Dakota Territorial News Highlights From Across the Territory
The governor led plans for adding to the Bismarck penitentiary and work will begin. Gov Church and Auditor Ward bought residences in Bismarck. An inspection of Yankton asylum follows other public installations. A. W. Brian of Wilmot died by hanging amid lacked friends. Lizzie Creever drowned in a well near Larimore. Gleasner and Miss Elsie Brown struck by lightning at Jamestown. Gleasner died. Gov Church pardoned Rev H D Schaeffer from Mandan. At Gary Julius Luther was adjudged insane and sent to Yankton asylum. Lisbon sale of Standing Rock farm for 20000 to Abe Rundell. Minot is Ward county seat. A cyclone north of Jamestown damaged crops and horses with hail. Devel County fair planned Sept 14–16. At Fargo Knights organize cooperative to run mill and sash factory. Yankton artesian well yields 1000 gpm to power industry and city lights. Yankton now has a dozen wells. city well 1500 gpm. Hans Clausen alias Knutson arrested for bigamy in Sioux Falls. Thirteen women serve as county school superintendents in Dakota. Regents contract for Brookings college building awarded to Fisher & Co. of Minneapolis and 240 acre farm purchased nearby. Neilson funeral in Huron disrupted by approaching cyclone. Railway grading contract let for Aberdeen to Bismarck line, work to start by June 10 and finish by Oct 1. Knights Templar Dakota elect officers led by M A Brewer as Grand Commander.
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Addiiton
Bismarck
Church
Ward
Yankton Insane Asylum
Dakota
A. W. Brian
Wilmot
Gov. Church
H. D. Schaeffer
Mandan
Gary
Julius Luther
Yankton Asylum
Lisbon
A. H. Laughlin
Standing Rock
B. Wisner
Abe Rundell
Plymouth
Rawson County
Minot
Ward County
Jamestown
Devel County Agricultural Society
Fargo
Knights of Labor
Yankton
Hans Clausen
Charles Robert Knutson
Sioux Falls
Effie Benjamin
Clark County
Belle Samson
Barnes County
Cora M. Shober
Beadle County
Alice J. Sanborn
Brule County
Susan Penny
Stanton Count
A. E.G. Ames
Butte County
Lee
Peel River
A. i Rose
Faukle
L. H. Franks
la Moure
Lawrence County
Iaed
Donkey
E. E. Nani
Rourderer
Neilson
Huron
A. E. Beal
Thomas Fortune
Nathaniel Skelton
Bismark
Aberdeen, Bismark & Northwestern
Na 'Coe
Biskanter Acer
Knights Templar
M. A. Brewer
Joseph A. Colcin
Casimo
B. ©. Méllette
Watertown
E. F. Doty
Rapid City
Na - 5
Wai
Sean Amiga Onerand Treasuer
A. W. Howard
Ieee Recorder
Brace M. Mn
Parmley
Eggs for Hatching and Tree Bearing Tips for Farms
Practical notes on hatch eggs temperature and vigor, calf milk feeding, and methods to make trees bear earlier. Guidance covers egg quality linked to feed, trampling clover to control growth, diverse grass seeds for better meadows, roadside apple trees, gooseberry moisture, subsoiling on new land, potato drilling, and underdraining wet patches.
The Cotton Fiber Through Its Processing Journey
A Chicago Mail description outlines cotton from pod to thread. It covers ginning to remove seeds, baling, picker blending for uniformity, waste removal, winding into laps, carding to parallel fibers, and silver formation before final strand generation.
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National Museum
Sea Island
Orange Shortcake and Other Plain Dishes
A household column lists simple recipes including orange shortcake with orange juice sauce, onion soup with fried onions and milk, a dark cake with pork and molasses, black spice cake with spices, creamed spinach with butter and cream, egg slaw with cabbage and vinegar dressing, and hominy croquettes shaped and fried from corn meal and hominy.
Quips and Quirks Snapshots from a Busy Page
A collage of wry witticisms and social observations from multiple papers. Jests about police, lecturers, mind readers, fashion, women, language, and aging mirror early 20th century humor and public commentary. Short quips include concerns about drinking, appearances, and civic life.
Courtroom Dialogue Shows Prime Lawyer’s Strategy
A Washington Critic quote captures a prospective client challenging a lawyer on timing of his principal argument. The exchange emphasizes doing the strongest case before trial, illustrating courtroom mindset and attorney confidence in presenting key points at trial onset.
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Washington
Grains of Sand from Hills to Glass in Pittsburgh Region
Popular Science Monthly notes that Pittsburgh serves as the headquarters for sand manufacture though sand itself is not produced there. Daily eight hundred tons are processed from hillside silica, with four hundred tons used locally and four hundred sent to eastern Ohio, West Virginia, and Bellaire, Columbus, and other points within about 150 miles.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
West Virginia
Bellaire
Columbus
Popular Science Monthly
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Lizzie
Daniel Creever
Larimore
James Gleasner
Elsie Brown
Europe
United States
Caili
Chicago Mail
New Orleans Picayune
Norristown Herald
Hartford Sunday Journal
Boston Post
Boston
Martha's Vineyard
Xenia
Lowell
Scythia
Bar ‘Harbor
Cambridge Chronicle
Peabody Reporter
Charlestown Enterprise
New Haven
New Haven News
Batte
Philadelphia
Eles
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