Settlement trek through snow leads to new homestead
Harris and wife join Aleck McCrae and Dr. Blain on a trek to locate lodging and begin a settlement journey. They travel amid a testing winter, meet neighbors, load tents, form a camp with 28 people including 12 married and eight eligible, and settle in for a frigid night among Mennonite paths and distant wolves.
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Lodg Sg
Harris
Tom Morrison
Éller
Morrison
McCrae
Wakopa County
Emerson
Spemindeil
Mc‘Crae
Hla
Peus
Paler
Jong
Tomor
Aleck McCrae
Aleck
Tim
Immigrant Party Advances Toward New Homesteads in Pembina
The immigrant group threads the Red River valley into the Pembina region seeking shelter with Mennonite hosts and new homesteads. McCrae and Harris finalize a western route while Arthurs and Fred prepare a shared home for their families. After crossing the Pembina the party disperses to established homesteads and awaiting welcome.
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McCrae
Harris
Pembina
Arthurses
Fred Arthurs
Arthurs
Homestead
Ned Bacon
Doctor
Troublesome Spiders Disrupt Telephone Lines in Buenos Aires
A fragmented account describes a large spider web‑like structure entangling telephone cables in Buenos Aires. Wind reportedly stretched the web around wires, causing several line faults and blocking service in the neighborhood.
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Buenos
Tallest and Shortest Private Pratt and Sergeant Rain
Private Reuben A. Pratt of the U S Marine Corps stands 66 feet inches tall at the recruiting station on 24 East Twenty-third Street New York City. Sergeant Joseph Rain is five feet three and a half inches tall. Both are World War I veterans and noted recruiters.
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Reuben A. Pratt
U. S Marine Corps
East Twenty-third Street
New York City
Joseph Rain
Shelled by accident damages fort tre ammunition barge
A fragmentary report describes an ammunition barge shelling accident at Fort Tre where a 10 inch shell crashed and a family home nearby was affected as people were away. The text also notes disrupted telephone service and unclear details about the incident and local response.
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Fort’ Tre
Nately
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England
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