Deaths and travels touch small town life in Lignite notes
The week’s page records Mrs. R. M. Gorder’s long illness ending in death and funeral in Moorhead, plus many local movements. Residents journey to Norway and Lake Mills Iowa, others visit relatives, postmaster Gee visits, an auction sale occurs, and a house fire injures a child’s clothing.
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R. M. Gorder
Petterson
Pett m
H. H. Strum
Hyen Erlandson
Cqual
Norway
John Holland
Bernice
Lake
Sheriff Stainhofer
M. Vesey
Grendahl & Christenson
L. B. Lodmell
Hanson & Ladmell
Grand Forks
Flaxton
Henry Bly
Mixed Community Notes From North Dakota Area
Local items report a range of small events from Christmas gifts and dinners to dental visits and parcel wagon updates. Residents Daniel Berg and family celebrate a marriage while John F. Berg returns with a wife, and neighbors share well wishes.
Niobe News Roundupa Busy Biweekly Visit Spree
Illness passes for Niobe residents with Atte Mildred Emerson improving after Iagrippe. Local business and social activity includes Mr Lowen and Mr Rasnilissen in Niobe on business. Auditor Smith leaves Rugby Milling Co for Williston. W A Anderson to manage grain. Sorenson family visits Bowbells. Mrs Moving hosts. Knute Frosaker and son visit Niobe. Emersons return from Northgate. George Jensen resigns Keller Mercantile post to join Kenmare. Rev J. Sorenson returns from Lignite. Mrs Frank Caroline and sister from Minnesota visit. Wilfred Hoflus and Dave La Crosse noted. Show and dance planned for Saturday the 13th. Frank McNeely family back from Columbus visit.
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Lowen
Helmdal
N. D
Rasnilissen
Berthold
Niobe
Smith
Rugby Milling Co
Williston
W. A. Anderson
Sorenson
Bowhells
Sorenson, Sr
George Hanson
Knute Frosaker
Bowbells
Mia
Edward Emerson
Northgate
Jack Emerson
George Jensen
Keller Mercantile, Co
Kenmare
George
BR. Sorenson
Frank Caroline
Kenaston
Carlyn
Som
Minnesota
Caroline
Greaves
Wilfred Hoflus
Bowbella
Dave la Crosse
Loraine
Mr. la Crosse
Frank McNeely
Baby
Columbus
Moore Home
Methodist church services schedule for December 14
Sunday services listed at 10 30 morning with The Power of Vision subject and 7 30 evening with Turned into Another Man. Sunday school at 11 45 and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 20. Epworth League Fridays at 7 30 led by Rev. A H Beer.
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Epworth League
A. H. Beer
Indes on the Street Shield Themselves From Heat with Parasols
On Wednesday two Indies walked the city streets carrying parasols to shield from the sun. Neither wore a coat and appeared comfortable under the shade, a sign that North Dakota’s region is becoming a winter resort.
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North Dakota
Painter Foreman Set to Start Monday at Downstairs Rooms
A Manchester Guardian correspondent reports a house dispute that delayed repairs. After a night of tension with the landlord, the head of the house expects the home to be habitable within a week as painters prepare to start on Monday.
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Manchester
Guddian
Ime
Liu
The Pelican and Its Pouch
A natural curiosity describes the pelican’s expandable pouch used to scoop fish and carry food to its young. The bird can compress the pouch to near invisibility or hold two gallons when full, and it dives swiftly to snare prey before resurfacing.
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Amerrhag
Metals dearer than gold and their strange traits
The text notes iridium costs about three times gold and osmium is heavier than water and resists melting under extreme heat. Palladium is twice as costly as gold but vanishes in steam. It describes palladium as white and tarnish resistant, used for division marks on scales and delicate instruments.
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London
When the British Retreated and the Suns of the American Revolution
A Boston Traveler tale describes a speaker at a Massachusetts society banquet claiming to trace the British retreat to Lexington. He timed the march using historical records then compared with a modern trolley to argue the British departed at the same time as Charlestown arrivals, suggesting trolley schedules match historic movement.
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Massachusetts Society of the
Lexington
Linnell
Delind
Charlestown
Boston Traveler
The Parrot's Threat at Victoria's Court
A Bristol parrot named Poll, a gift to Queen Victoria, initially shy, spoke to the queen when she entered the room. The bird demanded twenty pounds or it would depart, and the queen arranged the money to encourage teachers to provide profitable instruction to pupils.
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Victoria
Bristol
Poll
Queen Victoria
Lazy Merchant Refuses Shoes Until He Stands
A woman visits a small Little Town shoe shop and asks to buy a pair of shoes. The lazy owner, perched on a box, yawns and tells her he cannot wait today and to return when he is standing.
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Conducts & Shoe Store
Little Town
Walt
Argonaut
A Tale For Philatelists Tells Of Stamp Dealer Stanley Gibbons
A London Times story recounts the late Stanley Gibbons famed stamp dealer. A West Indian postmaster returned a money order after stamping a claim that the ordered stamp did not exist. The letter accompanying the claim included a prepaid copy of the stamp.
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Philateliate
Stanley Gibbons
The
London Times
Had to Think Quickly in a Dated Boston Transcript Sketch
A humorous dialogue shows Maud questioning extra postage stamps after a trip to a drug store for face powder. Hthel deflects, while Tuck comments on the scene in Boston.
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Maud
Hthel
Boston’ Transcript
Angelicy Howard and the Courage of a Spouse
Fragmentary lines describe Angelicy Howard and a cowardly taunt about her being an angel and wife. Mentions of readiness, searching, and wear life echo a poetic or dramatic exchange. References include “Pamneverance game,” “Fins the race,” and names Harnand Barton amid garbled text.
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Howard
Pamneverance
Harnand Barton
Ieee Es
The Military Salute in Chivalric Tradition
An 18th century Los Angeles Times note describes a young Ned tenant in uniform saluting a matron. The dialogue links the army salute to medieval tournaments where knights saluted a queen on her throne and kept eyes averted from the queen's radiance.
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Ned
Uren
Los Angeles Times
Fragmented tale of a police encounter in Tennessee?
A damaged and opaque account describes a lone policeman Saw Mickwlew in Tra Nite town Tennessee. The piece mentions vigilante-style trouble near a creek on Saturday and a volatile indoor outdoor engagement involving rocks and Bucklew. The narrative is fragmentary and relies on garbled phrases from an old clipping.
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Mickwlew
Tennessee
Mehdi
Yalu
Justice of the Peace
Sam
New York Post
Curious Autographs and Historic Sale Records
The fragment describes rare autograph items traded in 1831 for 1500 currency and notes payments to Mile Clairot through a treasurer. It mentions Chilean bread Laelen Roupairte and a French government recognition during tense times, with references to payments and slips of paper.
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Adis
Lord Chomearty
Tarts
WPCA
Preneh
Conquest of Disease Celebrates Modern Medical Progress
A Philafleyla Press summary lauds Inelifi cultures for disease prevention and medical advances that surpass ancient feats. It highlights scientists and physicians as pivotal in fighting violent diseases and shaping a new era of health beyond classical heroes.
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Disea
Alexander
Cyrus
Philafleyla Press
Exhuming Physiology Question Stuns Student
At a university lab a professor asked for a description of extremity circulation. A student struggled, replying that blood went down one leg and up the other, prompting a moment of disbelief in the classroom.
A Bride’s Request For Dictation From Husband
A Baltimore American note recalls a jest in which a wife asks her late husband to avoid a proposed office speech. The speaker, once the stenographer, recalls the line about taking dictation at home, hinting at a familiar taunt and domestic irony.
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Baltimore American
Fragmented Advert Text Lacks Coherent News Item
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a physician, a woman seeking help, and a cheerfulness phrase. No clear event, person names, or place can be determined from the readable bits.
Last Trial for Ex-Treasurer Bickford Seen as Rehearing Sought
The Tribune reports G L Bicksford former state treasurer convicted of embezzlement two years ago seeks a rehearing. Attorney Geo Bangs of Grand Forks will file papers and petitions to spare him prison, amid broad local support and sympathy for his plight.
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Tribune
G. L. Bicksford
District Court
Supreme Court
Geo, Bangs
Grand Forks
Bickford
Bowbells
Burke County
Leary Sells Bowbells Moving Picture Outfit to Wegener
J B Leary completes a sale of his Bowbells moving picture outfit including the machine gasoline engine and goodwill to A C Wegener of Portal with Wegener taking possession Monday. Wegener plans to run shows four nights weekly starting 8:30 pm and promises improved film service and a strong program featuring two reel spectacles and upcoming World Series games.
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Leary
Portal
A. C. Wegener
Bowbells
Thundercloud
City council denies permit for Marshall house addition
A special Monday meeting considered G A Marshall's request to erect a house at the rear of the lot by the meat market. The proposed building would violate the city's fire restriction ordinance, so the city board refused the permit.
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G. A.’ Marshall
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Guimohd
Myhre
F. J. Oxley
Victor Bengston
Coteau
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Lee Dillage
J. F. Berg
A. J. Skogstad
Big Muddy
Canada
al Mares
Capler
Atte Mildred Emerson
Methodist Episcopal Church
England
America
United Kingdom
United States
Chicago Journal
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