Fight Over Minot Normal Site Delays Final Choice
Minot business delegation persuades the North Dakota state board of control to postpone final site selection for the new state normal school until July. Protests cite high hauling costs from the current site south of Minot. Governor Burke advocates a Mouse River valley location to save about 10000 annually. presidential selection also due at the July meeting.
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Mayville
N. D
Minot
State Normal School
State Board of Control
Burke
Mouse River
Bickford Embezzlement Case Goes to Jury in Washburn
In Washburn North Carolina on June 28 the trial of G L Bickford charged with embezzling state funds as state treasurer went to the jury at 10 am. The judge's charge stressed the state lost nothing from alleged manipulations though it should not be considered. Mrs Bickford wept at her husband’s side as the proceedings drew a crowd of prominent attendees to the small city.
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Bickford
Washburn
Locals note visitors during Bowbells races
E L Penn editor of the Sherwood Tribune arrived with a dozen or more Sherwood residents to boost crowds at the Bowbells races. He hoped to stay longer but had to depart with his party. Minot figure Dorr H Carroll, who recently gained controlling stock of the Minot Daily Reporter, joined the crowd. Misa Burke arrived from Montana after news of her father George Burke’s serious illness near Bowbells.
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E. L. Penn
Sherwood Tribune
Bowbells
The
Tribune
Sherwood
Minot
Misa Burke
Montana
George Burke
Bathing Luxuries: Cement Tub Baths in Mexico
A New York Sun note describes Mexican private estates with stone baths carved from rock and cement baths in cities. Bamboo pipes feed some, others use bucket fills. baths are filled at night to cool by morning, offering a tonic in tropical heat and reflecting local hotel and residence customs.
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Tropics
Mexico
New York
Equator
Tigerish tunas and the chase of flying fish in the blue channel
Famed naturalist F. Holder describes a feeding frenzy off St Clementa where tunas shadow soaring flying fish. He recalls tuna bulls leaping and sweeping the water, the air alive with spume as sardines flee and sailors scoop them up, a vivid sea carnage observed at close range.
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St Clementa
Filer
Blue Channel
O. F. Holder
Delhi History Through Shah Jahan to British Rule
The text recounts Shah Jahan founding a royal Delhi in 1681 known as the city of the world. Nadir Shah sacked Delhi in 1789, looting $100 million in treasure including the Kohinoor diamond. British control began in 1808 after defeating the Mahrattas, and in 1857 Shah Mohammed Bahadur led the city during the mutiny before British victory restored imperial rule.
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Delhi
Shah Jehan
Shahjehanavad
Nadir Shah
Harriman Foretold Market Moves In Stock Manipulation Tale
A persistent anecdote recalls E H Harriman’s keen grasp of stock activity. He allegedly traced who sold Southern Pacific as the market surged, pressing a bank head for answers and verdict. The exchange ended abruptly when Harriman asserted the seller was that bank.
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Harriman
Southern Pacific
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Tha Tough Kid
Nabor recalls an incident where a boy climbed on a porch despite commands. He fell and broke his ankle. The family discussion and the wife’s distress are noted, reflecting a tense household moment caught in a casual exchange.
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Nabor
Ka Wen
New to Him Washington Herald Quotation
A brief Washington Herald tidbit notes a conversation about a son starting work. One speaker asks after him and the reply says he is doing fine and enjoys novelty, capturing a light domestic tone.
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Washington Herald
Met your wife lately quote in High Life
A witty exchange from a Louisville Couriet Journal item notes a society joke about meeting a wife. The snippet hints at social pages and domestic etiquette in the era.
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Louisvile Courket-Journel
Deserted House Smuggling Tale Uncovered on Hidden Rock Passage
An off coast tale relays how a revenue officer, unable to locate a smuggling point, discovers an unoccupied brick house on rocky shore. After entering by breaking a window, he uncovers a subterranean subcellar with six trapdoors connected to a water passage, revealing how smugglers operated between tides.
Quirky Schoolboy Buuiders Prize Samples From The University Correspondent
The University Correspondent recently offered a prize for schoolboy mislikes. Examples include quaint anachronisms such as Mute inglorious Milton and sermons in stones. The list labels figures like Shakespeare and Milton with humorous, erroneous claims and odd facts about history and geography.
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Buuiders
Milton
Orient
Wordsworth
Calvin
Naples
India
Shakespeare
Galen
John Burns
Scotland
Edward I
France
Spain
Ben Nevis
Wolsey
York
London
Australia
Himalayas
Last Hours of Bjornson Recounted by Son
Bjornson’s son recalls his father’s final hours with humor and dignity. The doctor noted a good pulse as the writer, in a reflective mood, spoke of death and his near I have been in the realms of death. His mother’s brooch at his bedside became the last sign seen by the outer world.
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Bjornson
A Cold Ride By a Fearful Senator on a Locked Train
Senator Dolliver of Iowa, fearful of wrecks, rode a cold night train locked out of his car. He wandered the vestibule in pajamas for sixty five miles before Vice President Fairbanks heard his cries and rescued him, a dramatic incident recounted by the New York Tribune.
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Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Fairbanke
Dolliver
Mr. Fairbanks
New York Tribune
Necks and Legs of Animals And a Pepys Diary Anecdote
A passage compares neck and leg lengths across animals with food sources noting grass eaters show neck length advantages. It mentions crocodiles lizards and fish having nearly no necks and water feeding fowl like swans and geese needing long necks for bottom feeding. Pepys story recounts a London merchant claret deceit using thunder sounds to lower wine prices.
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Pepys
Charles II
London
A Mighty Difference in Waterloo Retelling
Brougham recalls Napoleon's low spirits during the Waterloo flight. An aide consoles him by noting Wellington lost friends too, but Napoleon replies that Wellington has not lost the battle. The anecdote underscores enduring resolve amid loss.
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Brougham
Waterloo
Napoleon
Wellington
Utterly Ofsices and Brief Comic Exchanges
A brittle collage of quips from era papers shows casual riffs on marriage anniversaries and polite refusals. One item notes a wife dismissing an invitation to sing, while an exchange teases a husband about forgetting a Chicago trip. The clips mirror domestic humor and social banter of the period.
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Chicago
Flecord
Herald
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Minot State Normal School
Edith V. Ross
American Press ‘Association
Misa Jimps
Toledo Blade
Ressen
Mistress
Jane
Johnson
Paris Green
Mickelson
Krueger Drug Co
Krueger Drug
Rexall
North Dak
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