles F. Drake
Vegas
Charles Boulton
Rome
Davison County
Geo
B. Everitt
Blanchard & Hannett
Daniel
Adam Deering
Nicholas Deering
Nicholas Brader
George Deering
J. N. Crow
D.T
Mitchell, D. T
Thomas E. Freeland
Wm. Dean
P. H. Powers
Samuel Marshall
Willard Powers
Hanson County
Geo. B. Everitt
Register
Land breaking planned in Hutchinson and Douglas counties
In lots of fifty to one hundred acres breaking work is set to occur between May 1 and July 4 on land located in Hutchinson and Douglas counties. Bowne and Newcomer work with the First National Bank, Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Douglas
Bowne & Newcomer
First National Bank
Mitchell, 2
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Mitchell Capital
Jim River Survey
Sioux City Journal
Drs. Fishblatt & Hubbard
Davi
Son County
Davison Bros
Rt. D. Prescott
A. J. Whiting & Son
Rome, Dakota
John J.chase
John J. Chase
D. D
Newton, N. J
Smith & CO
Texarkana, Ark
H. E. Carpenter
Henderson
N. Y
Cuticura
Resolvent
Porter Drung and Chemical Co
Boston
Minneapolis & St Louis Railway
Albert Les
Iowa
Albert Lee
Fort Dodge
Watertown
Oak
ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Union Depot
Manitoba
Northern Pacific
Minnea Rem EM
Seaison Kansas Cl
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
F. Boyd
Tkt
Pass
Minn
Trouee & Co
Augusta
EH. J. Moehr
Anton Holt
Jorgen Holt
Woonsocket
Anton
Mediun
C. K. Parson
Harry Harmon
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Drala
E. C. West
John C. West &Co
Madison St
Ills
West
John D. Peack
Ki State
Oni
Ialso
Aetna Mutual Live Stock Society
Postonce
Buckeye
Saranaat
Southern
Weil Bros
Buckeye Fanny
Chas. E. Gaines
Q. T. Letcher & CO
Mitchel
Ea Carriace & Harness
E. Pratt
Kikbart, Indiana
James Leslie
Mitchell Fruit & Forest Tree Nursery
Duchess of Oldenburg
D&c
James Lestix
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