Monster sighting on Lake Kampeska described near Watertown
A party including Gen H R Pease and H M Burchard reported a 20 foot long moving object on Lake Kampeska several miles from shore. The entity, seen for two miles then circling and submerging, sparked talk of a giant sturgeon or other unusual creature, described as a monster.
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Watertown
Dakota
Lake Kampeska
H. R. Pease
RB. Spicer
H. M. Burchard
Marshall, Minn
Johnson House
Missouri
Dakota News Highlights Include Deaths and Developments
Reports from Dakota describe Paulina Keller’s death by self inflicted shooting near New Salem. Other items note Pine Ridge agency Indians in church, a new 20 000 bushel elevator at Columbia by Van Dusen Co, and artifacts donated to Dakota university museum.
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Paulina Keller
New Salem
Pine Ridg Agency
van Dusen & Co
Columbia
Highmore
Dead Wood
Iron Hill
Joseph Nolan, Jr
Plymouth
Wis
Grace
Church Huron
Milbank
Sweet Prior
Sim Nicholas
Carbonate
Post Offices in the Capitol Receive and Mail Congressional Letters
A Cincinnati Times-Star correspondent describes the Capitol mail system where house and senate post offices handle enormous volumes. Daily, about ten thousand letters flow to lawmakers, including district, national, and international mail, with foreign stamps common. Registered packages and documents arrive for members, delivered by couriers as aides and office seekers seek attention.
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House
Senate
Cincinnati Times-Star
Congress
House of Representatives
Washington Postoffice
House and Senate
Postoffice Department
The Excellence of Christianity Explains Its Comfort
The statement asserts that Christianity best relieves global burdens of care and sorrow with minimal fuss, emphasizing spiritual solace over outward display.
Trees and crops at home improve grounds and food supply
The article discusses farm experiments from Kansas Agricultural College led by E. M. Shelton. It contrasts field conditions with lab control, detailing tests on corn meal versus corn and cob meal for steers and pigs. It notes Cooked corn reduces feed efficiency and weighs results against cold, cost, and practicality. It also promotes planting fruit and nut trees near houses for ornament and dual use.
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E. M. Shelton
Kansas Agricultural College
Durin
Manhattan
Cern
Shelton
Mississippi River
Ares
Ornamental and Fruitful Gardens By a Thoughtful English Gentleman
An English landowner weighed planting for beauty or fruit and, seeking both, consulted nurserymen and landscapers to create grounds that were ornamental and productive. The result drew visitors who praised the pleasing appearance while enjoying the harvest. A nearby street scene followed with a bootblack reading a dime novel, the excitement rising as he follows a Western hero through perilous pages.
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Alan
Tho
Mercury
Mac
Bace
Tanes
Restoring Discolored Marbles with Oxalic Acid Method
An old guide notes using two ounces of oxalic acid in one pint of warm rain water to polish and restore discolored marbles. It warns to handle the acid carefully and apply with woolen cloths for best results.
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Dakota Territorial News
Pelican
Homestake Mining Company
Deadwood
Valley City
Sitting Bull
Fort Yates
Yankton Catholic School
Cameron
Sioux Falls
J. Dunbar
Fisher
Bon Homme County
Waldo M. Potter
The
la Moure Progress
John Pitman
Ordnance Corps
Deeo
Ort
Abraham Lincoln
Fort A. Lincoln
Northern Pacific
Fargo & Southwestern
la Moure
Egw County
James River Valley
Hudson
Anderson
Winston Brothers
Minnneapolis
Daket
Hudaca
Capitol
Amon
Earl Richmond
Downing
Chicago Times
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