Murder of Leo Frank Shocks Nation and Georgia Abuses
The Record condemns the lynching of Leo Frank at the Georgia state pen in Atlanta as a brutal act of mob rule. It notes calls for punishment of all participants, cites alleged innocence claims, and compares the murder to a national disgrace while urging civil justice. Grant Call reports on local business support for the Red Trail auto route, the need for a bridge, and regional plans to promote tourism and investment in Bismarck and Burleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Leo M. Frank
Georgia State Penitentiary
Atlanta
Frank
Georgia State
United States Supreme Court
State Penitentiary
Mexico
Grant Call
Goodridge-Call Lumber Company
Bismarck
Grant
Wesr
Burleigh County
Strassburg affair highlights liquor law enforcment failures
A Strasburg incident illustrates how lax local authorities undermine law enforcement. The Record notes demoralization and broad disregard for authority when illicit stills or blind pigging go unchecked. An arrested driver fined for speeding is contrasted with another claiming to lead the way for the car.
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Strasburg
Pigs, Peddlers and Policy in Local Justice
A town’s enforcement pattern favors avoiding arrests of liquor peddlers to protect allies in the pigging business. Hazelton faced a similar threat when an irate wife threatened action against a booze-peddler. The Strasburg incident suggests officials, including the state's attorney and sheriff, may be aware of illicit networks and reluctant to pursue some offenders.
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Dinances
Strasburg
Hazelton
Mesera
Lynn
Kyes
Automobiles Multiply as North Dakota Sees Prosperity
Registrations in the secretary of state office show 23,000 autos now recorded with licenses arriving daily. Projections put year end stock at 23,500. With a state population around 625,000, that equates to one car for roughly 2613 people, signaling rising prosperity and increasing investment estimates between 6.5 and 23.5 million dollars depending on valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Notice to Hunters Licenses by Mail
Notice to Hunters states license application blanks mailed to Banks and post offices. Fill blanks, attach money order for $1, send to county auditor for license. Open Season dates for prairie birds and waterfowl with bag limits listed. Ads note hats at reduced prices and farm produce exchanges with Mrs. Wm, Kaven & Co.
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Hunter
Esos
Wm, Kaven & Co
Adv
Funeral of Gid Knowles Noted Pioneer in Emmons County
The Velva Journal reprints the Velva obituary of Joshua Giddings Knowles, pioneer of Emmons county born 1859 in Montford Wisconsin. He moved to Lincoln County South Dakota in 1873 and to Emmons county in 1884, married Marie Knutson in 1885, had five children, with two sons died in infancy and Edgar died in Velva in 1903. He lived in Velva, operated in stock, spent summers in Canada, and underwent cancer surgery in Minneapolis last October. He died July 28 after months of ill health, survived by his wife three daughters Masses Clara May Ruth, his father at the Soldiers Home Lisbon, an uncle and three brothers.
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Velva Journal
Gid
Knowles
Emmons County
Joshua Giddings Knowles
Methodist Church
Prine
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Marie Knutson
Edgar
Velva
Canada
Minneapolis
Clara
May
Ruth
Lisbon
Mr. Knowles
Wanted ad for industrious man to sell farm products
An industrious man is sought to earn about $100 per month by retailing products to farmers. Applicant must have starting funds and furnish a contract signed by two responsible men. Address W. T. Rawleigh Company, Freeport, Illinois, giving age occupation and references.
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W. T. Rawleigh Company
Freeport
Ill
Germans Aim for Petrograd as Slavs Fight Desperately
Luden Aug 13 The Baltic flank of von Hindenburgs forces nears the Dvina and Petrograd is within 300 miles. Kovno holds but faces likely attack next week as Germans push toward the Russian capital while British and Russian press weigh Austro German plans. Russian rear guards battle to slow the advance, with heavy sacrifice near Dvina and Kovno amid a presumed German strategy to push a deep Russian campaign rather than a western assault.
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Luden
Baltic
von Hindenburg
Dvina
Higa
Dyinsky
Petrograd
Kovno
Alm
Warsaw
Russia
France
Belgium
Public Forum Ripley on Railroads and People Relations
E P Ripley president of the Santa Fe Railroad argues public talk improves honesty between railroads and citizens. He notes hostile legislation persists, state commissions act for people not railroads, and that justice and fair compensation are essential. long run service will reflect payments and true market competition.
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E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
An Exception That Follows Repetition and Originality
A reflection on effort and originality noting that persistence enables success in almost any task, except when one imitates others instead of forging an authentic path.
Funston May Need More Men to Quell Rising Along Rio Grande
General Frederick Funston commanding the southern department says he will request more troops if the Mexican uprising in the Rio Grande valley spreads beyond current districts. He notes 17,000 are in service and 3,000 remain in reserve at El Paso, except for the Fifteenth cavalry.
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Funston
San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Funston
Southern Department
Rio Grande Valley
Fifteenth Cavalry
el Paso
Sweden poised to join U S note on neutral trade
Washington Aug 13. Sweden may send a concurrent note to Britain regarding interferences with neutral trade as the United States prepares its communication. No official negotiations between the United States and Sweden have occurred at the Swedish legation.
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Sweden
U. S
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Kaiser Fears Russian Spies Delays Warsaw Entry
Amsterdam reports Kaiser Wilhelm hesitated on entering Warsaw fearing Russian agents had mined public places and waited to assassinate him. Reliable sources say he planned to enter with his victorious troops after the Russians.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Harvest notes and social rounds in Aug. 17 record
Livona Lingo reports a busy harvest in the vicinity with buffaloberries surviving frost and plentiful. John Grenz sold his Studebaker and ordered a five passenger overland. Margaret Kennelly returns to Mandan after a Baker ranch visit. Ghas Rathburn Lem Ferguson Geo Knudtson and Wesley Baker party in Hazelton. Wesley Baker and Jas. Lawry visit Glencoe for Mrs Lane and Grandma Robinson.
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John Grenz
Studebaker
Margaret Kennelly
Mandan
Baker Ranch
Ghas Rathburn
Lem Ferguson
Geo, Knudtson
Wesley Baker
Hazelton
Three Bandits Killed Spark Fears of Wider Trouble
Brownsville Texas Aug 13 After a quiet period border bandit activity surged this forenoon three bandits were killed in a running fight with soldiers and citizens. Thirty five bandits fled across the river with a hundred more joining them. The Ninth Infantry arrived to bolster forces and reports said five thousand more troops ordered here. Two troop trains from Monterey reached Matamoros adding to the tense border situation.
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Brownsville
Texas
Merecetes
Donna
Ninth Infantry
Laredo
Monterey
Obregon
Matamoros
United States
Russian Warship Sinop Damaged Near Roumania
A Bucharest dispatch reported a badly damaged Russian battleship Sinop, 11,032 tons, built in 1887, lying in the outer roadstead at Manglesia Roumania after striking a mine during a Turkish coast attack. The vessel has not interned and is likely under repair.
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Berlin
London
Bucharest
Vossiche Zeitung
Sinop
Mangesia
Roumania
Mangelia
Sebastopol
UK PRICES FIXED AT CLOSE FIGURE THROUGH GOOD PRINTING
Prices across the industry are held steady as printers promise accurate figures and prompt service. The move aims to reassure buyers that cost estimates reflect actual costs and supply constraints. Industry officials stress consistency and reliability as top priorities.
Third Warship 18 Now On Way To Southern Waters
Washington reports that three battleships of the fourth division of the Atlantic fleet have been ordered to southern waters for any duty required. The Louisiana and New Hampshire sailed from Newport R I, and the Connecticut is now in Haitian waters after two days of talks between navy officials and President Wilson.
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Washington
Navy
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Daniels
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Newport
R. 1
Connecticut
Haitien
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Emmons County Record
Linton
S. F
ONEER
Deering
Russia's
Fhat
Roullef
Czara Wien
Livona Lingo
Leonard du Heaume Real Estate
Armstrong & Cameron
Lixton
C. O. Smith
Ofgars
Attorneys-at-Law
Skitts & Hinton
Linton N. D
Linton Lodge
Stone Crag
I. N. Turner
Eine Atha
Bec
Goodridge —Call Lumber Company
DR. Wolverton’s Hospital
W.C. Wolverton
Smith & Irvine
Linton, North Dakota
Sandbo
Ford
Emmons
B. Landsberger
Hazelton, N. D
Don Tracy
Milton B. Tracy
Pollock
South Dakota
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