North Dakota News Listings Highlights Local Events
A compilation from Williston to Jamestown lists major happenings across the state. Notable notes include Jay Batten’s promotion in France, large real estate transfers in Ward County, and a wide array of incidents from gas stove burns to meteor fragments and draft-related actions. Community plans, arrests, weather, births, deaths, and public notices fill the column.
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Seal
Williston
Jay Batten
United States Engineers
France
Minot
Ward County
Bismarck
L. B. Hanna
Paris
Marshall H. Jewell
North Dakota
Park River
P. Grobel
Wimbledon
J. Nelson Hobbs
Alex Ford
Pembina
Joseph Shaw
Bowesmont
Thomas Shaw
Phoenix
Ariz
Shaw
Cavalier
Maxwell Short
Camp Fremont
Cal
Presidio
Mott
J. A. Treganza
Iowa Academy of Science
Britt
Iowa
Grafton
Walsh County
Henry T. Bechtold
Glen Allin
N. C
Frazier
Frank Lempke
Elgin
N. D
Bechtold
State Board of Auditors
State Capitol
Board of Auditors
Hismarck
F. L. Watkins
State Enforcement League
L. P. Muens
Hague
R. D. Hoskins
Adjutant General's Staff
Provost Marshal General's Office
Fargo
North Dakota Agricultural College Vocational Training School
North Dakces
Hillsboro
Chris Foss
Hans Holson
Lars Hegle
Anton Ouren
Hannaford
Griggs County
A. J. Osman
Red Lake Falls
Minn
Red River
John P. French
Burleigh County
Burleigh Draft Board
United States District Court
John Johnson
Grassy Lake
Johnson
Hazen
Anton Horner
Jamestown
James River Valley
Buy Coal Now Or Freeze Next Winter In North Dakota
North Dakota official James A. Little warns of a coal shortage and urges rapid stockpiling to avoid winter hardship. He cites scarce anthracite, limited lake movement, and reliance on lignite, urging residents to buy coal now before mines and supply fail.
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National Fuel Administration
Washington
North Dakota
James A. Little
North Dakota Railway Commission
Bidonul
Sign Your Pledge and Make Good Thrift Stamps Drive
North Dakota Council of Defense urges residents to sign and uphold a pledge to buy thrift stamps. The piece promotes monthly investments of $5, noting savings stamps can grow into substantial sums by 1919, with six months of payments yielding more than seven certificates maturing at 35 to 40 dollars each.
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North Dakota
North Dakota Council of Defense
County council appeal for community efficiency
The North Dakota Council of Defense asks readers to assess their county council. If inactive or missing, write to Secretary Box at Bixmarek to propose ways to contribute and improve local wartime harmony and efficiency.
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North Dakota Council of Defense
Bidine
Secretary Box
Quite Council
Bixmarek
Great Picture Wershing's Crusaders Shown Across North Dakota
Thousands of North Dakotans have seen the government produced war film Wershing's Crusaders. It opened in Bismarck and tours Fargo Grand Forks and Jamestown, with plans to exhibit in every town and village. Any profit from the three shows goes to the state council of defense.
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North
North Dakota
Council of Defense
North Dakota Urges Unified Patriotic Publicity Coordination
The North Dakota Council of Defense executive committee calls the U S Bureau of Efficiency to coordinate national and state patriotic publicity to avoid duplication. They note over 1,000 dollars monthly funds for multiple bureaus flood papers, limiting local news space and ad opportunities. The move follows a wartime press conference in Bismarck and reflects national demand for streamlined efforts.
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North Dakota Council of Defense
U.S
North Dakota
Bismarck
One Half Wheat Cut Proposed to Feed Allies Sustain War Bread
U S Food Administration in Washington outlines a wartime plan to cut wheat use by half to 21 million bushels monthly while preserving supplies for the army and allies. Rules urge households to limit wheat to 1½ pounds weekly per person and impose wheatless days, rationed bakery purchases, and seller limits to ensure equitable distribution until harvest loosens restrictions.
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U. S. Food Administration
Washington
Food Administration
Victory
Mimi
Sabotage Guard Urged For North Dakota War Effort
The North Dakota Council of Defense calls every citizen to guard elevators, grain warehouses, and food stores against sabotage. Severe penalties include fines up to 10 000 dollars and up to 80 years imprisonment for willful destruction of war materials or war premises. Citizens should report suspicious acts to state officials or Thomas Allan Box in Bismarck.
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North Dakota Council of Defense
Uncle Sam
United States
North Dakota
LW. W
State Council of Defense
Thomas Allan Box
Biemarck
Pershing Soldier Appears in War Film in North Dakota
Corporal Harold J. Smith of the Pershing unit, featured in Pershing’s Crusaders, saw himself on screen at the BisMarck Auditorium and spoke to the crowd after the film. The film tours North Dakota, with showings in Grand Forks Fargo and Jamestown, and Smith has a 640 acre Dickinson grazing homestead. Governor Frazie urged morale support for War Savings Day as McAdoo names it a national quota item.
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Munich
Langdon
Fargo
Minot
Dorothy Eloise
H. E. Silver
Nap Lafleur
Knights of Columbus
France
8S. Robbins
Cecil Innis
Grand Forks
Willis O. Gish
Clyde
N. D
Colorado
San Francisco Bay
Sargent
Jackman
Dickinson
Elizabeth Fecht
Sutton
Robert P. Lyle
Peter
Lyle
Here
Griggs County
Schafer
Frank Oeder
John Hively
Oeder
Hively
Valley City
State Normal
Hatton
United States
Archie Dingnan
Northern Pacific
Company
Glendive
Mont
Mandan
Wm. N. Doty
Waterloo
Iowa
N. P
Morton County
Bismarck
State Board of Health
North Dakota
Steele County
Finley
Hope
Sherbrooke
A. T. Cole
Supreme Court
Jamestown
Jamestown Commercial Club
Herbold
Steve Avery
O. W. Roberts
Wilton
Roberts
Red Cross
Estelle Cregg
Crescent Laundry
Pershing
Corporal Smith
North Dakota Council of Defense
Lynn J. Frazie
Secrary McAdoo
Sugar Ration Rules Guide for Households and Dealers
The document outlines federal sugar rationing guidance. It covers substitution options for sugar, allocation limits for households eateries and boarding houses, permit needs for canning sugar, dealer statements, and procedures to obtain extra sugar, with emphasis on accuracy, record keeping, and prompt applications.
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E. F. Ladd
Federal Food Adm
Pin Or Needle Cut Paper Like Scissors
A Popular Science Monthly tip recommends using a pin or needle to cut paper when scissors or a knife are unavailable. For a single sheet, trace the clipping outline with the pin held slantwise and follow around the edge to cut smoothly. War Savings Stamps purchase is presented as a duty.
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Popular Science Monthly
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