League scheme targets county farmers in Emmons County
Critics say outsiders push a Farmers' Press project funded by local funds. They accuse Geo E Totten and town promoters of drafting incorporation papers for a newspaper run by Fargo league bosses. The piece warns farmers to beware watered stock and political manipulation.
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Emmons County
Farmers’ Union
Linton
North End
Fay Harding
C. A. Ward
Ole Bjerslee
George Shepard
Fargo
Steve Kraft
Arend Hasper
A. P. Seymour
Chautauqua
Bismarck Tribune
League
Farmers’ Press
Geo. E. Totten
Bowman
Wahpeton
Farmers’ Press Associations
Totten
State Board of Regents
Senate
Harding
Townley
Emmons Farmers’ Press
Stewart
Heinie
Mamerce Press
Nonpartisan League
Betty’s Crayon Fundraiser Fumbles a Penny
A child, Betty, earns an extra cent from her crayon session after being given a nickel by her mother. She returns in moments with a woebegone look and worries aloud that they might take more money while she is away.
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Betty
Braddock Hosts Large Fourth of July Celebration
Thousands from Emmons Kidder and Logan counties attended Braddock's July 4 event. Linton's band played as Strasburg Hazelton and Wishck teams appeared. Automobiles lined the grounds two deep behind home plate. Rep. O Connor of Grand Forks delivered a celebrated Yale graduate speaker address, praised as worth the trip.
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North Dakota
Braddock
Emmons
Kidder
Logan
Linton
Soo Town
Rep. O'Connor
Grand Forks
Mr. O'Connor
Yale
Fair Will Boost Better Farm Plans At Fargo Interstate Fair
The Interstate Fair at Fargo runs July 23 to 28 with liberal premiums to boost production in live stock poultry and grains. Officials stress preparedness and educational features introducing new machinery and ideas to producers, highlighting pur bred livestock and access to major herds for buyers. The event offers ample stalls and easy exhibit accommodations, with strong state breeder interest and a focus on improving North Dakota agriculture.
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United States
Fargo
Great Northwest
North Dakota
America
Senate Recess Amid Bone Dry Fight On War Beverage Controls
The Senate defeated the bone dry amendment 62 to 34 and recessed after a day of protracted debate on the food control bill. Cummins’ substitute would prohibit importing distilled beverages and withdrawing bonded spirits for beverage use during the war, risking large revenue losses while Robinson’s administration plan limited actions to manufacturing prohibitions.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Senator Cummins
Robinson
Arkansas
United States
Bond
Prohibition Forces Eye Amendment Reconsideration Battle
The piece notes the looming tax impact of a new prohibition regime and warns banks with distillery loans could be harmed. Prohibition forces fear affects on whiskey manufacture and emotions, as they push to eliminate the amendment via compromise during reconsideration.
Two German Agents Interned in New York
Federal authorities arrested Carly Heynen and F A Burgmeister, key German spy organizers in the United States. They were interred for the war’s duration. Heynen, an authority on Mexican affairs, and Burgmeister were seized in the Hamburg America line building. Payne Will Bequest Public Benevolence to Million dollar Gifts. Colonel Oliver H Payne dies leaving cash bequests over 7 million dollars to Lakeside Hospital Cleveland Dale University and the New York Public Library each receiving 1 million dollars.
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New York
Carly Ileynen
von Papen
United States
F. A. Burgmeister
America
Heynen
Federal Ofcials
Burgmeister
Hamburg- American Line
Heinrich F. Albert
Washington
Deutsches Bank of Berlin
Payne
Oliver H. Payne
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Dale University
New York Public Library
Fraternizers Met by Shells on Roumanian Front
In Petrograd on July 9 German troops tried to fraternize with Russian forces on the Roumanian front near Baliestchi but were fired upon with artillery as Russians continue in Brustioff’s northern offensive. The Germans yelled invitations but were met with shells.
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Petrograd
Roumanian
Brustioff
Baliestchi
Teutons
Ancient Clay Tablets Donated to North Dakota Library
The North Dakota Public Library commission receives two clay tablets from the ruins of Jopha an ancient Assyrian city. The tablets dated about 4300 years old and 23 centuries before Christ are said to correspond to grocery receipts.
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North Dakota Public Library Commission
Jopha
Emmons county Red Cross drive urged for funds
Chairman Scott Cameron of the Emmons county Red Cross urges farmers to donate proceeds from one acre of crops to support the war relief effort. A campaign outlines education, organization, and a target of twelve thousand dollars from the county amid rising need for nurses equipment and funds for troops in Europe.
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Opera House
Red Cross
Scott Cameron
The
Emmons County
Europe
National War Council
United States
Linton
Bismarck
Hazelton
France
Ncessary
County Dads Address Road Issues At July Meeting
County commissioners resumed July business focusing on road matters. A large turnout discussed proposed east and southwest roads near Linton. A tense dispute over the Glanavon road near Becker and High farms prompted a hearing and attempts to grant fair settlement amid a local feud.
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Linton
Glanavon
Dakem
Becker and High
Becker
Mr. High
Poison Beans Reported in North Dakota Farmland
Dr E F Ladd head of the state agricultural college warns of poisonous beans found by a northern central farmer who said others had planted them. He cautions that feeding green beans or plants to stock could harm livestock and notes 25 bags of poison beans identified in Bismarck were condemned and returned to the supplier.
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North Dakota
E .F. Ladd
The
Agricultural College
Bismarck
Ladd
Love of Country Note by Byron Quoted in Brief
A trimmed quotation attributed to Lord Byron appears on the page, stating that love of country is essential and that he who loves not his country can owe nothing. The line is presented as a literary epigraph amid other content.
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Ife
Byron
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Inchow
Denate
BOD
Kaiser
Linton Red Cross
W. C. Wolverton
Swaney
Reemts
Streeter
Brokofsky
Stewart C. Rowerdink
Frances Petrie
T. B. Meinhover
Lydia Flegel
E. D. Fogle
E. A. Anderson
H. C. Lynn Hans Hanson
Lester Reemts
Wm. Johnson
Hazel Petrie
Ed. McConville
E. Kurtz
C. B. Carley
M. T. Barger
Wm. Macnnder
Lester Briggle
E. H. Smith
O. S. Shefloe
A. R. Corwine
H. L. Petrie
Nell Wolverton
A. H. Irvine
Chas
Coventry Scott Cameron Ferman
B. Busby
Carrie M
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