Severe Storm Toll and Rescue Efforts Chronicle
The report details bitter cold, northwest winds, and ongoing storm damage with delayed disaster notices. Relief efforts reach the Allen family near Firesteel, while County Commissioner Platner suffers a lung hemorrhage. University students and faculty spend the night in the campus building amid frozen hardship.
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Mercury
Joe
Morrow
Lott
Allen
Dr. Windle
Betts Place
Luke Lowell
Young Smith
John Anderson
Jackson
George Moyer
Alf
Carlson
James Campbell
Saul
McGovern
Thunnissen
Children cared for at War ner township schoolhouse fire
The children of R. Christian and Samuel Fulker spent the night at the Warner township schoolhouse under the teacher’s supervision. Early morning a fire began to spread in the building.
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Aberdeen
R. Christian
Samuel Fulker
Warner Township
Lungs and breathing tubes clogged by ailments urge Boschee claim
The passage extols the lungs and airways and warns that congestion hinders their work. It lists illnesses from cold to pneumonia and promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a guaranteed cure sold by druggists for 70 cents a bottle, even after other remedies fail.
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Boschee
Aberdeen Convention Attendance Controversy Over Protests
Aberdeen Pioneer notes low turnout at the Huron constitutional convention with 23 members present plus telegraphs from others hindered by a storm. The piece contrasts this with Aberdeen’s nine hundred member plan and questions proxy involvement and motives regarding Ordway Johnson.
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Aberdeen
Huron
Green's August Flower Promises Health and Happiness
Advise readers that dyspepsia ruins digestion and mood, blaming greasy and irregular eating. Claims Green's August Flower performs two wonders, reforming digestive health, making Americans healthier and happier. Encourages asking a druggist for a bottle at seventy five cents.
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Green
August Flower
The Advantage of a Valley Road
The Maronite argues for a Jim valley railroad from source to mouth with a rail line on both sides of the James River. Valley roads with light grades offer advantages as engines avoid heavy gravitation over divides. The piece urges bridging the Missouri River at Yankton for the central region’s benefit.
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James River
Great Central
Missouri River
Yankton
Syrup of Wigs touted as best California remedy
A health claim advertises Syrup of Wigs as the pleasant California liquid fruit remedy for headaches colds fevers and cleansing the system. It asserts gentle yet effective action strengthening organs to form regular habits. Manufactured by California Fig Syrup Company San Francisco and sold by S U Sealin.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
San Francisco
Cal
S. U. Seailin
Advice to Mothers and Patent Remedies Featured by Paris Journal
An advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething aid used for forty years by millions of mothers and claims relief from pain dysentery griping and wind. It notes price two cents per bottle and cites high authority from The Journal de Medicine de Paris praising Pond's Extract for external and internal use including piles.
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Journal de Medicine de Paris
Paris
M. Duardier-Leaumets
Dodd Family Hurled Into Blizzard Struggle for Shelter
In Rome township Mr. and Mrs. Asa Dodd and their six year old daughter were caught in a severe storm while traveling on a homemade sled. Dodd wrapped his wife and child in his fur coat and set out to find help, becoming separated and enduring seventeen hours of exposure before reuniting with the rescued sled. Both Mrs. Dodd and the child suffered frost injuries, with the mother most seriously affected, while the little girl recovered enough to be around the house by Saturday.
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Woonsocket Vimes
J. Ballou
Harry Maxwell
J. Gand
Thomas Bishop
Mr. Orr
Tay
Will Shultz
Scheiitpeltz
Lowry
Asa Dodd
Rome Township
Mrs. Dodd
Lowrys
Mr. Dodd
Lowry’s
Blackman House
A. W. Otto
Parmelee
Milwaukee
Dodd
Tragic Death of Boy Allen in Gridiron Snow
The boy about thirteen perished from exhaustion and exposure after a night of shivering while stranded with his father near their hay load. They sheltered in a bank hollow as horses moved, and the boy weakened after midnight, dying before reaching home while the father retained movement. Funeral held at the farm with Rev. Winegar. Walter Munger, found near a hay stack two miles from home, remains unknown.
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Young Allen
Mr. Allen
Allen
Walter Munger
LaRue
Storm Toll and Odd Encounters Fill North Dakota Night
Reported deaths include two near Woonsocket, nine cattle losses for Lewis Doty and others, and a Brule county girl missing while walking to school. A water party failed to find shelter, Miss Jessie Stanchfield housed twenty students, and two men named Davis died near Woonsocket. A humorous street collision involved Vin Smith and J I Smith.
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Jessie Stanchfield
Thomas
Miss Gardner
Young Smith
Lewis Doty
Russ Doty
Peter Linstrom
Mr. Butterfield
Red Lake
Brule County
Davis
Woonsocket
Mt. Vernon
Tripp
Hurlburé
George
Deuzeville
Siu Rusiiwog
Vin Smith
Will Smith
J. IK. Smith
Smith
Storms of Dakota Rival Historic Blizzards in 1880s Memory
An Aberdeen resident recalls record Dakota storms of 1880 81 and 1881 comparing them with today’s blizzard. He cites heavy snow sleet and wind, warns against overconfidence, and notes farmers once feared going to the barn. the piece also touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Dr King’s new consumption remedy with local testimonials.
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Aberdeen
Dakota
Territory
Charley McCoy
Geo. H. Hand
W. Morgan
Lake City
Pla
Ile
Dr. King
L. O. Gale
Capital offers free $3 premium book to all subscribers
The Capital announces a special offer to Dakota readers giving every subscriber one free $3 Our Family Physician volume if they recruit a new subscriber by January 1 1888. Old subscribers are urged to persuade neighbors to subscribe in exchange for the premium while the paper funds the initiative as a long term investment to boost circulation.
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Dakota
Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
Was America Ever Discovered
A reflective look at Columbus and the discovery of the New World contrasts with lingering European certainty that America was not new. The piece argues belief shifts after success and cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption, urging timely use.
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Columbus
Ian
Europe
America
Pierce
Mesmerism Study Prompts Phantom Burglary Trial by Hypnosis
Journalist Croffut demonstrates hypnotic influence by guiding two subjects through crime like scenarios. In one case a government printer’s assistant steals a phantom purse and a clerk is directed to recover a $5,000 pocketbook, with croffut claiming crime could be induced under proper conditions. A second subject resists a supposed instruction to murder a rival, showing notable skepticism and resistance.
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W. A. Croffut
Col. Nicolay
United States Supreme Court
Gen. Bryant
Thompson
Geological Survey
Croffut
Paris
John C. Tremont
Croffitt
Ife
Capitol Steps
Puzzled Customs Officers Face English Goods Marking Dilemma
English customs officers confront a dilemma over goods marked English but made in Germany and France. If allowed to pass, English manufacturers faulted. if seized, English ships lose valuable cargoes. The issue stirs controversy over national branding and trade.
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Germany
France
England
New York Sun
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