County Board Records Show Steel Cell Bid Awarded
Official proceedings from August 22 1902 record the board’s afternoon session approving the Diebald Safe and Lock Co bid for steel jail cells at 2690 dollars amid extensive footnote bills for pile drivers bridges roads and auditing work. The evening session lists numerous payments to workers and officials including road overseers and clerks totaling many dollars.
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County Board of Equaliztion
Diebald Safe and Lock Co
Scotiabridge
Geo. M. Babcock
A. L. Perrin
Joseph Wick
H. B. Russell
G. M. Getchell
Rosses Ae
Oscar Painter
Walker Bros. & Hardy
C. H. Anthis
L. B. Wolfe
Jacob J. Dalen
Frank Blake
Boundary Creek
Willow City
J. H. Harrington
A. B.thompson
Lloyd W. Wells
Boondary Creek
A.C. O. Lomen
Wireless test begins between Washington navy yard and Annapolis
Early morning wireless telegraph trial linked the Washington navy yard and Annapolis by 29 miles between 150 foot masts. Rear Admiral Bradford heads the equipment bureau and hints at success, with a five officer board to judge the five systems, including French Rochford gear and Marconi samples, to be tested at sea on warships. Interference from stray currents remains unresolved.
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Washington Navy Yard
Annapolis
Bradford
Bureau of Equipment
Navy
Navy Yard
Washington
Hudgins
Europe
Marconi
Secretary of the Navy
The Lady or the Mustache at Mrs Fish’s Ball
Disturbing Newport tale centers on Mrs Stuyvesant Fish's colonial ball. Men debate moustaches and costumes, some choosing to shave or skip Crossways night, while supporters push for facial hair sacrifice. A roll of approving men faces the pivotal choice at the fete.
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Newport
Mrs. Fish
Book That Will Please Says Wu Ting Fang on U S Streets
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang, en route from Washington to New York, praises New York and teases his future book about the United States. He jokes about streets dug up and later restored, and mentions his plans to write candid observations of public men, his life in Washington, and his travels. He notes enjoying New York while questioning the blasting heard near a grand hotel.
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Wu Ting Fang
Washington
New York
Prince Chen
Edward
China
United States
Jersey
Wall Street
Promised Car Wedding Gift Sparks Family Rift
A Chicago Record Herald anecdote notes a man with a $20 000 annual income pressed to concede to his betrothed demand for an automobile as a wedding present yet feared the financial strain. The tale centers on the fiancee’s stipulation and the father’s pledge amid the couple's engagement.
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George
Chicago Record-Herald
Gossip of New York society and its people
Owen Langdon surveys the city social scene highlighting the Marlborough duchess and Blenheim, Cornelius Vanderbilt’s rail ventures, and skyscraper life. He muses on luxury towers, city dining clubs, Jewish population dynamics, and public order amid London and New York crowds. The piece weaves society, architecture, and urban change.
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Owen Langdon
New York
College of the City of
T He Boys’ High School
Warsaw
Whem
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Joseph
Mattick
London
Sueh Penchal
Treasure hunt fails on Cocos Island voyage from Victoria
An expedition aboard the brigantine Blakely sailed from Victoria in January to locate the mythical treasure of Cocos Island. After 101 days at sea and 25 days on shore, all gold-finding instruments failed, directing crews to dig in various spots without success. Captains Whidden and Hackett abandoned the search, though they still believe treasure exists, trusting no more in the instruments.
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St. Peter’s Church
Rome
New York
Jersey Central Railroad
Bay
Staten Island
Eyrie
American ‘Tract Society
Garret
Victoria
TB. C
Capts. Whidden
Hackett
HX. M. 8
Imperius
Aurora
Whidden
Gilbert
Seasonable Warning From Chicago Record-Herald
The Chicago Record-Herald cautions readers against early winter wear urging resilience after uncertain weather and noting the lingering feel of Indian summer.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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Wm. Rose
Stoltz
Sherwin
Eran
Orden
Marshall
Duel Smith
Ie Linn
Nelson
Pristo Bismarck
C. Nelson
Ross
Sherif
Ejary
Talisman
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Jeanacon
Astates
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Bergeron
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Buitineau
Navy Department
Stuyvesant ‘S Hall
Ting Fang
Cornelius
Harlem
Commodore
Denny Ting
Peter Stuyvesant
Great Central Court
Park Row
Paul Smith
Alice Roosevelt
Vant Smith
John JD. Rockefeller
Yale
Miss Roosevelt
Mrs. Cowles
Paul
Smith
Owen
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First National Bank of
Merchants Bank OF
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D. C
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Cathro, Cashier
Bottineau Meat Market
George Belly
Neil McKinnon
Prop
Bottineau, WN
McBrayen's
C. W. Beyer
Vineau
Fifth Street
Smete
Bottineaud, N. D
Cocos Island
Bicycle and Gun Repair
Christopher Simon, Piop
Guaranteed Thompson Steet
Bottineau
Vogtab Pound
Jefferson Ave
It. Louis
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