North Dakota Notes Drift Through A Busy Term
A patchwork of local happenings across North Dakota includes Drayton’s baseball crowd, a Cavalier drainage meeting, and farm elevator plans. Reports cite court terms in Dickey and Kidder counties, a ward county divorce, population gains in LaMoure, balloon interest, and multiple small-town incidents from robberies to jailable runs and arrests.
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Dickey County
Drayton
Cavalier Kenmares
Linton
Cooperstown
Grassick
Buxton
Grand Forks
Minot
Ward County
Bot-oneau
Kidder County
Hillsboro
LaMoure
Anamoose
Mariow
Four Die as Buildings Wrecked in Winnipeg Area
A series of Hughes styled notices reports four deaths from collapse after walls gave way in two lodging houses during a Winnipeg area incident. In Sioux City Iowa John Cray drowns in the Little Sioux river after swimming beyond his depth. In Columbus Ohio the Columbus Packing Company plant burns down, $185000 loss with $65000 insured. In Stanford Manitoba Robert Burns killed by lightning during a thunderstorm. In Red Wing Minnesota Alfred Done drowns while bathing in the river.
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Winnipeg
Jay
Ity
Bricklayers’ Union
Sioux City
Iowa
John Cray
Smithland
Little Sioux
Stanford, Man
Robert Burns
Red Wing
Mann
Alfred Done
Red Wing Molding Company
Pin Prick May Cost Arm in Iowa Incident
Sioux City July 18 Miss Anna McDonald may lose her arm after she pricked her finger with a pin. She has been taken to St Joseph's hospital for an operation to treat blood poisoning.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Anna McDonald
St.Joseph’s Hospital
Manslaughter of Henry Burdsel by a Horse Team
Hors Bleepy Bye Minn July 18 Henry Burdsel aged twenty was badly mangled yesterday when a team of horses stepped on him Both legs broken and skull fractured he cannot live. Bankers Kindness to Mrs Grant Denver financier David H Moffat aided to save a Denver block left her with an equity of 150000 after sale of the property in 1893
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Martin Jacobson
Minot Capitalat
Father Sailer
Valley City
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Grand Forks
Wahpeton
Mayville
Great Northern
Rugby
Black
Richland County
Courtenay
Fessenden
Edwards
Townerity
Minto
Minn
Henry Burdsel
Boehme’s Mysterious Pamphlet Causes Confusion
A famed mystic cobbler Jacob Boehme allegedly wrote Reflection on the Treatise of Isaiah Stiefel, though a biographer misread Stiefel as hoot. The pamphlet’s title misled cataloguers, with Boehme’s status as cobbler guiding the error.
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Jacob Boehme
Isaiah Stiefel
Bohme
Stiefel
Boehme
Isaiah
French Doctor Invents Help Whistle for Wounded Soldiers
Dr Matignon of the French Red Cross has devised a whistle for wounded soldiers unable to call for aid. A small effort produces a loud sound to summon assistance.
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Matignon
Red Cross
Locomotive in the Game A Legendary Baseball Tale
A long told Maryland Belle 4 tale from Texas and Baltimore county recounts a Fourth of July game between the Texas Sluggers and the Timonium Little Potatoes. A batter hit a ball that was lofted high toward the railroad, then a speeding train’s puff propelled the ball into the third baseman for a three out double play amid disputes over its fairness.
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Maryland
Texas
Little Potatoes
Baltimore Son
Chivalry and a Buffalo Enquirer tale of John Henry
The Buffalo Enquirer recounts a bitter exchange involving Thomas W. Lawson and a broker, likening it to chivalry. It also tells of old John Henry, his tall lean figure, stern manner, and a Charlestown cow sale with a twist about milking and a kicking cow.
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Thomas W. Lawson
John Henry
Charlestown
Teo
Buffalo Enquirer
Hard Working Newspaper Men Echo Twain Pace
A newspaper writer produces about 1,800 words daily, roughly 657,000 per year, mirroring Mark Twain’s note on daily output. The volume surpasses a typical 100,000 word novel, enabling the journalist to compose a best selling style novel every two months.
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Mark Twain
Journalist Career Hailed Despite Its Demands
A Portland Oregonian editorial points out that a veteran journalist could author 240 books by writing 40 years, totaling 26 to 280,000 words, challenging the notion that journalism is an easy job. It notes that even Mrs. Southworth would scoff at such simplifications.
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FB. D. E. N. Southworth
Portland Oregonian
Won Point by Tact Married Man Diplomacy Legend
R K Munkittrick, editor and poet, a New Jersey farmer, known for diplomacy, visits a friend at lunch. The host’s wife jokes that what’s good for them should be enough for him, highlighting Munkittrick’s famed restraint and appetite. The tale hints at a plan for a banana tournament as Velva receives encouragement.
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R. K. Munkittrick
New Jersey
Munkittrick
Quaker Hat Joke Cited To Prove Profanity
Representative Smith of Pennsylvania quotes a Washington Times anecdote in which a Philadelphia wind blows a Quaker hat down the street. A boy laughs as the hat rolls away and the Quaker asks if the boy is profane. The boy answers yes once in a while. The Quaker then tells him to damn the hat its full worth.
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Smith
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Washington Times
Castro Warlike Challenging Fate in Calabazo Speech
In Caracas on April 26 Pres ident Castro told a Calabazo audience on April 19 that no conflict threatens the republic but he would rely on the memory of patriotic valor and the indomitable character of local inhabitants if needed to inspire courage and resistance.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Calabazo
Republic
Weekly meetings noted for March through June schedule
A fragment outlines recurring meetings on Mondays across several months. Attendees include C. F. Ball and visiting neighbors invited to attend. Clerks listed are H. Brown and V. C. E. R. Brownson.
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C. F. Ball
H. Brown
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Towner County
Bisbee
Deering
Bruegger Mercantile Co
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North Dakota
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Ohio
Columbus Packing Company
Velva
R.r.howell & CO
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Mina
Akota
Ollege Summer School
FI Watkin Fogo
Minneapolis Cereaic CO
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Hater
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Board OF County
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Albion Metal Agent
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