Emmons County Sees Crime Wave Rival Cities In North Dakota
The Emmons County seat reports a weekday federal raid against booze vendors and several fires in two months. Officials say eight federal officers, led by Stone with Watkins, found liquor on several suspects and liquor and stills tied to a prior Chaney raid. A hotel and a hardware store burned in a fourth blaze, forcing volunteers to salvage stock.
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Emmons
North Dakota
Bismarck
Linton
Stone
Watkins
Bismarck Tribune
Jos. Volk, Jr
League
Andrew Scherr
M. Baumgartner
Strasburg
Fred. Kistinton
Theo. Brenner
I. T. Chaney
John Schenkenberger
Pomerance Hardware
Fred Heinrich
F. Meier, Sr
Arthur
Pomerance
Walter Mewing
Peoples State Bank
Verlander
Farm Briefs and Local Happenings
Lilac bushes budded in Wah on December 11. The banana belt region notes mild climate. Westfield community forms a livestock shipping association to coordinate local farming needs.
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Wahpet
Westfield
Iowa farmers worse off than North Dakotans says Westfield visitors
Westfield observers describe Iowa farmers unable to pay high cash rents and leaving fields unharvested. Renters refuse to harvest crops and landlords demand payment with crops. Cedar Falls Normal reports 25 daughters of affluent farmers return home due to lack of funds. Land prices soar, cash rents rise, prompting Iowa residents to consider North Dakota for affordable land.
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Iowa
N. C
Cedar Falls Normal
Westfield
North Dakota
Against National Wheat Growers in Emmons County
Local farmers reject the National Wheat Growers move to organize here arguing they offer no workable marketing plan and only skim fees. The speaker notes price uncertainty and warns against overorganization duplicating The Committee of 17 which is developing a steadier marketing system.
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Emmons
Committee of 17
Farm Bureau to Protect From Over-Taxation
President Howard and others press to revise federal tax law. The Ralsto Nolan bill with its billion dollar tax on farm land could fail to pass. A proposed one percent sales tax on all commodities would raise billions but burden farmers. The Committee of 17 plans a marketing proposal to be voted on by state and county farm bureaus. Join the farm bureau to vote.
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Howard
American Farm Bureau
Ralsto-Nolan
Farm Bureau
Daily Walk Habit Encouraged Over Sit and Strive
An old advising note extols daily walking as superior to constant appmient and high tension work. It warns against long spurts of work or rest, urging both men and women to schedule door exercise in the form of walking, per the exchange.
Fire damage eyed at hotel with limited insurance cited
The rear of the hotel was prepared for a pyrotechnic display and potential flame spread. Dr. Hogue owned the hotel with little coverage, while Mrs. Schenkenberger held 1200 on hotel equipment. Mrs. Bagch carried about 2500 on the hardware building and 500 on fixtures. Two youths, Harold Brid dell and Elmer Brown, were jailed for breaking into box cars and reportedly confessed to a prior cigar and candy theft later traced by brand identification. Brown is on parole from a past auto theft case near Hazelton.
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Dr. Hogue
Brown
Hazelton
Punctuality Pins Awarded to North Dakota Students
Mercy Christmas notes list pupils earning Punctuality Pins for three months of perfect attendance including Ronald Aarvng Engner Lilja Hannah Schulz and more. Nine Month Diplomas of Honor go to Enger Stella Lilja Berndt Aar ing Chester Nelson Kintyre and Stanley Bechtle. Red Cross drives urge donations to aid three and a half million European children with $33 million expected to be raised.
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Ronald
Viola Aarvng
Engner Lilja
Hannah Schulz
Theodore Oberg
Kirtyre
Thelma Harwood
Danbury
Louise Barton
Robert Baer
Agon Feltheim
Lillian Hill
Margaret Higgins
Mamie Naaden
Thomas Shepard
Arden
Eldon Vie
Willard Naramore
Agnes Langeliers
Lavina Harrison
Glanavon
Helena Bosch
Winchester
Enger
Stella Lilja
Berndt Aaring
Chester Nelson
Kintyre
Stanley Bechtle
Red Cross
Red Cross News
Santa Claus
South Prairie No. 3
Helen Keltgen
Europe
The
K. C
Jewish Relief
Herbert Hoover
M. T. Barger
Linton, Treas
Emmons County Red Cross
State Home Building Stopped Amid Funds Shortage
The Industrial Commission halted all activities in the home building line with many houses under construction in Bismarck and Fargo. Action reportedly due to lack of funds as bonds for the department remained unpaid.
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Bismarck
Fargo
Bank of North Dakota
Bankers of
North Dakota
Bank of
Administstration
Industrial Commission
The
Weather report from Linton Substation weekly summary
U S Weather Bureau Linton Substation reports the week ending today with daily high and low temperatures, precipitation totals, and a note on sunrise and sunset. The mean daily temperature was 23 degrees and precipitation totaled 0.5 inches. The text also explains day length and the winter solstice occurring December 21. Cold unsettled weather continues with little relief expected.
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VIGOR
Taslelle
Chelcociene
Tropic of Capricorn
Artful Notions Behind Social Success
A reflective line from Bomton Post suggests that maintaining composure and restraint hides one’s boredom, a social strategy admired in polite society. The quote highlights ease, dignity, and subtle influence as key components of refined behavior.
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Bomton Post
The Immeasurable Loss Poem by Ninette M. Lowater
A war poem laments Earth's losses and the unseen grief of widows and orphans. It honors brave soldiers who died for ideals, contrasting their unburnt homes with the oblivion that follows. The speaker mourns the high costs of conflict and the memory of fallen lives.
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Earth
Elate
Not Down Hearted Farmer Questions Wheat Prices and State Mills
A North Dakota farmer writes to the Minneapolis Journal detailing his decade of losses in wheat farming. He explores blame, speculation, and the idea of state mills while noting neighbors' views, Canadian and British influence on prices, and his own confusion over economic futility.
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Minneapolis Journal
North Dakota
Big Biz
Debs
Frazier
Chamber of Commerce
England
Minneapolis
Canada
Minnneapolis
Knights of Pythias Lodge Holds Successful Convention
The local Knights of Pythias convened with seventeen Neophites starting a desert trip aided by Spurs recipients. Out‑of‑town visitors included Supreme Representative R. L. Best and several grand officers. A social session followed the Page rank ceremony and refreshments pleased all. The Bank of Esquire class will be conferred this Thursday with high attendance expected. The goat ceremony adds local charm as winter promises busy Pythian activity.
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Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge of the Domain of
North Dakota
Mandan
Bismarck
Winnipeg
Can
Albany
N. Y
Fargo
Hazelton
Bank of Esquire
R. L. Best
Bowers
Capt
Belk
Kennedy
Dow
Forister
Armstrong
Lenhart
Eteran
Hendrix
Thers
Pythian
Townley Manager Must Go To Prison
Joseph Gilbert former manager of the Nonpartisan League was convicted in Goodhue county for interference with recruiting during World War I. The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Minnesota and district court verdict, sentencing him to one year in jail and a $500 fine.
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United States Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court
District Court of
Goodhue County
Joseph Gilbert
Nonpartisan League
Gilbert
Grand Jury
State Supreme Court
District Court
St. Paul Dispatch
Origin of the Jazz Band Rumor in a French Paper
A French paper claimed the jazz band idea began during the Directory era. It recounts Cat orchestra concerts where twenty cats sat on a harpsichord keyboard and, when a performer struck the keys, pulled the cats’ tails to produce a caterwaul resembling jazz.
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Chicago
National Wheat Growers
Mercy Christmas
Wisconsin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ninette M. Lowater
G. E. Griswold
New England, N. D
K. P
Townley
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