Raub—Attempting to ford a flooded creek here in a farm wagon resulted fatally to the ten-year-old son of F. Blair. The water floated the box from the running gears and upset it. Blair succeeded in getting his wife to shore but was unable to rescue the son.
Turtle Mountain Star, 4/6/1922
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How to make a Tell-her-Fun-telescope about 14 old women—you can then lounge in your boudour
en neg legee and know all about what your neighbors are doing and saying.
Bismarck Tri-Weekly Tribune, 4/6/1878
The compositor that set up the tel-her-fun note which appeared in the last Tribune is in danger of dying from softening of the brain, and the proof-reader thinks seriously of suicide. We are too disgusted to reproduce the joke and try to point out its beauties, but we assure our readers that the author survives.
Bismarck Tri-Weekly Tribune, 4/9/1878
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FARMER, ELUDING CAREFUL WATCH OF WIFE, KILLS SELF
Mandan, N.D., March 1.—Eluding the careful watch kept upon him by his wife, when she momentarily dozed off to sleep after a long fight to keep awake and prevent her husband from some deed, Clemens Lehman, 51, farmer, living nine miles northwest of Hebron, N.D., at 4:30 a.m. rose quietly, secured his shotgun, stepped outside the door of his farm home, ignoring the frantic calls of his wife who was awakened by the slamming of the door, placed the muzzle of the gun against his head and pulled the trigger. He died instantly.
Despondency over ill health, worry over the fact that he had but little more hay and feed to give his livestock which was already showing signs of the starvation that followed in the wake of recent blizzards which had killed thousands of head of cattle and horses, and general financial worries, were responsible for the tragedy, in the opinion of the coroner.
Lehman, nearly all of his seven children, and his wife had been ill with the flu the last two weeks. Sunday he appeared mentally deranged. Mrs. Lehman planned to watch him carefully, then take him to Hebron Monday. It was a hard battle for the flu and the overburdening work of caring for the sick children made her so weary she could barely keep awake. It was 4:30 before sleep defeated her, she told the coroner. Dozing for but a moment, she awakened when she heard her husband open the door. She saw him with the shotgun and frantically called to him. The slam of the door and the gun's discharge was her answer.
Lehman owned a large farm, free from debt and well stocked.
Ward County Independent, 3/2/1922
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A big three year old steer belonging to L. A. Peterson in some unknown way got onto the roof of the cow barn. It broke through, landing in one of the stalls and very badly frightening poor George. Both escaped without any injury.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 3/23/1899
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On Wednesday Don Stevenson had a narrow escape while crossing the river at
Fort Rice. He was on a load of hay and the ice gave way. He sprang from the load and saved himself. One horse was drowned. The same day an ambulance went through but got out all right.
Bismarck Tri-Weekly Tribune, 3/9/1878
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Valley City Times: One of the giddy gals with the
Chip 'O the Old Block outfit came near leaving the tribe here and going to the jail for a few days' penance as a thief. She was the bird who did the high kicking. While in Mrs. Dobbin's millinery store, she stole a solid silver envelope opener, a gift to Miss Zella. It was missed and Miss H Kicker was found to be the purloiner. When Chief Burt cornered her behind the scenes, in scant apparel, she denied it, but when Bob told her to "cough up" or go to jail, she wilted, went to her room and found the article, which she said was taken by mistake. As the recovery of the article was all that was desired, she was allowed to go on the stage and kick the decorations off the ceiling, and follow the other birds to some distant town. It is said she swiped some articles at the
Headquarters in Fargo.
Bismarck Tribune, 4/8/1892
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