Mora Tribune Notes Local Life and a Long News Roundup
The Mora Tribune covers local events and people including Blakely’s illness, Ed Estes and Chas Carter’s Mora trip, real estate agent Chas Malone’s circle, and N B Berg moving to a new home. It lists town residents, travelers, births, and a school report for December 1895 with 35 pupils, 2 tardies, and 28 average attendance.
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Wm. J. Blakely
Ed. Estes
Chas. Carter
Mora
Snake
Harvey Bennet
Chas. Malone
Grace Tallman
Emma Groff
Elsie Tallman
Ada Hawkenson
Valentine Edstrom
Emil Hawkenson
Julia Helgren
Victor Skoglund
Alvin Helgren
Lydia Ramgren
Alexia Ramgren
Railroads Tack Tax to Inflate Passenger and Freight Rates
Critics charge the gross earnings tax enables railroads to water stock and force the public to pay high freight and passenger rates. They assert dividends are declared on fictitious wealth not invested in the roads.
Bankers and national debt comment cited in speech
A speaker warns that the banking system rests on the national debt and that erasing the debt could collapse the entire system. The note adds that bankers were not pushing the government to issue new bonds, despite this view.
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Bim Aplin
Wisconsin and Minnesota In Context Clarifies Early Settlement
A historical aside questions Brother Safford on the phrase Wisconsin and other portions of Minnesota as used in discussing Kanabec county settlement. It asks when Wisconsin might be considered part of Minnesota and urges clarification of the reference and timeframe.
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Kanabec County
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Bro. Safford
Brother Safford
Editors as Farmers Flax Authority Questioned
A reader notes F N Stacy has penned several Pioneer Press articles urging immediate flax cultivation, while questioning his true expertise. The piece suggests Stacy may be a theoretical writer with little field experience, despite Pioneer Press branding him an agricultural authority.
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F. N. Stacy
Pioneer Press
Stacy
Howard Lake Herald
Minneapolis Tribune
Railroad work progresses with full line near completion
Nels Quick of Hillman visits the town as the main line of the new railroad nears completion this week. ONeal Bros. log camp reports one and a half million feet on the skids at camp No 3 while staffing changes occur with Tom Organ and Martin Nelson filling vacancies. Roy Bosworth and Ernest Fournier depart for Sand Creek and Mora relations.
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Tribune
Nels Quick
Hillman
Roy Bosworth
Mora
Sand Creek
Ernest Fournier
O’neal Bros
Tom Organ
Martin Nelson
Harry Butcher
Camp No. 3
Hillman Notes and Local Updates In Tribune Report
E F Penney is reported ill with a cold. The Tribune is well liked in this region. W F Hillman made a county trip last Saturday. M & C Lumber Co began icing roads and will haul logs soon. John O Donnell is clearing a meadow on his quarter section. Darragh items in the Tribune surprise readers. the writer may be known.
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the Tribune
W. F. Hillman
M. & C. Lumber Co
John O’ Donnell
John
Tribune
Darragh
Ceni
Glass-Laden East Side Storekeeper Brings Nice Lot
Lawrence social notes report Chas Malone, an east side storekeeper, brought a nice lot of glass to share with the Tribune. The item highlights local trades and community commerce.
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The
Tribune
Chas. Malone
Grass Lake Socials and Local Moves Highlight Week
In Grass Lake L. E. Dennewith hosted a party last Monday. Andrew Hoglund made a business trip to Pine City Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carlson returned from St Paul after visiting for a few days. Miss Christine Gullickson of Cambridge visited Dennewith’s from Saturday to Monday. Miss Grace Rist finished her Grass Lake school last Friday and stays with Miss Emma Gustafson for several days. John Peterson, L. E. Dennewith’s brother, went to Cambridge Friday and back Saturday. he repairs machinery at his mill burned earlier and plans to start a shingle mill.
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the Tribune
L. E. Dennewith
Andrew Hoglund
Pine City
Andrew Carlson
St. Paul
Christine Gullickson
Cambridge
John Peterson
Peterson
Local Personal Visits Reported Across Mora Area
Peter Challman of Sandstone visited Mora last Tuesday. Charles Fredlund of Rice Lake was in Mora last Monday. Mrs P O Mattson of Grass Lake visited friends in Mora yesterday. A L Anderson the county bee man was in town last Tuesday. W F Hillman the Hillman postmaster was a Mora caller last Saturday. John Peterson of Brunswick made a business call at the office last Saturday. County Commissioner Nelson of Comfort was a county seat visitor last Tuesday. Erick Peterson of Brunswick, saw mill figure, inspected Hans Peterson's feed mill last Tuesday.
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Charles Fredlund
Rice Lake
Mora
P. O. Mattson
Grass Lake
A. L. Anderson
W. F. Hillman
Hillman
John Peterson
Brunswick
Erick Peterson
Saw Mill
Hans Peterson
Pompeii Lava Mould Reveals A Dying Figure
Excavations at Pompeii use a hollow pick strike on lava beds to locate cavities. Liquid plaster fills the hollow, creating a mould before lava is removed. The resulting statue typically shows a man or woman in death agonies, limbs convulsed and features distorted from the 1,800 year old eruption.
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Pompeii
Lake Mora Rink Schedule and Prices
Lake Mora rink opens Thursday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon weekly. Admission under 15 years five cents, ladies five cents, gents ten cents. Tickets grant twelve admissions with prices shown. Soxom & Beret, proprietors.
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Soxom & Beret
Royal Ruby Port Wine advertisement claims and price
A Mora Minnesota medical notice promotes Royal Ruby Port wine as a beneficial tonic. It advertises a $500 reward for any bottle under five years old or adulterated, touts usefulness in sickness and convalescence, and notes bottles sold at $1 per quart or 60 cents per pint, bottled by Royal Wine Co and sold by L. E. Conger for medical purposes only.
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Lexington
Royal Wine Co
L. E. Conger, Mora, Minn
L. E. Conger, Mora
Minn
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