North Dakota Quick Takes From Bottineau to Minot
Ombrous miscellany reports Bottineau aims to be Carnegieized while Minot eyes largest town status in a decade. Notes on press freedom, Willow City convent, twenty-some banks, land office volumes, and a wave of local incidents and headlines across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot
Minot Land Office
United States
Patina
Ibsen
Norway
North Dakota
Matt Johnson
Herald
Omemee
Matt
Rural Biz and Local Gossip Amid North Dakota Notes
A collage of small-town observations from North Dakota papers. Mentions Gilbreath of the state agricultural department, Mandan sidewalk sign rules, hunting and football as heroic, Lisbon trade slogan against box car peddlers, trains described as hotels, storms forcing paper dailies, Hansbrough’s newspaper amalgamations, comparisons between capitol and a blind pig, Governor Sarles at a box social in Montana, various state news quips, depots swept out, booze arrests, cold facts about home buying, and a blizzard rescue by the Bottineau conductor Wynne reaching headquarters after a stranded train.
Minot Ministers Wake Nights For Marriages In Town
A collage of North Dakota notices notes bold claims from local merchants urging women to wear pants and buy razors while Sir Thomas Lipton warns against strong drink. Minot ministers vigilantly safeguard religious welfare, a couple wed at 3:30 am, and several city mayors face various charges as towns hope to pull themselves from mud with horse power.
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Minot
Hierschy
Berry
Westhope Standard
Major Murphy
Murphy
Jones
Rugby
Denny
Williston
North Dakota
Thanksgiving yawns and editor pranks across the state
The piece lampoons Mandan water curiosity and editors in Wishek Cogswell and Bismarck amid Thanksgiving feasts. It jokes about editors’ lifestyle, includes a playful ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promising sunshiny faces and a 35 cent dose by T. Sims.
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Hollister
T. Sims
Funeral in Rugby Brings Political factions Together
Historic funeral held in Rugby drew attendees from multiple political groups. The event fostered a sense of peace as factions united briefly in mourning. Whittemore and Jones were seen in a cordial moment, signaling a possible thaw in tensions. The mood was solemn and the crowd showed quiet respect.
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Rugby
Whittemore
Jones
Round Trip to Eastern Canada for 40 Dollars
Great Northern Railway offers a 40 round trip to Montreal and eastern Ontario points. Tickets on sale December 4 to 31, valid three months with liberal stopovers both ways. Visit many en route locales for a holiday outing. check with local agent for details.
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Eastern
Canada
Great Northern Railway
Montreal
Ontario
Mad chase health cure ad for Dr King’s Pills
A brisk promotional piece urges readers to seek Dr King's New Life Pills to relieve liver and stomach trouble. It claims rapid relief and a guaranteed cure when combined with good food and regular bowels, and notes a 25 cent price at druggists.
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Dr. King
Bucktow’s Arnica Salve for Piles Enduring Painful Disease
A Masonville Iowa man, Harry Colgan, proclaims Bucktow’s Arnica Salve the best cure for blind bleeding itching and protracted piles. Ad claims the salve also heals cuts burns and injuries. Also mentions prompt coal delivery and low prices from Imperial Lumber Yard.
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Harry Colgan
Masonville
Iowa
Bucktow
Imperial Lumber Yard
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Souris
Eagle
Willow City
Bottineau County
Ward
Warden Boucher
Gronna
Washington
Linton Record
Heaven
Captain Hobson
Supreme Court
The
Capitol Commission
Alex
Waterloo
Mary Boothroyd-Calderwood
Devils Lake
Erick Evjen
Rapkingon
Great Northern
Churches Ferry
William Goff
Reform School
Hee
Hoople
Bennett
Patterson
Powers That Be
Turkey
Mytilene
Carrie
Gilbreath
State Agricultural Department
North Dakotas
Mandan
Lisbon
New Oriental Limited
Pierce County Tribune
Yellow Stone Park
Hansbrough
Capitol
Bismarck
Sarles
Anti-Horse Thief Association
Montana
Kernel
John Johnson
Glenburn
Goss
Starkweather Times
Jessie James
Cando
McWilliams
Aneta
Fargo and
Moorehead
Dickinson
Grand Forks Herald
Alex McKenzie
Omemee Herald
Pembina
Wynne
Carneigie
Thomas Lipton
Lipton
Aoine
Devils’ Lake
Jamestown
Alexander the Great
Landlord O'Brien
Mark Hunt
Fessenden Free Press
Mark
Kansas
Johnny
Falky
Soo
Guy
Wishek
Haigh
Cogswell
Andrews
Litherwood
Falkenstein
Jewell
Bismarck Tribune
Friend Bros
Wilson Bros
Gent
Ertresvaag Co
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