Spiritwood Lake rally showcases independent victories
A large Spiritwood Lake gathering in Stutsman County celebrated independent wins in the recent primary. Speakers included Gronna and Totten, with Nielson defending her role under league rules as changes to absent voter and state authority were criticized.
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Spiritwood Lake
Stutsman County
Fay Harding
League
Miss Nielson
The
Geo. Toten
Bowman County
Niel Macdonald
Darkness in Cells Makes Goldfish Blind, Study Finds
Ogneff kept goldfish in absolute darkness for three years with ample space and food. Resulting in total blindness, the rods and cones of the retina disappeared, leaving the fish unable to see.
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Ogneff
New York Herald
Farm Bureau Plans Harvest Wage Proposal and Meetings
The Farm Bureau meeting in the Court House approved a proposed 5.00 per day wage for harvest work and discussed threshing wages. A threshermen’s meeting is planned for Saturday afternoon August 14 at 3 p m. Wool growers are urged to meet the county agent on August 7 at Hazelton and August 9 at Strasburg. A state wool pool will store wool in Fargo until prices recover. A county-wide farmers day or harvest festival is planned after harvest with further announcements to follow.
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Farm Bureau
Court House
Hazelton
Strasburg
State Association of
Wool Growers
Fargo
Coolidge Accepts Republican Nomination at Smith College Ground
Governor Coolidge accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination in Northampton Massachusetts. He urged reverence for law and warned against private will replacing public will while stressing the nation must recover its government and property from war reactions. Governor Morrow of Kentucky announced the nomination at Allen Field before a large crowd.
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Northampton
Mass
Allen Field
Smith College
Thirteen Tennessee Legislators Vacancies Set for Special Elections
Nashville Tenn Thirteen vacancies in the Tennessee Legislature must be filled before the suffrage amendment vote. Three Senate seats and ten in the House face special elections August 5 ordered by Governor Roberts due to deaths resignations and other appointments. Some lawmakers contest the vacancies.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Senate
Roberts
Palmer forms panel to fix coal price as profiteering probes begin
New York Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer and coal industry reps agree to a representative committee to set the maximum price for bituminous coal. Individuals and firms taking excessive profits will face investigation and prosecution under the Lever act.
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New York
A. Mitchell Palmer
Governor Cantu Rallies in Mexicali Against Federal Troops
Preparations to resist 3 000 Mexican federal troops en route to attack Lower California ports were reported by Governor Estaban Cantu in Mexicali signaling defense measures and local mobilization.
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Mexicali
Lower Calif
Lower California
Estaban Cantu
New Assistant to Baker Named War Secretary Succeeds Crowell
Washington announces William R. Williams of Richmond Virginia appointed assistant secretary of war succeeding Benedict Crowell who resigned to return to private business.
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Washington
William R. Williams
Richmond
Benedict Crowell
Cincinnati Captain Monfort Dies in New York Visit
Elias R. Monfort aged 78 a former national commander of the G A R died unexpectedly at Oaks Corner New York while visiting his daughter.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Elias R. Monfort
Oaks Corner
N. Y
Bolsheviks Reported Enter Tehran Amid Persian Crisis
Dispatch from Constantinople states the Persian legation has received word that Bolsheviks entered Tehran the capital of Persia as geopolitical tensions rise in the region.
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Teheran
Constantinople
Persia
Townley Orders Secret Drive to Raise Dues and Enroll Members
The Record reports Townley’s strict instructions to league workers to raise cash for the campaign. Teams should secure cash or cash checks, report refusals with reasons, and collect post-dated checks due by Oct 1, 1920. Work crews must document nonmembers and proceed aggressively across townships and towns in a two year election period.
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Townley
Townsip League
League
North Dakota
Legion Meeting Plans Delegation To Minot Convention
The Dan R. Richardson Post of the American Legion meets in the Band Hall under the First National Bank at 8 p m. Delegates will be elected to the state convention in Minot on August 25 and 26.
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Dan R. Richardson
The
American Legion
First National Bank
Minot
Linton City Order on Weed Cutting Deadline
Notice to property owners that all weeds must be cut by August 15, 1920 or the city will cut them and assess costs. City Council by order C A Wolverton acting mayor and E H Smith auditor dated August 4 1920 in Linton North Dakota Adv August 12.
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City of
Linton
E. H. Smith
N. D
Emmons County Threshers Meeting Set for Aug 14 in Court House
In the Court House on Saturday August 14 at 3 P M the Emmons County threshers meet to discuss wages for pitchers bundle teams and prices for threshing headed and bundle grain with aim to agree on a uniform scale if possible.
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Emmons County Threshers
Court House
Teachers Examination Held At Linton Courthouse
Teachers without certificates who expect to teach this fall must attend the examination at the court house in Linton on Thursday and Friday August 12th and 13th.
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Court House
Linton
Gently Correcting Dad Sparks Mild Family Debate
Pansy Pyetin objects to her father’s language use, noting his grammar is uniformly correct and implies he avoids theaters cabarets and similar venues. The exchange centers on propriety and linguistic precision within a family setting.
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Pansy Pyetin
Father
Grammer
Rail equipment trust to aid railways and consumer prices
New York's National Railway Service corporation plans a 30 million dollar issue of equipment notes to fund railways in need of new cars and engines. Cars, rails, and other lines including Baltimore and Ohio, Rock Island, and Minneapolis and St. Louis will participate. The plan offers outright purchase or leasing options with a 15 year term. About 40 percent of the issue may be government financed at 6 percent. remaining funding from private lenders at 7 percent. The aim is to ease congestion at mills and mines and lower consumer costs for food shipped by rail.
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New York
National Railway Service Corporation
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Rock Island
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Bangor & Argo
Bank Robbery Ends in Shootout Near Grass Lake
Deputy Sheriff Harry Worden killed and Deputy Kutt wounded as six bandits rob Farmers State Bank at Grass Lake twelve miles east of here. A large posse led by Sheriff Edwin Larrabee pursues bandits, who are captured after a marsh fight near Mack Island. About $10,000 in currency and bonds recovered from a cottage upstairs room.
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Jackson
Mtch
Harry Worden
Kutt
Farmers State Bank
Grass Lake
Here
Mack Island
Wolf Lake
Naval force augmented with six destroyers in near east
Washington says six destroyers ordered to sail from Philadelphia within about 10 days to join Turkish waters forces under Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol. The addition brings 10 destroyers plus the cruiser Chattanooga as a precaution to protect American lives and property if needed.
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Washington
Near East
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Mark L. Bristol
Chattanooga
Department
Ludendorff proposes 1.5 million army to fight Bolsheviki
Berlin dispatch reports General Ludendorff offering Britain a 1.5 million man army to oppose Bolsheviki in Russia. He conditions the plan on Germany regaining Posen and the annulment of Versailles clauses on Danzig.
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Paris
Ludendorff
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Posen
Danzig
Ten Inning Thriller Between Linton and Pollock
A hot baseball battle at Lin ton ends in a ten inning thriller with Linton winning 2 to 1 after a disputed ninth inning. Ronning and Crowskin pitched superbly as both sides delivered strong defense and timely hits. Babe Mohn and A E Becker contributed key moments in a hard fought, low scoring contest.
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Pollock
Linton
Linton Diamond
Crowskin
Flasher
Mandan
Ronning
Bertheau
Aston Junge
Babe Mohn
A. E. Becker
Becker
Mohn
Charlie Paulson
County School Notes Nine Month Attendance and Graduates
Nine month perfect attendance certificates awarded to Ethelyn Green Winchester Albin Carlson Kintyre Max Orleske Dakem James Schlangen Emmonsburg Solomon and William Zimbelman Williamsport. Three month certificates given to Ethelyn Green Raymond Deitlein Esther Anderson and Clarence Seaquist Kintyre. One hundred three eighth grade graduates this year with diplomas to Ruth Jordan Lily A Sterling Oliver Cabbage Lois Simpkins Norris Yeater Hazelton Irvin Grogan Linton Marie Schall Amelia Volk Hague Hazel Martini Braddock Fannie Havemn Hull Esther Anderson Florence Pattie Adams Kintyre. Laura Buck and Mabel Brekke received Reading Circle Certificates. Exeter district still not reporting on Teachers Retirement.
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Ethelyn Green
Winchester
Albin Carlson
Kintyre
Max Orleske
Dakem
James Schlangen
Emmonsburg
Solomon
William Zimbelman
Williamsport
Raymond
Esther Deitlein
Esther Anderson
Clarence Seaquist
Ruth Jordan
Lily A. Sterling
Oliver Cabbage
Lois Simpkins
Norris Yeater
Hazelton
Irvin Grogan
Linton
Marie Schall
Amelia Volk
Hague
Hazel
Martini
Braddock
Fannie Havemn
Hull
Florence
Pattie Adams
Laura Buck
Mabel Brekke
Exeter
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Spiritwood
Coalition
Granna
United States Senate
Board of Administration
Totten
Tom Hall
W. H. Stutsman
Sen. Gronna
Alex McKenzie
F. T. O’connor
Lynn J. Frazier
House of Representatives
Lemke
Farm Bureau Briefs
Coolidge
Morrow
Kentucky
Baker
Legion Meeting
H. H. Hanggon
Service Corporation
U. S
Bolsheviki
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