Mitchell fair prep accelerates with new buildings and events
Mitchell prepares for the commemorative fair with a building committee local support and grounds work. The program aims to attract notable attendees Governor Church and President Clevely with aeronautics by Gomes of Springfield and planned ascensions. Local gun and bicycle groups plan meetings adding features as stock from Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota grows the event’s scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Clevely
Church
Northwest
Dakota
Olin Sherman
Ola Lov
Gomes
Springfield
Ilinois
Erson
Ile
Iowa
Iliis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Uers
Good Advice to Farmers for Dakota Prosperity
The Dakota farmer era is seen as a chance to prosper through careful feeding and fodder use. With nearby states suffering crop failures, hay grain and corn prices may rise and cattle moves shift to feed-rich areas. Caution is urged to only buy what can be paid for, while urging November purchases of cows in Iowa to improve herd strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Letcher Blade and Sparks Clash Over Northwest Settlers
The article details commissioner Sparks attacking Frank Mease over a land claim near Letcher. Mease bought a claim, faced debt, used a pre-emption, built a cabin, dug a well, broke five acres, cropped it, and walked nightly to stay on the claim while working at the Blade office. Sparks' accusations are framed as spiteful despite Mease meeting legal requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Letcher
Commissioner Sparks
Northwest
Frank Mease
Mease
Blade
St. Mease
Madison
Dakota University Announces New Faculty Reorganization
The Dakota University trustees reveal a complete faculty overhaul with Dr. Brush away for fundraising. VP W P A Keno of New York leads a modernized school with new staff, a full normal course, business program, upgraded library, laboratory, and improved facilities. Mrs. Reno to oversee female students as matron. Prof. Wakefield to head commercial department. Prof. Eastman remains in Latin and Greek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota University
Eastman
Brush
WP. A. Keno
New York
Wakefield
Business College
Sioux City
A. J. Edgerton
P. A. Reno
Keno
Stegmeier
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
J. A. Wakefield
Illinois Wesleyan University
Ile
Z. H. Walker
Wm. Richardson
Reno
Dakota Gratitude in Face of Iowa Criticism Amid Hard Seasons
A letter from an eastern Iowa resident recounts Dakota’s harsh crops and drought like conditions. The writer notes maize and pasture failures, high corn costs, and widespread farmer hardship. Despite slights, Dakota remains magnanimous and offers a warm welcome to Lowa settlers while advertising low-rate loans for urban properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dakota
Lona
Death of Robert M T Hunter A Virginia Statesman
The death of Hon. Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter at his Essex County home marks the end of a life filled with political prominence. Born April 20 1809 he served in the Virginia legislature U S Congress and Senate led the state through the Civil War era as Confederate secretary of state and later Virginia treasurer. He endured exile and parole before returning to public life and dying where his political career began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
Essex County
South
United States
Virginia
Stephen A. Douglas
Syeveree
Charleston
T. Hunter
Mr. Hunter
University of Virginia
Winchester Law School
Congress
United States Senate
Henry Clay
Hunter
Senate
Confederate Congress
Lincoln
Seward
Hampton Roads
Johnson
Colored Hero Arthur Robinson Saves Seven in Canarsie Bay Rescue
Arthur Robinson, a 35 year old dark mulatto seaman from Quire Creek Virginia, saved seven lives when the sloop Mystery capsized near Canarsie Bay. He retrieved a child, a man and wife and child, a large woman, and two others, then landed them on the Deane as the boat nearly capsized. He remained calm, faithful to savings, and plans to stay with the steamboat company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Mystery
Canarsie Bay
Arthur Robinson
Quire Creek
Collins
The
Reaper
Mr. Sweetster
Deane
Arthur
Steamboat Company
Eloping Millionairess Saga Ends in Possible Marriage or Suit
European society reels at the abduction of Milo Mercedes Jano Count de San Antonio three months after marriage. She sought divorce and 7,000,000 francs restitution. The Vicomte de Lacour Garbeuf led a party to separate her from her escort and place her in a carriage, with a future marriage or lawsuit anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo
Mercedes Jano
Count de San Antonio
DE Campos
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Vicomte de Lacour-Garbeuf
Vicomte
The Wise Thing to Do After Appomattox Surrender
The night before surrender of Appomattox Mahone and Lee discussed the end. Lee said slavery disappears forever and urged men to adapt to the new order and return home to work. Cor New York Mail and Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appomattox
Mahone
Lee
New York Mail and
Rirmroga
The Business Side of Europe and Umbrella Handles
A Detroit Free Press New York correspondent quotes a practical young umbrella dealer sailing to Europe. He dismisses antiquities as irrelevant, saying he will see only umbrella handles, despite guidance on historic sites and cultural charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Europe
Engand
New York
Cor
Detroit Free Press
State Sold for 100000 170 years ago in vast Wisconsin land deal
A 1817 sale recorded in New York shows Samuel Peters selling a large northwestern tract of about 8 million acres that became much of Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. The syndicate included Lewis Ayres and 99 others, with profits tied to Carver's earlier 1767 grant. Indians retained hunting and fishing rights on unimproved land. The piece notes 1,315,497 residents and farm product value of 727,779,496 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsn
Minnesota
New York Register
Samuel Peters
Lewis Ayres
Jonathan Carver
Carver
Falls of St. Anthony
Mississippi
Lake Pepin
Chippeway River
Falls of
St. Anthony
Wisconsin
New York Mail and Express
Leonard Sweet Tries Mud Oaths
Leonard Sweet recounts his health recovery after a doctor prescribed Las Vegas mud baths. He describes enduring discomfort, heavy sweating, and renewed vigor from mud therapy and horseback riding through winter, comparing his recovery to a return to strength seen in wartime comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Sweet
Maj
J. W. Powell
Geological Survey
Powell
Sweet
Abraham Lincoln
Las Vegas
Santa Claus
Washington Post
The Thief Source of Slang Across Cultures
The London Daily News discusses how thieves develop slang from multiple languages including Romany Yiddish French and Italian mispronunciations. It notes slang changes quickly as new names for old things arise and travelers observe language evolution among separated groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland
London Daily News
Train Safety Becomes Private Armament Amid Rail Robberies
Commentary urges gun loaded defense in caboose and baggage cars to deter stages and "road agents." Buckshot is praised as effective against James boys style train robbers, with rail workers urged to arm themselves for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Neuf
American Magazines Sales Outpace Local Titles in England
Report notes five leading American magazines reissued in England sell more than the combined twenty five magazines published in the Paite Kingdom. New Orleans Times-Democrat
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Paite Kingdom
New Orleans Times- Danerat
Oscar J Harvey: Big Forger of the Treasury in Pennsylvania
The career of Oscar J Harvey, a Treasury Department forger in Washington, revealed he borrowed about 30000 across years by exploiting his father’s will. He married Miss Holding of West Chester amid family opposition and led a high-profile life before arrest in Wilkes-Barre. He held posts, traveled to London and Paris, kept detailed diaries and ledgers, and faced repayment by banks for forged drafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
Oscar J. Harvey
Wilkes
Miss Holding
West Chester
E. J. Smith
Wilkesbarre Methodist Episcopal Church
Buffalo
N.Y
Luzerne County
Masonic Benefit Association of
Willkesbarre
American Institute of Civics
Waite
Harvey
London
Paris
Ali
Third Auditor's Office
The
Treasury
Royal Marriage Laws and European Dynastic Blood
The New York World argues royal marriage laws block plebeian blood into monarchies. It cites intermarriage over centuries as causing insanity and the king's evil, naming figures such as the Duchess d Alencon the King of Bavaria and others to illustrate the perils of blue blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
d’Alencon
King
Bavaria
Duchess of Cumberland
Sultan
Turkey
Alexander
Prussia
Otto
Austria
Nicolas Constantinowitz
Russia
Charlotte
Mexico
New York World
Monte Carlo and Society Oddities Across Shared Tales
A collage of vignettes touches on Monte Carlo gambling excesses with 12 000 franc stakes and a Spaniard losing 200 000 francs, prince estate generosity in rabbit hunting, linguistic quirks and light humor from Harper's Bazaar and Norristown Herald, and Modjeska’s secluded travel life behind the scenes of early American tours.
Notable Figures Quoted From 19th Century Figures
A collection of brief remarks on Butterworth Bulfinch Emerson West and others. References span Butterworths speaking skill, Bulfinchs birth 1763, Beecher Cobbett and Lincoln anecdotes, and remarks on Dr McGlynn leading Labor politics in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McGlynn
Labor Party
New York
Historical Facts From Early American Industry and Society
A survey of 18th and 19th century developments notes Alabama’s school funding share, early gas lighting in Boston 1822, Maine’s split from Massachusetts in 1819, Rutland Vermont marble quarry employment, clergy voyagers to Europe, Boston’s last pillory use 1801, Dedham hat straw braid origins 1797, France’s girls agricultural school, the dollar’s 1785 adoption, Massachusetts copper sheet manufactory 1802, 1800s territorial organization in Mississippi and Indiana, German vs Irish immigrant counts, first US school states manufactory 1826 in Pennsylvania, US consumption of French sardines and Maine herring, and early 1820s portable fireproof safes from France.
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Boston
Maine
Massachusetts
Rutland
New York
Europe
Dedham
Mass
France
Congress
United States
Mississippi Territory
Indiana Territory
St. Vincennes
Pennsylvania
Notable Authors At Work On Varied Projects Across Arts
Dr. Charles C. Abbott plans a new book while William S. Judge works on Early Buddhism. Leander Richardson returns from England. Henry George authors a political economy book. Albert Ellery Berg rewrites Universal History of the Drama. Hugh Farrar McDermott pledges a poetry volume by Christmas. Maj. T. P. McElrath completes a Grant biography. Alfred Trumble issues Twenty five American Artists. Lily Curry to spend a year in Spain for material. Wong Chin Foo, noted Chinaman contributor to English letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Brown
Garfield
Washington
Tennyson
King Leopold
England
William Cobbett
Franklin
DeFoe
Abraham Schreiner
Vienna
United States
Leander Richardson
Henry George
Albert Ellery Berg
Hugh Farrar McDermott
Maj
T. P. McElrath
Gen. Grant
Alfred Trumble
Racing board reinstates Thoma Stevens and club mileage leaders
The racing board reinstates Thoma Stevens. John Keen, a racing veteran, recently married. Many tricyclists switch to lawn tennis and baseball. F M Daniels leads the New York Bicycle club mileage with James M McFadden second and J H Hanson third. Eidersen, the Dutch champion, rides a twenty seven pound machine and wears dancing pumps with bows. The Wheel urges an enterprising club to sponsor a road race for cash prizes to expose road racing issues between amateurs and professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Daniels
New York
Bicycle Club
James M. McFadden
J. H. Hanson
Eidersen
Notable trades and figures named in a public listing
The passage lists individuals from various trades and roles including Ira B. Aylesworth a carpenter Thomas B Barry an ax maker Mr Powderly a respected leader John W Hazes a grocer and former brakeman with an arm loss Charles H Litchness described as a sharp politician Thomas B McGuire a New York truck driver and Home club organizer William H Bailey a coal miner and former Pawnee police chief O Albert O Carlton a Massachusetts shoemaker and steadfast order member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira B. Aylesworth
Thomas B. Barry
Mr. Powderly
John W. Hazes
Charles H. Litchness
New York
Thomas B. McGuire
William H. Bailey
Pawnee
O. Albert O. Carlton
Massachusetts
Local man dies after poisoning lunch wrap
A Dakota newspaper reports a man living about twelve miles away died Monday afternoon from poisoning after eating a lunch wrapped in a copy of a controversial newspaper. The item warns others to take heed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Dakota Bell
Farm Auction Notice Near Town Sows Cattle Horses
FOR SALE Six Broad Sows and Pigs Fourteen head of Cattle Cows and Calves Eleven head of Horses Mares and Colts Farm Machinery Feed Cutter Feed Grinder Mowers and Rakes Hay Stacker Plows and small implements All to be sold low for cash Inquire on farm north of town or of J H ROOT Watch maker Warne s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Root
Warne
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Robert M. T. Hunter
Hanover
East
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Hindoo
Sheepshead
Monmouth Park
Stockton
Reveller
Chaina
Charles Dickens
St. Paul Paterfamilias
New York Post
Esek
Monte Carlo
London World
Prince of Wales
St. Nicholas
St. Bays Harper's Bazar
Norristown
Norristown Herald
Detroit Freeress
Modjeska
Bhé
Congressman Butterworth
Bulfinch
Emerson
Jeremy Taylor
Mr. West
Henry Wilson
Henry Ward Beecher
Gifford
Austin Dobson
Board of Trade
Edmund Gosse
Charles Lamb
Robert Lincoln
Phil Sheridan
Thomas N. James
N. P. Banks
Ben. Perley Poore
Benjamin P. Shillaker
Mrs. Partington
Alabama
Charles C. Abbott
William S. Judge
Wheelmen
Racing Board
Thoma Stevens
John Keen
W.abbey
Knights OF Labor
Dakot
Iness
John D. Lawler
J. E. Gilbert
A.M. Bowdle
Vice Press
N. Grant
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
Omaha
Chicago & Northwestern
Ry’s
St. Paul
Chicago
Des Moines
Kansas City
California
Duluth
Ashland
Superior
Minneapolis
Eau Claire
Vailor
W. A. Scott
Dak
Ormsby & Clute Building
James Leslie
South Main ST
Mitchell, Dax
Alex. Mitchell House
CA. H. Shaw
Propritor
DE Angells
Warren St
Mitchell Dake
Mitchell, Dak
George E. Patterson
Willis K Warter
Thomas ¥. Freeland
Phineas A Powers
Edward M Agno
Lay
Gro
Eveuirr
Mesera
Ayer & Son
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