Dominion loan to Alberta Saskatchewan farmers to buy seed grain
The Dominion government plans a loan to farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan for seed grain purchases. The scheme would amount to about 4,000,000 and advances would be repayable in three years at standard government rates. Commissioner Gilbreath and Governor Burke promote an industrial function in Bismarck this week.
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Associated Press
Alberta
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Bismarck
Gilbreath
Burke
Missouri River
Kansas City
St. Joseph
James J. Hill
Mississippi
Missouri
New
Northwest
Prohibition in Question Aims to Prohibit All Use
The piece argues prohibition should curb consumption, not merely ban sale. It questions enforcement by advocates who still obtain drink, and suggests penalties for buyers alongside sellers. It cites a Louisville AP dispatch on the Model License League's campaign to penalize purchasing intoxicants.
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Tuk
Missouri
Jewell
Andy Miller
Asa Patterson
Register
Pollock
Louisville
Associated Press
Loth
Prohibition Letter Seeks Strong Penalty Amendment
An open letter to U.S. ministers urges aid to secure legislation. It discusses prohibitory laws nationwide and proposes an amendment for a heavy penalty on purchase or possession of alcohol within prohibition territory to strengthen total prohibition.
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United States
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition
Lincoln Birth Day School Closed With Plans For Eighth Grade Commencement
Wednesday is Lincoln's birth day so no school. A list of themes for eighth grade commencement is being prepared. The literary society meets Friday with an Lincoln Washington birthday program. Girls basketball games and baseball schedule are being arranged. Efforts seek eleventh grade pupils to reach second class status, costing $200 more yearly. The basement floor is oiled germ proof, used by pupils during intermissions. Row 1 and row 2 show perfect attendance and behavior. Geography class adds student papers to read, detailing The Glacial Period in North America with emphasis on North Dakota.
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North America
North Dakota
Eighth Grade Classes Complete Book and Review
The eighth grade grammar class are how committing Tennyson's Sir Galahad and the eighth grade history class has completed the book and will review it. Mrs. Rooks and Miss Moow from Sioux City Iowa visited the reading class Friday afternoon. Only one perfect in orthography this week Dorothy Wise. Our words are welding harder but we should study the larder and keep up our good record.
Sixth Grade Tops Arithmetic Test and Spelling Victory
Donald Paul led last month’s arithmetic with perfect 100 in sixth grade. Girls won the spelling contest 14 to 4 among fifth and sixth graders. Read lists of top spellers and last month’s arithmetic scores for named students.
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Donald Paul
Pupils Ranked By Grade For Month Work
Fourth grade winners are Mabel McCulley first Florence Petrie and Walter Wittminger second Malin Molin third Third grade top student Marian Wood with John Macnider in second place A list of pupils neither absent nor tardy in the past month includes many names such as Alberta Bredberg Florence Culbertson Clara Carley Malin Mohn Florence Coon Jennie Meier Mabel McCulley Florence Petrie Albin Printz Edward Rooks Albert Shier Reinholt Wittmayer Margaret Macnider John Macnider Ida Coon Whilipena Kelsch Marian Wood Dorothy Petrie Lily Pabrenwald Oscar Molin Earl Mewing Walter Waven Mildred Raven Joseph Boseh.
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Mabel McCulley
Florence Petrie
Walter Wittminger
Malin Molin
Marian Wood
John Macnider
Alberta Bredberg
Florence Culbertson
Clara Carley
Malin Mohn
Florence Coon
Jennie Meier
Albin Printz
Edward Rooks
Albert Shier
Unclear Emmons County Land Proof List Assembled
Fragmentary list of names and witnesses tied to final proofs on Emmons county land. It includes numerous typos and partial dates, listing individuals such as Weatherby, John G. Kindseliv, David Yeater, Enoch Clark, Gustav Reimer, Reinhold Mulsky, Arthur Knudtson, Neore Knudtson, Bessie Larson, Martin Appert, and others with scattered dates and roles.
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John G. Kindseliv
Swyr
David Yeater
Enoch B. Clark
William Hawwilton
Swyyr
Gustav Reimer
Reinhold Mulsky
Maley
Segy Yy
Arthur Knudtson
Neore Knudtson
Bessie Larson
Whitsyar
Negross
Martin Appert
A. Mikals
Knudt T. Nordly
George HW
Dexter
Weber
Thomas Rose
Wry
William Schwab
Char
Lipps
Join
Bieogne
Wayne
Rooks
Ston Emmons County
N. J
Changed Owners in Local Real Estate Transfers Record
A table of real estate transfers from the register of deeds shows various United States to private party deeds, quit claims, and warranty deeds. Names include Peter E Bro George Horning Jacob Sluber Kyril Bachmeier Charles Wetvel Edwin Clark Jacob Aljeo Mary J. Kelley Edward Larvick Thomas M Gray Asa W. Kenney Anton Goehring George Horning Jacob Sauter and more, with parcel references and lot descriptions.
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Register of Deeds
United States
Peter E Bro
George Horning
Jacob Sluber
Kyril Bachmeier
Edwin Clark
Jacob Aljeo
Mary J. Kelley
Shfofneyr
Edward Larvick
Whfofne
Thomas M Gray
Elf
Anton Goehring
Jacob Brunmeier
German Baptist Church
Jacob Sauter
Whhf
Negrofto
Anton Heilman
Peter L. Prichard
Adam Nigel
R. M. Volk
Hague
S. Y. Hyde
Arend Hasper
Celia J. Corll
N. L. Sherman
Andrew Wolfer
Itunter
Linton
Asi Viletes Canessen
Eye M. Volk
D. J. Reynolds
Ehf
Side Gaeleet
Beetle
Katharina Schmidt
Adam Zalin
Lot
Edick
Jos. L. Kelley
Wagrof
Dancing Mountains on the Arid Colorado Desert Mirage
A four member party in the Colorado Desert near the Mexican boundary witnesses a surreal star lit display. Mountains float rise and fall then perform dances and shifts into cities castles and scenes before a drying lake of fire sinks and mountains return to stillness. This vivid desert vision is recounted in dramatic first person narration.
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Colorado Desert
Lake of Light
Chicago
Harvey HL Kessler
Los Angeles Times
Good Bridge Promotes Judgement and Exact Play
The article argues that in bridge a strong maker excels by careful hand evaluation and precise decisions. It stresses choosing between suits, judging five versus four card holdings, and maintaining focus on the evolving score to strengthen overall play.
English Teaching Impresses French Classmates
Barrett Wendell notes high quality secular instruction in France. He observes a group of sixteen year olds learning English with near native proficiency, debating distinctions among priest cleric minister and Anglican dissenter, illustrating broader excellence in French education across disciplines.
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Harvard
France
Barrett Wendell
Paper Tiger and Lantern Riddles From a Chinese Laundromat
A New York Press anecdote describes a Lexington Avenue laundromat owner who calls a nonpayer a paper tiger. He explains a paper tiger as a harmless blackguard, and adds Chinese metaphors for American pride, wealth, and missionary zeal.
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Lexington Avenue
Twenty-third Street
China
New York Press
Arab Honeymoon Customs Poisoned By Seven Day Isolation
Wide World Magazine notes that after a Muslim wedding the bride must stay in her room for seven days. She sees only her husband's female relatives while remaining in wedding attire and doing nothing. The groom often sneaks out at night after three days to visit friends and avoids his wife's family. If he meets the father in law before seven days end he turns away and covers his face. Iblis embodies their honeymoon, seen as tedious as a European couple's continental tour.
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Norton
Hiram
Margaret
Wide World Magazine
Peter the Great
Peter
Good Ink Yet No Bread Among Early Roman Printers
A note from Argonaut describes Bweynheym and Pannartz the first printers in Rome who used fine paper and ink. Despite printing over four centuries ago their letter to the pope laments hunger as their house filled with proof sheets but no food.
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Bweynheym and
Pannartz
Rome
To Her Credit Swift Exchange Word Play
The dialogue features Miss Diggs and Miss Passay debating a man’s remark about age. Diggs coyly notes the compliment hides how well age is concealed, while Passay mocks the impudence of the comment in a lively Philadelphia Press exchange.
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Miss Diggs
Beheading Tale Appeals to Scottish Clan Memory
An elderly storyteller recalls a Scottish clan chief beheaded amid shared trouble. The old woman notes the deed was the grand act of the moment, yet a sorrowful loss to the fallen chief. Her tale emphasizes memory and the cost of fierce events.
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Scotland
Barber Answer Sparks City Clerk Shaving Dilemma
A youthful city clerk asked if a man should shave up or down. The barber grinned and said it depends, noting that when shaving the clerk he always shaves down.
Aiming and Hitting: Women’s Club Debate on Its Focus
A Philadelphia Press report captures a humorous exchange where Mr Kidder argues a women’s club should aim beyond suffrage to achieve success. Miss Strong counters that the club’s sole object is suffrage, while Kidder concedes broader aims may indirectly reach that goal.
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Mr. Kidder
Miss Strong
Philadelphia Press
Night at the Theater Too Quiet Says Manager
A playwright notes the audience did not hiss after an unsuccessful first night while the manager laments the crowd was too sleepy to react. The exchange highlights a lackluster opening performance and the tension between artistic ambition and audience energy.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Royal dentist and jealous telegraph jokes
Peter the Great enjoyed tooth extractions and forcibly treated a feigning patient. A jealous husband learns his wife never had a decayed tooth. A misread telegram from Dover leads to a comical domestic misunderstanding and laughter.
Dawn of Reason in Humans and Apes, John Burroughs
Excerpt discusses the emergence of reason in humans from animal origins. It notes that higher anthropoid apes show early glimpses of reasoning, while young children start with instincts and reactions before developing rational thought. Burroughs argues there was a point where reason began.
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John Burroughs
Outing Magazine
Percentages In Shopping Explain Four Shopper Classes
A department store floorwalker and a visitor discuss shopper behavior dividing women buyers into four groups. The fourth class, about 5 percent, knows what she wants and exits quickly, though she spends less than the second and third classes. The remark cites a New York Globe attribution.
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New York Globe
Am bala Circus Poster Promises Varied Acts
A historical poster from Am bala India advertises circus acts including horses performing tricks, a clown talking with horses to evoke laughter, boys in mud events, a wire-walker described as a professor, and a dramatic finale. It notes no sticks or smoke for spectators and labels the show as superior.
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Ambala
India
N. B
The Giraffe's Neck and Obvious Humor
A survey of 19th century ideas and jokes about evolution and daily life. The passage riffs on Lamarckism noting how a giraffe neck idea traces parental stretching to offspring. It also includes a comic elopement with a rope ladder and a quip on a mother's busy labors.
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May Kaven
Mildred Lynn
Glen Schlangen
Ida Fahrenwald
Norman Daffinrud
Kaven
Gerhard Bunge
Gertrude Wescott
Emerson Martin
Edna Mohn
Norman Dafigrad
Lester Schlangen
Marc Schlansen
Peter Schmidt
Gerrit Rooks
First Intermediate Department
Emmons County
Charles Wetvel
Asa W. Kenney
A. N. Laumgartner
Nathan L. Sherman
C. E. Lennan
Ahfand Segraf
Carl Gronau
George Nueve
Carl Grovau
George Naeve
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Kintyre
British Royal Horticultural Society
Francis Rivers
Europe
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Reine Claude
England
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Gage
London Chronicle
Colorado
Smith & Irvine
Linton, North Dakota
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Dover
Mr. X
Mati Las
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John Peterson
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