Artesian Wells Boost Spink County as Irrigation Boom
A Mellette despatch says Spink county may be dubbed artesian county for tapping the subterranean basin. Farmers form stock groups to sink wells, with several new outfits and many plans for joint or individual projects. Mellette's irrigation trials hint at yields above adjacent wheat fields, while prospects for sheep farming grow, supported by favorable conditions and known profitability.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Mellette
South Dakota
Spink County
Artesian County
W.G. Kiser
C. W. Gregory
F. B. Mann
James H. Smith
George Smith
J. P. Day
Aswell
Day
Gan le
Union
Commotion Over Cars Hits Grain Receivers Letter
The Grain Receivers association of Minneapolis protests Great Northern Circular No. 11 urging cars stay on their tracks. They warn of delays, higher costs, and worse sales for off grade wheat, urging rescission and citing market disadvantages vs competing roads.
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Grain Receivers’ Association
Minneapolie
Mohler
Great Northern
AL. Mohler
Great Northern Railroad Company
St. Paul
Minn
Tess
Northern Pacific
Soc
Milwaukee
W. Commons
Mysterious Shooting Reported in Batavia
Otumwa dispatches report a mysterious attempt at murder at Batavia received on the eighth inst. The brief notice gives little detail beyond the incident and location.
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Otumwa
Tews
Batavia
Frayer fatally shot near engagement to May Alexander
Wm Frayer, en route to marry May Alexander, was shot in the breast by an unknown assailant east of the city. The bullet pierced the left wing. the robber took a small sum from his pocket-book but left a watch. Frayer's wound proved fatal, and the case is linked to a supposed rival in love.
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Wm. Frayer
May Alexander
Frayer
Brayer
Soo's New Plans Rework North Dakota Rail Line
Jamestown Alert reports Soo Line officials plan to abandon the Hankinson to Menango track and seek a northern Manitoba route. The shift would connect with Canadian Pacific, running through Richland county toward the Turtle mountains. Feeder surveys are said to be in Jamestown, with a fall announcement expected.
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Jamestown Alert
Menango
Dickey County
Hankinson
Richland County
Red River
I¢ Fe
Soo
Aberdeen
Bismarck
Hankinson West
Canadian Pacific
Manitoba
Jim River
Turtle Mountains
Jamestown
Great Cotton Belt And Its Production Outlook
The article discusses the cotton belt led by the Carolinas Tennessee Georgia Arkansas Florida Texas and Louisiana. It notes annual production ranges and potential gains from clearing swamp lands notably Yazoo delta and Mississippi bottom while highlighting US dependence on exports and small domestic spindle counts. It also portrays New Orleans wharves as a vast cotton panorama and contrasts New York futures with domestic output.
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Carolinas
Tennessee
Georgia
Arkansas
Florida
Dexie
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
William Hosea
Frank Leslie
United States
Texas
Yazoo
Europe
India
Egypt
Brazil
America
New Orleans
Metropolis
New York
Archeological Find Reveals Ancient Minnetonka People
Minneapol is Journal reports discovery on upper Lake Minnetonka shores showing a prehistoric people advanced beyond known Native cultures. Three prospectors unearthed the site and plan to reveal details, highlighting significant scientific value of the find.
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Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
Minnetonka
Minnesota mound builders unearthed by local trio
An archeological dig led by a local artist, an architect, and a prominent divine reveals that Minnesota's Mound Builders inhabited near a lake, with mounds about 80 feet diameter and seven feet high. Findings include ancient graves sealed with hard earth, bones, pottery, and details on skulls, teeth, and craftwork.
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Minnensota
Jeads
Great Glass Combine Consolidates U S Window Glass Firms
A Chicago conference plans a nationwide glass cartel uniting 39 firms from Muncie New Albany Pittsburgh and Columbus to fix prices and route all production through a single company. Major importers from New York Boston and Philadelphia join to shield the American market from foreign glass.
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Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
Com
Conditten
Muncie
Ind
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Pittsburg
Colina
Ohio
Eastern Association
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Nave
A Miatoric Family Holds Sixth Annual Reunion in Centralia
The Gaston family, claimed as Illinois largest lineage with 1800 dependants of William Gaston who arrived in 1829, held their sixth annual reunion at Mount Moriah Church in Centralia. Records trace lineage to 1690 through Scotch Irish roots, noting service in the American wars and early migration to Illinois.
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Mount Moriah
Centralia
William Gaston
Illinois
North Carolina
George Washington
West
Ilinois
Samuel Gaston
Charles XII
France
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
America
Mingis
Boiling Lake of Dominica Described by St. Louis Republic
The article details a boiling lake behind Roseau in Dominica, surrounded by solintains and volcanic sulphur vents. Water near the margin reaches about 180 to 200 degrees, with the center around 210 to 230 degrees, and gas escapes through numerous vents while the lake surface bulges two to four feet. The water is dark gray, thick, and sulfurous from thousands of years of boiling, and inlets are rapidly closing, possibly foretelling a geyser like eruption.
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Dominica
Roseau
St. Louis Republic
Death Fatal Overdose In New York Home
Mrs Fitz Arbes who lived with daughter Mrs Catherine Zadick at No B11 East Wilfieth street New York died after drinking a quarter ounce of a medicine prescribed by Dr Albert Kirchman of East Fifteenth Street for gastric trouble in an infant child. The bottle bore a gemin label and led to more deaths as Mrs Avhes and Mrs Rudick also took the medicine. Dr Grueber arrived too late. antidotes saved Mrs Zadick. Coroner Levey found no grounds to hold Be Lesser.
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Fitz Arbes
Catherine Zadick
East Wilfieth Street
New York City
Albert Kirchman
Dresser
East Fifteenth Street
Zadick
Avhes
Rudick
Grueber
Arbes
Railroad Building in the Black Hills Spur Survey
A telegraph from Lead South Dakota reports the Black Hills and Fort Pierre railroad engineers have begun survey work for a spur to Galena. Galena Bald Mountain and Raby Basin branches will follow, aimed at mining ore haulage with plans for a large smelter at Elk Creek station by a strong local corporation.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Fort Pierre
Gelena
Ceeey
Galena
Bald Mountain
Raby Basin
Sard
Wompestoke Company
Elk Creek
Stabbed By a Negro In Chicago Affair
A Chicago telegram reports Fred Curtis 28 of 393 South Clark Street fatally stabbed by Harry Givins after an insult to Curtis’s wife. Givins, an ex convict with a bad reputation, drew a knife and stabbed Curtis eight times, five in the back and three in the left side, before being arrested while boarding a train.
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Chicago
Fred Curtis
South Clark Street
Harry Giving
Curtis
Givins
Jong
Castoria Advertisement Rhyme From Past Era
A vintage line recalls Castoria for babies children and mothers. The rhyme emphasizes Castoria as a trusted remedy across generations and roles from infancy to motherhood.
Monch Needed Reform In the Condition of a Disorderly Liver
In a terse medical advertisement the text warns that a disordered liver and related symptoms such as right side pain yellow skin tongue fur constipation and dyspepsia respond to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It claims relief for biliousness malaria nervous complaints and kidney ailments.
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Alao
Bilounness
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