Land Transfers and Warranty Deeds Listed by Area
A long list of land transfers shows numerous warranty deeds in towns including Strasburg, Temvik, Linton, and surrounding townships. Transactions involve individuals and local entities, with parcel sizes ranging from 40 to 160 acres and prices often listed as $1 or symbolic sums, plus occasional mortgage details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joho C. Tuntland
Thomas McCrory
Damian Lauinger
Wifs
Wendelin Brannger
Wendelin Broonger
Isadore Weinstein
John Timmer
Mort Gee
Valentin Vetter
Church of St. Joseph
German Appeal to the German
A reader-submitted message contrasts German autocracy with American liberty. The speaker, recounting family ties and exile, argues Kaiser authority corrupts schooling, religion, and society, urging Germans to embrace democracy and leave conflict behind. The note ends with a call for peace and freedom as expressed in a World War I era voice.
Shutting up the Rooster Breeding Dilemma Restores Egg Quality
A fragmented note discusses fertile eggs spoiling faster than infertile ones and considers options to quiet or sell the breeding stock. It hints at management concerns during the breeding season and potential solutions.
Notice on Federal Food Regulations and Ice Rules
The Food Administration in Washington grants Dakota Sica extension for sale of wheat to June 1. Farmers may hold seed wheat for 1919 and reserve part of the 1917 crop as feed against acres planted, with approvals. Ice dealers may not raise prices in 1918 beyond 1917 cash prices without a federal permit after a hearing.
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The
Food Administration
Washington
Sica
Dakota
North Dakota
United States Food Administrator
United States Food Administration
Federal Food Administration
Army and Navy seek thousands of trained workers
Civil Service Commission says civilian branches of the Army and Navy must grow by at least 20,000 before 1918 end. The Ordnance Department needs mechanical engineers draftsmen chemists and metallurgists while thousands of inspectors and clerks are required in ordnance and supply, Quartermaster, Signal, and Navy positions. Stenographers typists bookkeepers and clerks are in demand across most branches.
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Army
Navy
Civil Service Commission
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Marriage of Helene Van der Vorste to Albert Bor at Bar Farm
The Prairie Picayune reports the marriage of Helene Van der Vorste daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Van der Vorste to Mr Albert Bor at the groom's home northwest of town. The ceremony was quiet with immediate friends and relatives and the couple will reside on the Bar farm north of the city after the brother moves to Westfield.
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Helene
Will van der Vorste
Albert Bor
Bar Farm
Westfield
The
Prairie Picayune
Herreid
Cross Children and Handling Mood in Kids
Practical advice on managing upset children without scolding. Suggests giving space during irritability, diverting with books or games, and encouraging outdoor activity. Warns that snapping back worsens mood and despondency in youngsters.
Hurry Hurry Hurry class play at Linton High School
The 1918 graduating class of Linton High presents a class play Hurry Hurry Hurry at Electric Theatre with nine characters in three acts. Cast includes Jack Crandall, Walter Mohn, Bertheau, Junge, Stone, Horner, Florence, Gladys Sandidge, Marie McGuire, Rita, and Ruby Lips. Act I living room scene posted days before Christmas, Acts II and III follow with no time between acts. Synopsis notes Mr. Hooker’s business failure and a will that requires Floy to be engaged by her twenty first birthday and married by twenty two for an aunt’s bequest, as the family races to secure an engagement before midnight.
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Linton High School
Electric Theatre
Jack Crandall
Walter Mohn
Hooker Mansion
Mr. Hooker
Floy
Hookers
The Steady Subscriber Poem Keeps Hearth Warm
A nostalgic verse extols the loyal reader who pays in advance and keeps the newspaper thriving. It praises the subscriber who never balks at cost and brings cheer to the office and family.
Docking Lambs Improves Sanitation and Value
Across the nation a strong lamb crop is advised to be docked by two weeks old. Use hot sharp pincers to cut the tail to about one inch, or cut with a knife if tools are unavailable. Docked lambs fetch about half a cent more per pound at market, says W. H. Peters of the North Dakota Experiment Station.
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W. H. Peters
N. Dak
Allied gains as German losses mount near Amiens
British and Australian forces report advances on fronts between the Somme and Ancre rivers with heavy German casualties. Allied reserves bolster the line south of Morlancourt as operations progress and Mount Kemmel remains a focal point for potential recovery.
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France
Ancre
Somme
London
Morlancourt
Locon
Lawe
Flanders
Six Killed Fifteen Missing In U S Casualty List
Washington May 7 the latest casualty list reports six killed in action two died of wounds two died of accident nine died of disease one died of other causes four wounded severely forty eight wounded slightly fifteen missing in action. Notable entries include Lieut Clifford R Livingston Merrill Wisconsin and Private Lester Dewey Erskine Jacksonport Wisconsin with Frank J Kessler Mahnomen Minnesota listed as wounded slightly. The majority are New England names.
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U. S
Washington
Cliford R. Livingston
Merrill
Wis
Lester Dewey Erskine
Jacksonport
Frank J. Kessler
Mahnomen
Minn
New England
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Norway Loses Ten Vessels to German War Action
Norway's April losses totaled ten vessels aggregating 13 704 tons with 20 sailors dead or missing. The Norwegian legation reports these figures as part of cumulative wartime losses totaling 755 ships and 1 115 519 tons with 1 006 seamen killed and about 700 men on 53 ships missing.
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Germany
Washington
Norway
Foreign Office
Germans Seize Russian Black Sea Fleet at Sebastopol
German troops occupying Sebastopol in the Crimea report that most of the Russian Black Sea fleet lies in foe hands in the harbor. The list includes cruisers destroyers torpedo boats submarines and merchant ships as official notice notes the arrival of the Sultan Selim and the Mamidieb. Buy War Savings Stamps.
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Constantinople
Sebastopol
Crimean Peninsula
Sultan Selim
Mamidieb
Sedition Bill Passes House in War Time Action
The House approved the conference report on the sedition bill, sending it to the president for signature. It imposes penalties up to 20 years in prison or a 10 000 fine for disloyal language and for aiding Germany, with broad new powers to curb what officials call disloyal acts during the war.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Department of Justice
United States
Germany
London
New York
Lundeen
Minnesota
Church of California
Gordon
Ohio
Liberty Loan praise from McAdoo to newspapers
Secretary McAdoo Sends Message to American Newspaper Publishers Association praising their role in supporting the Liberty Loans. He credits newspapers for shaping public opinion and keeping citizens informed of government needs, urging continued cooperation to win the war for democracy and justice.
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McAdoo
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Treasury Department
America
Seed corn offered by Seed Stocks Committee at Fargo price
The Seed Stocks Committee offers yellow flint Rhode Island White flint both 8 rowed and early types and a yellow dent for fodder. Seed corn available at 6 per bushel f o b Fargo with sacks included. Payment with order. J H Sheppard Agricultural College N Dak Sec Seed Stocks Committee Subscribe for the Record.
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Rhode Island
O. B. Fargo
J. H. Shepperd
Agricultural College N. Dak. Sec
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Ahrens
A. N. Jake
D. K. Byam
Konrath Volek
Stephen Weninger
Ned
John B. Soherr
Peter C. van Soest
Milwaukee Land Company
Strasburg
Jacob Bosch
Judson
F. J. Pintz
Jacob Wolfer
L. T. Briggs
Myrtle Briggs
Daniel G. Nickiech
Wfe
Jacob Herr, Jr
Elisa
Fred Raemis
Frank
Foell
William Franklin Helm
Joseph J B. Paine
Jacob Ricker, Jr
Jacob’ Merkel
Adam Thoms
Hank
J.inton
Quinton Wingerter
Gabriel Ee E
John Miller
Carrie Wittmayer
Jone
Linton
Joseph Gofre
George Schwartz
Peter F. Schmidt
Frederick Vowler
Temvik
Linton Cemetery
Olen
Johnson
Martin J. Hogan
Ray Brown
H.C. Benedict
Fred A. Barwind
George Barwind
Olen GO. Johnson
Geo W. Lynn
L. Beiseker
Michard M. Scott
Sa‘rah
A. Scott
Unites
Leonard J. Boimes
Empire
Kaiser William
God
Kaiser
Fatherland
Dresden
Belgium
Jesus
Old
Judea
Earth
Cross Children
Aeaiere Oscar Bertheau
Steven Hooker
Hielelafete Alton Junge
Ted Stone
Football Hero
Sisieliteielemtessseid
George Horner
Alosius Partanleaans College
Sis
eManiclolotettanic
Ronald Schlangen
Floy Hooker
Wateretories
Magdeline Horner
Letitia Brown
Dilettan GA
Atiabys Belleieconeye
Marie McGuire
Mrs. Hooker
Stelaiats Etaitie
Gladys Sandidge
Rita
Haig
Amiens
Kemmel
RAY Germans
Liberty Loan
Newspapers
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