North Dakota Railroad Boom and Capitol Court Battle
North Dakota in 1905 sees major railroad expansion with Great Northern Northern Pacific and Farmers' lines adding dozens of miles and new town connections. In Grand Forks the capital commission case faces Supreme Court review over land grants and state residence provisions. Local notes report capitol land sales guidance, weather tragedy at Perth, and farming developments across towns.
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North Dakota
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Sta Llies
Farmers’ Railroad
Soo
Thief River Falla
Minnesota
Kenmare
Edgeland
Son
Underwood
Garrison
Munich
Sarles
York
Thorne
Weathope
Antler
Towner
Marxbass
Mohall
Sherwood
Ellen
Supreme Court
Grand Forks
Board of University and
Period
Secretary of State
Itdea
Capital Commission
Bruegger Mercantile Co Heaters On Fall Line
Bruegger Mercantile Co announces fall line of stoves led by the Retort self feeding lignite heater praised by city families. The store also offers Cole's Hot Blast heaters, highlighted as economical clean and convenient, with an invitation to view the full line.
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COLE
Local notes on buildings and bank fraud hint at growth
The summer saw several residences going up around town while a check forgery case jolts Tom Marshall’s bank for 1941. In Crosby, residents cheer a potential Great Northern branch extension from Palermo as surveyors finalize preliminary work.
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Oakes
Tom Marshall
Crosby
Great Northern
Palermo
Desert beacon lights way to water hole lighthouse inland
A beacon in the Arizona desert guides travelers to a distant water hole and is lighted at night, described as a lighthouse several hundred yards inland. The details mention a mix of curiosities from a Worcester couple's golden anniversary to unusual obituaries and historical notes.
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Arizona Desert
Hydrogen peroxide and new mortar manufacture reported
Hydrogen peroxide may photograph like light and expose plates though the mechanism remains unknown. German expert Wolfgang Kummer endorses lime milk to extinguish coal fires, claiming fast action via pumps and seepage into burning crevices. In a St. Petersburg factory, kremite is made from cay sand and fluorspar, molten and cast for tiles, bricks, roofing, and decorative blocks.
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Wolfgang Kummer
St. Petersburg
Inventions Boost Energy Use For Lighting Sources
James Dewar notes energy efficiency varies by lighting source. Candles, oil, and coal gas convert only a small share to light, while Cuban fireflies emit 99 percent as light. Electricity treatment caused facial and hand darkening when chair polarity and oil heaters produced carbon particle deposition on skin.
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James Dewar
Royalty Headlines From The Court Of Europe And Asia
Rumors swirl around Kaiser Wilhelm as he receives 600 to 700 letters daily. The Japanese emperor donated 500 to the YMCA for work in the empire. German empress gifts a plain travel clock to relatives, valuing punctuality. King Oscar of Sweden supports Bjornson’s call for Norway’s independence. Queen Wilhelmina’s Amsterdam visit prompts admonition not to hoot or glare during sermon. Alfonso of Spain hopes Teresa wed his widower brother. Papal permission for marrying a deceased wife’s sister may be granted. The German emperor personally handles thousands of letters and many foreign affairs, while his cabinet juggles hundreds of cases under his notice.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Japan
Germany
Oscar
Sweden
Bjornson
Norway
Wilksimina
Amsterdam
Alfonso
Spain
Teresa
Comedic Quip Sparks Banter Between Residents and Nurse
A domestic squabble turns playful as a bride confronts her husband to be with a poison line, and he retorts with a biting insult. In New York East Side, a nurse finds oranges left uneaten by a sick child, explaining the child's fondness for wealth on the table. Separate items report wheat and corn yields for 1904, congressional railroad rate debates, and clergy news from Ireland and England.
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New York
East Side
Jacob
Yessum
Yarnlets Rare and Cruise Banter in a Sea of Tales
During ex-Ambassador Choate’s homeward voyage the waves ran high and passengers fretted as the ship rolled. Choate quipped it is better to have lunched and lost than never to have lunched at all. A San Francisco Chinese man offered a wry take on law in China and America, while a vinegar-faced woman argued with a tobacco-smoke distributing Irish passenger who paid her no heed.
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Washington
Columbus
John Allison
G. E. Spinner
John Dunning
Maine Hall
Bowdoin College
Longfellow
Out
John Hauke
Williamsport
Mr. Hauke
Choate
Great Northern Time Table Strive for District Offices
An OCR fragment references the Great Northern Time Table and district posts, including 2d District and 4th District, with scattered names and notes. The readable items indicate a timetable or election district context and possible official listings.
Meete Monday Night Meetings at 1.0 C FB Hall
Visiting neighbors cordially invited to attend. A H Brown vice chair, K E, R Brownsax, Clerk.
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C. FB
A. H. Brown
V.C. KE
R. Brownsox
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