Route Opened Sunday Marks Era in Dakota Rail Service
The Dakota railroad opening on December 19, 1886 joins Northwestern and Northern Pacific at Oakes, linking Yankton to Jamestown and Fargo through a new South Dakota North Dakota corridor. The Dakota railroad commissioners report 551.74 miles of new and extended lines in 1886, bringing total operating miles to 2,897.67 with grain, material, coal, flour and livestock as primary shipments. elevators and warehouses total 44 and 306 respectively, with a combined capacity over 13.8 million bushels.
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Dakota
Northwestern
Northern Pacific
Oakes
North
South Dakota
Eldridge
Yankton
Huron
Jamestown
Fargo
Bismarck
Sioux City
Kasota Paul
Dakota Railroad Commissioners
Northern
Commission
Consumption Cured Claim by East In Missionary
Retired physician announces a free distribution of a vegetable remedy recipe claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous disorders. He offers the recipe in German French or English by mail from Power Block New York after testing it in thousands of cases.
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Ory
N.Y
Why the Coal Supply Ran Low Meeting Traveling Freight Agent
A fragmented record notes coal shortages tied to travel freight agents. The report hints at logistics delays affecting deliveries and higher costs for heating season. No clear dates or names are legible in the surviving text.
Death of Rev. A. S. Orcutt in Calumet house fire
Acquaintances mourn the death of Rev. A. S. Orcutt who served as pastor in Pipestone Minnesota and Elkton Dakota. A fire at the Calumet house on Wednesday night destroyed the building with no water supply available. Orcutt was killed by the blaze and found charred across the hotel front. He had preached in Watertown in 1883 4 and was in the city for a Baptist Association. Abro is noted as a Brookings agricultural college professor.
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A. S. Orcutt
Pipestone
Minn
Flandreau
Oak
Baptist Church
Elkton
Dakota
Calumet House
Pipe Stone
Orcott
Watertown i
Baptist Association
Abro
Brookings Agricultural College
Friday Feature on Alcohol Effects Delights High School Audience
Friday at the high school featured Rev. Mr. McCaslin discussing the effects of alcohol on the human body. The talk was described as interesting and instructive with attentive attendance from students and faculty.
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Mr. McCaslin
Noor
Toboggan Slide and Pride on the Eat Side Hill
A playful verse questions why the Eat Side cannot have a toboggan slide on Jim's hill and features girls and beaux gliding side by side. It ends with a promotional line about Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and safe medicine.
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Jim’s Hill
Ayer
Red Star Cough Promises Relief for Throat Trouble
The Philadelphia Evening News reports Mr. Chas E. Tiel of this city suffered throat trouble and asthma. After a failed move to New Orleans, a first dose of Red Star Cough brought strength and relief, with his cough and asthma easing and no opium or harmful additives detected by chemical tests.
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Philadelphia Evening News
Chas E. Tiel
New Orleans
Gay and Happy Glory Ends Day On Din
A fragment notes a cheerful event with the phrase Gay and Happy and mentions Din with a line about having zero live items, indicating an incomplete broadcast or listing.
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Hfron-on-the-din
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