Supreme Court rules on county employ of outside counsel
The court sustains lower rulings in Kidder county tax case against Northern Pacific Railway. It holds county commissioners cannot hire extra counsel to pursue tax suits and that state attorney general controls such actions. The ruling confirms Baker and Stanley may not collect 15,000 fee from the county.
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Supreme Court
Storey
Silder
Kidder County
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Wilder
Newtae
Fezn
Avariey Pred A. Baker
Dvirol, Mich
Baker Fe
Kids der
Emmons County
Kidder
Emamons
Baker
Ennion
Commissioi Wrs
AnHlder County
John Brurey
Aguinst
Winchester
Tas
BR. Kerr
JF. Pillbrick
Alexander Hughes
Stanley
Kiddercanty
Hts
Baker and Stanley
Jail County
Bald Baker
Stamey
Wade
North Dakota
Supreme Court of
Northern Pacific
von Missioners
Rot
Tha Iistiiet Court
Joliet
Boers Defeated at Mudder River in Prolonged Battle
Nov 21 dispatch reports General Methuen driving Boer forces from trenches near Khilerly after ten hours of heavy fighting. British shells cleared positions then engaged, leaving the outcome described as terrible. Other items note a costly Philadelphia fire destroying Pardridge Richardson’s and Lippincott’s buildings with extensive losses.
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Tandon
Methuen
Mudder River
Khilerly
Philadelphia
Anilifon
Pardridge Richardson
Lippincott
Copper Colored Splotches and Baffling Contagious Blood Poison
A nineteenth century medical advertorial extols a cure for contagious blood poison, claiming doctors cannot cure it. The narrator warns against mercury and potash treatments, alleging they harm hair and the body, while praising a patent remedy as the only definite cure.
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Bere
New Kind of Fuel From Lignite Discovered by German Capitalists
German investors Moersch Herman Wolff and Alex Menke announce a lignite coal conversion process to create a superior fuel. They plan convert plants in North Dakota and western North Dakota lands, with initial testing aided by the Northern Pacific. If successful, the method could supply western railroads and factories at lower costs than eastern coal, transforming fuel supply for the northwest.
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North Dakota
Moersch
Herman Wolff
Alex Menke
Vontlands
Bisnarel
Sizatte
Offerals
Pacife
West
Missouwi
Tiakotn
Direct Legislation and Voter Power in North Dakota
A discussion on direct legislation, initiative and referendum in North Dakota contrasts Bismarck and Pierre leaders. The author cites state reform debates, praise from national figures, and a prize essay contest to promote citizen involvement, urging readers to share information for 10 cents in stamps.
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Bismarck
Pierre
North Dakota
Anti-Trust League
Lbrarian
Kansas
Washington
Massachusetts
League of American Municipalities
Right Relationship League
Christian Citizenship League
The
Nationat
Sunflower boom nets fortune for English farmers
Reports from England describe a vast sunflower crop near Edge rton hill with 500 acres yielding about 800 wagon loads of seed valued at 50 dollars per load. The seed feeds cattle via pressed cake, requiring calf bone dust fertilizer and a 20 man bone mill, while birds like blackbirds and sparrows threaten the ripening crop.
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England
Edgerton Hill
Phosphates boost pasture quality and sheep yield
Ottawa Free Press reports Professor Robertson details Dr. Somerville's Durban College of Science experiment. Light Thomas phosphate application on a three acre plot doubled sheep numbers and nearly doubled mutton yield per acre, due to richer white clover growth and richer forage quality in an old permanent pasture.
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Ottawa
Wanna) Free Press
Robertson
England
Somerville
Durban
College of Science
Thomas Alag
Graham Divorce Case Clarifies Residence Rule
The Iowa Supreme Court rules in Annie Graham v. Grabbie that mere presence in the state is insufficient for divorce jurisdiction. A claimant must establish genuine residence with intent to remain. leaving the state after filing undermines jurisdiction and may render divorces shaky on appeal.
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Gavision
Supreme Court
Hewitt
Tir
Wadler
Heelan
Qestion
Annie Grahan
Grabgie
Hutt-Mainten
Duenkinid
Rho
Phe Eoner
Anil
Lost Child In Utter Ave Mystery Stirs Town
A missing child case from Tibson area sparks a wide search led by local residents. The reported disappearance occurs around 7 o clock on a Friday evening, with authorities and neighbors pressing for leads as speculation links the case to nearby Spicer murders. Police say no solid motive or suspect yet, and residents fear for the child’s safety.
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George Milner
Tibson
Nilses
Wal Platter
Abner
Wien
Pete
Wil
Spicer
Wells
Wreck near Cumberland Claims Two Lives
An oyster train on the B and O collided with a sleeper of the New York express near Cumberland Michigan on November 23. Two men died and several were injured, while passengers and crew helped rescue others from wreckage amid smoke and chaos.
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Cumberland
New York Express
Stenin
Secral
Saloon killing shocks Eastland Forks after fatal blow
In Dan Sullivan's saloon at Eastland Forks Bishop Dorsey a colored man struck and killed John McCabe a cook with a stick of cord wood Dorsey surrendered and was taken to the county jail at Grand Forks The community reels as Aguinaldo and Ladysmith still resist outsiders a tense aftermath unfolds.
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Bishop Dorsey
John McCabe
Dan Sullivan
Eastland Forks
Dorsey
Grand Forks
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