Alma Bechtle Wins High School Speaking Contest at Court House
Alma Bechtle won the Thursday night speaking contest held at the court house with Aurelia Reade Frances Meier Alvin Atha and Zona Smith among the top five. Messrs Sauer H C Lynn and H H Hanson judged and two top entrants Bechtle and Ruede will compete in a district contest in Ashley. Zona Smith Doris Fogle Alice Johnson and Phylis Wolverton performed solos and a piano duet.
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Alma Bechtle
Court House
Aurelia Reade
Frances Meier
Alvin Atha
Zona Smith
Messrs. Sauer
H. C. Lynn
H. H. Hanson
Bechtle
Ruede
Ashley
Doris Fogle
Alice Johnson
Phylis Wolverton
City Councils to Publish Proceedings in Official Paper
North Dakota lawmakers passed a measure requiring city councils to publish a full record of council proceedings in the designated official newspaper, aligning with county practice. The law, approved March 18, 1921, mandates transparency of municipal expenditures to taxpayers.
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Emmons County Record
Legislative Assembly
State OF
North Dakota
Dally Thought. It is in hope, though hope were lost.
Mrs. Rarhauld presents a brief reflective piece titled Dally Thought. The column contemplates enduring hope amid setback in a concise literary note.
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Dally
Mrs. Rarhauld
Taft hits nonparty war stand in New York lecture
Former president William Howard Taft told a Town Hall audience at New York University that respect for representative government has declined since the 19th century. He warned socialism and the Nonpartisan League threaten American democracy and criticized organized labor strikes.
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New York
William Howard Taft
Town ‘Hall
James Stokes
New York University
Taft
Socialist Party
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
Leaders in I W W flee bonds after anti war plots
Chicago reports federal officials say 9 of 47 I W W leaders convicted of wartime conspiracies are at liberty. Most are unbehind bars while Leavenworth houses only one, with six of the free nine seen as main instigators. Three are thought to hold cabinet roles in the Russian soviet government or reside here.
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Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Leavenworth, Kan
United States Spreme Court
Leavenworth
Episcopal Church Sunday Services and Sunday School
On Sunday May 7 there will be Sunday School at 11 am. No evening service at Linton. An evening service will be held at the Union church in Braddock at 8 pm.
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Linton
Union
Braddock
Duckish Fund Appeal Targets Ten Cents From Twenty Friends
A Lomax Illinois resident named Walling proposes a Money Trust themed scam. He asks twenty friends to contribute ten cents each, sending a form letter to President Harding and items comparing societal plights to draw in victims. The scheme mirrors a Townley style hustle, though with smaller monetary goals and looser demands.
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Lomax, IN
Walling
Lomax
Townley
Townkey
Illinois
Kintyre
Czars of Finance and the Credit Depression
A reader condemns financiers as the root of a nationwide depression, calling for sacrifice and cooperation to end credit deflation. The piece argues credit restriction, not strikes or rents, drives unemployment and business decline, comparing financial power to slavery.
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Finance
America
United States
Townley Case Upheld By Supreme Court In War Conspiracy
The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the 1919 conviction of A. C. Townley, president of the National Nonpartisan League, and Joseph Gilbert for conspiracy to encourage disloyalty during the war. Townley faced a 90 day jail term, and Gilbert served a year in Goodhue county jail for related charges. both appeals beyond Jackson County were denied.
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Minnesota Supreme Court
Gilbert
St. Paul
A. C. Townley
National Nonpartisan League
Joseph Gilbert
Minnesota
League
Supreme Court
Townley
Jackson County
E. C. Dean
Nonpartisan League
Jackson
Dean
State Supreme Court
Nebraska
Goodhue County
Red Wing
County School Notes on Wheat Contest and Literacy
The Spring Wheat Crop Investment Association held an essay contest with Clarence Doolittle of Maine School No. 1 winning a US flag for his school. Draft board statistics show one fifth of eight million examined were illiterates, all white, with higher numbers predicted if Negroes were counted. War Risk Insurance Bureau teachers survey shows only 9 percent would return to teaching, 40 percent would depend on conditions.
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Clarence Doolittle
Maine
United States
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Legion notes outline Memorial Day plans and citizenship aid
A small Legion meeting Monday discusses upcoming Memorial Day observances and committee appointments. Ex servicemen lacking second citizenship papers may obtain them at the District Court in Linton on May 13 with witnesses and discharge papers. Late submissions for victory medals can still be processed by sending in discharge information prior to Memorial Day.
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Legion
Linton
Soo plan to build new line from Ashley to Evarts
Eureka dates Twenty Years Ago notes Boettcher and Mix in Linton to discuss Soo line expansion. Proposal irons the Wishek Aberdeen grade, builds Ashley to Mound City branch to Evarts, ends Milwaukee extension at Missouri river, with a bridge shared cost of 2 million dollars.
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Eureka
Boettcher and Mix
Linton
Boettcher
Soo
Wishek
Aberdeen
Ashley
McIntosh County
Mound City
Evarts
Milwaukee
Missouri River
The
POKER JOINT RAID SHAKES SMALL TOWN
Chief Wittmayer raided a tailor shop in the old electric light plant building run by R. H. Burkhart and arrested six players in a penny ante game. Burkhart, B. Ward, Bill Schmier and three minors were fined five dollars plus costs after pleading guilty before Justice Britts. The mayor ordered the raid following suspicions of an illegal game.
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Wittmayer
R. H. Burkhart
Mr.Wittmayer
Mr. Wolverton
Burkhart
Linton
Hazelton
Peple
Hundredth anniversary of Napoleon I death observed
On May 5th the hundredth anniversary of Napoleon I death is noted marking his exile on St Helena after Waterloo. He ruled much of Europe from 1804 to 1814 before his defeat and banishment by the English.
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Napoleon I
St. Helena
Napoleon
Waterloo
Europe
Darkness Induces Blindness in Goldfish in Darkness
Ogneff kept goldfish in absolute darkness for three years with ample space and food. The extreme darkness led to total blindness, with rods and cones of the retina disappearing.
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Ogneff
New York Herald
Farm Bureau Salaries Revealed for State Officers
The state Farm Bureau president, Mr. Burdick, and the executive committee members receive five dollars per day plus expenses for board meetings. For special work such as speaking or campaigns they earn ten dollars per day plus expenses. Burdick dedicates a quarter of his time to Farm Bureau duties. The state secretary works full time, earning five thousand dollars annually. The assistant secretary’s salary is noted but not completed in the excerpt.
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Farm Bureau
Sauer
Burdick
State Organization
Secre
Salaries Set for State Farm Organization Officials
The state organization at Fargo fixed salaries after last year’s formation. lary draws $2,000 and Sam Busby helped set pay for 45 farmer members. Pres J R Howard earns $15,000 per year, while See Coverdale draws $12,000. Remuneration for special attorneys and accountants is not disclosed.
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Lary
Fargo
Sam Busby
Pres. J. R. Howard
National Organization
Iowa
Coverdale
North Dakota grain grading law struck down by Federal Circuit
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals overturned North Dakota's 1919 grain grading act, reversing Judge Amidon. The Farmers' Elevator of Embden filed the case, with campaign talk accusing J F T O Connor of puppet ties to grain interests. The piece notes the law conflicted with federal statutes and offered no real farmer benefit.
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Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
North Dakota
Amidon
Farmers’ Elevator
Embden
Sen. Crown
Leaguers
J. F. T. O’connor
Grand Forks
Miller
Emmons County
Naturalization hearing and court terms announced
Judge Frank P. Allen will hold a naturalization hearing in Linton on Friday May 13 at 9 am with two witnesses required for World War veterans to obtain full citizenship. Judge McKenna presides the spring court term Tuesday May 17 with no jury and only court matters. County terms follow: Ransom May 7 with Judge Allen, Sargent May 31 with Judge Allen, McIntosh June term with Judge McKenna, Richland June 14 with Judge Allen, Moore June 14 with Judge McKenna.
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Frank P. Allen
Linton
McKenna
Ransom County
Allen
Sargent County
Judge Allen
McIntosh County
Richland County
aMoore County
County Commissioners Review Road Work and Officials
In adjourned April session the county checked in the treasurer and the retiring treasurer, toured Winona and Westfield road conditions, and hosted a Holland Settlement delegation seeking road improvements. A county nurse petition was not yet presented, with no other major business reported.
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Carley
Atha
Winona
Westfield
Holland Settlement
Linton
Westfield Country
Messrs and
Mesdames R. Lantenga
Martin Rypkema
Henry Borr
Egbert Compaan
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Sand Creek
Arne Dahl
Dorothy Parsons
Buchanan
Bertha Schnaible
Emmonsburg
Gustaf
Lulu
Annie Hirvela
Viene Laine
Arnas Nyberg
Wilson
Peter Timmer
Clarence Rodenberg
Winnie Nieuwsma
Bakker
Annie Mitzel
Winchester
Verl Maushund
Gayton
Walter Beseler
Gladys Beseler
Maelle Bier
Lincoln
Alice Mauk
James Everts
Frank Mauk
Rebecca Benz
Dana
Vernon
Simon
Twylah Laing
Harry Beal
George Urevig
Mabel Sun
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