What Was St Patrick's Nationality In This Letter
A letter from Hofflund North Dakota dated November 8 1304 asks about St Patrick's nationality. The reply cites World encyclopedia information, stating most authorities place his birthplace in Scotland and recounts Patrick as the fifth century missionary known as the Apostle of Ireland.
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St. Patrick
Hofflund
N. D
J. L. Haggerty
Scoland
Patrick
Ireland
Phareld
Frost
Newthus
Weslye
Clyde
Dunbarton
Scotand
St. Patrick's
France
Tours
Monatery
Lorina
Hom
Celestiny
Treland
Thanksgiving Ball and Courtroom Dance in Washburn
The Williston Orchestra plans a grand Thanksgiving ball on Thursday evening November 30 in the new Washburn courthouse. The room will accommodate at least 100 couples, with invitations extended to all, and attendance expected to be a festive Northwest highlight. Also noted are railroad survey operations by R W Gillespie and party near Washburn, and a brief reminiscence on Mrs Milfred Milli Cant Hazen, wife of Admiral Hazen, detailing frontier life with the Sioux during the 1870s.
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Williston
Chicago
Milfred Millicant Hazen
Admiral Dewey
Western Frontier
Old Fort Union
Geo. Huzen
Col. Huzen
Fort Buford
Montana
Dakota
Northwest
Sense of Humor and a Gun Inheritance
A Scots tale describes a young couple’s playful flirtation ending with a first kiss. The girl warns she will tell her father, who surprisingly confronts the situation with a gun, forcing the lover to flee. The report then shifts to Maj. General Elwell Otis in the Philippines and Apple Creek land claims by officers seeking citizenship and residence, noting a two story mansion and land improvements amid government service.
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Mwo
Abe
Sbe
New York Morning ‘Telegraph
Otia
Elwell Otis
Philippines
Fort Rice
Tub Cavalry
Department of Dakota
Dollar
Burleigh County
Oris
Joseph
Tilford
Col. Lee
Apple Creek
Speaking of Mules and Extraordinary Train Wrecks
A Denver style miscellany mixes mule lore with comic misadventure. Tales describe pack mules as stubborn yet skilled, a Mexican Mose tale ends with a dynamite mishap, and a railway traveler misreads sign posts as engineer cues leading to quips about whistles and rings.
HITS OF EXPERT SHOTS IN CHICAGO JOURNAL REPORT
The Chicago Journal notes rising interest in exhibition shooting with revolvers and rifles. It highlights Buffalo Bill Cody’s rapid five-tack trick and horse-mounted feats, Bordeverry’s accuracy, and American Mr. Stephens’s candle and cherry feats, all showcasing extreme skill and speed in marksmanship.
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Col. Cody
England
Buffalo Bill
M. Bordeverry
Col
Cody
Mr. Stephens
Stephens
Chicago Journal
Love making of owls described in vivid Victorian prose
A Pall Mall Magazine excerpt retells the courtship of owls with anthropomorphic detail. The female appears demure while the male acts earnestly, presenting prey, caressing, and guiding the couple to mate. The passage notes devoted parenting and the owl pair’s risky protection of offspring. Other snippets discuss Filipino laundry customs and a note on astronomical photography coverage.
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Pall Mall Magazine
County Treasurer's Notice of Tax Rates and Payment Times
Williams County records show 1819 taxes due and payable with detailed levy by district. It lists fire commissioner districts Williston and Buford, district school taxes, county revenue, and road levies, totaling valuations and tax amounts. Tax collection points include Nelson Postoffice Hofflund Postoffice Stony Creek School, Buford Postoffice and the Williston courthouse with specified dates in January 1900. County Treasurer J Heffernan issues the notice.
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Commiisionkie Dietrich
Statadnteret
Bownt
Blony Creek Hehool Dist
Bene Bo
Aye - Ad
Awtas
Mate
Nelson Postoffice
Hofflund Postofies
Stony Creek School House
Buford Postoffiva
Willston
Williston
N. D
J. Heffernan
Williams County
Public Fountains Attract Vast City Patronage
A Boston municipal official eager to prove the value of free ice water fountains hired a man to observe a drinking place from six in the morning to ten in the evening. During those hours, exactly 9,335 people used the fountain at city expense. The fountain features four faucets.
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Boston
Chicago Chronicle
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Cole
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Scientific American
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New York
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Junt
Broadway
Williston, Mri
Ne, Prudhomme
Main St
Willistan, XN. D
John Mercer
Buford
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R. H. Conelana
E. C. Palmer
Generpak
Williston, Williams Co
Towner Merchants Bank
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Andrew Gibithon
Slut
Minot
Settier
Junie W. ‘Troax
Wiilian
N.D
Willison
William Loughland
Dee
Saknd
Charles, Baldwin
John Renegger
John Ueffernutt
William McKay
Alter Williston
Betty
Thomas E. Otscaup
Register
W. D. Barstad
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Aleiland
Nod
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Anderson
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Wiliston
E. L. Moore
Mostofice Adiresx
Thomas Shea
Postallice Addrees
Williston, ND
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de Peston
Stroud
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Aliayn
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HE City
E. A. Sharp
City Dray Line
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Prop
Larcest
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Douglas Bell
Postoffice Adivese
Ene
Dan Harris
Williston, N. D
EF. R. Zahh Postoffice
General Blacksmiths
Givensewcal
BF Shop
Weslot Bryant & Shurn
N. Dak
Sam
Cuba
I. P. Sundberg
Optician
Fargo, N. C
Chicago Record History Department
Library of Universal History
the Record
Madison St
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