North Dakota items show varied local activity and incidents
Grain theft near Norwich, Dickinson hotel damage of 6000 dollars, new show troupe in Dickinson, Wyndmere creamery to start March 1, Dickinson electric plant enlargement, Wheelock blaze extinguished, smallpox in Dickey improving, Minot coal for the courthouse, Great Northern depot at Minot, Stutsman road plans, Lisbon's Harry Oliver eyed for colonel, Knox post office applicants, Sheyenne bowling alley near completion, Tioga frontier shooting incident, Williston depot fire, Des Lacs lake bridge proposal, Jamestown character Whisky Jim, Minot seed experiments, Wyndmere musicians organize, western crop diversification, Courtenay dynamo for store, Warth division discouragement, Russian families leave McLean, Rugby jurors eligible by debt, Kathryn creamery officers elected, Dawson seeks Soo and NP line, Minot wife beater discharged, Stutsman gopher bounty, Great Northern survey Rugby to Fort Stevenson, Simon furs loss awaiting adjustment, Fessenden resilience, Eddy county health warning, Mandan pool room closed for minor patrons, marriage ceremonies in Stutsman delayed, Eastern state real estate ads attracting settlers, Great Northern may own NP line Oberon to Esmond, Williams banks depository dispute, Dickey stranger jailed then bond, western irrigated lands demand rising.
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Norwich
McGinley
Mandan
Dickinson
Wyndmere
Wheelock
Dickey
Court House
Minot
Great Northern
Stutsman
Harry Oliver
Lisbon
Knox
Sheyenne
Tioga
Williston
Lyon
Des Lacs Lake
Jamestown
Peter Ehr
H. J. Murphy
Courtenay
Warth
McLean County
Rugby
Kathryn Creamery
Dawson
Soo
Northern Pacific
Edgeley
Stutsman County
Curious Vignettes From Postman Tales And Golf
A collage of witty quips and anecdotes from London’s East End and Wiltshire. A postman’s door scene contrasts inspiration with paralysis of thought while a Scots golf match scene features a playful clash of dialect and golf etiquette in a Friendly feud.
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London
Allen
East End
Great Northern to build sidings along Soo route
The Great Northern will install sidings between all stations on its branch lines across the territory the Soo line is expected to traverse. This will aid Northern shippers and reduce grain transport to the new Soo route, with new towns beginning at some sidings.
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Great Northern
Soo
Soo Line
Singa
The Arrogated Turkey Proviso Confusion
A speech by R Bruce Macon of Arkansas uses a humorous tale of a nepro seeking forgiveness for stealing Mr Smiths turkey for Thanksgiving. He jokes about not appropriating a Christmas turkey if the wifeDont use too much urgency in favor of Christmas turkey.
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R. Bruce Macon, M. C
Arkansas
Rum Gone At Captain Buck's Manchester Store
In Manchester Massachusetts Captain John Buck ran a grocery for over thirty years and sold New England rum. His son in law Bill Levet worked there. One Saturday night after closing Joe Day, a friend of Bill, asked for Bill. The captain replied he did not know where Bill was, but the rum was all gone.
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John Buck
Manchester
Mass
New England
Bill Levet
Joe Day
Bill
Medford
Capt. John
Farmers Institute at Avoca Marks Great Success
The state farm institute in Avoca Minnesota, managed by W. Trow of Glenville, drew a packed crowd in a 500-seat hall on March 7, signaling a successful event and strong local interest in agriculture.
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Farmers’ Institute
Avoca
Minn
State Farr Institute
W. Trow
Glenville
Blue Racer Snake Described For Fleetness In Arkansas Hills
An Arkansas resident praises the blue racer as the swiftest snake seen, noting it darts across roads leaving only a blue suggestion. The rattlesnake is mentioned as fast but not in the same league. The text references Dickens and a time table fragment with train numbers and routes.
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Arkansas
New Orleans
Democrat
Authors Die Before Finishing Notable Works
A review notes several authors left unfinished projects by death. Lawrence Sterne’s Journal to Eliza remains incomplete. Byron died in Greece before expanding Don Juan and Childe Harold. Hawthorne’s Deadlier Romance is a fragment. Wilkie Collins halted Blind Love. Helen Jackson dictated a deathbed synopsis of her planned novel Zeph.
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British Museum
Lawrence Sterne
Eliza
Byron
Greece
Naples
Childe Harold
Hawthorne
Wilkie Collins
Helen Jackson
Zeph
Prolific Squirrels in Early America Plagues and Hunts
The text notes squirrels live 15 to 20 years and multiply rapidly in undisturbed areas. Early United States history shows their numbers were so high that bounty was paid for scalps. Western hunts organized by settlers aimed to curb populations, yet killings did not significantly reduce them.
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United States
Tioga Voters Consider Bombing District for School Needs
Residents of Tioga prepare to vote on a controversial plan to bomb the district to fund a new school. Complaints from Bowbella center on the lack of heat in the school building and prompt calls for urgent improvements.
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Tioga
Bowbella
Monday meeting notice in I O visiting neighbors
A monthly article notes meetings held every Monday of each month in I. N. O. visiting neighbors with a cold reception. Invited to attend. A. H. Brown, V. C. E. R. Brownson, Clerk.
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A. H. Brown
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S. Brownell
Munters
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Brotherhood of Snakes
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Charles Dickens
Daily Record
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Mount Moriah Lodge
Aa.f.& A.M
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W. D. Paia
Asia
Ay Akota
Ollege Business Men
Northwest
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Ilberman Brother
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Silberman Brothers
Ottumwa
Iowa
M.W.A
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Pataiix Dongsty
J. E, Perris
V.G
Pallurs
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Stewart
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