Shooting Fray on Streets of Hazelton
Two Hazelton men die and a third wounded after a morning shooting led by Clarence White. Sloan is killed, R S Pyatt is fatally wounded. Sloan and Pyatt are linked as half brothers. White claims self defense after an earlier quarrel over rumors involving a local woman. White surrenders. Pyatt dies at Bismarck hospital Monday night. Local sentiment split toward all involved.
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Linton
Hazelton
Claras White
White
C. D. Sloan
R. S. Pyatt
Standard Oil
Sloan
Clarence
Pyatt
Michaelson
Platt
Bismarck
Tennessee
South Dakota
What War Savings Stamps Will Buy
A North Dakota War Savings circular explains how thrift and war savings stamps fund soldier equipment. It lists costs for gas masks rifles helmets and cartridges and states the state goal is 13 million dollars to clothe feed and equip troops abroad.
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North Dakota War Savings Committee
United States
Sammy
United States War Savings
North Dakota
Murder Charge Follows Fatal Rancher Shootings Near Hazelton
Sheriff Meinhover moved the prisoner to Linton on Monday evening. On Tuesday White faced Justice Britts for murder in the first degree. Preliminary hearing adjourned to March 20. Sloan, 38, prominent rancher five miles southeast of Hazelton, leaves wife and seven children. Pyatt, 31, Standard Oil representative at Hazelton, survived by wife.
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Beck & Paradise
Meinhover
Linton
White
Justice Britts
Burleigh County
Chas. D. Sloan
Hazelton
Mr. Sloan
R. S. Pyatt
Standard Oil Co
War Savings Stamp Drive Promotes Thrift Week March 10
The Record urges Emmons County to back War Savings and Thrift Stamps during Thrift Week March 10 as a patriotic effort. It stresses saving change, buying certificates, and supporting veterans, quoting David Lloyd George to inspire investment and hasten victory.
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Committee On
War Savings Stamps
Emmons County
War Department
My Soldier Prayer for a Brother at War
Poetic meditation on a soldier's kinship and hope as a brother serves in France. It envisions liberty protected across seas and asks divine protection and safe return amid war dangers.
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France
Prayer on a child’s plea inspires wartime verse in North Dakota
A mother, moved by her sibling’s plea for a brother in France, penned the lines as news of North Dakota’s first fallen soldiers reached readers. The verse urges prayers for all brothers and sisters across the seas and promotes buying War Savings Stamps to aid the war effort.
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North Dakota War Savings Committee
France
North Dakota
New Bank for Linton Deliberations and Local Backers
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Linton is planned with $15 000 capital. Directors include Harry Petrie Chas Coventry and John Brokofsky all prominent local figures. Opening details are pending and the piece urges support for thrift stamps and national efforts at the Front.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Linton
Harry Petrie
Chas Coventry
John Brokofsky
Petrie
Coventry
Emmons County
Brokofsky
First National Bank
John
Thrift Certificates Promote Saving for War Effort
The article proclaims Thrift Certificates as the new government saving plan born after World War I, inviting Americans with limited funds to invest in gilt edged bonds. It urges patriotic support by buying Thrift Stamps to finance the war effort and protect soldiers.
Deferred Glasses and Class 1 in the 1917 Draft
The Provost Marshal General report to the Secretary of War discusses the first draft under the Selective Service Act and the deferred class. It argues class 1 may supply enough men without widening deferments, favors preserving educated youths, and notes potential legislative changes and industrial needs. This summary reflects the article’s focus on who is deferred and why, with emphasis on military necessity versus opportunity for youth education.
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Secretary of War
Thrift Drive Urges Schools Embrace War Savings Stamps
President Wilson calls thrift a national duty as Emmons County schools push War Savings Stamps the Baby Bond program. Teachers urge integrating thrift into daily lessons to teach money value and citizenship, urging every student to own a War Savings Stamp and support the Red Cross.
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Wilson
Emmons County
United States
Tim
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Clarence White
Savings Societies
Emmons Co
Sam
A. N. Junge
War Savings and Thrift Stamps
Linton Motor Co
GEO, Lingenfelter
David Lloyd George
NEW Bank For
America
Ss. S
The
Red Cross
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