Severe storm and hail injure Woonsocket homes
Woonsocket on May 7 endured a severe thunderstorm with heavy hail. Windows broke on several buildings including D O Roots Gallery skylight. Alanson Pecks house struck by lightning damaged stove carpets and floor. Mrs Peck briefly unconscious. No country damage reported. Farmers busy seeding.
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Woonsocket
D. O. Root
Dumont Avenue
Alanson Peck
Bend
Robert McEwing
Briggs
Central
Sheldon
Iowa
Jack
L. Stevens
Wolsey
John T. Kean
Milwaukee
Washington
E. H. Walker
Dumont
St. Paul
Minneapolis
F. C. Buten
Wiscontinp
Plankinton Court Wrangle Ends With Fine For Elder Holmes
In Plankinton a post meridian scrapping match between Elder Holmes and painter Charles Watts led to Holmes being knocked out early, arraigned in Justice Baum's court, and fined five dollars plus costs. Watts enters a not guilty plea with trial set for Saturday. The newly elected council chose John Rogers as president and approved bonds for other officers. Ex councilman Thos M Lindsey wed Lizzie Whittaker Wednesday evening at the bride’s parents north of Plankinton.
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John Rogers
Thos. M. Lindsey
Lizzie Whittaker
Plankinton
Mart y to Confirm at St Peter s Church in White Lake
Rt Rev Dr Martin Marty Vicar Apostolic of Dakota will confer confirmation at St Peter s Church on Sunday June 6. Citizens plan a grand reception and a solemn occasion as preparations proceed.
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Whiter Lake
Martin Marty
Dakota
St. Peter’s Church
Dakota statehood debate spurs July adjournment plan
Sioux Falls convention sessions approved steps to force a state government if Congress fails to admit Dakota. Adjournment set for July 13 with possible people’s vote at the November general election. A state league for Dakota was formed to back county leagues and influence county and territorial officer elections toward statehood.
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Sioux Falls
Congress
Dakota
Dakota Claims
Territory of
An Old Man's Revenge Near Osage Tragedy Claims Three
A 72 year old farmer Norman J Loundsbury shot and killed his wife 17 Horace Payson a nephew of the wife and then himself in a farm house four miles from Osage The killings followed alleged threats over suspected improper relations The shots were fired at close range with a shotgun and the bodies were found in a blood soaked room without survivors.
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Binghamton
Osage
Norman J. Loundsbury
Horace Posen
Horace Loundsbury
Horace Payson
Payson
Delaware, Lackawana and
Wiston
Loundsbury
Erie
Tioga
Norman Loundsbury
Sears
Horace
Paysen
Fair Arrangements For Rail Service To Huron Fair
Huronite reports Secretary Bushnell learns Judge West confirms Northwestern and Milwaukee railways will deliver stock and exhibits to Wolsey in time for the Huron fair from Sept 6 to 10. The arrangement eases shipments along the Milwaukee line both ways. Also notes Dakota exchanges favor fixed salaries for county officers as a coming reform.
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Dakota
Dakota and Dakotans News Roundup
A broad North Dakota page notes an attempted lynching of Young the Moody county wife murderer, Rev D S McCaslin’s installation at Huron, Canton Merchants Hotel struck by lightning, Mrs M E Stone visiting Register McFarland, land office Republicans ruling the state, a jaw injury near Carthage, Major Wright at Rosebud facing land disputes, Swan & Sons to dig the Huron artesian well, a city budget save from a mayoral veto, a potential richest tin ore discovery in the Black Hills, military ordnance funding for Dakota, and a Milwaukee railroad plan shaving distance to Bismarck via routes from Chicago to Ellendale and La Moure.
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D. S. McCaslin
Presbyterian
Huron
Merchants
Canton
M.E. Stone
Chicago News
Register McFarland
Huron Land Office
North Dakota
F. Cary
Carthage
Martin
Major Wright
Rosebud
Swan & Sons
Dakota
England
Vandieman’s Land
America
House Committee On
United States
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Bismarck
Council Bluffs
Defiance
Sioux City
Scotland
Mitchell
Ellendale
la Moure
Northern Pacific
Jamestown
Milwaukee
Miss Folsom Presented to Queen Victoria Today
A miscellany of notes from the era, recounting Miss Frances Folsom’s presentation to Queen Victoria, St Paul’s claim about her schooling, public opinion shifts, and various political and social observations across cities including Washington, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
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Miss Folsom
Queen Victoria
St. Paul
Frances Folsom
St. Louis
Washington
Macon
Chicago Mail
Haymarket Square
Pennsylvania
Powderly
Smith
Cincinnati
James R. Doolittle
Cleveland
Rose Voorhees
A. P. Dodge
New York
Florida
Assi
Creuzot
France
New Caledonia
Burlington Free Press
Atlanta University
Chase
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A. H. Daniels
M. D
Jo Nice
Blakesley
Henniehos Pure
C. V. Parmelee
Bank of Dakota
Ollee
Nelson Fitch
Tiorney
Legitimate
Fice
Bilsby
Titorneys
U. S
Ofice
Solers
Bank of Mitchell
Stanchfield Law, Land and Real Estate
U.S. Land Office
Postoffice
Rriage & Wagon Makers
First Street
Weler
Alex. Mitchell House
HL. Shaw
W. Abbey
Leonar, DIX
F. C. Hoffman. Real Estate and Loans
Creenbacks
Tao
Rock Wi
P. Rowell & CO
Spruce Street
New York City
Arlington House
J. W. Corbin
Valer
Ste
Baker Bros. Mitchell, Davison Go. D
Royal Baking Powder Co
Harry Harmon
Watchmaker & Jeweler
A. H. Richards
Neighborhood News
W. Walker
I. '. Woolfolk
D.C. Fry
Ww. A. Lowell
J.H. Scriven
D. T
Hanson, Davison
Sanborn
Jerauld
Buffalo
Aurora
Brule Counties
White Lake
Pierre
Brandywine
Fontenoy
M. W
W. Dunham
Mt. Vernon
Prairie Farmer
Arlington Ho
Nts
Tor Ponte
Fortune
Abso
True & CO
Aigustit, Malne
Burcloy St
Young
Moody County
Odds and
F. G. Champeny
First National Bank
Pioneer Drug Store
Hammer & Hammer
Hammer & Hammer’s
Standard School Books
Main and
A. J. Whiting & Son
Rome, Dakota
Real Estate
Hr. J. Mohr
Northern Nurseries
Sanborn County
Northern Nursery CO
Letcher, Dakota
Pamphick
Scott & 50 i
Faulkner
Suchdn Ds
W. H. Lercheer
West
Boston
St.Paul
P. O
H. D. and
F. S. Carpenter
Emsley
W. G. Davison
N. L. Davison
Davison Bros
Bankers
General Banking and Exchange Business
School Bonds & Co
Royal Rockwood
Ben Hur
Levi Brown’s
Rome
Geo. Miller’s
Lisbon ‘Township
Chalkstone Barn
Geo. Millers
P.E. Page
O. T. Letcher
H.C
Hank”) Mallory
Chas. A. Mallory
Mallory & Son
Live Stock Commission
Exchange Building
Union Stock Yards
Illinois
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