Resigned publisher alleges league papers mismanaged
Press Bureau Head Kicks Over O. T. Rishoff resigns as head of the Publishers National Service Bureau amid accusations of autocratic control and farmer losses in North Dakota’s Nonpartisan league papers. He warns of criminal arrests unless a clean-up occurs, citing stock payments and corporate mismanagement in Emmons County print properties and the Publishers Service Bureau’s dominance over local papers.
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O. T. Rishoff
Milton Globe
North Dakota
Publishers National Service Bureau
Bishoff
League
Brinton
Liggett
Bischoff
Record Man
Take
League Paper Corporation
Emmons County
Publishers Service Bureau
Emmons
Famons Courtty Farmers Press
Free Press
J. M. Stewart
Stok
Emmons County Farmers Press
Emmons County Farrers Press
Stewart
Newsraner
O.E. Loftus
State Bank
Bank of Fargo
General Fund
Lynn & Lynn
Twin City Auto Show promises largest Northwest exhibit
On January 31 the Twin City Automobile Truck Tractor and Industrial Expo opens in the Overland building near Minneapolis and St. Paul. Five floors showcase over 1500 manufacturers and 10 acres of displays valued at more than 6 million dollars per acre. The event features national tractor truck and accessory shows amid an industrial display celebrating peacetime progress.
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Twin City
Midway District
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Northwestern Empire
United States
Northwest
F. W. Murphy
Minnesota
National Association
Twin Cities
Great Northwest
Perils of Rodents and Fires Cited by Expert Worthington
The speaker warns that rats spread bubonic plague trichinosis typhoid diphtheria and other diseases while noting most fires of unknown origin start in walls, attics, or ceilings due to material accumulation and possible spontaneous ignition.
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Worthington
Merchants Hotel Crowd for North Dakota Politics in Bygone Era
A reminiscence recalls the Merchants Hotel in St Paul as a political hub when Bismarck moved into the state’s lobbies. Celebrities like Alec McKenzie and Jud Lamoure are named, with Townley’s Nonpartisan League replacing old lobbying walls as the new power center in Bismarck.
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H. N. Turner
Aormer Lintonite
Pine City
Minn
Merchants Hotel
St. Paul
Alec McKenzie
Hansborough
Jud Lamoure
North Dakota
Bismarck
Big Alec McKenzie
Nonpartisan League
A. C. Townley
Alec
Townley
Will Townley
ANOTHER LEGION DANCE PLANNED AT PARK PAVILION
Members of the local American Legion post plan a hard time dance and basket supper at Park Pavilion on Friday January 23. The event will feature a hod down style dance with good music and a midnight basket sale to raise funds. Ladies are asked to bring baskets with eats for two and hot coffee will be served at midnight.
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American Legion
Park Pavillion
Hfe
Aid Drive Urges Help for Jewish Children in Eastern Europe
The American Jewish Relief Committee appeals to Emmons County for funds to aid 800000 Jewish children left destitute after the war. Donations can save a child for a year with 200 dollars or feed a girl monthly for 20 dollars, while 25 cents buys substantial food for a ten year old. Drive begins January 19 under A Pomerance as chairman with Scott Cameron and Otto Becker in leadership roles.
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Europe
Poland
America
Czecho- Slovakia
Lithuania
Rumania
Siberia
Orient
Notices to Creditors and Hearings in Emmons County
Legals reprinted from the league newspaper list creditors for the estates of GoMade Burgad Marschall Fix Nelson with four month limits. First publication Dec 31. Also a hearing on the foreign will for Sarah A. McCollum set for Thursday Feb 5 at 10 am before the county judge.
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Brinton
League
Record
Emmons County
Michael GoMade
Lynn & Lynn
Agatha Goldade
Kasper Burgad, Sr
C. Lynn
Herman Marschall
Fred. Hinrich
Fred Heinrich
Ben Fix
State Bank
Strasburg
Katherine Fix
Anna Nelson
Sarah A. McCollum
Frank F. Hanson
J. A. McKee
Oakes
N. D
Labor Conference Slams Failure to Recognize Unions
Washington reports the first public discussion from the commission's report condemning the industrial conference for not recognizing workers trade unions as representation. Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison of the AFL condemn the omission and warn against compulsory labor or government employee bans, urging recognition of collective bargaining.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Gompers
Morrison
Wood files for Republican presidential nomination in South Dakota
Pierre 8 D Major General Leon ard Wood has filed with the South Dakota secretary of state to formally announce his candidacy. Wood was endorsed by the state proposal convention on December 2 but had not previously spoken publicly on his stance. This filing brings South Dakota presidential hopeful filings to seven, joining James W. Gerard Miles Poindexter Hiram Johnson Frank O Lowden J M Munroe and Abie Whistler of Chicago.
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Pierre
Leonard Wood
South Dakota
General Wood
James W. Gerard
Germany
Miles Poindexter
United States
Washington
Hiram Johnson
United States Senate
California
Frank O.lowden
Ilinois
J. 9. Munroe
Abie Whistler
Chicago
School levy corrections and teacher notes in county
The notes acknowledge errors in levies two weeks ago with corrections from the Tax Notice. Winchester, Maine, Highland and Lincoln districts show specific miscalculations, offset by grain and Credits Tax. The piece honors Aloys Nergert, long-serving teacher, and reports on school progress, vacancies, and a plan to operate without a field deputy if possible.
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Winchester
Maine
Highland
Lincoln
Fen
Aloys Nergert
Nergert
Strasburg
Mr. Nergert
Westfalen
Germany
Emmons County
Arly
Inez Baker
Sadie Brusch
Clara Brusch
Danbury
Mary Zahn
Emmonsburg
Vinson Casey
Blanche Casey
Farmers meeting tours Emmons county with two daily sessions
Three Extension Specialists escorted by County Agent Sauer tour Emmons county for two meetings per day. Dr Trowbridge will speak on experimental farming with 26 years of Missouri and North Dakota experience. Prof La Grange, a popular Livestock Specialist, led judging teams to Fargo and Chicago. Miss Inez Hobart addresses labor saving home care.
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Sauer
Emmons County
Trowbridge
Linton
Missouri
North Dakota
la Grange
Fargo
Chicago
Inez Hobart
Legion Plans Club Rooms and Auxiliary in Town
A local American Legion committee works to secure the basement of the First National Bank as club rooms with heat and simple amenities. A ladies auxiliary may form locally, and a new fiscal year runs Jan 1 to Dec 31 with dues rising to 1.50 for weekly Legion Weekly and 1.50 dues. Membership buttons are delayed but promised action.
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American Legion
Legion
First National Bank
Uiso
Legion Convention
American Legion Weekly
Post
National Legion Magazine
The
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File
American Jewish Relief Committee
A. Pomerance
Scott Cameron
Otto Becker
General Wood Files
Farmers’ Meeting
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