Lisbon furnishes a divorce case that will attract interest as it concerns Hon. A. H. Laughlin, the present commissioner of labor, who is plaintiff in proceedings brought against his wife for divorce. In his complaint Mr. Laughlin alleges wilful
{sp} absence and extreme cruelty. Mrs. Laughlin recently filed an answer. She denies the charges brought against her by Mr. Laughlin and claims that the suit is the result of too much mother-in-law. She says that she has been obliged to act as second officer in the household to Mr. Laughlin's mother who was living with them. She avers that her husband banished her to the cheese factory where she lived with her two small children until recently, when she moved into a small house near by at the plaintiff's request. The case comes on early in June.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 5/30/1895
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Woman In Pitiful Condition.
Towner, N. D., June 15.—Mrs. Sanka Koorenny, living near Kief was brought to Towner Sunday by Sheriff Sampson and was re-committed to the asylum by the insanity board.
Mrs. Koorenny has been in the asylum on two different occasions and was released, but lately refused to eat, and wandered about and made herself very obnoxious to her family. She has been living with her son, a blind man, and as he could not see what she was doing became alarmed and swore out the warrant.
McHenry county people will remember when the Koorenny people were well to do, having a fine farm, the best of live stock and besides had considerable money. At the time so many people were investing in Cuban lands they got the fever and bought a large plantation they supposed was litterly {sp} lined with fruit trees, and left this country with the intention of going there to live. The land was absolutely worthless and they returned to McHenry county penniless. It was at this time that Mrs. Koorenny was first committed to the asylum but was released and in a short time was committed again with the same result. Her husband left home the last time she returned and has not been heard of since. She is the mother of 15 children, part of them being dead and three of them are living with the blind young man near Kief.
Ward County Independent, 6/15/1911
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While Matthew Conklin of
Nordland, Kingsbury county, was working on Ed Benk's farm, near that town, he was struck by a ball of lightning and, together with his team, instantly killed.
The Bad Lands Cow Boy, 6/4/1885
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No Tresspassing.
I will not allow the cutting of hay or the grazing of stock on the following land, without permission: sections 23, 25, 27, and 35, township 137, range 106, and sections 19, 27, and 31, township 137, range 105.
John H. Haigh, Pickett, Wis., or Carlyle, Mont.
To Whom it May Concern
Any one dumping any refuse of any kind on the S. W. ¼ of section 25, just south of town will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. Lydia W. Richards
Golden Valley Chronicle, 4/24/1908
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A little girl from
McCauleyville, Minnesota, between three and four years of age, was drowned in
Whiskey Creek, the first of this month. It is a sad blow to her parents, as she was their only daughter.
The Wahpeton Times, 5/23/1884
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Little Boy and Matches.
Harry Charles, living southeast of Fessenden, has had a streak of hard luck. Charles had sent his little boy to the house for his pipe and some matches. When near the hay stack the boy dropped some matches and stepped on one. A conflagration followed immediately which resulted in the loss of thirteen tons of hay, twenty-eight chickens, a barn and other items.
The Hope Pioneer, 5/17/1900
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