Mitchell Land Office notices of final proofs for settlers
Notices from Mitchell Dakota land office dated 1887 announce settlers like A Loffswold W Doty Samuel J Shane and others filing intention to prove continuous residence and cultivation of lands in various townships and ranges. Witness lists include Gullik Gullikson Henry Schurz Samuel Olson and others.
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Mitchel
Dak
Peasettler
Pthiat
Alexandria
Ans A. Loffswold
Dane
Mitchell, Dak
Wis
W. Doty
H. Allen
Henry Schurz
Peter Schurz
É. Davison County
Charles Donk
Itchell
D. Martin
Register
Mitchell Dak
Samuel J. Olson
Samuel M. Daniels
John C
Jen. W. Gardner
Emsley
Davison Nty
Dak. Gro. B. Everitt
Register. Izen&er, Kimball & Co
Att
Mitchell
Dakota
Jonan P. Lindahl
Nex Ie
Fred Sand
Charley Johnson
John Carlson
Strand
C. B. Everitt
N. Kratz
U.S. Land Office
Christen Peter Christensen
Seen
Ole T. Oleson
Ole Hendrickson
Nut Strand
Charlie Wilson
Davison Uty
Geo. B. Everitt
C. Hoffman
Atty. Register
Mitchell, Oak
Iliam W. Kriebel
Edward
Agno
Elias J. Sanders
Georgeackson
Phineas H. Powers
Go. B. EvEnRirt
TL. C. Ler
Work at Home Opportunity Targets All Readers
Repeated home employment offer claims people can earn from 50 cents to 5 dollars per evening by doing work at home. It promises large earnings from first start and states no capital is needed. The notice lists Görk Stinson & Co of Portland Maine and Hauvert & Co as contacts. It also guarantees payment of 1 dollar if not satisfied and urges fast action.
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Ayer
Huiner
Lindale
O. T
W. F. Fowler
M. D
Greenville
Tenn
Mery C. Amesbury
Rockport
Millie Jane Peirce
South Bradford
Muss
Korgk Stinson & Coo
Portland, Me
Hauvert & Co
Portland
Maine
Grand Outfit
Truk &O
Augusta
Missouri and Kansas struck by violent storm disaster
Special reports describe cyclones, tornadoes, and hail across western Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northern Arkansas on Thursday night. Losses include $100,000 in property, numerous deaths across Bates Vernon Linn Bourbon Anderson counties, with mills, farms, and towns like Prescott Miami Junction Colony Blue Mound heavily damaged and residents injured or killed.
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St Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Bates
Vernon
Rich Hill
Pume
Sprague
Miller Farm
Miller
Linn
Prescott
Miami Junction
Bourbon County
D. J. Fields
Mills
Samuel Coles
Anderson County
Colony
Blue Mound
President denies renomination talk amid dispatch controversy
Washington report says the President emphatically denied any intention to seek a second term. He answered multiple visitors that he had not given thought to renomination and would finish his four years with country benefit and personal credit. The episode is linked to Senator West as possible source of the dispatch.
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New York
Washington
the Post
Senator West
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Jamont
Buffalo
Col. Dorshimer
Cleveland
West
Cockrell
Missouri
Jones
Arkansas
White House
Col. Lamont
Proposals on Canada trade clash prompt non intercourse plan
The Post reports hints that a proclamation of non intercourse with Canada may be issued under the Edmunds bill. Salisbury's bid to extend the Washington treaty without indemnity is blasted as impudent in Gloucester for including the free fish clause. Toronto calls it an unworthy surrender of Canadian interests. A non intercourse proclamation followed by a joint commission is seen as inevitable.
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New York
the Post
Washington
Canada
Salisbury
Gloucester
Bayard
Toronto
The Boss Boodler Opens Bribery Trial for Jake Sharp
In New York the oyer and terminer court hears the first act of Jake Sharp’s bribery case. Judge Van Brunn presides as District Attorney Martine outlines twenty indictment counts against Sharp and others. A motion for trial is set for May 11 with a hearing on quashing indictments next Friday.
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New York
Trouble Fears On Winnebago Crow Creek Lands
Milwaukee dispatch reports rising tension as soldiers advance to evict settlers on Winnebago and Crow Creek lands. Indians gather in warlike displays, while 800 settlers previously faced ousting. officials plan removals with minimal property loss amid fears of further violence.
Settlers Forced Off Crow Creek Reservation in Dakota
The Journal reports settlers at Big Bend are being ousted with three days notice. A widow named Ryan, lacking resources, was transported on a wagon by soldiers to a nearby station. Troops will stay three weeks as government fences more land, amid growing indignation. Indian officials say others leave quietly, with troops remaining for a period.
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Pierre
Dak
Slarris
Winnebago Reservation
Company E
Big Bend
Big Sioux
Fort Sully
Anderson
Washington
Minneapolis
Pierre, Dak
Ryan
Crow Creek
Atkins
Indian Office
Crow Creek Reservation
Dakota
Robbery at Wolf Fink pawn shop in Lead City
A gang raided Wolf Fink pawn broker's shop in Lead City last night through an open window in a wood shed. About $630 in cash and watches and jewelry valued at around $2,500 were stolen. Fink offered a $200 reward and has arrested five visitors. examinations set for tomorrow. The town, recently paid in mine wages, is troubled by gamblers and outsiders.
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Lead City
Dak
Wolf Fink
Chicago
Fink
Deadwood
The Straits of Mackinaw Open Promptly
The Straits of Mackinaw are open and the Chisolmand consort is stuck in the ice floe but expected to reach Lake Michigan soon. A steamer with several consorts works near Mackinaw as a heavy southeast gale and intermittent snow blow. Sheboygan harbor nearly ice free. Bain Harbor reports ice loose and moving in Green Bay.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Sheboygan, Michigan
Straits of Mackinaw
Lake Michigan
Mackinaw
Sheboygan Harbor
Baily Harbor
Green Bay
Blaine Meets Irish and German Club Delegations
Mr Blaine held a meeting with about 250 members from Irish American and German American clubs in his parlors. He shook hands with all, thanked them, and did not speak due to ill health.
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Curiaco
Blaine
Floods Recede as Quebec towns report widespread damage
In Montreal on April 27, widespread flooding leaves extensive damage in St Lumbar Boucheville Varennes Vercherres Sorel Three Rivers Berthier and other areas. Authorities distribute large quantities of provisions to assist the needy.
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Montreal
St. Lumbar
Boucheville
Varennes
Vercherres
Sorel
Three Rivers
Berthier
Alexander Crocker Nuptials At San Francisco Noon
Charles J. Alexander of New York married Harriet Crocker daughter of Charles Crocker vice president of Southern Pacific company in a noonday ceremony in San Francisco.
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San Fiaanncisco
Charles J. Alexander
New York
Harriet Crocker
Charles Crocker
Southern Pacific Company
High way robbery in Chicago on Clinton street injures Iowan
M. L. Keck from Odeboldt Iowa is robbed of 9819 and severely beaten on Clinton street. Suspects James Maloney and Fred Stubbs, saloon affiliates, are jailed after Keck identifies them as attackers. Keck had traveled to Chicago to invest money after selling his business and arranging a saloon deal via agent Fleming.
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ChicaGo
Clinton Street
M. L. Keck
James Malony
Fred Stubbs
Keck
Odeboldt
Iowa
Fleming
Maloney
Ile
Stubbs
Des Plaines Station
Minnesota Business Men Seek Hearing on Railroad Prayer
J M Burlingham secretary of Minnesota business groups asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to notify the association before railroad relief is considered between Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and to grant a hearing. He emphasizes no suspension of any law provision until its effects are tested.
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Washington
J. M. Burlingham
Business Men’s Association of
Minnesota
Boards of Trade
Business Men’s
Farmers’ Organizations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mormon elder Joshua Baker faces bigamy arrest in city
Joshua Baker of Oneida county Idaho arrived with three wives and eight children en route to Alabama. Cornelius Kelley swore out a warrant for Baker after learning the women were his wives. Baker posted $800 bonds to appear before Justice Ryan, while registering as man and wife with Jane W. Baker and listing others as relatives.
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Cnican
Joshua Baker
Oneida County
Idaho
Alabama
National Hotel
Cornelius Kelley
Justice Lyon
Baker
Ryan
Barnes House
Joshua
Jane W. Baker
Confession of Albert Turner Ignites Kentucky Mob Scene
Louis ville April 28. The brutal assault on Jennie Bowmen by a negro burglar last Thursday sparks unprecedented citywide outrage. Turner’s confession implicates another suspect, Niel Patterson, who is jailed and moved to Frankfort to escape the mob, where he will be kept temporarily in the penitentiary.
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LouisviL_y
Albert Turner
Jennie Bowmen
Turner
Niel Patterson
Frankfort
Pennsylvania company halts sale of tickets on 32 western roads
Pierspuren reports the Pennsylvania company has issued another circular discontinuing ticket sales to Missouri Pacific and other Gould lines, Chicago Burlington and Quincy and its leased lines, and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul. This totals thirty two western roads now unavailable for through tickets.
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Pierspuren
Pennsylvania Company
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Female Counterfeiters Arrested in New York
United States secret service officers arrested sisters Mrs Annie Kelley and Miss Ellen Barret in New York on a silver coin counterfeit operation. They were caught at work with a complete tools set. One sister is married to noted counterfeiter George Kelley.
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New York
United States Secret Service
Annie Kelley
Ellen Barret
George Kelley
Murderous hatchet attack ends in wife, children slain, killer suicide
In Cincinnati Kenry Iles of 618 Sycamore Street attacked wife and two children with a hatchet last night. the wife’s screams caused him to stop before he killed them and he then killed himself with a knife. In New York Kate Fishey, 16, was found clinging to docks after being cast into the river to escape an assailant. she swam ten hours to safety.
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Cincinnati
Kenry Iles
Sycamore Street
New York
Kate Fishey
East 28Th Street
Judge affirms no divorce for Clark against Kittson
New York judge confirms jury verdict that Mary Clark was not entitled to a divorce from H Kittson as he was intoxicated and unable to understand his actions. The marriage is annulled. Parsons Kansas reports L V Hatfield, ex-dry goods merchant, killed his wife then shot himself over a disputed $10,000 settlement before marriage.
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New York
Andrews
Supreme Court Today
Mary
Minnie Clark
H. Kittson
Parsons, Kan
L. V. Hatfield
Hatfield
Marriage guests in Mexico fight leave seven dead
In Meridian Yucatan near Mexico seven guests including groom Benito Nernandez died in a general brawl at a wedding celebration. Juanita Alivadz survived.Authorities noted the incident occurred on April 29.
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City of Mexico
Benito Nernandez
Juanita Alivadz
Meridian
Yucatan
Death of Dr A G Grant in Cambridge Jail
Boston April 29 Dr A G Grant a noted bigamist awaiting trial for the robbery and desertion of a Cambridge lady after marrying her died in the Cambridge jail this morning.
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Boston
A. G. Grant
Cambridge
Boodler Trials Will Be Held in Chicago
Judge Tuley overruled the motion for a venue change from Cook county in the boodler cases and ordered trials to take place in Chicago starting April 29.
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ChicaGo
Tuley
Cook County
Bay View Rioters Convicted in Milwaukee Riot Case
Four Bohemians were found guilty by the Milwaukee jury for participation in the Bay View riots last May. Sentence was not pronounced. Judge Sloan adjourned the court out of respect to the memory of Alexander Mitchell.
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Milwaukee
Bay View
Sloan
Alexander Mitchell
Wilie Bros Grocery Fire Kills Two in Four Story Building
A devastating morning blaze at Willie Bros grocery in a four story structure trapped residents on upper floors. Firefighters rescued occupants as two bodies, Sophia Boles and Fred Schultz, were found suffocated in bed. William Eberman and Greek Hoggitzuen leapt from a window. Hoggitzuen fractured skull but survived. Explosion of natural gas is blamed. damage is insured.
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Willie Bros
Willis
William Eberman
Hoggitzuen
Sophia Boles
Fred Schultz
Eberman
Hoggittzuen
Attempt to assassinate Luzerne lawyer fails in WilkesBarre
In WilkesBarre Pennsylvania April 29 I W Dewitt a respected lawyer fired at George B Kulp publisher of the Luzerne County Legal Register but missed Kulp Dewitt was arrested and is considered insane by authorities
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
George B. Kulp
Luzerne County
Wealthy Delhi stockman killed in streetcar collision
C L Flint a wealthy stockman of Delhi Iowa was instantly killed by the cars this morning on his way to Chicago with stock in Cuicano on April 29.
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Cuicano
The
Daily News
Elgin
C. L. Flint
Delhi
Iowa
Chicago
Golden Jubilee Near as Canada Plans Celebration
News and commentary note Canada will mark the golden jubilee on June 22. Other items include F. M. Scott's embezzlement sentence of six years in New York, mixed reactions to the Schnabeles affair, and a UK budget note. Also covered are the ICC's southern sojourn, Bismarck's regret over a Leipzig arrest, Stanley's Congo mission, Apaches moved to Mt Vernon Alabama, Daniel Manning's health, and McVicker reviving a Chicago stock company.
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Canada
F. M. Scott
New York
Berlin
Schnabeles
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bismarck
Leipsic
Stanley
Mattada
Congo River
Emin Key
War Department
Mt. Vernon
Alabama
Fort Marion
St. Augustine
Daniel Manning
McVicker
Chicago
Foreclosure Notice on Davison County Mortgage
Dowdell and Dowdell mortgage holder Frederick Brent Grotrian foreclose on 166 acres in Davison County Dakota Territory to satisfy 319.50 owed plus interest and costs. Sheriff D O Stanchfield to sell at public auction May 6 1887 at 9am at Mitchell Court House front door. Wilkes & Wells attorneys for mortgage.
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George W. Dowdell
Sadie E. Dowdell
Frederick Brent Grotrian
Davison County
Dakota Territory
Register of Deeds
Court House
Mitchell
Davison
Frederick Brent Grotriax
D. O. Stanchfield
Wilkes & Wells
Edward Flannagan
Colonial and
United States Mortgage Company
Hull
England
Oie Hundred
David John Hamilton
O. O. Stanchfield
Serif Davison
Oak
Wilkyes & Wells
Mortragees
Territory of Dakota
Scott
D. T
Dillon & Preston
Plaintif
Mortgage foreclosure notice for Davison County property
Notice of sale under a mortgage dated February 24 1885 assigned July 1896 to L W Lewis. Amount due listed as 461.20 with 100 principal and 61.90 interest plus 40 attorney fees. Sale scheduled at Mitchell Dakota courthouse steps May 23 1967 for Lot 2 Block 94 Lawler addition. Assignee L W Lewis. Attorneys for assignee. Sheriff auctioneer.
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Henry Ahern
Alice Ahern
Davison
Territory
Dakota
James A. Wilson
Territory of
L. W. Lewis
Register of Deeds
Court House
Mitchell
Territory of Dakota
Towit
Lawler
Mitchell, Dak
A. K. Hircucock
O. O. Stanchfield
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Atarrh
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Grover
Dan Lamont
Clevland
the Boss Boodler
Jake Sharp
Winne
Bago Reservation
Evening Journal
Winnebago
Harris
Company EK
Gilliam
Commission
Natural Gee
News and Comment
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Tho. Fullerton, Wm. Fullerton and
George Fullerton
Chas, Smith
Fannie D. Smith
Wm. Sloan
J. N. Crow
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