North Dakota News Teems With Local Happenings Across Towns
A sprawling North Dakota roundup reports debuts and delays in towns from Devils Lake to Minot. bank plans at Seal and Bykeston church bids, telephones expanding in Minto, and farm contests in Richland County highlight a mosaic of patrols, pranks, wildfires, legal notices, and civic efforts shaping 1906 across communities.
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Devils Lake
Hismarck
Hunter
Nome
Richland County
Donkards
Bykeston
Minto
Mandan
Norwich
Nebraska
Foster County
Minot
la Moure
Minnewaukan
McLean County
Robinson
Garrison
Newspapers Win Rewards For County Histories Contest
North Dakota newspapers entered a county description contest judged by commissioners and editors. W C Gilbreath offered cash prizes across 19 counties. 28 papers submitted prime county histories with halftone imagery and detailed local data.
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Gilbreath
W. C. Gilbreath
State Educators Plan Grand Forks Meeting in December
The state's educators expect the largest Grand Forks gathering on December 27 to 29 as the North Dakota Educational Association holds its annual meeting. Many notable speakers are listed, with widespread participation and a proposed $1 membership for all teachers to support associated proceedings and badges.
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Grand Forks
Nora Dakota Hducational Association
Te Association
A. P. Hollis
Valley City
N. D
Proceedinsa
Stockwell
Joseph Carhart
Presient
Bigho
Mona
Faree
E.G. Burch
E.G. Burch of the State Sciencychrol
Wahpetes
Sint. II
Kolin
Crend Feekr
Peet
Ay PB
Viliey
Arsaint Elon
Wrifrea
Deway
Davila Lehe
Sava Ta Reborn
Rebreyy
Acnlotatretion Merny
Rank Willefdress
Destructive Storm Hits Great Lakes Vessels
Reports from Duluth detail a catastrophic storm on the upper lakes causing extensive shipwrecks and heavy losses. At least twenty steamers and other craft wrecked, totaling an anticipated two million dollars in damage. Two ships struck rocks near Two Harbors, with crews rescued only after hours of peril, while other vessels including the Mataafa face treacherous conditions and multiple fatalities.
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Red River Valley
Red River
Lake Traverse
Lake Winnines
New Jersey
Grand Forks
Lake Traverge
Big Stone Lake
Minnesota
Red Lake
Arkansas
Ieason
Duluth
Upper Lakes
George Spencer
Amboy
Tonawanda Steel Company
Thomasville
Buffalo
Frank Conlin
Henry Anson 18 Founder of Marshelltown dies of pneumonia
Henry Anson, founder of Marshelltown in Central Iowa and father of Adrian C. Anson city clerk of Chicago, died at age 18 to pneumonia after early settlement days. The obituary notes his role in founding the city and his place in local history.
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Marshelltown
Marshalltown
Iowa
Aenty Anson
Adrian C. Anson
Chicago
Jaagelall County
Becond Klondike In Chile Opens Vast Gold Fields
Dec 2 reports excitement in the Chilean gold belts near Magellan Strait. Numerous mining ventures formed and field openings expanded. territory likened to a second Klondike amid rapid exploration and expected bonanza. Dec 2 London also notes King Edward will award the Order of Merit to Field Marshal Oyama and Admiral Togo. Pittsburg coal operators offer early 5 percent wage increase to United Mine Workers to counter a 12 percent demand, after interstate signatory conferences.
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Chile
Santiago
Magellan
London
Edward
Marshal Oyama
Togo
Pittsburg
United Mine Workers
Thin Wan
Bloodshed on Land and Sea Warfront Claims 5,000 Lives
A chaotic battlefield narrative describes heavy losses on both sides as loyal forts clash with disloyal warships. Fierce combat rages across land and sea with devastating tolls reported.
Mutiny Crushed at Sebastopol in December Battle
Desperate fighting rocked Sebastopol as mutinous sailors clashed with shore troops and forts while the Otchakoff fired on the city. Reports vary on casualties but the mutineers surrendered after the cruiser was wrecked and set ablaze.
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Bi. Petersburg
Sebastopol
Otchakof
Admiralty Point
Novosti
Muutineers
Slovo
Lieut
Schmidt
Choukain
Baron Meller Gukomelskie
Dutch May Go to War Threat Looms in Caribbean
Washington reports a new complication between Franco and Venezuela heightening Caribbean tensions. Diplomats fear renewed Dutch Venezuelan hostilities, as Caracas protests contraband arms shipments through Curaçao. Weak enforcement of colonial arms ban persists amid exile plots and diplomatic friction.
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Caribbean
Washington
Franco
Venezuela
South America
Netherlands
Venstuela
Big Nether
Ionda
Evenezucisa
Castro
Ite Diplotprtlc
Severteen
Disaffection in Russian Army Near Czar Sparks Panic
Telegraph dispatches report growing disaffection among guard regiments near the emperor at Tsarskoe Selo. Arrests of Yellow Cuirassiers, hussars, and guard riflemen for petitions against troop policing reveal inner unrest. Rumors of an attack on the czar circulate while Moscow officials note a panic and emigration of the better classes with many passport issuances.
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Czar
Tsarakoe Selo
Treport
Ms Majesty
Ike
Louis XVI
Imperial Park
Tsarskoe Selo
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Tearskoe
Moscow
Aivicea
Princess Louise Jeered as Unemployed Shelter Opens
In London unemployed crowds jeered Princess Louise duchess of Fife as she opened church army tents at the Strand. Tents funded with 5000 from Queen Alexandra’s fund to house and feed the jobless who will chop wood. Police were needed to disperse the disturbance amid anti charity chants.
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Edward
London
Strand
Princess Royal
Princess Louise
Duchess of Fife
Queen Alexandra
Mother and Child Killed in Extraordinary Accident
In Au Sable Michigan Mrs William Gardner and her five year old son were killed when a wheel on their carriage became entangled in a wire to a flagpole. The pole toppled and crushed the mother and child just as the carriage was halted. A companion woman and her child escaped harm.
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Dee
William Gardner
Meriwether Trial Ends as Counsel Conclude Arguments
Annapolis Md Dec 2 Except for verdict announcement after Navy secretary action Meriwether court martial concluded public proceedings with lengthy defense and prosecution arguments regarding the manslaughter charge in the death of Midshipman James R Branch
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Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Meriwether
James R. Branch
Jury Finds Billings Short in Pine Island Elevator Case
In Red Wing Minnesota on December 2 a jury awarded 1198.16 to Pine Island Farters Elevator company against M B Billings. The verdict covers interest of 199.74 and says Billings was short in his accounts while manager in 1901 1902. Defendant plans to appeal. Jury deliberated twelve hours.
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Red Wing
Minn
Pine Island Farters’ Elevator Company
M. B. Billings
White Earth Bids Rejected
Washington December 2 The secretary of the interior has rejected all bids for timber on the White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota The rejection came because all bids on the pine timber estimated at 120 000 000 feet fell below the minimum price set by the Indian bureau
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White Earth
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
White Earth Indian Reservation
Minnesota
Indian Bureau
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