United States Army Contest plans 1920 essay prizes
Announcement details a school contest asking for essays on benefits of enlisting in the U S Army with February 20 1920 deadline. Three national winners will be chosen by a panel including Secretary Baker Pershing and General March, with medals and cups awarded in Washington on May 5 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec. of
Baker
Peyton C. March
John J. Pershing
U. S
Washington
War Department
Come Back
Walter Reed Hospital
Santa Barbara
California
Baltimore
New York
Neada
Tooms
Aberdeen
S. D
Hatz Block
Pershing
March
War Work Council
Educational Department
Minneapolis
Ninth Street
Mary Place
Power. Again The Record Improves Local Power Supply
The Record reports power and light service has improved this week. Staff have returned to regular hours after a midnight night shift needed since earlier in the year to use night power. Limited by power, home setting resumes and more home-set news is promised.
Chinese Imperial Salute Dormant in the Records
The article explains the kowtow as the imperial salute to the Chinese emperor. It describes prostration and striking the forehead on the ground while uttering the phrase Hall son of Heaven translated as a formal address.
Notice to Creditors Estate of Sey mour Johnson
Notice to creditors in the Sey mour Johnson estate requires claims to be filed with Charles Coventry within four months after first publication on January 21, 1920. The legals include financial statements for Hague State Bank First State Bank Hague N C German State Bank Strasburg and road business figures as of December 31 with assets and totals listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Johnson
Charles Coventry
Hague State Bank
U. S
First State Bank
Hague
N. C
Strasburg
Advertising Rates Change for Record Display
The Record will bill all advertising at the scheduled rates after this issue. Display rates are 20 cents per column inch for single insertions and 15 cents for contract space. Composition charges are 10 cents per column inch. Longtime advertisers previously charged according to older prices will now be billed at current rates.
Sargent County News War of Words With Local Legion Post
A Sargent County Post 82 letter recounts a feud with the Sargent County News editor Erasmus Nygren alias Edward Vernon. The post bristles at biased coverage favoring WWV and mocks Vernon, escalating to threats to print ads and to remove him. The clash ends with a bid to hire an editor who will run the paper on “good old fashioned American lines.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent County Post No
American Legion
The
Legionnaire
Sargent County News
Leaague
Erasmus Nygren
Edward Vernon
Vernon
A. L
Legon
Post
Menton
O. E. Johnson
Delaware
N. D
Centralia
Wash
Wame
Sargent Post
Alain
Legion
Special session irregularities uncovered in tax bill vote
Secretary of State Thomas Hall revealed the tax commissioner bill lacked the two thirds house vote for an emergency clause and the bill was sent to the Senate as approved. Tax supervisors retain jobs until July 1 while county commissioners face salary obligations or court action. Rep Yeater had argued the measure lacked sufficient votes despite speaker and clerk actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec. of
Thomas Hall
House
Totten
Geo. Totten
Board of Administration Fame
Senate
Stair
Wallace
Irvine
Rep
Yeater
Questioned Acts Show House Security Gap
The article notes that Mr. Yeater's claim proved correct and highlights the risk posed by a junior House of Representatives employee who nearly bypassed the chamber. It mentions other similar attempts found during the session and that a tax commission bill escaped notice due to the chief clerk's action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Yeater
House of Representatives
Tax Commission
Auto Licenses Delayed Due to Fire at Printing Plant
Circular explains that the Bismarck Tribune printing plant, contracted for license blanks, burned on January 21 delaying auto tag issuance. Banks, county auditors, and auto dealers will receive blanks once recovered, and fees must wait for proper forms. Irregular applications ignored and 1920 blanks used if a fee isn’t listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck Tribune
Core of Townley stores debacle discussed in Fargo meeting
Financial backers recounts 11 000 members paying 100 each to buy at Townley stores yielding 1 100 000 for Townley and aides. League reports total store business plus certificate holders’ payments nearly equal 25 000 more than actual sales. Certificate holders to receive remaining stores as stock with Hazelton store noted as example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
Consumers
League
Townley
Hazelton
Legion Club Rooms Ready Soon
The renovated space under the First National Bank will be shared by the band and the Legion. Band practice occurs twice weekly while Legion members use the rooms for headquarters and meetings. The next Legion meeting moves to Thursday night February 5 in the new club rooms. a recent dance and basket supper netted about fifty dollars amid boycotts by some local girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Legion
Like Game of Cheeses and Chess in Pearson’s Weekly
A humorous quip contrasts marriage dynamics with games of chess and money. The husband seeks money while the wife warns that withholding it still creates a chess like pattern with pawns and checks. The line imitates a witty debate on financial leverage in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
Frazier's Efforts To Pardon Kate O'Hare Revealed
A leaked letter shows Governor Frazier asking President Wilson to pardon Kate Richards O'Hare who is serving a five year term at Leavenworth for espionage era rhetoric. The Burleigh County War Mothers condemn the move, calling her an agitator who betrayed soldiers. The matter follows petitions linked to Signe Lund and a library job change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Kate Richards O'Hare
Burleigh County
Signe Lund
Mayville Normal
C. E. Stangeland
Stangeland
State Library
Leavenworth
Federal Penitentiary
Gov. Frazier
Wilson
Women’s Auxiliary
American Legion Post
Bismarck
Department of Justice
Lynn J. Frazier
Woodrow Wilson
The
United States
Washington, D. C
Bismarck Tribune Plant Burned in Weekday Fire
A large blaze destroyed the Bismarck Tribune plant located near the Palace Hotel block west of Webb Brothers. The fire began in the basement early with the night shift gone and day shift not yet in. The Tribune and Red Flame offices sustained heavy damage. residents and the Citizens Economy League rooms on the second floor were affected. the editor suffered personal losses of belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck Tribune
Old Palace
Webb Brothers
The
Tribune
Citizens Economy League
Red Flame
Townley
Legion Dance Set for February 12 at Pavilion
The local Legion post plans a Lincoln's birthday dance on February 12 with Macdonald's Orchestra from Bismarck if weather allows. The hall will be decorated and drivers may run covered trucks to the park in mild weather. If storms occur the event moves to the opera house. teachers examinations are expected to draw many young ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macdonald
Bimarck
Notice of sale of implement business in Linton North Dakota
The undersigned announce the sale of their implement business in Linton to Petrie and Klaudt. All old accounts are due and payable to the undersigned, and all outstanding bills will be paid. Deboer & Kruger, Linton, North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Petrie & Klaudt
Deboer & Kruger
N. Dak
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United States Army School
Federal Vocational Board
P. P. Claxton
Teachers’ Agency
West
A. M. McDaniel
Ralph Hanese
Winchester
Richard Coonen
Gerritt Wudtke
Mabel Fransen
Clarence Fransen
Edna Fransen
Bennie Reamann
Luella Shepherd
Lincoln
Jacob Huber
Sand Creek
Louise Grunefelder
Julia Hedbed
Tell Grunefelder
Oscar Hedblad
Helmar Hedblad
Anna Sogstad
Ellen Smith
Esther Smith
Highland
Nick Gross
Amala Gross
Lizzie Gross
Helen Kertzman
Don Balsch
Danbury
Trade AT Home
Sargent County
Motor Vehicle Registrar
Legion Club
Frazier
North Dakota
Capitol City
Janz
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