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Domestic News
January 25, 1884
Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
Three Michigan boys in Mandan, Dakota, deny a Battle Creek newspaper report that a local emigrant regrets the move due to brutal winter weather, calling it a fabrication and praising Dakota's conditions.
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He is a Liar.
"One of the Battle Creek boys who was induced to go to Dakota last summer, when everything looked lovely, now writes home that he will leave that desolate country as soon as the snow thaws enough to make the walking good. The mercury is 40 degrees below zero and men and stock freeze to death. There's no place like Michigan,' he says."
The above is taken from the Battle Creek (Mich.) Moon. Billy Gibson, Frank Green and Harry Murphy, three Michigan boys who now dwell in Mandan, say the above is "no such thing" and the man of the Moon must have been "full" when he wrote it. They further state that they never saw finer weather than in Dakota, and pronounce the Moon man a consummate liar.
"One of the Battle Creek boys who was induced to go to Dakota last summer, when everything looked lovely, now writes home that he will leave that desolate country as soon as the snow thaws enough to make the walking good. The mercury is 40 degrees below zero and men and stock freeze to death. There's no place like Michigan,' he says."
The above is taken from the Battle Creek (Mich.) Moon. Billy Gibson, Frank Green and Harry Murphy, three Michigan boys who now dwell in Mandan, say the above is "no such thing" and the man of the Moon must have been "full" when he wrote it. They further state that they never saw finer weather than in Dakota, and pronounce the Moon man a consummate liar.
What sub-type of article is it?
Migration Or Settlement
Weather
What keywords are associated?
Dakota Settlers
Weather Dispute
Battle Creek Boys
Mandan Michigan Migrants
What entities or persons were involved?
Billy Gibson
Frank Green
Harry Murphy
Where did it happen?
Mandan, Dakota
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Mandan, Dakota
Key Persons
Billy Gibson
Frank Green
Harry Murphy
Event Details
Three Michigan boys residing in Mandan, Dakota, rebut a report from the Battle Creek (Mich.) Moon claiming a Battle Creek boy intends to leave Dakota due to severe winter conditions including 40 degrees below zero and freezing deaths, asserting the weather is finer than ever and declaring the report a lie.