Wildwood Park Opens Near Minot With Amusements
Wildwood Park opened four miles west of Minot along the Mouse River with elm shade and cleared undergrowth. Mea nts Wheeler and Corey host a seven-acre grounds featuring a ten foot fence, boat launches, chute the chutes, a pavilion, evening vaudeville, a band, baths and refreshment stands. Admission is ten cents granting access to most amenities for picnics and social events though the lake ride is longer by boat.
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Wildwood Park
Mouse
Propestors
Meants
Wheeler
Corey
Cjrles
Quark
Minot
Election Returns Show County Races Listed
The Independent notes incomplete election returns from the canvassing board, expecting final county totals by July 10. It lists the elected officials, including SA Sorenson as sheriff and AC Neirud as treasurer, with a full slate of county offices and officials.
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Sa, Sorenson
AC. Neirud
Louis Larson
Gunder Reishus
N. Davis
K. T. Hagen
Thomas
E. G. Warren
Dudley Nash
Clark Hovey
J. D. Taylor
Record price paid for land at Ontonagon delinquent sale
In Lake Linden Michigan the Ontonagon county delinquent tax sale set an astonishing figure as Deen L. Robinson of Chaumont bid to pay taxes for a minuscule portion of a duodecimal interest in 40 acres. Michael Garb of Rubicon dropped out. The apparent value to cover 40 acres would equate to an enormous sum if rent were bought. The auctioneer and onlookers noted the land is swampy and questioned why Robinson sought such ownership.
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Lake Linden
Mich
Ontopagon County
Upper Michigan
Deen L. Robinson
Chaauill
Michael Garb
Rubicon
Michigan
Robinson
Garth
Robinson Hay
Gerbil
Oldest US weather observer Horigan serves long career
Dennis Horigan, tied to the United States Naval Observatory, is described as perhaps the oldest weather forecaster in the United States with a service span dating to 1857 under Buchanan. He observed weather continuously, including during night hours, and has worked with notable naval officers and scientists throughout his career.
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Washington
Dennis Horigan
United States Naval Observatory
United States
Weather Bureau
Wmlerigan
Hoe
Buchanan
Berrice
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Old Observatory
M. F. Maury
Maury
Gillis
de Proatis
Delray
Fyaiat
Matara
H. Bevis
Chester
Hall, Newcomb
Harkness
Eastman
Mrrshy
Skinner
Ancient tablets show Babylonian lawyers and real estate traders
A Kansas City audience heard that 5 000 years ago Babylonians used clay tablets to record real estate deals. Ware cites finds from Nippur and Louvre tablets, noting scribes and stonelike ovens, with a Jeweler selling a gold ring to a real estate man.
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B. C
Eugene F. Ware
Kansas City
Ware
Saya
Kansas City Star
Europe
Louvre
Paris
Nippur
Babylonia
Tigris
Euphrates
Rel
Mr Ware
Baylonia
Henry Bachtheon
Develar
Veara
Remarkable Fort Crook Tornado Charge by Six Hundred
A Kansas City Journal account praises American soldiers at Fort Crook Nebraska who formed battalion lines and sheltered in cellars as a tornado struck, damaging the fort by about 100000 dollars. The piece extols their discipline and stoicism amid deadly debris, lightning, and wind.
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American Arma
Fort Crook
Neb
Sixth Regiment
Hell
Heaven
Kansas City Journal
Balak- Jaya
Metallic mirrors favored for European searchlights
Europe sees rising demand for metallic mirrors used in searchlights as glass mirrors fracture under gunfire and heat. A new electro deposited design with gold and white bands promises deeper night beams, improved visibility, and resistance to fracture from concussion and ballistic effects.
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Europe
German Public Schools and Attendance in 1906
The last official reports show 61,188 public schools in Germany with 9,779,366 pupils, 34 percent of all school age children. Since 1801 attendance rose 9.1 percent, male teachers 10.6 percent, and female teachers 30.5 percent. The per pupil cost rose from 0.20 to 12.86 dollars. pupil load averaged 58 per teacher in 1906.
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Germany
Making Electrical Engineers in the Great Shops
In a renowned electrical company many 300 young men in work clothes assemble small apparatus test dynamos transformers railway motors and fighting appliances. They come from universities colleges and technical schools worldwide adding practical shop work to their years of study.
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Scientific American
Foot Shapes of Nations Described in Aesop Like Study
An eccentric antiquated piece claims different national feet define character. It notes Forts long, Spanish curved, Arab high arch, Scotch high thick, Irish flat square, English short and fleshy. It praises Grecian foot as most perfectly formed and lists Swedes Norwegians and Germans as largest feet with Americans smallest.
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Fort
Athens
Brewster's Millions Half Off at Local Book Store
Partial list shows books selling at 69 cents each instead of 1.50. Store promises arrival of broader stock and competitive prices as inventory builds, aiming for a large, complete selection in the city.
Bagging at Shoulders and Posture Tips
Advice warns against sagging shoulders and promotes posture exercises. Stand straight each morning, test alignment at a door jamb, and walk with a broomstick under the arms. Daily movement, deep breathing, and chest up practice are urged to prevent round shoulders.
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Scroga
Remodeling Ideas with Colorful Trim for Summer
A fragment suggests updating last year’s white fabric with small touches for summer use. It mentions adding color via colored ore tonne trimming and hints at limited quantities and simple accessory changes.
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Paris
Tall Soldier in Warsaw Adventure in Tales of My Mother
In Warsaw the author's father meets a tall Russian soldier in a cafe who invites him to play dominoes. The man hints at hidden status, claiming to be a czar in disguise, and warns of dangers around him. The encounter ends with the emperor Nicholas quietly traveling through Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Wale
St. Petersburg
London
Ufe Guards
Nicholas
White Palace
Marie Frausch in Frederick the Great Era Tale
A vivid anecdote recalls Marie Frausch, a famed prima donna in the era of Frederick the Great, with a note that she lived during that storied period.
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Frederick Tha Great
Marie Frausch
Frederick the Great
Fragmentary Love Proposal Ends in Rejection Row
A girl resists a suitor at the gate with a misleading vow about a future bond. Her protest and exchanged words prompt the mother to intervene and arrange the matter, ending with the suitor being rejected and escorted away.
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Wheeler & Gorey
Dennis Horigan Nestor
The
Babylon
Troopa
Brewster's Millions
iaiVinston
Churchill
Corelli
Seneeyepee Crawford
Soldiers of Fortune
Davia
Dak
Ama
Tal
North
Cooper
Caakota
Como Ny
Mmiss
Tunavense
Wostero
Tamuranes
North Dakota
Sarsusnoe
Passe Otbaluta
Bresidenc
Vise
Rin Hotarion
Jamea D
Pine Terror
Tate
North Eocadog
Hisaeary N
Tasurance
Goce Bismarel
Grine
Ooeteecoed Busiees
Hank
Te.mlic
Fto
Pomminsioner
C. Cooper
Dakota
Bismarck
Magia
Rof Insurance
BBAI
State OF North Dako
Northwestern Fire & Marine Ins. Co
Minneapolis
E.C. Cooper
Shily Seipdeesad
Taremha
Bo Bransal
Fire & Hall Insurance
EC Cooper
Aman) Commission of Insurance
Frausch
Fraulein Preusch
Capri
Peacech
Fraulein
Soonale
Fradle
Yoke Miller
Kentuck Naylor
Sevesceat
Parker
Phillips
Jungie Sinclair
Thurston
Hour
Chouxt
Canoon
Ikington
Clalin Junipera
Sherlock Holmes
Doyle
Dixon
James Meredith Ford
Glas
Fough
Kettle
Hype
Jack London
Lyle
Lorimer
Columbia
Ie Inauras
Orama
Nebrask
Tom Ane
Lawa Ol
Ice
Priscipat Dese
Raskottorney
Daxota
Fom Missios
Rismarel Pee Op
Futorist
Ius
Aecrues
Ats Iabil
Bo Aetien
Ion CLI OE
al Im Wit
Ouestood Prewitt
Edger
Mount
Dhs
Commissioner OF Insurance
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