North Dakota Tragedy and Local News Mix in Grafton
Elvira Nelson 21 of Grafton shot herself at home, using her father N C Nelson's revolver, after a long nervous illness that forced her from a Plaza area teaching post. A chloroform bottle in her room suggested premeditation. In Grand Forks, Ben Blanchard, formerly with the Grand Forks fire department, faces $500 bail after allegedly assaulting Conductor Mullen aboard a freight train near Devon. Jamestown hospital fire forced patients to be moved to safety. Starkweather Catholic Women prepare annual fair with contests, including a diamond ring and a Blackthorn cane prize, to be held in Father’s Hall November 9 and 10.
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Elvira Nelson
N. C. Nelson
Grafton
Miss Nelson
Plaza
Lande
McLain
Grand Forks
Ben Blanchard
Devon
Blanchard
Starkweather
Devils Lake
Catherine Maurer
Helen Regan
Thomas Maloney
Michael Shea
Father Lee
Treland
Father's Hall
Soo depot contract awarded for Minot project
Bailey and Marsh of Minneapolis win the contract for Minot Soo depot with costs spread across depot proper about 72000 dollars express and baggage about 18000 and site around 45000 The depot will stand among state’s finest at the foot of Minot’s main street Boosting Boy Scouts in Cooperstown Mass meeting forms committee to organize troop A large sale at Garske nets 10500 dollars cash with buyers paying all costs Jail break in Bottineau two prisoners saw bars Two mill bar elevator fraud Valley City agent pleads guilty Wheat scale fraud noted Niles fire destroys farm elevator part of North Dakota farming era highlights ongoing developments
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Bailey & Marsh F
Minneapolis
Soo
Minot
Express and Baggage Department
State Suprem Court
Big Farm Sold in Ramsey County Real Estate Transfer
A 1,300 acre farm in Ramsey County sold from Jacob Wolfe of Cleveland township to J B Craig of Jacksonville for 50,000 dollars including stock and machinery. The deal was closed by E T Moen. Craig plans to operate the farm with an Illinois manager while Wolfe moves to Devils Lake to build a new home.
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Ramsey County
Jacob Wolfe
Cleveland Township
J. 8. Craig
Jacksonville
North Dakota
E. T. Moen
Craig
Ilinois
Wolfe
Devils Lake
Generous Boss Fights Heat in Tiny Office Joke
A humorous vignette shows a boss gifting an electric fan for a private office. He instructs placement to spread a breeze through a keyhole to the next room. A clerk complains of heat, prompting a remark about a bald man mopping his head, underscoring the workplace heat conditions.
Why does a girl always shut her eyes when a man keisken
A fragment from Why writes that a girl often closes her eyes in a moment of flirtation, and a remark about bending a photograph suggests a playful or teasing motive. The text hints at social questions about gaze, consent, and image, framed as a rhetorical prompt from a proponent of lighthearted inquiry.
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Reaton
Where to buy advertised goods in town is asked
A reader argues that people won’t hunt across the universe for advertised items. They say the newspaper should inform readers where to buy the goods locally and emphasize convenient, in-town purchase locations.
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Peo
Invested Trademark Value Surpasses Wall Street Return
A prominent manufacturer touts advertising as a superior investment by preserving his capital in a valuable trademark. He planned to spend 3,100,000 on ads for a new product, aiming for Wall Street style 4 percent. After a year, profits reached 16,000, or 16 percent, yet his friend argued he lost money. The owner countered that the trademark’s value and future earnings justified the spend, underscoring advertising power.
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Financial District
Wall Street
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Langdon
Grierson
Cavalier County
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Northern Pacific
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