Local Happenings and Bank News Roundup
Miss Helen Fischer on sick list. Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Volk after the death of their young child from diphtheria. Miss Mary ONeil held a successful basket social and dance raising about sixty dollars. Minor car crash reported with no injuries. Weddings announced. Travel and social visits noted among residents. The First National Bank held annual stockholders meeting. no dividend declared, profits added to undivided profits to strengthen capital. Officers and directors listed. Publisher passes torch to John Dale who leases the Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O'Neil
No. 4
First National Bank
L. C. Shockey
Frank Chesrown
Rider Reierson
J. J Brokofsky
Geo. C. Megorden
Frank Che
Sledge in the Blacksmith Shop Theme Prompts School Strife
A poem fragment depicts a pupil tired of taunts at school and preferring to work at his father’s blacksmith shop. The speaker contemplates swinging a sledge as a form of escape while recalling stern teacher figures and comic yet harsh depictions of great men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schsel
Mr. Tail
Community Notes and Local Social Updates
Mrs Brokofsky hosts Willing Workers gathering on Wednesday afternoon. H Bloom now leads Pollock Light Power plant. Mr and Mrs J W James returned from Bismarck where they visited. Mrs James sister Mrs.. Mr and Mrs Oscar Larvick and family had dinner at the Carl Larvick home. Leonard Zunkel visited Dean Kelly at the Martalia home Sunday. Mrs Wm Ross began her school week after sickness in the family. Mr and Mrs E R Purinton and daughter Ruby spent Sunday at Bryant Baker home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Larvick
Carl Larvick
Leonard Zunkel
Dean Kelly
Martalia
Wm. Ross
E. R. Purinton
Ruby
Bryant Baker Home
Local residents share travel and visits this week
L H Harwood and Anton Larson traveled to Bismarck for medical and personal reasons last Wednesday returning by weekend. Harry Beastrom returned from Huron South Dakota. Miss Mary Brodhead taught at Huber and visited the Foell home. Several Hazelton visitors and Temvik residents attended gatherings and a funeral. Rev Rockwell preached at a schoolhouse and other towns were noted for travel and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Larson
Bismarck
Harry Beastrom
Huron, S. D
Mary Brodhead
Huber
Frank Foell
For Sale Russian Wolf-hound Puppies in Kintyre
Miss Helen Bader of Lahr visited Kintyre. Frank Barta travels to Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs R R Wurm visit Steele. Day family hosts Mr Day's birthday dinner with Simons and Wurms. Leona Sisco returns to teach near Kintyre. Aaring family visits. Legion dance at Napoleon draws many Kintyre residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Sisco
Kintyre
N. Dak
Adv
Helen Bader
Lahr
Eberle
Simons, Wurms and
Siscos
Mr. Day
Local Notables and Community Happenings in Westfield and Surrounds
P G Rooks and John Alak shopped for horses in Westfield for the Holland Michigan market. John Pool Sr and Jr with Lizzie Pool traveled to Linton on court business. A baby boy arrived for Mr and Mrs Jake Van der Vorst last week. Two new teachers joined Union district with Henry Lammers at Rensker’s school and Crystal McVeety from Crookston at Van Beek school. John Ryckman and Aunt Ray visited Bert Van Beek’s home Friday. G W Renskers and Wieger Rodenberg were absent from church but are expected March 1. Dick Pool lost a hound to the wire while coyotes were tracked by Sidney Rodenberg, John Ryckman and Dick Pool. M C Rypkema and daughter Hilda drove to Linton on Saturday. Dr Walker of Wishek North Dakota held meetings to organize a Veterinary Service Bureau based in Strasburg. Albert Hasper reports receiving an XYZ check for damages to his property. Dick Winterburg traveled to the Rice Farm Saturday to help fix a nephew’s well. Frank Rodenburg’s new barn was nearly finished.
Former Carranza Aide Leads Attack on Obregon Forces
General Francisco Murguia commands the northern zone against President Obregon. Dispatches to Consul General Montes de Oca in El Paso report a battle between Murguia forces and Obregon government troops in San Luis Potosi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Obregon
el Paso
Texas
Francisco Murguia
Mexico
Montes de Oca
Murgula
San Luis Potosi
Convicted Murderer to Hang in Bridgeport
Elwood B. Wade was sentenced to death for the murder of George E. Nott in Bridgeport last August. The court set the execution to occur before sunrise May 20, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Elwood B. Wade
George £. Nott
Wade
France to Shake Off Shimmy
Paris dancing masters ban the shimmy calling it decadent savage and exotic and refusing to teach it hereafter in a provocative declaration about French taste and propriety.
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France
Paris
St. Vitus
North Dakota Local Notes Sweep 1920 Developments
Dickinson forms Stark County Bankers association. Deering plans a $30000 school addition. Minot obituaries J G Webster dies. Fargo hockey win. Grand Forks tied to Roosevelt Highway group. Des Lacs coal price cut. South Heart fire at Malone farm. Lands Valley fire from stove. Tioga North Dakota Roosevelt Highway group new president. Bismarck workers compensation bureau seat change. Minot car through bridge railing. eighties Civil War veteran Moe dies. Drayton bank opening party. Milner burns saving home. Lingdon sleigh innovation. Mayville threshers group heads chapter. New England lights restored after repairs. Kansas school tax equalization measure urged. Ryder Roseglen telephony expansion. Stanley butter fat shipments rise. Bismarck highway constitutional amendments discussed. Werner creamery closed. Dickinson juvenile officer Sterland summaries. Mandan AOUW banner prize. Sanish ice accident escape. Hillsboro missing finger from house fire rescue. Fargo Kardos Burke bank formed. ex-governor John Burke member. Beach railroad division shift. Minnewaukan railway clerk arrest case bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
Arand Forks
Des Lacs
Farmers
South Heart
Christ Malone
Lands Valley
Anton Strommen
Tioga
Ernest Bylin
North Dakota
Roosevelt Highway Association
Bismarck
Phil Elliott
Employers’ Association
Workmen'’S Compensation Bureau
Minot
Andrew
Moe
Lincoln
Ford
Drayton
First National Bank
Milner
M. E. Barnes
Lingdon
Marimarth
John Summerton
Roy Lutz
Maayville
H. T. Monson
North Dakota Brotherhood of Threshermen
W. A. Anderson
State Industrial Commission
William Lemke
Grand Forks
O. G. Libby
Agricultural College
Phil Moe
New England
Kansas
Ryder
Roseglen
Queen City Telephone Company
Stanley
Stanley Cream Shipping Association
Werner
Department of Agriculture and
Dickinson
Walter Sterland
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Mandan
John Goodall
Missouri
Hillsboro
Andrew Christiansen
Christiansen
Kardos & Burke
New York
John Burke
United States
Beach
Yellowstone
Northern Pacific
Miles City
Glendive
Minnewaukan
Hollister's Golden Nugget Tablets Advertised
Bold claims of hazard relief for headaches and constipation with promises to remove poisons from liver kidneys and bowels. The ad touts Stone Drug Co as supplier and guarantees the product's effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollisper
Golden
Nature
Hollister
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Hague
Helen Fischer
Stephen Volk
Fred Fischer
Markus
Fred
Harry Silverman
Herreid
Pius Volk
Linton
George Lamer
Aberdeen
Tipton
San Francisco
California
Chas. Coventry
H. G. Fenske
Mound City
the Progress
John Dale
Dr. Shockey
J. J. Brokofsky
The
City National Bank
By George Schmidt
Pollock
Mrs. Brokofsky
H. Bloom
Pollock Light & Power Plant
J. W. James
James
L. H. Harwood
Temvik
W. A. Foell
Sid Stedman
Hazelton
E. P. Zunkel
S. G. Stedman
Gentz
Heinze
Pridt
Einer Grotting
P. Hendrix
C. Hendrix
Martha Wohl
Mrs. Burkhardt
Miss Kelson
Miss Larson
Art Hoffler
H. L. Stedman
E. M. Larvick
Rockwell
Martha Schatz
St. Paul
Karl
Adelina Reich
Mat Reich
Freda Grenz
Mr. Loffler
Thompson Yards
Frank Barta
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mrs
R. R. Wurm
Steele
Leona Sisco
Jamestown
Shelby
Aaring
R. P. Sisco’s
Mrs. J. Mennes
Norman
Simon
Legion
Napoleon
Service Oil Co
Linton, N. D
Paul H. Marschall
Hague, N. D
John Kraft
Zeeland, N. D
John Maier
Sterling Oil Co
Eureka, S, Dak
Westfield
P.G. Rooks
John Alak
Holland, Mich
John Pool, Sr
John Pool, Jr
Lizzie Pool
Court House
Jake van der Vorst
Union
Henry Lammers
Rensker’s School
Crystal McVeety
Crookston, Minn
van Beek
John Ryckman
Aunt Ray
Bert van Beek
G. W. Renskers
Wieger Rodenberg
Dick Pool
Sidney Rodenberg
M. C. Rypkema
Hilda
Albert Hasper
Dick Winterburg
Frank Rodenburg
Stark County Bankers Association
Deering
J. G. Webster
Paul H. Marshall
Stone Drug Co
Cleveland
Florence
Ren
Eleventh Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
West
D.bergman
ST. Paul -Mann
Linton Bazar
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