Henry Smith of
Lakota has invented a flying (?) machine and is open for engagements.
The Bismarck Daily Tribune, 6-26-1911
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Sees Dead Baby Floating Past Homestead Door
Selfridge, S.D., June 20.—The little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strickler, playing about their cabin door, tumbled into the creek and was drowned. Although the body was recovered in less than 10 minutes, when the mother saw the little form floating down the stream, efforts to restore life proved futile.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6/20/1917
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Tired of Pigeons, Boys Try Humans
LITCHVILLE (AP)—Small boys with rifles threw a scare into Litchville residents the other day.
Apparently tired of hunting pigeons in a local elevator, the boys turned their .22 rifle uptown, through an elevator window.
One bullet whizzed by Lynn Flach, working in a filling station, and buried itself into a tree above his head. A.H. Bocksweld took cover when another missed him by five feet. The bullets were fired from two blocks away.
The boys, of fourth-grade age, where given a lecture on the proper use of firearms and were warned against repeating the performance.
The Bismarck Tribune, 8/24/1948
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Train Stops For Posey Picking
Jamestown, N.D., July 14—Present day railroads are not soulless corporations. They appreciate the aesthetic tastes of passengers. Witness: The Midland Continental train, coming from Edgeley, was stopped for several minutes while passengers stepped out to gather bouquets of tiger lilies, deemed by many the most beautiful of North Dakota wild flowers.
The Bismarck Tribune, 7/14/1923
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SWITCHMAN MEETS DEATH
Falls Underneath Wheels of Freight Train in Minot
Minot, N.D., July 15—F.R. Purdy, 29, switchman employed by the Great Northern Railway in Minot, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock when he fell underneath the wheels of a freight train, which was being switched in the local yards. The wheels of the train passed directly over the abdomen, nearly severing the body in two.
According to a report of the accident made to W.F. Cloone, yardmaster, Mr. Purdy was getting down off from a car when he evidently slipped and fell, landing under the wheels of the train.
Bismarck Tribune, 7/15/1922
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Suicides On Wedding Day
Unexplainable Deed of Young Minnesota Farmer
Glencoe, Minn, June 9.—John Dammond, a farmer living eight miles from here, who was to have been married during the morning, committed suicide by hanging shortly after midnight. He was engaged to Dora Walters, a neighbor's daughter, whom he has known from childhood. They were born within two weeks of each other and have been friends and playmates all their lives.
The Bismarck Daily Tribune, 6-9-1905
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