Special Meeting to Levy Taxes in Davison County 1887
The Board of Commissioners held a special session on Sept 5 1887 at 1 30 p m with A Platner W W Gardner and E C Malmsbury present. They ordered levies for county taxes and approved bills totaling 3696 90 for repairs bridges and other expenses. A local election was set for November 1887 to decide on a poor farm purchase and other measures, with Davison County voters to determine district divisions and local issues.
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Board of Commissioners
A. Platner
W. W. Gardner
Yok
BE. C. Malmsbury
Atb
Sulyed
Davison
Dak
Ooo Guty Ab
T. Ropinson
Commissioners of
Phouber
Rosinson
Faithful Confederate Grandfather Remains Hopeful Through War
A Nashville Banner report recounts a Louisiana man’s tale of a Red River planter who stayed loyal to the Confederacy. He funded a company, fed officers with meals, and hoarded cotton and enslaved labor while predicting a restored Confederacy despite Union victories. After Appomattox he maintained faith, with his plantation divided among heirs after his death.
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Nashville
Louisi- Mil
At- Hild
Banner
Red River
Gen
Lee
Bob Dutiles
Ion
Kevin
Dirk
Confederacy
Cle
Virginia
Appomatox
Joe Johnston
Beau- Tesard
Jer Davis
Bob ‘Toombs
Johnson
Cutton
Tie
Indfaller
United States
Henry George draws sharp contrasts in New York Sun
The column mocks Henry George using animal analogies, suggesting his followers lack independent thought. It argues that his party overestimates his influence and predicts a shift in public perception when the party regains clear vision. The tone is satirical and partisan.
Surveyors Pave Duluth to Wheeler Line In South Dakota
The surveyors of the Duluth, Watertown and Pacific railway passed through town Sunday. Engineer Maj. I. Isom, in charge, says the line from Plankinton to Wheeler will be graded to Wheeler this year. His party of thirteen will locate the line before leaving the field.
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Harrison Globe
Duluth, Watertown & Pacific Railway
Plankinton
Wheeler
I. Isom
Rumor Claims Former Priest Wilhelm Married
A rumor from the west side of the county alleges Father Wilhelm, formerly of the parish, has left his clerical vow and married. The tale reflects a claim about disobedience to sacred vows amid clergy.
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Plankinton
Wilhelm
Kimball Hosts Four Clubs In Sept Baseball Tourney
Four clubs Woonsocket Plankinton White Lake and Kimball will play two games daily on Sept 1 and 8. Local church fundraisers netted $21 with a Presbyterian social and supper and a Methodist ice cream social scheduled tonight. A street clash between Father Stack and J P Beebe ended with a cane blow and Beebe’s punch.
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Kimball
Woonsocket
Plankinton
White Lake
The
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Father Stack
J. P. Beebe
Lar
Mr. Beebe
Beebe
Yankton Wins Polack Silver Cup Drill Competition
In the prize drilling at Hunton Yankton, Redfield and Brookings competed. Yankton captured the Polack silver cup. Corporal A W Ransom of Redfield earned the Tyner medal in the knockout drill. Manitoba graders began grading here this morning.
Governor Church reviews brigade amid orderly drill for cup
Ilurnon notes Sept 6 as target practice day with Gov ernor Church inspecting the brigade. The companies prepare for the silver cup prize tomorrow while local talk questions the reasons for Cols Brown and Webb's dismissal from the governor's staff citing political motives.
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Ilurnon
Camp Church
Governor Church
Farce
Cols. Brown and Webb
Northern Nurseries Makes Promising Dakota Debut
The Northern Nursery company establishes a permanent operation in Dakota City boosting horticulture. Fifteen to thirty workers are employed this season with plans to expand next year and grow Dakota grown seeds. A storage cellar is underway to support early shipments. Last season they planted over 200000 root grafts and 15000 evergreen seedlings along with vast quantities of forest tree seeds and fruit seeds for grafting stocks.
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Northern Nurseries
Northern Nursery Company
Dakota
Compiany
An Interesting Talk on The Pen by Sheri dan Jones
Hon. Sheri dan Jones spoke at the Congregational church on a circus day note as he traced pen history from reed and parchment to steel pens. He argued penmanship improves business and industry and highlighted copyright protections for authors.
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Sheridan Jones
Territorial
Jones
Congregational Church
Mitchell
Nile
England
America
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Promises Domestic Happiness
An adv threatens that most marital strife stems from female ailments and claims Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription cures these conditions. It asserts guaranteed satisfaction or money back, with a guarantee printed on the bottle wrapper.
Early settlers and politicians visit in Davison county
Major Israel Greene of Mitchell, an early Davison county settler and staunch Democrat, is in town outspoken about political tricks. Senator Frank Goodykoontz, usually reticent, visits on important business. Also announced are schedules for the International Military encampment in Chicago October 1 to 20 and the Chicago exposition September 7 to October 22 with Royal Route round trips at 24 dollars and staged return dates through October.
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Alexandria
Israel Greene
Mitchell
Davison County
Frank Goodykoontz
Missouri
Chicago
Honest Boy Rewarded for Returning Lost Wallet
A Maiden Lane diamond merchant tells how Ted the office boy found a lady’s pocket book containing about $100 and papers. Ted returned it to the merchant, who identified the owner, a Fifth Avenue customer, and the owner rewarded him with a pie rather than money, praising his honesty.
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Dye
New York
Maiden Lane
Astor House
Ted
Fifth Avenue
New York ‘Tribune
Nasby principle for exchange editors urged to reform papers
McDonald in the Buffalo Express cites Nasby who argues exchange editors sift hundreds of papers and discard most. He says well trained young journalists can become independent and respected quickly, citing a police reporter who rose to power running a weekly in the East.
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United States
New York
Nasby
McDonald
Buffalo Express
The Retoucher’s Pencil Shapes Modern Portraits
A columnist notes that rapid one second exposures render atmosphere less important for clear photos. The real artistry lies in retouching negatives to erase flaws and alter features, from blemishes to hairlines, turning photographs toward art and threatening traditional portrait painting.
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Puck
Globe-Democrat
Siamese Prince Aims To Bring Typewriter To Siam
Prince Devawongsee, thrifty and business minded, met with an American typewriter maker in London to discuss introducing the machine to Siam. Siamese writing uses eighty four letters and four writing spaces, complicating typewriter use. If a suitable model can be developed, Prince Devawongsee plans to import many machines for commercial use.
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Prince Devawongsee
London
Fifth Avenue
New York Commercial Advertiser
Scorpions cannot kill themselves says Professor Bourne
In experiments on three Madras species Professor A G Bourne shows a scorpion cannot sting itself. If provoked the creature may sting, but the venom cannot kill the individual or another of its species. Two scorpions fight and tear each other apart, with little effect from stings. The venom is milky white and smells pungent like formic acid.
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A. G. Bourne
Madras
Scientific American
A Bloodless Man Exhibit Troubling Military Tale
A German corporal Otto Schreiber reportedly has no blood and can endure knives and daggers without harm. A committee of distinguished surgeons cannot explain the miracle as he plans to exhibit in Berlin London Paris and America after leaving the army.
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Otto Schreiber
Schreiber
Berlin
London
Paris
America
Boston Transcript
Kalamazoo Celery Boom Transforms Marsh Lands Into Rich Beds
Eugene Browne in Chicago Herald reports Kalamazoo’s vast celery industry turning 3,000 acres of marsh into premier celery lands. Dutch settlers known as Hollanders establish prosperity, shipping up to 1.5 million dozen celery yearly, with markets in New York Chicago and beyond.
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Stollanders
Holland
Uriah Upjohn
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Kalamazoo
San Francisco
Texas
Florida
New England
Eugene Browne
Chicago Herald
Social etiquette across languages and titles
Discusses the French Madame and Signora forms, their diminutives Mademoiselle Fraulein Signorina, and the absence of a direct English equivalent. Points out how nameless forms hinder polite conversation and rank indication, noting English richness but social lacunae in address forms. All the Year Round.
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Mademoiselle
Gladstone's Speech in St Helens Ends in Hat and Watch Crash
In South Lancashire campaign talk at St Helens Mr Gladstone knocked his hat and notes from his head. The reporter in attendance dropped his watch when it toppled to the floor as the hat and notes fell. The scene drew cheers and laughter from a large Lancashire crowd.
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Gladstone
South Lancashire
St. Helens
Lancashire
Mr. Gladstone
London
Balloon and ocean pages headline selection
A collage of items notes a Paris exhibition balloon for 100,000 passengers, vast fishpole imports, Ireland acreage rise, Nutt selling tickets in Boston, U.S. birth timing after war, heat relief for Philadelphia horses, New Orleans cotton and corn holdings, and various curiosities from London pauper counts to Cincinnati Harrison monument plans and Ethiopian Mosaic law.
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Ireland
Philadelphia
Janes
Richardson
New Orleans
Remarkable Oddities and Feats From Across The Nation
A miscellany of curious tales including Putnam County Georgia residents with long nails, 79 year old Zachariah Shelton from Huntington Center Connecticut with whooping cough, F O Carpenter of Boston climbing 27 New Hampshire mountains in 30 days, a 903 pound pig in Hillsdale New York, an 8 million foot timber raft valued near 100000 at Lake Huron to Bay City, a cabbage with a bird egg inside, ancient trees aged 2565 and 1011 years, a muscular Boston knife grinder famed for lifting a small carriage horse, a San Diego vine yielding 1148 pounds of grapes and 123 gallons of wine, a Salem Illinois Leghorn rooster that taps piano keys, and a San Francisco chipmunk that amputated its own wounded foot and healed to a perfect stump.
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Putnam County
Zachariah Shelton
Huntington Center
Conn
F. O. Carpenter
Boston
New Hampshire
Young Men’s Christian Association
Martin Dexheimer
Hillsdale
N. Y
Lake Huron
Bay City
Coweta County
Calaveras County
Cal
Somma
Lombardy
Italy
San Diego
Whittaker
Salem
Ills
Land inquiry for Ciarcaco and railway holdings in Wisconsin
Notice directs inquiries to ih Haucaux Land Commissioner Milwaukee Wisconsin about land and towns owned by the Ciarcaco WWILWAUKEE and St. PaAmn railway company. The communication address isMilwaukee Wisconsin.
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The
Ciarcaco, Wwilwaukee
St. PaAmn Railway Company
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Yankton
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
R. Miluar
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Ticket Ag't
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HO. H. Hrafford
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Milwaukee
Alex Mitenen
Hale
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Loweat
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Mitchell Dakota
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