Hirshfield coerced into wedding in Fargo affair
Aaron Hirshfield testified he came to Fargo to reside permanently and met Miss Hogan at Helena's Merchants National Bank. She pressed him for a position for her sister Sadie, leading to an improvised relationship. He was later abducted by two men with revolvers, forced to marry Miss Hogan at the clerk of court's office, then transported to Justice Murphy's office where the union was formalized amid fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farco
N. D
Aaron Hirshfield
Fargo
Miss Hogan
Merchants National Bank
Helena
Sadie
Hirshfield
Wintness
Chicago
Justice Murphy
Increase in Labor and Shipping Trends in Trade Review
New York Nov 26 R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade notes some improvement with slower, uneven gains. Employment rises as demand for manufactured goods strengthens, aided by winter order delays boosting earnings and purchasing power. Wheat and corn prices slip while foreign cotton demand remains strong despite higher receipts.
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Weeks
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Wright Replies and a Fatal Runaway in Prairie De Corne
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, chairman of the strike commission, replies that The Railway Age’s criticisms are false and that the commission’s positions are supported by sworn testimony of railway and Pullman officials. Albert Beesucker killed in a runaway at Prairie du Chien after his team bolted with lumber. A Washington Post note comments on the rise of typewriters reducing handwriting and the persistence of script in small towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Age
WasHiIndex
Carroll D. Wright
Strike Commission
Commission
Railway
Pullman
Worthington
Peoria
Congress
Prairie de Cures
Wis
Albert Beesucker
National Shoe and Leather Bank faces major defalcation
A National Shoe and Leather Bank bookkeeper Samuel C. Seeley of Halsey Street Brooklyn is suspected in a defalcation totaling $354,000. National Bank Examiner confirms the loss. clearing house committee says the bank remains solvent and able to pay depositors despite the impairment of capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shoe and Leather Bank
National Bank Examiner
Clearing House
National Shoe and Leather Bank
Clearing House Committee
Samuel C. Seeley
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Pierce's Fine Work in Yankton Bond Fraud Case
A sweeping fraud case unravels across Yankton and beyond as John T. M. Pierce allegedly inflated bonds and bogus paper through Pierce Wright Co. The scheme, spread over Yankton London Spokane and Holyoke with a main Yankton office, is described as one of the Dakotas western suddens swindles in history and involves numerous counties and forged school bond issues. Local reverberations include calls for accountability and questions about who backed the bogus paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
John T. M. Pierce
of, Pierce, Wright & Co
Pierce
Dakotas
West
Pierce, Wright & Co
H. C. Wright
London
Spokane
Holyoke
Colo
South Dakota
Bon Homme
Hutchinson
Turner, Clay
Union
Father of a Literary Man In Obituary Tale
A reporter probes an obituary for Mr Blank and learns from a Connecticut speaking wife that he was “engaged by Galley & Form” as their sole agent for the “Compendium of Universal Knowledge,” selling 10,000 sets last summer on commission. The family asks to list him simply as a literary man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Textile Industres
Bessemer Iron
Pittsburg
Russia
Tokio
United States
Canada
Blank
Sussex Bugle
Alman
Galley & Form
Compendium of Universal Knowledge
Connecticut
New York Herald
From trifling circumstances to mighty deeds in history
Carlyle links conduct to singing, but the boyhood tale of Lord Armstrong shows such traits emerge indoors. A delicate child confined for months grew curious, bending spinning wheels into early machines and pondering power of descent. Armstrong’s hydraulic crane idea followed a mill water wheel observation, leading to cannon and warship works. Iowa returns show McFarland 229,147. Dale 160,852. Crane 34,877. Mitchell 7,448, net GOP gain of 9,683.
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Carlyle
Lord
William) Armstrong
Anuse
Galilei
Armstrong
Lord Armstrong
Iowa
Des Moines
Navy
Secretary of State
McFarland
Dale
Dem
Crane
Mitchell
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Pleasant Gentle Remedy
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting, gentle yet prompt action remedy for kidneys liver and bowels. It claims effective cleansing of the system, relief from colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation. Sold in 50 cent bottles at leading druggists with quick procurement if not on hand. Do not accept substitutes.
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Lorillard
C.st
O.ryi
Stonz Falls
Saka
C. M
ST. P. Railroad
NORTH
B. A. Bobb
M.D
Security Bank
Myral.ey
West Third Street
Boston
Homes and Hearths
Elegant Household Monthly
Homes and Hearths Pexlishing CO
Irshpiels
North Dakota
Maxvan
Kent
Minneapolis
Minnesota
St. Paul
Dispatch
Gilfillan
Supreme Court
Starr
Capitol
Cuyicaco
Tattersall’s
National Morgan Horse Breeders’ Association
Grand Pacific
Mippersport
John McCampbell
Journal
Webster City
Barney Kelir
H. Himbaugh
Himbaugh
Second Street
Des Moises
Julius Bore
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Toronto
St. Louis
Denver
Arapahoe
Breakwater
Del
Mallory Line
Lampasas
Galveston
North America
Wright
Charles Whiteford
Philadelphia
Normandie
Washington Post
Keeper Stone
MuippLesgoro
Lone Mountain
John M. Campbell
Governor Turney
Constantinople
Van
Armenia
Armenian National Assembly
Mgr. Achikiam
Palmers
Egypt
Potter Palmer
Washington
Navy Department
Ericsson
New London
Joseph A. Beck
Toledo
James G. Flanders
Wisconsin
Warren E. McCord
North Carolina
State Superior Court
W.S. O’b. Robinson
Raleigh
Nicholas
Alix
Hesse- Darmstadt
M. de Giers
Count Vorontstoof-Dachskoff
Imperial Court
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York, W
Allicock
Allcoc’s
Allcock
Brandreth
F. Hiscox
Tsoox & CO
N.Y
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Bees & Co, Ltd
Homeopathic Chemists
Englir
John C West Company
Ill
Gale
E. C. West
L. O. Gale
S.D
Illinois Central
R. K
Southern Pacific Co
Byery
Avondal+ field
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Los Angeles
California
Central Station
Pacific Coast
ESDAY
Avondale
A. H. Hanson
Gen'l Pass
Chica
Munn & CO
Scientific American
Samme
UNN & Co
Nlw
Lona
Broadway
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