Noted Harbors of News From A Fragmented Era
Hungary harvests described as the largest in years while Britain houses over one million temperance members in 10 000 Sunday groups. A Pennsylvanian comet discovery by a Ohio child is noted, alongside railroad financier aims, deaths, floods, frost impacts, and local incidents across multiple U S locales. The text also mentions Burleigh county and Burleigh fair pride, Arctic expedition figures, and looming polar exploration plans.
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Great Britain
James Dunford
Keiths
Ohio
Early Burleigh Settlers Noted in County History
Historians record Dakota's pioneer names including Suttle and Miller among Burleigh County's first settlers. Suttle claimed 225 acres this year and started a farm, while Miller located at Stites Island in 1869 and began market garden work.
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Dakota
Hindnirck ’ Tribune
Flenry Suttle
W. H. Mercer
Jos. Dietrich
Joseph, Miller
Aeleigh County
Miller
Tuaiuty
Suttle
Ie Suttle
Burleigh Countrie
Joseph Miller
Stites Island
Mr. Suttle
Atul
Andy Folfina
Aris Farm
Mike’ Frasetta
Cate
Population growth and linguistic quirks in early U S notes
Readable excerpts discuss census data from 1790 to 1880 and rapid territorial expansion after the Louisiana Purchase and Texas annexation. The piece analyzes population density by region and mentions frontier lines, plus a long dialogue illustrating 19th century speech patterns and grammar debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spire A. Waller
Louisiana
Texas
Mexico
Neral
Woling
Atlantic
Gulf
Lakes
Tral i
Ohio Valley
le Sou Peg Bacons
Lateaus
Mississippi Alt
South-West Central Region
Central
Prairie Region
Pacific Coast
Immigration trends and population table from 1880 census note
A historic extract discusses immigration to the United States, noting Swedes and Irish shares and the foreign-born population approaching 500 000. It cites a census table with totals for native born whites and colored populations and observes geographic clustering of the two demographic elements.
Advice to a Young Man from a Burlington Hawkeye piece
A columnist urges focused effort and hard work to discover one’s true strength. It stresses concentration over dispersion, comparing skill to a gunpowder blast and urging the reader to become an authority in a specific trade or field through dedicated, honest labor.
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Burdette
Burlington Hawkeye
Turner
Marabran
Sydney Smith
Dr. Arnold
Garis
The Shoes That Can Stop Congress
A humorous riff on a shoemaker who inspires political reform talk. The tale recalls a craftsman whose simple trades earned modest pay, yet who becomes a symbol of public frustration with government. It critiques a rush to grand policy with a satirical jab at free coinage proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andie
Congress
Artesian Well Flows Steadily at Menno Farm
Asa Covell reports a successful artesian well on his Menno farm. A twenty inch bore reached fifty feet and produced a permanent strong flow of high quality water. Dr. Morgan praises the extraordinary yield and urges further trials to encourage others to test artesian wells locally.
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Asa Covell
Rcotland
A Covell
Menno
Morgan
Menno i
Scotland
Yankton
Wreck of Sells Bros Circus Train Claims Several Lives
Lancaster special details coroner inquest into the Sells Bros circus train wreck. Twenty one cars descending a 72 foot per mile grade with few brakes. derailment toppled track drumhead, throwing car from engine and demolishing seven cars. Engineer Foley testified speeds up to 30 mph while others spoke of 50 to 60 mph. brakes removed to aid loading. Jury says Ben Case and Willis Underwood died in the wreck. Three killed, two fatally wounded, one probably fatally injured, and eleven circus personnel injured. Underwood a Mount Vernon boy of eighteen who was stealing a ride.
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Courier Journal
Lancaster
Sells Bros
Foley
Sells
Ben Case
Willis Underwood
Circus
Underwood
Mount Vernon
Rag Pickers and Cotton Rags Trade Report
The city employs up to 2000 rag-pickers, mostly Italians, displacing Irish workers. Hand-cart dealers move about 3 3 000 000 annually, with 800 dealers in the trade controlled by a few. Cotton rag imports reached 10 000 000 in value. mills consume the supply. Rag rags fetch 1 1/ gents per pound, sorted by women and packed by men earning 12 to 14 dollars weekly. Mary Eaton of Watertown suffers hydrophobia chained to her bed after a family dog bite incident that also affected two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eaton
Watertown
fragmentary note on ad pest tae olives and intel
A cryptic, damaged text fragment mentions olives and satisfaction with a man humming. It reads as stray lines with unclear context and no identifiable events or entities.
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N.H.) Navy Yard
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Chicago
Delaware Canal
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Black Hills
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Chicago Times
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de Long
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Seber
Aris «New
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Nindermann
Swift Sound
Danenhower
Booklyn Academy of Music
Ant Land
Bishop Clark
John
O. K
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Oeron
Weil
W. W. Schuman
the’ Jeweler
Dakota Ave
Huron, D.T
Nash Bro
Huron
Beadle County
Sheldon Bank and
Union Bank of
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Sf Burroughs & Co
Cherokee, Towa
Hardware and Agricultural Machinery
Bowe
Stiver
A . ‘Ammunition, Sporting Goods
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U.S. Land Office
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U.S. Land
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Bakota
Hollor
Knecht
Prash
TIGER
Tiffin
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Champion
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Milburk
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Beadle
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Agts
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Youmans, Bro’s & Hodgins’ Lumber Ward
van Dusen’s
H. A. Maxfield
Ag't
Pioneer Jewelry Store
Huron, D
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J. E. Baker
Prop
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John Cook
Propr
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Huron, Dakota
C. W. Hagensick
Sefors” Presser
Chicago & North-Western
Kea
North-West
North- Western Railway
Sllman Hotel
Aly
Pullman Sleeping Cave
Nebraska
Hechicago
St. Paul
Ilinois
Freeport & Dubuque
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Green Bay
Lake Superior
Canadas
Thie Road
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Stennett
Chicado
Spaldi
A. B Melville
Law, Loan and Real Estate
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J. B. Kelley
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
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W.C. Vax M Horne
A. ¥.Acarpenter
J. H. Page
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