Farmers to form independent threshers alliance to beat combine
North and South Dakota farmers plan to unite to defeat threshing machine prices set by manufacturers. Minnesota was considered but Dakotans will lead an interstate effort with small farm owners owning and operating threshers. Letters and meetings emphasize pooling interests to restore fair grain prices and resist high machine costs. Christian B Houser dies in Jacksonville after long illness, leaving wife and daughter Nora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr. Paul
North
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Bovanxa
Minnesota
Dakotan
Atem
Steve Dunes
al Amasce
BL. Loucks
Tk Han Mot
Emocy Tie Farmers
Combine
Dakota
Acre
Dakotas
Asess
North Dakota
Murders at Pittsburg Portend a Crime Wave
In Pittsburg Kansas a seventh murder in January February shocks residents. An old French woman Alliston, jailed for drunkenness, reoffended and was linked to the crime at a northeast saloon run by Edward Tonsante. The body of an elderly woman was found near the Missouri Pacific tracks, beaten beyond recognition. Tonsante his wife and a 14-year-old boy are jailed on murder charges. Crowds fear lynching as police tighten on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prevenyue
Kan
Pittsburg
Alliston
Edward Tonsantr
Missouri Pacific
United States
Mapes
Marshal Lemaster
Tonsante
Aol
Chapman
Fight over stranded miners in Montana reaches crisis
Reports from Radersburg say eleven men in Grove City near Porter Grove face starvation and freezing. They lack food, clothing, and shelter in a one room shack seven miles from Radersburg. Prospector Richardson warns urgent aid is needed as no fuel or beds exist. Company officials and Radersburg merchants dispute credit and supplies remain scarce.
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Charion Porter Grove
Huimya
Mont
Raderaburg
Charles Porter Grove
Montane and
Illinois Gold
Helena
A. Wilson
Radersborg
Grove
Radersborg Lant
Wilson
Jeferson County
Helena & Prospector
Richardson
Grove City
Porter Grove
Toichardson
Radersburg
Montana
Dr. Arthur
Ru- Meraburg
Groves
Radereburg
Tramps Cause Coal Theft Fear on Pittsburg Fort Wayne Line
In Canton Ohio and nearby, fear grips winter crews on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad as bands of tramps encamp near Stark Siding two miles east of Canton. After a prior arrest of twenty tramps following a violent clash with police, tramps return in growing numbers, scavenging coal from passing trains to endure hunger.
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Pwasing Teama
Cantos
Ohio
Pittsburg
Port Wayne
Chicago
Stark Siding
Canton
Stark
Goa
Pine Ridge flume thrills California ride from snow to grapes
A daring fifty two mile flume voyage from Stephenson Creek to Clovis showcases a lumber freight channel through Sierra Nevada canyons. Two passengers ride in a V shaped boat, racing the rapid current past precipices, pine forests, and sunlit plains, finally easing into Fresno County vineyards near Clovis after hours of perilous speed.
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Resng County
California
Pine Ridge
San Francisco Chronicle
Sierra Nevada
Clovis
Fresno
Stephenson Creek
San Joaquin
Start
Anish
Stephfenton Creek
Pannon
Belmgahot
Altiude
T Yun
Bettween
Stephenson Mountain
Han
San Joaquin River
Canon
Clite
Fresno City
Iide
Dry Creek
Toll House
Ueamstera
Clowm
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND MISCELLANY FROM THE ERA
A collage of dated facts and curiosities including linguistic origins, Brook's comet photos, regional agricultural output, medical and legal notes, and reports on industry. The item mentions Jefferson's coinage plan, tobacco and wheat data, court actions, and a Duluth mining purchase, reflecting a snapshot of late nineteenth or early twentieth century miscellany.
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United Action
Chis Houser
Christian B Houser
Jacksonville
Cir
Houser
Droper
Oregon
Nora Houser
H. Sommers
Helens
Chris” Houser
Alder Gulch
W. W.swetland
Butte
Gitte
Denver
Henry Carr
Eddy
Dolsep
Matsa
Fleventiy
Jacesuy
Iikely
Wade
Mr. Wade
Latab
Skagit County
The
Supreme Court of Idaho
J. W. Badger
Tacoma
Iso
Kootenal
Hapbard, Or
Hart
Baltimore
Kansan City
Cummerville
Walla Walla
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Astoria
Revelstoka
Maul
State Emergency Board
Land Commission
Olympia
Saltan City
Skyhomfah
Portland
South Bend
Wash
Joseph Grande
Port Townsend
J. Brighton
Ashland, Or
Illinois
Hardy Hall Arms Company
Seattle
Capital
Townsend
Alexander Ross
Whatcom
United States Army
Whitehall
Pipestone Springs
Frank Carpenter
News
Vancouer
3. C
Corea
Washington
Plul
Kasle
Mada
Bonner's Ferry
Russell
Albany, Or
Aberdeen
Him
Great Northern
Joseph I. Palbrook
Port Angeles
Palhoad
Bead Streets
Pacific Coast
Northern Steamstip Company
Buffalo
Duluth
West Superior
Northern
Mondovia
Dick Hutchinson
Charles ¥. Blackburn
Seattle Post Iintelligencer
United States Penitentiary
McNeill’s Island
Fresno County
Valley Maile
Sie
Alt Borin
Clmate
Brook
Pers
Thomas Blanket
Bristol
Connecticut
Arizona
Massachusetts
Jefferson
Congress
Virginia
Georgia
Superior Criminal Court
Texas
de. H. K Carroll
Supreme Court of
Europe
Rip van Winkle
Albany
Great Britain
British Medical Association
Supreme Court of Washington
William Seldentopf
Council Bluffs
Bell
Veen
Nova Scotia
South Carolina
Cottom
Alsty Places
Kentucky
Upper
Columbia
Kettle Falls
Snohomish County
Foundry
Correspond
FRU
Front St
Spokane, Wash
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