River Names Trace Indian Origins and Explorers
Three Rivers Nansemond Virginia river name derives from Nawnechiniund meaning the place from which We were driven away. Flint Michigan called Perwonigo by Native Americans for its banks. Humboldt Nevada named by Fremont honoring Baron Bomboult.
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Three Rivers
Nansemond
Virginia
Flint
Michigan
Humboldt River
Nevada
Fremont
Baron Bomboult
Paul Martin and Wife Travel to San Francisco Fair
Paul Martin and his wife left Friday for the San Francisco fair the trip his first since settling his claim. His third wife reportedly forced the move, and Paul says he feels better. Local youths visited Omemee to watch Dad Harrington’s baseball team play Willow City and Bottineau. Geo McFarlane was not an umpire but a keen spectator. The piece notes strong corn crops at Arthur White’s farm, promising rotation, and praises White’s Spur grain fields. Farmers’ elevator upgrades aim to beat a 300000 bushel season record. Cameron’s wild oat fanning mill earns praise and factory plans. Prohibition is reflected in fewer kegs at Kramer’s depot, with Soo ships averaging 51 kegs weekly in 1914. Some locals heard Rev Herbig deliver a sermon at Gardena and then tracts titled Before and After Taking circulate.
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Paul Martin
San Francisco
Paul
Omemee
Dad Harrington
Willow City
Bottineau
Geo. McFarlane
Spector
Kramer
Soo
Prohibition
Harrington
Herbig
Gardena
Vacant Lot Gardens Rise From City Abundance
The piece notes elevated and hidden gardens in New York and Philadelphia showing how vacant lots yield crops. It cites Philadelphia’s $75,000 crop value and mentions Chicago kitchen gardens including a five acre tract opened by Mrs Leonata Z Meder at East 110th Street and Indiana Avenue and a 35 acre tract at East 100th Street.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Borough of
Manhattan
New York City
Terme Garden
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Chicago
Leonata Z. Meder
Public Welfare
East
Small plots offered to jobless in city garden project
Fifty men win plots in five acres and sixty more in a larger tract to til for livelihood. Unemployed receive first choice and the public welfare department may supply more land citywide. Parallel efforts reported in Seattle Cleveland St Paul and others. California notes European gardener ingenuity saves families with small plots. City waste lots and gardens could curb urban poverty. W H McIntosh presides with McIntosh and Cathro offices listed.
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Twenty-sixth Street
Indiana Avenue
Seattle
Cleveland
St. Paul
California
Europe
America
American
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Greengard
Aren Rer
Fladeland - Williams Drug
Rexall
N. D
J. H. Weaver & CO
North Dakota
M. J. Farnand
D.C
N.D
E. Erlandson
N. Dak
Burton
State of
North
Dakot
Imperial Elevator
Walter Slack
Grand Forks
Jaintiff
H. A. Libby
Tie
Botti
Meau
Tgandd Reas
Grand ‘Forks
Arthur White
White
Cameron
Redfern
Miss Massacre
Woods’ Department Store
The
W. H. McIntosh
W. R. McIntosh
F. W. Cathro
Jac. T. Neville
P. J. Scully
Everett D. Bower
Griener
Opera
Gayety Theatre
Paul J
Bottineau Amusement CO
Hollier
Minot
Todd
Emerson
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