Eye Doctor in Portal Sparks Teeny Tale of Fees and Fractured Wares
Local note recounts Dr Mugg Againt known as the eye man visiting Portal. It lampoons his advertising tactics and quarrels over fees while linking him to a long-running grievance about graft. Nearby items mock editorial views on onions and dreamers, plus a dead letter office tale and a humorous arrest at a Minot restaurant for Gund's Peerless.
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Dr. Mugg
G. Mugg
Eye
Portal
Mugg
Kloke
Portal International
George J. Smith
The
Plasa ‘Pioneer
Minot Reporter
Ward County Independien
Palermo Standard
George
Eatiay
Donnybrook
Minot
Early White Earth ranchers of 1889 era named Powers Lake
The White Earth Record lists Osborn Benson who built sheep and cattle operations north of White Earth in 1889 and later moved to Alaska. Albert and Edward Poole settled with 320 cattle the same year, facing an April blizzard that killed 140 head. Tom Moore and John Powers also ranched nearby, with Powers’ lake term arising from their work.
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White Earth
Osborn Benson
Alaska
Albert
Edward Poole
Tom Moore
John Powers
Mohall
Powers
Local Frontier Notes Then and Now in White Earth Area
Settlers and developments across the White Earth region recount early arrivals from 1882 to 1892 including Amos Tracy Ed Hall Nic Zirbes and others. A fire at Donnybrook destroyed the Peter Jackman iivery barn with 1800 horses pastures and a large 50 by 80 foot bulk storage. partial insurance and rescue efforts are noted. Minnie the six legged sheep died after exhib tions and the State Bank of Ryder transitions to a national bank with $25 000 capital.
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Geo. Porger
Amos Tracy
Willian
Ed Hall
White Creek
Fort Buford
Dave Colvile
White Earth
Eustis
James
J. 8. Murphy
Paris
France
Nic Zirbes
Minnie
Oscar Bush
Ryder
Public Sale at Reed Farm Near Minot and Sawyer
A public sale on March 11 1908 at the T M Reed farm located 10 miles south and 2 miles east of Minot and 10 miles west of Sawyer will offer two geldings weighing 2400 and 2600 pounds a black mare milch cows and two wagons a bob sled farm equipment seed oats and farming tools. Terms: cash under 10 dollars. over 10 dollars on eight month notes at 10 percent with cash discount. Sale at 1 pm C S Reed proprietor auctioneer H J Hacht.
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Reed
Minot
Sawyer
Osborn
C. S. Reed
H. J. Hacht
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