Local and Personal notes from Devils Lake area
Erick Christian attended business in Hamar on Wednesday. Miss Prang left Tuesday for Crary to visit friends. Wiles Inez Lonneyik of Webster shopped and called on friends Tuesday. Mrs. Abbie Beat of Fargo attended the WCTU convention here. Various local residents moved, visited, or returned from trips, and notes on hospital, church, and school activities fill the page. The Ladies Aid met, tower work near completion, and football preparation continued at the high school with a new team. A lecture of community matters and regional updates conclude the local notices.
Local Society Notes and Home Improvements
Miss Abbie Johnson of Mannonen Minn visits Mrs Oscar Johnson on Second street and plans to stay about four months. Miss Hilma Freeburg of Tokio enters Mercy hospital for appendicitis prep. Brennan block heating plant to install two separate systems for New York store and second floor offices. William Ruger of Janesville Wis arrives, plans to stay with Ruger family on East Second Street. known in Devil Lake. For sale Cogwell residence East Fourth street eight room home, 50 foot lot. $2500 price, $2600 cash, mortgage balance possible. contact M J Cogswell 2264 West Twenty third Los Angeles. Joseph Jellick returns from Church Ferry after installing heating plant at Banker Listner’s new house costing sixteen thousand dollars. features include four marble bathrooms. Mrs Edwin King departs for Michigan City for a week with stop at Mrs A Hentges.
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Brennan Block
New York
William "Ruger
Janesville
Wis
City
Ruger
East Second Street
iMr
Devila Lake
Cogewell
Joseph Jellick
Churcha Ferry
Banker Listner
Churles Ferry
Edwin King
Michigan City
A. Hentges
Northern Pacific to Replace Telegraph with Telephone Dispatch
Jamestown North Dakota October 4 Northern Pacific orders Western Electric equipment to dispatch trains by telephone. The system uses selector signals to route messages to stations while keeping others quiet, with seventeen passenger booth sets and portable train crew phones. Dispatcher will be based in Jamestown covering the Wilton division, about 15 miles, promising faster, clearer communication and fewer railroad accidents.
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Jamestown
N. D
Northern Pacific
Western Electric Company
United States
Wilton
Bmiason In
The Telephone as a Tool of Railroad Discipline
The article argues that spoken commands by dispatchers and crews, even a single clear sentence, inspire far more discipline and efficiency than Morse code like signals. It credits telephone communication with making railroad operations more effective and personable, likening it to a warm handclasp.
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Patcher
Insurance Proves Reliable in Prairie Farm Note
Webster North Dakota September 24 ASL Powell agent for Security Insurance Co Devils Lake reports a farm wind loss settlement of 450 dollars and a church policy payout of 2500 dollars. The letter praises Powell for prompt service and urges continued patronage from Olson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
N. Dak
Powell
the Security Insurance Co
Devils Lake
Deacon
Cleveland
HD. Olson
Humboldt College Announces Free Tuition for Select Boards
Free tuition offered to one student from each joint in Business, Shorthand, Normal, and Bic courses. Board and room priced at $2.60 weekly, with books rented. Opens October 8 at Humboldt College, Humboldt, Iowa.
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Humbolt College
Humbolt
North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs Meets in Grand Forks
The North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs convenes in Grand Forks for its sixteenth annual convention October 15 to 18 with about 200 attendees. Mrs. N. C. Young, Fargo, retires as president after four years and presides. Miss Minnie Nielson of Valley City is named as a potential successor. Notable programs include a lecture by President F. L. McVey of the University of North Dakota on October 17 and an endowment fund event by Prof. Frederick H. Koich on October 16, featuring Alystra Howe. The educational program is led by Mrs. Scott Rex and includes papers from women across the state.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs
N. C. Young
Fargo
Federation
Minnie Nielson
Valley City
Young
Nielson
Barnes County
F.L. McVey
University of North Dakota
Federaton
Frederick H. Kocich
Dramatic Art
Prot Kooh
Alystra Howe
Scott Rex
Clin Improvement Committee
Annual address opens convention and board meetings begin
Mrs Young delivers the annual address at the opening evening session. Day one covers board meetings credential reviews and chairmen conferences. Day two features officer reports committee naming and an informal presidential ballot. Day three plans include officer elections endowment fund review and new club reports as the new board meets Friday before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Endowment Fund
Roy Benson graduates from Union Commercial College
Roy Benson son of the Grand Forks county sheriff completed courses at Union Commercial College Grand Forks North Dakota. The school secured him a position with Park Grant and Morria Wholesale House. Benson credits the training for his success and invites readers to request the free catalog.
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Roy Benson
Sheriff Benson
Grand Forks County
Union Commercial College of
Grand Forks
N. Dak
Park, Grant and Morria Wholesale House
Roy
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Erick Christian
Hamar
Bualness
Miss Prang
Crary
Wiles
Inez Lonneyik
Abbie H. Beat
H. H. Aaker
J. BR. Way
Grand Harbor
John Nesset
Warwick
Ladies’ Aid Society of
St. Olaf's Tutheran Church
H. M. Bekken
Theodore Thompson
Bert Stotlar
Ourth Street
8. C. Bondelid
Misa Mabel
Tolne
Ors. B.A. Sheldon
Mercy ‘Hospital
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Mra
Henry Hale
Burt Boher
Wycott
George Murray
Sherbrooke
Iver, Thompson
Mayville
Devile
Ray
Mrs
H. Huesgen
St. John's
Huesgen
Hugh McKenna
General Hospital
Mra. O'Leary
Glenburn
A. M. Rice
St. Paul
G. L. Gilbertson
The
Sons of Norway
Opera House
Herman Rutten
Mrs. Rutten
Lena Rutten
Miss Rutten
Minot
Minneapolis
Schruth
J. Anderson
Morriton
Minn
Anderson
G.N. Yards
Irvin
Post Office
Earl Clark
Williston
Ing
Mr. Clark
Ming Kathleen Kelly
Herome
Bisbee
Tuenday
Dire
Oseph M. Kelly
Misa Kelly
California
Stir
St. Mary's of the Lake
G. ®. Ward
Mercy Hospital
Webster Farm
Ward
C. J. B. Turner
Allgoe
Cincoe
Canada
Thomas Montgomery
Larimore
Charles Turner
Howard Huesgen
Kittrel
Wolverton
Jack Desmond
Billy
North Yakima Wash
R. W. Schuler
Plymouth
Vic
Western ‘Union
Williams. Warren
New York City
C. Canfield
Cando
Warren
John Canfield
Canberry
Conn
Mrs. Canfield
Howard Whipple
Portland
Ore
Fort Snelling
Jere Baxter
A. C. Whipple
Milwaukee
Frank William Jones
Miss Eather Whipple
Mr. Whipple
Cincinnati
Europe
London
Paris
Riviera
Italy
Franklyn P Davis
Corporation Securities Company
Devils ‘Lake
Davis
C. L. Wallace
Wallace
Ulewates
Reuday
Moder
Board of Education of
Deyita Lake
Prano Opera Faust
Abbie Johnson
Mannonen Minn
Oscar Johnson
Second Street
Miss Johnson
Hilma Freeburg
Tokio
ED Olson
Federation OF Women's Clubs
John J. Samson
Devils Lake, N. O
Henry G. Middaugh
Bateson
R. F. Hunt
Deve Lalla
L. J. Wehe
Oe Ke al Craft
Teder Nites
Brenans Block
C. J. McGurren
Angereas
Tesa
Seung
Thad
Loeke-Grem
Pheoe
Sihler & McIntosh
Rann
Dervita
Gram Construction
Clinton Smith
W. C. Follett Senkiet
Tad Fyne
W. D. Jones
Mwuldinen
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Batnar
Bort
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