North Dakota News Roundup Amid Trade, Fires and Growth
A chaotic North Dakota snapshot notes Crary's trade boom and mills, Ha tebury fire protections demanded, Towner boasting of polished buildings, Enderlin drug store hit by fire, Hillsboro fuel price parity, Italian laborer vehicle incident, Dickinson fire rampage, a prolific marriage record for Father Rabstinek, and plans for a new theatrical circuit in the northwest. Reports of county court activity, Washburn street repairs, Mandan police bursts, brisk business from cold weather, Kenmare electric revival, a perpetual motion inventor, vandalism at Aneta opera house, a streetlamp test explodes, bachelors taxed by maids movement, Indian football links, upcoming county fair, homestead entries matching across districts, old mass meetings, and a 1641 book in Devils Lake. A corn acreage note for 1906 and potato planting figures close the piece, with race track financing discussions at Baxbass and a Litchville bond election.
North Dakota notes and incidents from a late period
A collage of local items: infant show, looted bowling alley, oral contest, hardware store plans, church debt wiped out, farm labor demand, county bond defeat, severe winter memory, store thefts, court-house hopes, horse accident, arrests in Williston and Dickinson, drunken conduct probes, road route filings, housing developments, land sales to eastern syndicate, rural mail box vandalism, Sawyer robbery confessions, Sixth Infantry arrival at Bismarck, and a costly murder trial in Cooperstown with jury issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakes
C. Bullivan
Bismarck
Philippines
Fort Lincoln
Cook
Cooperstown
North Dakota Farm News Links Roads Railways Hope
North Dakota’s harvest weather and high wages drive farm prosperity while grain storage shifts to on farm options. Rail traffic congestion strains elevators and plans emerge to form an independent elevator consortium to lease the Superior Great Northern facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Northwest
Reed
Great Northern
J. Major of Hope
Farmers’ Elevator Association
Superior
Hil Awards In North Dakota Livestock Contest Led by Hill
Orange Judd Farmer reports President Hil promoting diversified farming and intensive methods with livestock prizes across Minnesota and the Dakotas. North Dakota divisions list winners led by Donnely Gratton and May Larimore with prizes ranging to 300 dollars, followed by Brown Ament and Williamson, then Heine Ellendale and Smith Fisher, and Hansen Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
Hil
Minnesota
Hill
Dakotas
West
Orange Judd Farmer
Dest
Northwestern
Thomas Shaw
St. Paul
T. A. Haverstad
North Dakota
E. H. Heine
Ellendale
H. M. ‘Smith
Fisher
J. Sweensgaard
Bowen
H. A. Nelson
Ray
Geo. Horn
Rosé
Hans Hansen
Carpio
Murphy Convicted In Third Degree Forgery Case
John Murphy of Ward County was found guilty of forgery in the third degree after a second trial. The verdict followed a lengthy legal battle with stays of execution granted until the next term. Murphy, a former legislator and longtime Republican figure, faced two prior trials with a hung jury in the first and a guilty verdict in the second. The case centered on uttering a forged road tax receipt for the Great Northern Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Esterday
Pollock
Teis
Great
Ross
Ward County
Harry Hardy
Wim
Crowder
Goss
Gehe
al District Cass Con
Its
Asst
U.S
B. D. Townsend
Geo. A. Yiy
Polloce
Margjer Murphy
Ajor Murphy
Haseen
Femblican Organization
Republican Central Committee
Noruhen and
Soo
Points About London’s Busy Transit City
An old London note reports a birth every three minutes and a death every five minutes. It cites 100 railway stations, 6,000 omnibuses, 7,000 hansoms, 14,000 cabs and 7,008 tram cars. Underground travel reaches about 1,000,000 people daily.
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London
Garfield Tea Ad Promises Relief Under New Law
An old clipping touts Garfield Tea as meeting the National Pure Food and Drugs Act requirements. It references Mrs Marea of Napoli Street and frames the product as a remedy for constipation with a playful aside about a lobster dinner.
Fragmented OCR Youth Health Ad Vague Product Claim
The readable text shows garbled phrases about a boy with a solid sore head and mentions Cuticura Soap and a general remedy. The legible parts are too incomplete to identify names, dates, places, or a clear event.
Those Eleven Lost Days in the Gregorian Reform
The article recalls the eleven days from September 3 to 13 once omitted by Britain in 1752 when the Gregorian calendar was adopted late. It notes Parliament’s 1752 rule shifting year start to January 1 and skipping those days, with reference to Clive in India and Washington in the Ohio valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive
India
Washington
Ohio Valley
Gregory
Russia
New York Tribune
His Long Career
A humorous exchange notes a poet’s lengthy career and his financial troubles, mentioning he owes money to over forty landlords. The quip underscores the prolific authorship and lingering debts attributed to the speaker.
New Year Calls shift from old time apple-lack to Postum
An old New Year visiting custom is fading as drinks shift from alcoholic apple-lack to Postum. A Staten Island doctor cites his daughter who promotes Postum to guests, touting wholesome food material and a demonstration to callers during Christmas and New Year. The piece hints at broader social changes and recommends Postum as a respectable beverage choice.
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Staten Island
Wellville
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Ubbins
Crary
Minot
Hatebury
Shirley Drug Store
Enderlin
Fre
Hillsboro
Dickinson
Rabstinek
Stutsman
Washburn
Hoffman
Denbigh
Aneta
Churches Ferry
Center Hunt
Carlisle
Huntstrong
Berthold
Fessenton
Devils Lake
Martin
Morton County
Evans
Don
Jeremiah Burroughs
Robert
Earl of
Warowick
Baxbass
Tate
Elreuit
Karl Kent
Park Lillie
R. A. McBrayne
Find Incorporated
Town
Litch‘Ville
Williston Indies
Cando
Hunter
Jameson
Wheatland
P. Barmoen
Driver Parsons
Crosby
Nelile Barrett
Capt. Current
Minneola
Percy Stanford
Williston
Ste Henry County
Court House
Bottineau County
Bock
Milwaukee Road
Richland
William Edwards
Abercrombie
Richland County
Peter Slingsby
M. Loerch
Lansford
Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Slanary
Northwestern Iron ‘Works
Thomas Plunkett
Epping
Missouri River
North Dakaws
Nia
Srain
Frank Kaser
Bowbells
Fargo
Shaw
Haverstad
John 8. Murphy
Mi Pias
Emmerich
Clinton
Dean
Yester-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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