City Briefs a Mosaic of Local Life and Travel
A sprawling column notes residents traveling to Havre Grand Forks Fargo and Minneapolis. Weddings births and visits are logged with names such as Miss Olga Scrumgard Miss Gelma Hessell and Mr and Mrs Charles Vanchure. The Webster Webster celebration and church events pepper the week alongside business trips to Minneapolis and Jamestown.
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Grand Forks
Olga Scrumgard
Gelma
Hessell
New York City
Riana
North Dakota Ranks Fourth in Education Spending
A recent statistic ranks North Dakota fourth among states in per child education expenditure. The state has 165,341 school children with total current education costs of 3,546,925 dollars, about 27 cents per day per child, higher than many southern states.
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Union
North Dakota
Ant Colony Slavery Revealed In Insect Society
A historical article describes slave holding among ants with large warriors conquering black ant nests to seize eggs and pupae. Victorious ants enslave and breed the captives, using them as willing laborers within their colony, a remarkable example of social insect intelligence.
West End Barbers Stirred by Odd Entrance Plan
Don fashion and a planned open attack are described as a man prepared an entrance for his wife. He posed by the fire stroking whiskers while she calmly questioned his master’s absence. He left to join whiskered allies and shared a humorous tale. The next day barbers were busy.
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James
West End
Good Idea Serial Stories Skipped From Run
A brief note indicates serial stories can be removed from publication runs, citing editorial flexibility and pacing considerations.
Debtor Ridicules Claim as Wife Runs Family Business
Judge Cluerton at Whitechapel County Court quotes a debtor who repudiates a business debt by claiming his wife owns the business and that he will live idle with the line about "dishonest, I won't pay" printed outside the shop. He cites in jest a Roman custom of handing over debtors.
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Birth of a son sparks name debate in local tale
Mrs. Morgan arrives to celebrate the birth of her first son. The family weighs several options before naming him Alias Thompson and Alias Willian the Night-Hawk, names she says are tainted by newspaper aliases and theft rumors.
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Morgan
Thompson
Willian
Why Called Pin Money in the Fourteenth Century
An answer traces pin money to medieval times when women wore pins. Pins could be sold only on the first two days of January by law to prevent them from becoming common.
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