Dakota Farmer praised as best paper for North Dakota farmers
An Aberdeen South Dakota publication is extolled as the premier paper for Dakota farmers and stockmen. A Bottineau County farmer lauds it, and a combined offer includes a year of Bottineau Courant, Dakota Farmer, a North Dakota map, and a rapid calculator and veterinary handbook for 1.50. The calculator covers weights, measures, interest, corn and hay measurement, and a veterinary handbook lists 110 disease treatments for horses, cattle, sheep, and swine.
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Bottineau County
Dakota Farmer
Aberdeen
South Dakota
North Dakota Farmer
Bottineau Courant
North Dakota
Maxim's noiseless rifle demonstration by Maxim and society officers
In New York Hiram Percy Maxim demonstrated a 32 caliber noiseless rifle before Alfred Wagstaff and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The device uses silencing cells to reduce gas escape, aiming for military use. The piece also covers Kentucky feuds, a microbe metaphor, and various brief items.
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New York
Bammer
Hiram Percy Maxim
Maxim
Alfred Wagstaff
The
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Society
Twenty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
Board of Managers
Bureau of Ordnance
Army
Teaching The Young Idea at The People's Drug Store
The text proclaims a commitment to satisfy the public with high class stationery and best values for home school and office needs. It emphasizes pleasing customers and fixed reasonable prices as the guiding object.
A Clever Omission In a Letter Exchange
Dialogue reveals a planned marriage proposal where a suitor prevents a letter from being signed to avoid disapproval. The exchange shows familiarity with parental approval and a determined commitment despite anticipated anger.
Absurd All Around in a Comical Lecture Scene
A reader quotes a line about an old figure in a comic coat stovepipe hat and baggy trousers. The remark identifies him as the professor lecturing on the absurdities of women's dress. The exchange hints at satire and social commentary in a newspaper clipping.
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Japan
Tokyo
England
Nesiahl
Yokohama
William A. Howard Dakota's sixth territorial governor
William A. Howard, born 1812 in Vermont and former Detroit postmaster, served as Dakota's sixth territorial governor starting 1878 after Pennington. A Michigan appointee with strong Republican credentials, his term was cut short by his death in early 1880, though he left a lasting, prudent impression on the territory.
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Wiliam A. Howard
Dakota
Pennington
Michigan
Vermont
Detroit
Fils
Territory
Hypnotism Among Insects Claims Astonishing Fact
A narrator describes hypnotism in nature, noting a queen bee can hypnotize her hive with a humming sound. The death's head hawk moth is claimed to be a powerful hypnotist, entering a hive and causing the bees to fall into a trance before it acts.
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Moth
Crystal
Ailver
Eslony
Mathews to Visit Bottineau Piano Store for Pupils
Prof M W Mathews, gold medalist and late professor of the London College of Music, will be at Johnagaard's Piano Store Bottineau on Mondays from 2 to 4 p m to receive pupils in pianoforte playing violin and technique.
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London
England
College of Music
Johnagaard
Bottineau
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Dakotas
Hun
Dreds
Hiram Maxim
Breathitt County
Kentucky
United States
Winchester
New York Sun
Prisener
Tim Stealer
Bancroft
Webster
Plug Hat
the People’s Drug Store
Papa
George
Paps
William A. Howard
College of Law
State University OF North Dakota
Grand Forks, M.D
M. W. Mathews
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