Howe Convicted of Horse Stealing in Williams County
Melvin H. Howe, a McKenzie County farmer, was convicted in Williams County district court on horse stealing charges. The case drew interest after a prior jury verdict of guilty was set aside by the judge, with the Supreme Court affirming the later trial. Judge Leighton presided first, Judge Fisk in the retrial. The horse was traced through multiple owners before ending with the current holder, and key witness Felix Baxter was unavailable in Canada.
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Williston
N. D
Melvin H
Howe
McKenzie County
Williams County
Supreme Court
Leighton
Fisk
Andrew Berg
Witnersea
Felix Baxter
Arctic Zone
Bootlegger Sentenced After Minnewaukan Incident
William Halligan, an assistant at a local meat market, was arrested on a charge of keeping intoxicating liquors for sale. He pleaded guilty before Judge Liles and received ninety days hard labor, a $200 fine, and $25 in costs.
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Minnewaukan
William Halligan
Halligan
Liles
Hog Weighing 620 Pounds Brings $26
G A Minard of Silverleaf brought the prize pig to Ellendale weighing 320 pounds and sold it to J H McClure and Son for $26. The note praises diversified farming and stable incomes for farmers who raise pigs chickens cattle and corn.
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G. A. Minard
Silverleaf
Elllendale
J. H. McClure & Son
Mr. Minard
Grand Forks Theatres Owner Arrested in Diamond Theft
Arthur J. Kavanaugh proprietor of two motion picture theatres in Minneapolis and the Grand at Grand Forks was arraigned on charges of stealing 8000 dollars worth of diamonds from White & McNaught on December 22. Police had failed to recover the gems. a man named W. W. Wells has already been arrested. Kavanaugh pleaded not guilty and the trial was set for February 13.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur J. Kavanaugh
Grand
Grand Forks
White & McNaught
Kavanaugh
W. W. Wells
Potatoes Prove Profitable for Local Farmer
Omemee Herald notes Mike Egan of north of Newburg shows the Hundred-Dollar-An-Acre league a path to success. He planted sixty acres to two potato varieties last spring, yielding four hundred bushels per acre and selling at eighty three cents per bushel. His land returned strong interest on a hundred dollars per acre.
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Omemee Herald
Mike Egan
Newburg
Egan
Support Your Home Merchants Not Mail Order Giants
A Des Moines Farm Sense column defends local merchants over mail order firms arguing community taxes, schools, and churches rely on local business. It cites a large mail order outfit spending millions on catalogs and ads, with high overhead and margin, challenging the idea it can beat local shops on price.
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Farm Sense
Des Moines
Iowa
Inter-Ocean
Mr. Reader
Uoe
Mers Jclfant
Farmer
Futile Worry and Plain Speaking on Values at Dinner
John D. Rockefeller Jr. says success rests on recognizing values and ignoring trifles. A Tarrytown girl jokes about a letter from Lance and questions a postscript’s clarity, wondering if it mentions ten thousand or a hundred thousand kinases.
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John D. Rockefeler, Jr
York
Tarrytown
Lance
Joe
Logical Progress. The new show went the breese.
A fragment notes a new show and mentions a hacker sending many drafts. The readable lines suggest creative production issues and iterative edits without clear dates or names.
Fore man Loma-George Brown dies after freight collision
Loma section foreman Loma George Brown, of the Soo, was struck by a fast freight near Loma Monday morning and died a few hours later from injuries. The report appears in the local Advance with other regional notes including a birth anniversary celebration plan in Minot and a county census value for Foster county.
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Loma
George Brown
Soo Fine
North Dakota Guardsmen Meet in Jamestown and Valley City
The North Dakota National Guard Association will hold its annual convention in Jamestown on February 21 with all sessions there, then delegates travel to Valley City February 22 for a Washington's Birthday celebration by the Valley City company.
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North Dakota National Guard Association
Jamestown
Valley City
Washington
Valley City I
Renville County Development Association forms at Mohall meeting
At a January 1912 county commissioners session in Mohall the temporary organization of the Renville County Development Association was proposed and officers named President B. M. Harvey Vice President J. M. Sauer Treasurer R. D. Johnson Secretary A. Lane A change in law firm announced Usher L Burdick and John J Murphy form a partnership in Williston with plans to sever from Week Murphy Moum Bottineau The state lists 565 state banks and 146 national banks in North Dakota.
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Mohall
Renville County Development Association
B. M. Harvey
J. M. Sauer
R. D. Johnson
A. Lane
Williston
Usher L. Burdick
John J
Murphy
Asher L. Burdick
John J. Murphy
Week
Murphy & Moum
Bottineau
North North Dakota
A Curious Tale of Honest Talk and Wit
A satirical fragment recounts a man in a town underwear shop who claims a flawless fabric and honest warranty. The narrator recalls being swindled by the clerk’s confident pitch and reflects on honesty and deception in salesmanship with a Detroit newspaper citation and extrapolated notes on the Washington Monument’s construction.
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Wag
Detroit
Pres
Green Bluefish Mystery on a New York Club Menu
A clubman questions a waiter about fresh bluefish described as green on a menu. The waiter hesitates and finally clarifies that the item is hothouse bluefish, leaving the diner amused by the culinary mislabel in a midwestern town reference.
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New York
Middle West
Tittem
Lippincott’s
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