North Dakota G A R sets Denver encampment details
Department Commander Joseph Hare issues General Order No 3 for the 39th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Denver, Colorado starting September 4 1905. Headquarters at Oxford hotel Fargo Grand Forks rail itineraries tickets, rates, and sleeping car berths announced to ensure a united turnout and celebration of veterans from 1861 65.
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Joseph Hare
Bismarck
Department of North Dakota
Denver
Grand Army of the Republic
Colorado
Oxford Hotel
Grand Army
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
St. Paul
Chicago & Great Western
Omaha
Union Pacific
Fargo
Grand Forks
Great Northern Railroad
North Dakota
Den‘vor
Moorhouge
Bamarck
W. H. Brown
State Valuations and Taxes Through Thirteen Years
The table lists North Dakota’s total assessed valuation and total tax levy by year, showing rises in levy due to the educational mill tax and asylum sinking fund payments. Notably, 1901 set a state tax levy of 1-3 mills to fund bonds for the hospital for the insane, and 1904 to 1908 include an educational mill levy supporting six state institutions.
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North Dakota
Estate Board
Asylum
University
Agricultural College
School For Deaf
School of Forestry
No Irritation Patient Warns Doctor Of Speech
A patient complains about a persistent throat issue and quarrels with her doctor over talking. The doctor suggests that she cannot be cured unless she stops talking, while she insists she always uses only the finest language and speaks carefully.
Strike Ends on Northern Pacific After Vote
President H. B. Perham of the Order of Railway Telegraphers has called off the strike on the Northern Pacific. The vote by employees completed Friday night favored continuation by a slight margin, but the move ends the eight day transcontinental dispute. The Great Northern operators also ended their actions, marking a resolution to the stalemate.
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Northern Pacific Telegraphere
Perham
St. Paul
H. B. Perham
Order of Railway Telegraphera
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Stabbing on Steamer Virginia Near Racine
On the steamer Virginia about a half mile from Fucine at 1:30 yesterday morning a violent stabbing affray wounded Geccae F. Dittviller a Chicago Postal telegraph operator. He lies in dangerous condition at St Luke's hospital Racine with fifteen knife wounds near the heart. Detectives arrested George O Hearn and Joseph Miller of Chicago, hiding in the hold, on charges of the assault.
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Milwaukee
Virginia
Fucine
Geccae F. Dittviller
Chicago
Board of Trade
St. Luke’s Hospital
Racine
Goodrich
Frank Malczewski
John Hammer
George O'Hearn
Joseph Miller
BUILDS CHURCH HIMSELF Iowan Pastor Rejects Bids
In Iowa Falls on August 22 a leading colored church pastor began building a brick church for his congregation with his own hands after rejecting all bids. He previously served as a brick mason, left an endowment, and raised 3000 dollars by subscription to fund the church home, now well under way. The pastor, choosing to self-build, donned mason attire and oversees the project.
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Iowa
Iown Falls
Experts to assess fish viability in Devils Lake
Washington experts will visit Devils Lake in North Dakota to determine if the water can sustain fish populations. The lake once thrived with abundant species, but settlement altered conditions and fish have disappeared, provoking questions about water chemistry and spawning grounds.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Washington
Wood Lake
Prairie Chicken Shooting Watch Tightens Before Sept. 1
Sioux Falls Aug. 22 Wardens and gun club members across South Dakota guard against early prairie chicken shooting before the opening of the knotties season. Authorities warn violators will face penalties as game laws are enforced.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Sooners
State sees many large birds. urge to shoot grows
A report notes that on September I the birds are widespread across the state in large numbers and there is strong temptation to shoot them. Few arrests have been made so far for law violations.
Ten Die as Freight Train Hits Crowded Trolley Car in Butte
Ten persons are killed and many injured when a Great Northern freight train strikes a crowded Columbia Garden trolley car at the Butte Anaconda and Pacific depot. The trolley car is driven twenty five feet and reduced to kindling wood, leaving only the trucks.
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Great Northern
Butte
Mont
Columbia
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Homeseekers Pour In Five Hundred Arrive at Huron
Huron South Dakota August 22 trains from the south and east brought 500 excursionists and homeseekers for sightseing and farm visits. Many stayed in the city others headed north and west. New York August 22 lieut gen chaffee brig gen bell and william crozier to represent forts depart to france maneuvers. Nashua North Dakota August 22 two young men killed by eastbound freight train while resting in shade of a box car. Menominee Michigan August 22 Mrs alexander mcpherson 51 drowned herself in eighteen inches of water in the river while temporarily insane.
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Huron
S. D
New York
A R. Chaffee
James F. Bell
William F. Crozier
United States Army
Nashua
N. D
Menominee, Mich
Alexander McPherson
Not Everybody, Nordy Commentary Sparks Local Debate
In the Louisville Courier-Journal readers rate Nordy as a controversial figure known for sending more than 500 letters daily to supporters of his coin. The Medina Dago gang briefly struck but soon returned to work after reconsidering the situation.
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Nordy
Astors
Butts
Louisville Courrier-Journal
Air from the clouds possible supply for homes
Sydney businessman James Robinson patents a system to pump fresh air from upper atmosphere into homes via balloons and aluminum tubes. A suction fan keeps the earth reservoir full, with pipes offering air to paying customers and potential medical use for tuberculosis and anemia patients.
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James Robinson
Sydney
New South Wales
Philadelphia
Fresh air depots proposed as state enterprise plan
An inventor proposes drop-in fresh air depots filled with soda water and calls for a state test. Local doctors acknowledge the hygienic value but doubt feasibility, while engineers and envicers see potential despite impracticality. The idea aims to be tested by the government as a state enterprise.
Alarm Clock Graves Alarmat Agua Caliente Cemetery
In a southern California cemetery at Agua Caliente the living place an alarm clock on a grave to wake the sleeping spirit at the hour of death, 6 47, after Jesuit mission beliefs. Other graves bear crosses adorned with bottles and crockery as ritual tokens amid superstition and faith.
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Pala
Coast Range
California
Agua Caliente
Gould Rumored to Start Racing Stable in New York
Rumors in New York say George Gould plans to open a premier racing stable next year. James W. Cooley has bought ten thoroughbred yearlings and may represent Gould in assembling a stable to compete with top owners like Messi, Delmont, Keene, Whitney, and Thava, though Conley declines to identify the backer.
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Gould
New York
George Gould
James W. Cooley
Mr. Gould
Messi
Delmont
Keene
Whitney
Tha Va
Conley
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