Local and Personal Notes From Devils Lake Area
A long list of local people with travel, visits and small events. Passengers to Minneapolis and Rock Lake, bankers and examiners visiting Devils Lake, residents visiting Tulsa Fargo Webster Saint Paul and Aneta, new births and hospital stays, New Year greetings, and a savings offer at Ramsey County National Bank. Several names include Adolph LeBrun Rolla, Mrs. Frank Curtin St John, Mrs. Edward Bocher Dunseith, Congressman Norton, and Mrs. Jona Anderson.
Sixteen year old boy jailed after Grand Forks burglary tale
Clarence Willson, 16, from Winnipeg, told authorities he slept in the Herald building for two nights and had eaten nothing. He said hunger and cold drove him to burglarize Hanson’s cigar store and Thanle’s confectionery on Christmas Eve after failing to find work and being rebuffed by passersby. He left home after a dispute with his father, rode to Minot, then Grand Forks seeking work, ultimately penniless and homeless.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Herald
Clarence Willson
Hanson
Thanle
Winnipeg
Minot
Feloy
Old gang attempts to break state printing contract
Fargo January 3 legal proceedings are under way to break the contract made by the state printing commission with the Dakota Printing and Stationery company. The firm secured four of five classes of printing including house and senate journals and is installing a plant to handle the work as the legislative session nears. The attack argues the firm had no plant in the state when awarded the job.
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Bloom
Journal
Bismarck
Journal Publishing Company
Devils Lake
North Dakota Printing & Stationery Company
Twin Cities
OLD Gang
Fargo
N. D
State Printing Commission
Dakota Printing and Stationery Company
Senate
Bookkeeping and Civil Service Courses at Union College
U S position lists Martin Elenbaum completing courses at Union Commercial College Grand Forks N C and passing the U S examination securing appointment as Book keeper in Washington D C The ad promotes U C C demand for students and offers free catalog Also asks about climate farm sales land buying Bitter Root Valley Montana and mentions The C W Kerr Company 209 Andrus Building Minneapolis Ady
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Elenbaum
Union, Commercial College of
Bitter Root Valley
Montana
C. W. Kerr Company
Andrus Building
Minneapolis
Minn —Ady
Mandan Seeks Armory Aid for North Dakota Site
Mandan North Dakota January 3 state plans $6000 for a new militia armory this year. Company F members aim to build in spring seeking state aid and fundraising to raise 15000 to 20000 more by subscriptions. Three donors have already offered 1000 each.
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Mandan
N. D
North Dakota
Company F
Northwest Developers Urge Wilson to Name Westerner Interior Secretary
The Northwest Development League urges President-elect Wilson to appoint a western man to the interior portfolio. The telegram hints at governors Norris of Montana or Burke of North Dakota, cites Canadian immigration as competition, and argues for a western insider to develop agricultural lands, public forests, and Indian reservations.
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Northwest
Wilson
Canadian Interior Department
United States
Northwest Development League
Ths
Interior Department
Interior
New Drake Fordville Soo Line Drives Heavy Grain Traffic
Freight trains on the Drake-Devils Lake-Fordville Soo line haul vast grain through seven elevators across Oris Egan Silva Fillmore Baker and other towns. Passenger service will begin in spring as stations lag, post offices seek establishment, and Grand Forks Duluth connections boost shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake-Fordville
SOO
Drake-Devils Lake
Fordville
New Road
Pierce County
Oris
Egan
Silva
Ben- Son County
Fillmore
Baker
Orrin
Egan Silva
Pierce
Benson
Grand Forks
Northern Pacific
Soo Line
Duluth
Thief River Falls
North Dakota Livestock Show Growth and Shifting Values
North Dakota census bulletin shows diversified farming growth with cattle value mixed by class. Steers and bulls drop from 1900 to 1910 while dairy cows rise, horses vastly increase in number and value, hogs up, and sheep down due to ranch land reductions. Ad promotes Mankato Commercial College in Minnesota.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
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Jack Desmond
Adolph LeBrun
Rolla
Prete’s
Albert Swenson
Webster
Lake
J. H. Hazzard
Rock Lake
Frank Curtin
St. John
Lambert
Hol. Schulenberg
Mize
Olga Skratass
Powell
William Dolan
Tokio
The
Mercy Hospital
Mrs. B. Smith
Lakota
W. N. Larson Familly
Edward Bocher
Dunseith
Missesma
Edith Solberg
Churles Ferry
Menton Gunnerud
Penn
Agricultural College
P. D. Norton
Joan
Mra
Oncar F. Anderson
Mra. Luckaeon
Intend Julia Brekke
Aneta
Ramsey County National Bank
Lady
Jona Anderson
Derrick
Chas
Nelsonne
C. B. Levarich
Ensistant
Cerintendant
Great Northern railWay
Woldy
T. B, Wolty
Edmore
Raese
Njoy
Tiles Moora
George Aton
St. Paul
A. Weeden
Hansboro
Alta Fox
Perth
Rother
Jos. Walker
Cando
Twentieth Century Club
Joseph Jilik
Louis Nalina
Aileen -Hagarty
M. A. Doheny
J. B. Wilson
Chriatch
Mr. ‘Wilson
Crippen
Pierte
Alice ‘Daeley
Dun‘selth
Dunselth
Hg, Snell
Wrenn Snell
Williston
Snell
Garl Leln
G. Ni
Fergus Falls
Mrs. Lefn
Anna May
Ruth Parry
Robert Parry
Havel Toombs
Williaton
Wheel
Fy EL Fisk
W. G. Kell
Virginia
Minu
W. Martin
Kellig
Great Northern
Dareen
Walter ‘Weaver
Av T. Tomlinson
Ft. Totten
Prete
Gladys Russel
H. C. Klinger
Roscoe Baker
Holmore
Fred Baker
John W. Maher
Methodist Ladies
Sam Koppang
Fred Fenton
Lawton
Woodmen
Mrs. R. Rasmussen
Devon
Mr. Rasmussen
J. M. Rasmussen
John ‘W. Maher
Elmer Goodyear
Tuesaday
Mrs
A. Torfen
N.M. Covey
Warwick
North Bend
Wis
Henrietta Waters
George Whitford
Mohall
Grace BH. Arnold
Herman HB. Sanstead
Berthold
John Whittaker
Congregational Church
Mrs. Sanstead
Devils, Lake
Mr. Sanstead
Gowan-Peyton-Congdon
A. J. Stade
Grafton
Stade
Red River Valley
Sweetwater
Hent
Larimore
Fisher, Minn
Marion, Mont
Great Northern Ice House
Grand Yorks
A. D. Sprague
California
Los Angeles
Mra. Sprague
Imdaw
Thoma Jewell
Mr. Jewell
State University
Madame
Majerka
Burague
Tacoma
Spokihe
Ensro
Norway
Sprague
U. S
Mankato Commercial College
Man- Esato, Minn
Ady
First National Bank
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