Surveyors Approach Woonsocket Rail Outlet Site
A Duluth Watertown and Pacific survey party enters town from the northeast after a bee line from Iroquois, Southwestward movement noted toward a potential Great Lakes rail outlet. Judge Tipp adjourned court. Solomon received a two year sentence at Sioux Falls territorial prison. In Kay vs M and St P HN Co the jury returns a 600 verdict. defense moves to appeal. attorneys for both sides listed. Fidelity Lodge K of VD at Watertown reports a gala event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Edgerton and Son
Plaintiff
Dillon & Preston
I. N. Field
Milwaukee
GC. M. & St P. Company
Aberdeen News Voices Pride and Challenge in Local Trade
The Aberdeen News reflects on its role as central Dakota’s daily, noting wide readership and AP coverage while criticizing local business leaders for neglecting Aberdeen’s advertising. It argues merchants could better serve regional trade and public opinion by supporting the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen News
Dakota
Associated Press
Turin
Aberdeen
Daily News
Gas at Tupper farm well sparks curiosity in Aurora
In 1883 Gilroy and Walling bored a well on the Tupper farm near Plankinton, Aurora township, and struck gas at a shallow depth. The drill dropped, gas escaped from a subterranean cavern lifting a weighted board, and sand and gravel blew from the hole. The gas was not used and the well was shut off after neighbors viewed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plankinton
Gilroy & Walling
Tupper Farm
Aurora Township
Aurora County
Ameri can Investment closes Huron office July first
The Ameri can Investment company in Huron will close its local office on July first with all employees retiring except Geo L Beckett and Frank Jones. The business will move to the Emmetsburg home office while L T Graves remains as traveling agent for Dakota. The change surprises local citizens after a period of growth.
Sioux Falls Boys Confident After Victory Over Mitchell
The Sioux Falls team shows quiet swagger after beating Mitchell, willing to risk 500 dollars on a rematch trial. They praise Mitchell sparingly, congratulating them warmly yet head home as soon as their cheap fare tickets expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Crop Outlook Promises Rich Wheat Yield
A. P. Green, from Michigan’s wheat country, visited the area and assessed local fields. He reported the wheat looked the best he has seen and predicted yields near thirty bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
A. P. Green
Michigan
Emery
Session laws of JSS7 to be issued by July 1
Publishers arrange to furnish the session laws of JSS7 not later than July 1. Prices fixed at 3.25 and 3 for rtullanud halt call respectively. Orders filled in receipt order and notification sent when copies are ready to ship. Payment and forwarding details provided by TRE MITCHELL PRINTING Co.
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TRE Mitchell Printing Co
Ted
Ayer
W. T. Brightney
Menderson
W. Va
Ayers Willy
G. FP. Miller
Attleborough
Mass
Ayers
Morris Gates
Downsville
N.Y
John G. Pattison
Lowell
Nebraska
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad Offer In Mitchell Dak
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price per box. Sold by HasMer Hammer and a loan office is listed in Gale's block Mitchell Dakota with Epwakp Devy as contact.
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HasMer & Hammer
Epwakp Devy
Gale's Block
Mitchell, Dak
Mephistopheles Quip Sparks Provincial Company Jest
London Punch records a comic exchange as the Vicar and a hostess overhear a remark about the Mephistopheles of a provincial dramatic company. Betsy Primme remarks on an ugly devil, inviting mockery in a light humor tone.
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Betsy Primme
Mephistopheles
London Punch
What the Heathen Gurgle Means
A pretty woman enters a Chinese wash house on upper Broadway and asks why her clothes were not sent home. In three minutes seven men discuss her in their language with jokes about marriage money and life, ending with a warning that the woman is harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Broadway
Buddha
Luke Sharp's Obtuse Friend in The Kindly Landlord
A collage of humorous snippets from a Detroit Free Press cartoonish tone includes a professor critiquing a joke as flawed, a mu tan t friend’s tale analyzed, and a landlord rent dispute over plantain greens, set in a humorous rural Omaha Hershi ak style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioni
Omaha Hershi Ak
First Colored Citizen Com fails to halt crowd
Montana Judge interrogates a case where a man is charged over a shooting iron and drinks for the crowd. The constable reports a nickname exchange and the judge orders two hours to leave the county.
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Montana
Washington
Small Man Demands Hit on Friend in Quarrel
In a terse exchange a Small Man accuses a Large Man of striking his friend. The Large Man replies with defiance and a hint of streetwise humor as the confrontation unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Lainpoon
War tale recalls Bull Run tragedy and care for a fallen father
A reader quotes a conversation in New York's Mail about a girl whose father died not by gunfire but by breaking his neck fleeing from battle. The exchange underscores the cruelty of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Run
New Yorks Mail
A Quaint Exchange About a Doctor and His Wife
A Newman Independent item recalls a joke about a doctor nicknamed quack. Mrs Blank’s fondness is playfully noted when she calls him her duck, revealing the pun on quack without further detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Dr. Blank
Fly catching quip sparks sports and mischief
A playful exchange between a girl and Bobby features a pinprick fly and a quip about catching flies. Bobby, a self professed baseball expert, retorts that missing them is worse, drawing on Giants reference in a lighthearted New York Sun moment.
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Bobby
Giants
New York Sun
Capt Hussey the Brave Doorkeeper Still Shields Women
Capt Jack Hussey of New York, shot by Policeman Hahn, recovers at Castle Garden and vows to stay on as doorkeeper. The Brave savior has earned medals from American institutions and repeatedly protects women and children, with Superintendent Jackson praising his fearless spirit and loyalty.
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Jack Hussey
New York
Hahn
Castle Garden
Noble Jack
Ganien
Jack
Jackson
Alfred Gooch
Capt
Hussey
Royal Humane Society
Borra
Royal Humans Society
Capt Hussey
Congress
Lake Ontario
Rorigan and Gannen
Hog breed inquiry sparks Georgia hog-raising tale
A secretary of state inquiry prompts a rambling Georgia hog-raising saga. The narrator describes a so called Knife Blade hog breed, claiming they were long legged and wild looking. He jokes about breeding to fit fences and water supply and warns of chaos if limits aren’t kept.
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Ohio
Lime Kiln Club
Georgia
Gangia
Detroit
New Gettysburg Theory Proposed by Aspiring Author
An aspiring author claims there was never a battle of Gettysburg, presenting a provocative new theory in a brief exchange with an editor at Harper's Bazaar. The dialogue hints at challenging historical consensus and reopening a long-standing controversy.
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Battle of
Gettysburg
Harper’s Bazar
The Theatre Teasurer and the Deadhead
A Saint Louis opinion notes the theatre treasurer knows patrons and sells a dress circle ticket to a pretty miss but changes to a blind, deaf old man when the infamous theatrical tramp the deadhead appears.
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Beau Bruiminel
St. Louis Republican
Ink That Will Fade This Ink Disappears in Twenty Four Hours
A description of a fading ink that is black when written and vanishes after a short time. The method uses aqua vitae boiled with Roman vitriol and sal ammoniac, then dissolves a little gum to make the ink vanish within twenty four hours.
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Scientific American
I cannot be your wife she refuses his proposal
He had taken her to hear Patti at $7 a seat and to Delmonico’s where they spent 75 cents. She told him, “I am sorry, Mr. Sampson, if my refusal will cause you pain. I esteem you as an escort, but your wife I cannot be. You are too extravagant.”
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Patti
Delmonico’s
Little Dot
Little Dick
Omaha
Philadelphia News
Mamma
Notable Women Figures In Society And Letters
A survey of prominent women including Queen Kapiolani drawing 8000 yearly from Hawaii, Mrs Grant’s memoirs sales totaling 304459, Princess Dolgouriki leading Paris society, and Mrs Jenness Miller advancing corsetless fashion at Vassar. Also notes Sophie Markle’s autograph find and Mary L. Bart’s rise as a dialect writer after tragedy.
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Kapiolani
Grant
Dolgouriki
Alexander II
Jenness Miller
Washington
Vassar College
Miller
Holly
Samantha
Saratoga
Josiah Allen
Messrs. Hubbard Brothers
Phiiladelphia
Levi P. Morton
Ada Leigh
Young Men’s Home and Club
Paris
Miss Leigh
New York Board of Education
Agnew
Mary L. Bart
Texas
New York
A. T. Stewart
Little Ones and Curious Child Sayings Across Newspapers
A collage of brief child oriented vignettes from papers like Harper's Bazaar Omaha World Philadelphia News and Boston Record shows children misnaming animals discussing a new baby and a sip of castor oil plus a playful promise to pay when married. The pieces capture playful dialogue and simple moral moments across early 20th century columns.
Scientific and Useful. Various 19th century discoveries and curiosities
Prof. Davidson and others work to determine true longitude of San Francisco as old calculations are off by hundreds of feet. Key West reports oysters and oyster shells evaporated like fruit to retain flavor. Iron rolled to paper-thin sheets about writing paper thickness. 150 sheets per inch. Berlin doctor notes a telegraphitus disease where nail loss occurs from key tapping among operators. A large meteor seen from Kissimmee Florida split into two parts with pink head and blue edges, appearing distant and silent.
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Davidson
San Francisco
Key West
Berlin
Kissimmee
Fla
Educational matters and college statistics overview
The article notes seven Canadian schools for the deaf, compares Harvard Yale and Columbia gymnasium costs, and cites large graduating classes including Chautauqua university in 1886. It states Columbia College enrolls more students than any US college and cites Paris University alumni in law and medicine. It mentions Chicago spelling reform headquarters and a Princeton prize funded by the late Francis Biddle family for a sophomore English essay.
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Chautauqua University
Columbia College
United States
University of Paris
National Educational Association
Chicago
O. C. Blackmer
la Salle Street
Princeton College
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
Princeton
Road weary Jose Coghlan to quit travel for New York
The piece portrays Jose Coghlan as averse to discomfort and night journeys, likely ending her road career to favor New York next season. It notes Mr. Vallack's ongoing pursuit of the same plan and mentions Andrew Lang’s new satirical work titled He, a playful take on H Rider Baggard's She.
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Jose Coghlan
Mr.Vallack
New York
Andrew Lang
H. Rider Baggard
She
Washington Warblings and 1883 newspaper blotter items
Rumors swirl about Gen Drum routing a Confederate battle flag set to Alabama and blocking flag publication. Washington printers condemn the Craftsman and Columbia union. Brazil to solicit river harbor bids in the US. officials to manage Braglan ministry contracts. War records note calls to burn northern flags. a 69th NY flag remains. Waste paper bids spark a political flap. Vilas reshuffles Burnside. Secret gifts to officials draw scrutiny. Schaffhirt kept Guiteau’s head during post museum sale. Fatal B&O collision at Wheeling kills engineer John Jenkins. cattle wrecked and burned.
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War Department
Hunt
Army of the Potomac
New York 69Th
Post Ofice Department
Philadelphia
Washington
A. S. Elliott & Co
Joe Burnside
Col. Vilas
Vermont
Burnside
Ayer’s Pills Prove Effective For Doctor-Advised Use
A series of letters tout Ayer’s Pills as effective treatment. Samuel D. White of Atlanta reports quick relief from foot pain and healing of sores after one month. S. C. Darden of Darden, Mississippi, endorses them as the best pills. Theodore Esling of Richmond describes stopping dysentery symptoms in his wife and daughter after small doses.
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Ayer
Samuel D. White
Atlanta
Theodore Esling
Richmond
Dro.c. Ayer
Tkatecs
Land Office Notice in Mitchell Dakota 1887
Notice that Andrew J Whiting filed for final proof on his lands in Dakota. He will appear before the Mitchell register and receiver on July 29 1887 to prove residence and cultivation for patent to lot 121d section 73 township 101 range 40. Witnesses listed include William B Tobey Charles F Drake Adelbert I Tibbitts and Darwin Drake of Ethan Dakota.
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Mitchell
Dakota
Andrew J.whiting
William B. Tobey
Charles F. Drake
Adelbert I Tibbitts
Darwin Drake
Ethan
Daota
Mortgage Foreclosure Notice for Davison Dakota Property
Default on interest payments secured by a October 21 1834 mortgage to A B Barnes triggers whole debt due. Total claimed at notice date 347.80 including 300 principal 47 80 interest and 375 attorney fees. Mortgage sale to occur July 11 1887 at Mitchell Dakota front courthouse door for property in Sec 25 Twp 102 R 60 containing 16 acres more or less.
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Sophia Hutchins
Davison
Territory of Dakota
A. B. Barnes
Register of Deeds
Davieon
Mitchell
Territory of
Dakota
County of
United States
Oak
A. B
Morty See
A. EK. HiTcucock
D.D. Stanchfield
Davison County
Siso
Sanborn County
Werribee Ab
Sanborn
Kota
Uday
Dak
Brothers
Mortgage Notice for Michael I Shannon Davison Dakota
Whereas Michael I Shannon of Davison county Dakota by mortgage dated March 28 1885 mortgaged to Richardson Brothers of Iowa the defended premises in Davison and Sanborn counties Dakota to wit continuing description of lands and terms of the mortgage as read in the record.
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Michael I. Shannon
Davison
Territory of
Dakota
Richardson Brothers
Iowa
Sanborn
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Woonsocket
Weil
Complaint
Huron
Bucklen
Hong
Wun Lung
Fong
Oskland Tribune
Luke Sharp
Detroit Free Press
Philac
Ofah Yor
Jim
Justice
the Lime Kiln Club
the Theatre Teasurer
Red Nosed Chicken
Dwight Wasp
Allie
Omala
Boston Record
Educational Matters
Canada
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Gen Drum
Alabama
International Typographical Union
Columbia Union
Brazil
Treasury Department
Manning
Jordan
Register Foswick
Register
The
Treasury
Department
Schaffhirt
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John Jenkins
Geo
J. Everitt
Dr. Price
Mortcade Sale
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
James’ S. Foster
Uas
Cor
Second & Lawler
New Railroad
Price
R. KR
S&conp
Davison Buty
Elzin J. Dusenbury
Silburn Dusenury
Silburn Dusenbury
D. T
Dakota Territory
J. T
A. P
RK & R
America
Fortunnes
H. Ha Uert & Co
Portland
Maine
H. Harner & Co
Mamiene
Address Tree Co
Anzsta Me
Ania
Lord & Thomas
Randolph St
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