Mosquitoes and Social Life Highlight Grahams Island Note
Sunday gatherings at the Jacobson home in Norway township featured a singing chorus and ice cream after a lunch. Nearby residents hosted games, parlor activities, and an evening of entertainment with many locals listed as attendees. Community movement includes moving School District No 2 and 5 houses and a board meeting set to open bids on school fund deposits.
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Andrew Shervin Jr
Hanny Jacobson
Mildred Prophet
Devils Lake
Thos, Christianson
H Thompson
Buffalo
Grahams Island
Fort Totten Gossip from Devils Lake Notables and Developments
Residents report visitors and moves at Fort Totten and nearby towns. Plans include painting government buildings, a small sailing vessel under construction, land allotments at Turtle Mountain, new barn construction, and survey progress for townsite blocks. Local visits feature Mrs Chas LargeR, Miss Georgia Chase, Miss Laura Baesher, and Mrs Bert Reese amid farming and road improvements.
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Chas. L. Davis
Cor Minot
Turtle Mountain
Georgia Chase
Fargo
Crossing Established Two Years Ago Sparks Town Line
A remark notes that the town acted to install a crossing across Railroad Avenue two years prior, marking a completed improvement.
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Railroad Avenue
New Story of Rockefeller's Father
Park River residents recall William A. Rockefeller as John D. Rockefeller's father who lived here years ago. The mysterious Dr. Livingstone, a rumored doctor with an adopted son, Johnson, claimed ties to the Rockefellers and received funds from Standard Oil. The elderly man bought a farm east of town, lived quietly, and later disappeared.
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Park River
William A. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Livingstone
Ida M. Tarbell
Standard Oil Co
Briggs
Forties Defrants de Kk Sons
Liviingstone
Ber
Robert Arnot
Severa
Thugs Run Out of Brocket by Armed Citizens
A crowd of hoboes in Brocket allegedly terrorized residents until the townsfolk armed with shotguns drove them out. The episode is described as heroic with public approval of the townspeople’s actions.
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Brocket
Brockett
Winnipeg Fair Exposition Ticket Sale Details
The Great Northern railway will sell round trip tickets to Winnipeg Exposition in Winnipeg Manitoba. Dates of sale are limited from July 20 to 22 with return by July 31. Ask your local agent for full rates and particulars.
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Winnipeg
Maniyte
Great Northern Railway
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