Hampden Notes and Rumors From Devils Lake Court
A Hampden correspondent reports court attendance at Devils Lake over several weeks. Harry Peters forfeited a $1,000 bond, spurring local talk. Merchants weigh a mutual pact to back a single paper until Hampden reaches 1,000 residents. Other notes cover residents traveling, bank cashier fills, and a Davis bill on nonpartisan officer nomination amid political talk.
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Devils Lake
Harry Peters
Wm. Goldberg
E. P. Vanderhoof
Sauk Rapids
Minn
Law Makers Hustle as Bills Move Through Legislature
Law makers in both houses rush to clear bills including the post ponement of the district judge salary measure and a senate plan to fund bond indebtedness for state schools. The Dais bill on personal taxes passes as John M. Wager of Tower City travels to Cleveland to settle his father’s estate amid a fatal shooting tied to property disputes. Surviving relatives and local officials are listed. details await further notice.
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Devils Lake
Senate
LaMoure
University
Nee Ity Normal School
Agricultural College
Ellendale Industrial School
Deaf School
McMillan
Dispatch
John M. Wager
Tower City
Wager
Cleveland
Mc Wager
North Dakota
Hill Township
Cass County
Untimely Payments Delay Steamship Delays and Dues
Fragment mentions due dates and delinquent rates tied to Havana and March 1 of the following year. Indicates shift from new steamship service to revised deadlines with penalties for late payments, reflecting maritime finance terms and regional timing.
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Havana
North Dakotan Kills Brother and Wounded Officer
A Cleveland dispatch reports George Wagar killed his brother John after resisting police from behind barricades. He later shot Policeman Klaamyer in the abdomen for which Wagar surrendered after over twenty shots were fired into the Wagar residence.
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Cleveland
George Wagar
John
Klaamyer
Ally
Wager
Carload of Stolen Property Recovered from Canada
Charles Peterson returned recently from Canada with two teams of stolen property. The items were found near McPhail fifty miles west of Winnipeg. Peterson says a carload of horses harness and buggies, likely all stolen and unclaimed, remains. Pete Kersten’s buggy is among them but he won’t pursue it due to cost. McPhail allegedly operated a large-scale theft ring, with property likely stolen from North Dakota. McPhail was sentenced to a district court term in the county.
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Charles Peterson
Canada
McPhail
Winnipeg
Arrests at Fort Totten Target Timber and Liquor Sales
Deputy Marshal Haggart arrested Antoine Langer for cutting timber on the Fort Totten Indian Reservation. He also charged Simon Court Michael Goodhouse and Kasakes with selling liquor to Indians. All four were released on $200 bonds each.
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Fort Totten Indian Reservation
Haggart
Antoine Langer
Simon Court
Micheal Goodhouse
Kasakes
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Ohioana
St Leuis
Dervis Lake
Ramsey County National Bank
Nostra
Daxora
Fort Totten
GEO. B. Cliffords & CO
Frand Forks, N. Dak
National Life Insurance Co
Eastman Kodak Coo
Rochester, N.Y
Kodak
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