Bickford Gage Up On June 21
Washburn North Dakota June 6 G L Bickford former state treasurer faces trial for embezzling 60000 in state funds arraignment set in McLean district court June 19 a large juror call of sixty jurors issued witnesses subpoenaed for June 21 when trial is expected to start removal of the case from Burleigh county granted on grounds of prejudice against Judge Winchester and the people of Burleigh county
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Burleigh County
Jude Winchester
Burleigh District Court
To Wisconsin to Attend Funeral of Capt Beckwith
Mrs. Jack Cushing of near Coteau and her husband departed by train to Barron Wisconsin after telegram announced the death of her father Capt J Beckwith at age seventy. Although in good health a week earlier he died suddenly possibly due to old age. Funeral planned for today or tomorrow at his old home in Barron.
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Jack Cushing
Coteau
Capt
J. ©. Beckwith
Barron
Wis
Bowbells School Election Returns Two Directors
In Bowbells vote totals Geo H Carey was re-elected director for three years with 149 votes to 44 for Ralph Schuder. Bowbells township resident Peter Christianson won the two year director post with 113 votes against 80 for W O Genesch.
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Bowbells
Geo. H. Carey
Ralph Schuder
Peter Christianson
Bowbells Township
Peculiar law hits WN cities across Main Street boundary
Washington reports a Payne Aldrich law interpretation forces duty on any American born animal returning after leaving the United States. The ruling affects horses dogs and even poodles, with examples from Portal to Niagara Falls. It ends discretionary enforcement and could tax pets and work animals during cross border trips.
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Washington
Portal
North Dakota
Canada
Main Street
Customs Court
Europe
Niagara Falls
A Reformer and a Robber Meet on a Train Romance
A young lady misses a purse in a waiting room. A man steals it to start a conversation, then confesses and offers to reform. They fall into a plan where weekly visits test his resolve, while her father learns the truth and prepares for a curious recruitment by Mr Evans. The twist ends with a promising, comic note as a romance and a cautionary tale unfold.
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Buffalo
John Sparkline
Mr. Sparklne
William Evans
Locust Street
Evans
Bis
Jack Spark
Nick
Rascal
Italian Lodging Rivalry In Chicago Suburb
In a Chicago suburb two Italian households, both claiming social leadership, display furnished rooms signs while refusing to rent. A newcomer notices the signs and asks to rent, prompting the swarthy host to admit he keeps the sign to show he is not the only man with furnished rooms in the area.
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Chicago
Judge's Library
Seeing the Far East Through Classic Works
Price Collier argues in Beriberi's Magazine that travelers should study the Bible Arabian Nights Odyssey Iliad Virgil Herodotus Xenophon to grasp the East. He criticizes guidebooks for focusing on monuments and stats and urges inner understanding over trains.
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Sues Canal
Price Collier
Beribner’s Magazine
Animal Odors and Their Sources in Perfume Making
The article explains civet as a honeylike aromatic from a civet cat pouch, musk from the musk deer with China noted for quality, and musk pods packed in lead-plated caddies. Ambergris, secreted in diseased spermaceti whales, is hard gray and valued at about £6 an ounce, from various northern regions.
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China
Assam
Siberia
Alta Mountains
Asia
London Standard
Mucilage and Gum and a Quick Language Laughs
A London stationer mishears mucilage as gum in a tale of cross cultural jokes. An American learns spelling differences while a rail traveler jokes about gum with a trap boy. Also a wordplay exchange about cigarette in Paris and a Tennyson anecdote.
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London
England
Boas
Washington Star
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Wisconsin
Lind
Tribune
Andrew Bergland
Weinburger
Kenmare
Wilmar
City Bakery & Cafe
Langworthy Lumber Co
B. C. Hinds
Avery
Cockshutt-Avery
Donovan Bros
N. Dak
Far East
Paris
Bildad
Slithers
Blithers
Harper’s Weekly
Frederick Robartson
Brighton
Tennyson
Ethel
Dutta
Boston Transcript
Kodak
France
D. M. Ferry
Northrup King & Co
Mickelson
Krueger Drug Co
Rexall Store
Bowbelle
North Oak
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