Fargo embezzler pleads guilty in five year term
A Fargo figure known as Around the State Knight pleaded guilty last week to embezzlement and received a five year penitentiary sentence. The report ties mixed local incidents including a stabbing at Linton with political critique of the Non-Partisan League and notes Gov. Hanna’s return from Europe to push briquetting industry efforts. Funeral details for John Van Vugt of Hague recount a life of service to his mother, local government, and the Hague Brass Band.
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Knight
Fargo
Gov. L. B. Hanna
Bismarck
Europe
Henry Ford
North Dakota
Hanna
Emmons County
H. A. Thoreson
Lynn
van Vugt
John
Hague
Brass Band
Mr. van Vugt
Hol
Braddock Brevities March 2 Highlights Weekend Visits
Wayne Baxter spent Sunday in Bismarck and Mandan. Mrs Hattie Sempel visited her daughter in Bismarck. Mr and Mrs J D McCusker and Wilfred spent Sunday in Bismarck. Rep and Mrs Geo H Naramore and children visited Rep and Mrs Batzer at the Grand Pacific in Bismarck. Mrs H O Danford of Washburn returned home from visit with her parents. Frank Long returned from a Minnesota vacation. Sundahl of Kintyre called on hard coal in Braddock. Mr and Mrs Sam Moen and Eva Hurlbut went to Bismarck. Mrs Moen entered Bismarck hospital. Miss Hattie Sempel came from Bismarck to stay until her mother returns from Michigan.
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Wayne Baxter
Bismarck
Mandan
Hattie Sempel
Geo. H. Naramore
Batzer
Grand Pacific
H. O. Danford
Washburn
Fred Junge
Frank Long
Minnesota
Frank
Braddock
Sundahl
Kintyre
Sam Moen
Moen
Eva Hurlbut
Bismarck Hospital
Michigan
Hazelton Happenings in Republican March 2
Social notes from Hazelton and surrounding towns recount visitors and events. Mrs R C Colburn hosted a card evening. Edward Temple of Farmers State Bank visited Temvik. local officials and families traveled to Bismarck and Twin Cities. new restaurant planned. marriages and anniversaries celebrated. County schooling notes discuss meetings, bids, equipment advances, and a traveling stereoptical lecture project. several residents received three months perfect attendance certificates.
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G. A. Lenhart
Twin Cities
Messrs
Jack Hayes
Bert Thompson
Bank
Chas. Burbank
Owosso
Mich
Hazelton
John Feist
John Sehn
Glen Doolittle
Elmer Doolittle
Malinda Ochsner
Joseph Moch
Hildagarde Beastrom
Walter Kiefer
Ruth Gillespie
Ruth Irvine
Johnny Krieg
Emma Menzel
Arthur Rudy
Pollock Pick-Ups Visit From Linton And Rochester
Clarence Slater traveled from Linton for a brief visit while Roy Bales returned from Rochester, Minnesota. Mrs. Bales and Martha stayed for treatment but expect to be home next week. The Progress notes an auction for Charles Renskers on Monday the 13th. Renskers, living on the Frankhauser place recently sold to Thomas Jackson, must vacate this spring and plans to move to Montana seeking government land.
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Roy Bales
Rochester
Minn
Minnesota and national notes from the era
Reports mix foreign disaster and U S politics as a French transport torpedoed leaves three thousand dead including officials while Roosevelt declines to have his name on the Illinois primary ballot. Senate foes Johnson and Sterling back the president on foreign policy as Grenna and McCumber oppose him. Minnesota senators split, Watertown man dies in railroad wreck, none heed his plea to shoot him as flames approach. Red Lake County votes wet, some towns may go dry under Indian liquor law. Verdun battles continue with heavy casualties and possible renewed German assault. Local ad notes seed tester with flour purchase and Gold Medal flour price offer through March 15.
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Roosevelt
Illinois
Senate
Johnson
Sterling
South Dakota
Grenna
McCumber
Minnesota
Watertown
S. D
Red Lake
Emmons County Farmers Offered Waterloo Sandow Machinery Line
A local dealer promotes a carload of Sandow line farm machinery to help farmers save money on purchases. The seller claims better lines than catalog houses and invites buyers to inspect goods before deciding, offering a money back guarantee at no cost.
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Emmons County
Waterloo
Sandow
For Your Wife a Washer With Power and Ease
An advertisement pitches a washer that runs on engine power or electricity, claiming it cleans clothes faster and easier than others. The seller promises a fair price and urges ladies to remind their husbands when visiting Strasburg.
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Strasburg
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Linton
Emmons
The
Normanden
Grand Forks
League
John van Vugt
Hagué
Hull
DeBruyn
America
New Jersey
J. D. McCusker
Wilfred
R. C. Colburn
Edward Temple
Farmers’ State Bank
Temvik
County
Lester Briggle
R. K. Batzer
Bismarck Auditorium
Harry Procunier
Merriam
Neb
D. G. Sites
Livona
Sites
Joseph Jampolsky
Ellis Smolowitz
Regina Farrell
Frank Lawler
Peter Farrell
Father Goebel
Pollock
Napoleon
County Superintendent of Schools
Central Educational Association
Ellendale
Winona
Mayer-Oakes
Braddock High School
Mayer- Oakes
Clarence Slater
Verdun
Farmers’ Elevator Co
L. K
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