Dakota Meeting Sets Elevator Bond Rules for Dakota Warehouses
North Dakota railroad commissioners and elevator company reps met to decide bond requirements for public warehouses. Proposals set per elevator bond amounts by capacity, residency rule for bondsmen, and licensing with surety. Some South Dakota firms may not qualify as warehousemen this season. storage extended to car provision. About 221 elevators represented.
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North Dakota Mievator Company
Mr. Krubbins
Northwestern Elevator Company
C. M. Ainsden
Minneapolis & Northern Elevator Company
Mr. Brooks
Brooks Bros
W. IL. Murray
North Star Elevator Company
J. Kk. Norton
Mr. Marshall
Red River Valley Elevator Company
P. B. Smith
Col
A. D. Whomas
Northern Vpacifie
Elevator Company
Boynton
Dakota
South Dakota
Pease Valley Baseball Team's Earned Prize Money
The Pease Valley ball nine won first money twenty five dollars in Armour games. They defeated Dog Town 24 to 15 and Armour 26 to 14. Armour finished second with fifteen dollars. Spectators praise Pease Valley players as markedly improved.
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Bloomington
Pease Valley
Dillons
Armour
Dog Town Club
Armour Club
Armour Nine
Pease Valley Boys
Asu'on Fire Destroys Hazen Home and Contents
A gasoline stove explosion yesterday destroyed Mr. J. P. Hazen’s house and all its contents near Ashton, with an estimated loss of about 500 dollars. He had no insurance. The Ashton Driving Park Association plans a matinee on Saturday July 16 at the driving park featuring a free for all, a three minute trott, a game of baseball, buckle and foot race. The association intends to hold matinees every two weeks.
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Asu
Groton Leader Fever Over July Division Convention
The Webster Reporter notes the Groton Leader’s loud reaction to a July 13 division convention at Llurm. It mocks the Leader, Barrett, and Starling for praising “will of the people” and criticizes Brown county politics, suggesting residents may not be as opposed to division as claimed and commenting on the supposed wisdom of Aberdeen statesmen and their influence.
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Missouri
Aberdeen
Brown County
Huron Will Not Host Fremen Tournament Next Year
Sioux Falls Press reports from Huron that due to anticipated prohibition carry in the county at the fall election the fremen tournament likely will not be held there next year. Saloon men refuse to fund the event. two men offered to cover the entire $1000 bonus and take the affair from firemen. No saloons in Huron when the tournament opens next year.
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Iluronite
Sioux Falls
Huron
Watertown Public Opinion Editor Recalls City Pride
The editor of the Watertown Public Opinion recalls Watertown as the Queen City of Fair Dakota, a city of broad avenues, thriving industries, refinement, learning, culture, schools and churches, describing Watertown as the abode of progress.
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Watertown
Dakota horse picked up after storm named on headstone
A Dakota Duluth paragrapher reports a horse found near a ravine after a noon wind gust. The animal, born in Hoboken, was commemorated with a headstone inscription lamenting its speed and windward fate. The terse tale notes the steed was left as an unrecognizable mass beside the ravine.
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Duluth
Hoboken
Temperance Talk Promotes Local Option in Temperance Fight
A temperance column urges readers to back local option as the key to controlling liquor traffic. It cites county choices, taxation as a penalty tool, and cites Georgia as a success while warning political obstruction and gradual adoption. It stresses public sentiment shaping law and the need for patient, persistent effort.
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Mie Mitchell W. 0
W.C.T. UG
Mitchell
Bangor
Masonic Fraternity of
Missouri
Iowa
Georgia
Friends
Rome
Wyoming's New Capitol and Territorial State House
Description of Wyoming territory including area and population estimates, growth from desert to a city, and a new capitol building. The cornerstone ceremony drew Cheyenne residents and delegations from across Wyoming and nearby Colorado and Nebraska. Governor Moonlight and Judge Carey spoke at the event.
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Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Union Pacific Railroad
Laramie
Green River
Bryan
Wasatch
Cheyenne
Capitol
Colorado
Nebraska
Thomas Moonlight
Joseph M. Carey
Wyoming Capitol plans and Cleveland cottage note milestones
Wyoming's proposed capitol details a 230 by 144 foot stone structure with a 152 foot iron tower and rotunda, 40 rooms finished in cherry, oak, and butternut, aiming to host the January session. corner stone laid by Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. A. L. 5287. President Cleveland vacationed at Saranac Lake, with six to seven rooms in a log cottage guided by David Cronk.
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Wyoming
Territorial
Grand Lodge
A. F
N. R. Davis
Capitol
Twenty-fourth Street
Capitol Avenue
Rawlins
Cleveland
Saranac Lake
New York
Adirondack
Saranac Jun
David Cronk
An Anecdote of Animals Aboard a Kingston Rail Line
A religious column recounts a dog owned by Kingston City street railways that watched a blacksmith shoe a horse and then offered his own paw to be shod. The blacksmith refused, then mocked the weather and crops while chewing tobacco, and reminisced about past wheat binding. The note ends with a humorous mishearing about a “pummer” and a ninety day work house.
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Kingston City Street Railroad Company
Dakota Bell
The Little Nowaboy's Appeal on Pierrepont Street
A stormy evening encounter with a small newspaper vendor selling two unsold papers under rain and cold. The boy pleads for a quarter to go home, tears flow as he describes the need to clear his stock, and the writer notes repeated sightings with the same plea and difficult market conditions.
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Candor
Malaria fad mocks nerves and sermons in old talk
The piece contrasts malaria as a fashionable diagnosis blamed on locality and late hours, noting doctors and clergy discuss it as a cause of all diseases. A Sharp anecdote follows of a Yankee soldier in Sheridan’s valley, where a Confederate cavalry unit fails to capture him as he fires back, wounding a Southern officer.
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France
Malarizn
Aiman
Brooklyn Eagle
Henry W. Flournoy
Commonwealth of Virginia
Valley of Virginia
Sheridan
Pop
Chicago Times
Fem
Queer patent titles spark humor and mystery
A reviewer muses on a list of patent names that mix gloom and wit. Items like cap lifter for coffins and shank stiffener provoke curiosity about their real use, while others such as a sole and heel edge blocker suggest specialized ornamental or practical aims. The reader ponders connections between these odd terms and their possible applications.
Global wives and their after dinner tobacco habits
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt a parade of women from many nations enjoys cigarettes cigars and cheroots after dinner. The piece paints an international scene on a summer terrace as smoke curls into the night sky and music from the nearby sea mixes with whispered conversation.
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Barcelona
Virginia
Philadelphia Press
The Native and His Hut in Sitka Alaskan
A Sitka Alaskan sketch describes Ka-wa-la a native Alaskan living in a wigwam as smoke from the lodge fills the air near the old palisade and often drifts toward the executive mansion with the odor of fish and general smog. A westward talk shows a first speaker asking an old resident in Yeastville about age and local longevity, referencing Uncle Billy and Ferguson.
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Sitka Alaskan
Uncle Billy
Yeastville
Old Ferguson
From Algiers to Tunis in grand new railroad opening
A new railway from Algiers to Tunis opened with a dawn departure from Algiers at 5 15 AM. The ceremony drew mighty men of commerce, telegraphic officials, and scientists from French and Algerian circles. The journey showcased dramatic scenery, including the Tucheine viaduct and the valley of the Tron Gate, praised for its rugged grandeur and olive country vistas.
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Algiers
Tunis
Tucheine
Colorado
Mexico
Minnesota
Tucheine Creek
Iser
Boiura
Tron Gate
Marshal Valee
Orleans
East Algerian Company
Almanac Jokes and City Time Truths
A collage of quips and anecdotes from old newspapers about reading jokes in an almanac, street cleaners questioning time, a tale of broiled chicken leading to a hotel, and notes on George Washington's inaugural attire. Includes remarks from the Detroit Free Press and New York Sun.
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Philadelphia
New York Sun
Sor
Detroit Free Press
Kaaterskill
George Harding
Catskills
George Washington
America
Governor Church Says Dakota Candidacy Fueled by Solicitations
In Homes Dakota Governor Church addresses the Warnock letter and his gubernatorial bid. He says he entered the race at M. M. Day’s request after Ziebach withdrew, denies crime use, and pledges a conservative administration focused on Dakota’s welfare. He accepts fair critique from all parties and thanks the press for fair coverage.
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Dak
Church
J.C. Warnock
Pincer
Warnock
Dakota
M. M. Day
Day
Boynton
Ziebach
Third Territorial Fair Premiums Announced in South Dakota
The Cominc Fair premium list from Mitchell Printing outlines a ninety page pamphlet with expanded premiums and revised classes. Superintendents for horse cattle swine sheep poultry and machinery bands oversee new and broader divisions while women’s and horticulture sections offer substantial prizes to attract wide exhibitor participation. Entries close after September and program details are available from the secretary in Huron.
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Mitchell Printing Company
N. J. Patterson
Madison
O. 4
Waddock
Syndall
J. c. Garvin
Blunt
Heh. W. Smith
Sioux Falls
Wich
L. H. Bailey
Faulkton
South Dakota
Parses Ag
J. Wiloit
Aberdeen
Itu
sUshinell
Huron
Dakota notices and rail row mix in Yankton area
In Foster county Dan sportsmen organize a hint for sharps ten guns on a sil ay. The Yankton Press notes a Dakota woman found after loss of clothing and dress needs. Frank Zila leaves Uncle Sam’s service, clerks to be dispensed with in Washington. Yankton street railway charter expired for track completion. Population may walk for months. street railway issue to be taken up again.
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Foster County
Thw
Dan Sportsmen
MN Hs Dt
Countess of Aberdeen
Dakota
Coutts Au Webanks
Mouse River
Mon
Towner
Manitoba
Cerie Mountains
Yankton Press
Zila
Sain
Washington
Yankton Street Railway Company
Yankton
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Fifth Avenue
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Mitchell, Dak
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Flenry Parry
Andrew Murphy
Thomes Jarbey
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