North Dakota Legislature Daily Proceedings Snapshot
The record outlines Senate and House actions with bills on court terms, county jurisdictions, university funding, child abandonment penalties, toll rules for mills, stationery spending, and school location at Wahpeton. It notes passage of education measures, bill 324 for Wahpetoo, and 204 against contagious diseases, plus committee work, adjournments, and adjourned sessions with various introductions and resolutions.
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Daiaem
Hi Abe
Winship
Ronae
Wahpetoo
Arnor
Wan
Senate
Senate Proceedings Reveal Printing Bid for 75000 Supplements
The Senate debated public printing reform and approved a bid process to publish 75000 legislative supplements in state daily newspapers with contracts awarded to the lowest bidder. Several bills were read, amended, and sent to committees as sessions adjourned after action on Australian election and other measures.
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Senate
Committee On Public Printing
Commissioners of
LaMoure
Jalon
Hartman
Committee On Railroads
Senaa
Hone Journal
Judiciary Committee
Senat
North Dakota Bills On Manufacturing And Appointments
A 19th century legislative note outlines four bills: No. 855 to promote binding twine manufacture in North Dakota, No. 336 to amend Chapter 205 of General Law of 158 relating to preference for certain appointments, No. 59 on juror selection, and adjournment of sessions.
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Senate
North Dakota
Alexander McKenzie
A. O. Whipple
Wm Budge
Wm. O'Mulcahy
Fleming
Myers
Goo
E. Spencer
Senate and House Bill Actions During Session Day
The Senate convened at 1 55 pm on the 7th, bills 74 201 2 210 210 261 271 202 and 146 were panned while House bills 228 150 were acted on and pay resolution adopted. The day featured extensive work, votes, postponements, recommittals and long deliberations by both chambers.
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Stevens
Senate
House
Congressional action stretches over sal aries and land bills
The senate debated the salary fix for several district judges at five thousand dollars per year, approving the measure 48 to 13. Senators discussed irrigation and preemption reform affecting North and South Dakota, Montana, and Washington. A joint resolution advanced to appoint additional pension bureau medical examiners, while districting reforms sought equal statewide representation for House elections. The public lands committee considered relief for settlers displaced from the Northern Pacific indemnity belt and public building allocations favored Sioux Falls and Bard.
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Benator Davin
Danote
Montana
Woakington
Comstock
Himae
Aettlera
Iivasirs
Favorshiy
Barts
Boux Falls
Senate Deliberates On Executive Secrecy in Arkansas Election Row
For five hours on the afternoon of the 4th, the Senate discussed executive secrecy and the committee report on how proceedings are made public. The committee urged further questioning, while the Arkansas contested election case involving Featherstone Verona Cute was continued but adjourned without a vote.
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Senate
Arkansas
Featherstone Verona
Short-Lived Elopement Ends in Rescue on River
Mrs Dr 8 P Coffman returned to Owensboro Kentucky after eloping with Dr W Is Ferrell to Evansville. They went by steamer. Ferrell abandoned her before departure. She seized her baby and attempted suicide twice before being stopped. Coffman plans to return her to her father and seek Ferrell’s arrest for kidnapping.
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8. P. Coffman
Owensboro
W. Is. Ferrell
Evansville
Ferrell
Coltman
Desperate Jail Fire Endangers Inmate in Beattle Case
David Denne, recently jailed for robbery and shooting a doorkeeper at Beattle Washington, set fire to his cell. Jack Gay awoke to smoke as Denne’s mattress burned. A struggle ensued, Gay was found unconscious, surviving after the blaze was extinguished. Denne pleaded guilty and received eighteen years imprisonment.
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David Denne
Naro Pain
Beattle
Wash
Jack Gay
Denne
Care
Crion
Gay
Choiing Donon
Wan
Touching tale of a post office letter reunion
A storyteller recalls the emotional moments at general delivery windows where letters arrive from distant places and stories of hope, grief, and renewal unfold. An old widow awaits news from her missing son Tom, whose heartfelt letter and a $50 money order bring reconciliation and joy, while other voices ask why women’s rights lectures ignore personal truth.
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Denyer
Russia
Italy
Alps
Switzerland
Spain
France
England
Ireland
Ash G
Ann Taylor
Amother
Wim Agrain
Cloris
Fom
Lin
Tom
New York Sun
Flip for Office in Missouri Nomination Battle
A Missouri congressional nomination contest in the seventh district featured Jago Robinson and Richard Norton in a protracted convention at Warrenton. After two days of ballots and a coin flip deadlock, Norton won on a later ballot by a large majority, with about 2,600 votes more than his rival. Kansas City Times reports the defining moment came when a coin toss decided the tie.
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Missouri
Jago Robinson
Congress
Seventh
Judge Robinson
Pike
Richard Norton
Lincoln
Warrenton
Vogin
Robinson
Norton
Noreon
Saaid Robinson
Kanasas City
The Gambler's Last Bet in Cincinnati Tale
A Cincinnati Times-Star anecdote recalls gambler Bony Nash who died fifteen years earlier from an ailment. In a tale of bets and bravado Nash refused charity and joked to Louisville, New Orleans, and back, then died shortly after a bold wager with police chief Jim Ruffin.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Bony Nash
Louisville
Billy Lewis
New Orleans
Bony
Falls City
Jim Ruffin
Nash
Compressed Air Power Drives Paria’s Growth
The Paria air power business began with a pneumatic clock system around 1870 and now operates about 8 000 pneumatic clocks public and private. It uses a central station four miles east of the Madeleine to power 250 motors ranging from one eighth to 40 horsepower, supporting diverse needs as the system expands rapidly.
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Paria
Compressed Air Company
Madeleine
Korea
Victor Popp
Bashful Genius of Hanover Solves Social Stage Fright
Hanover Michigan reports a remarkably shy young man who avoids neighbors and girls, skipping school after persistent teasing by twenty local girls. Despite the social awkwardness, he is a gifted mechanic and has won prizes for architectural plans for public buildings, earning local praise.
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Hanover
Mich
Evidence of Wisdom in Boston Courier Quip
The dialogue notes Whitely as intelligent, with Isald L arguing serious regard. Brownly counters by saying Whitely is not dumb and highlights his intelligence by keeping his mouth shut, a sly remark on restraint.
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Boston Courier
Whitely
Brownly
Leopard Charmed by Human Voice in Chinese Ravine
Two Englishmen in China encountered a wild leopard that emerged from a bush about twenty yards away. They stood still while the leopard watched them, growled, and showed signs of anger until one shouted a puissant cry, causing the beast to retreat.
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China
Keen Bighted Birds and their Foretelling Feats
The Sun reports on how birds like ravens owls and horn owls were thought to read celestial signs 2000 years ago and foretell illness or weather. Mr Guffarel notes birds prefer dark places and deliver ill news, a skill humans should study.
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Mr. Guffarel
Mr. Gaffevel
Bouquet Begging Confession From a St Louis Trickster
James Fair recounts a sharp confidence scheme on Broadway where a flower bouquet was used to lure him. Three ragged girls duped him by selling back the same bouquet after a small profit, then splitting the money and hiding the odd cent. The tale suggests others were likely tricked as well.
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James Fair
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Broadway
Laclede Hotel
Wicked Dish Forces Ohio Clergyman Tour Exit
An Ohio clergyman staying at a Cape May hotel last summer walked out after a dining bill included a dish named deviled crabs. He said he had fought Satan for twenty years and would take no chances.
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Ohio
Cape May
Satan
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