Four masked bandits rob laborers in boxcars
Across North Dakota towns four masked robbers fleece thirty five transient workers in boxcars. In Tower City and Taylor two groups seize nearly $200 and watches, forcing victims to exit moving trains. An Anselm farmer saves his daughter in a runaway by a flour sack used as a cushion. Fargo Forum reports a large farm fire at Mapelton harming Twichell holdings, while Grand Forks notes deadly crashes and Canadian enlistments.
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Tower City
Taylor
Northern Pacific
War news from Europe fights near Paris amid shifting fronts
The fifth week of the great war reports a pivotal battle shadowing prior engagements as Allied forces hold a continuous front east of Paris while German troops press toward the northeast. Analysts note potential outcomes hinge on decisive victory or failure, with Russian and Austrian actions adding to global strain. The British cruiser Pathfinder sinks after a mine, and Japan presses in Tsing Tau as colonial troops arrive in force on the continent.
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Europe
Paris
Verdum
Germany
Austria
Austrian
Galicia
Prussia
England
Pathfinder
North Sea
Daily
Tsing-Tau
Continent
France
Hussars
Pollock Pickups Report Grain Yields and Local News
Farmers near Pollock report wheat yields from 12 to 16 bushels per acre with some 15 bushels cited. Silos being filled. several residents note high corn and broom-corn millet activity. Elevator sales and land transfers noted. hospital updates on Shockey Volk and Sturtevant. Pollock cream stations paid out 3171.34 dollars in August.
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J. Stam
Pollock
Missouri Valley and
Overland Telephone Companies
Bucklin Hotel
Albert van der Wal
Ed. Rice
Shockey
Anton Volk
Winona
Aberdeen Hospital
Aberdeen
B. R. Sturtevant
Rochester Hospital
Bert
Eureka Notes and Visits Across North Dakota
Local notes recount visits and travel in North Dakota towns including Temvik Linton Hague and Eureka. Jacob Bieber visited his brother Christ at Temvik. Mrs. Jacob Kiesz visited Morristown. Frances Hinz of Pollock came to visit the Hezel family. Several Eureka residents hosted or traveled, including auto trips to Strasburg and Hazelton. Leola resident Mrs. Lyman Clayton arrived from Grand Forks for a short stay before moving to Montana. Don Tracy and A H Irvine were noted in town and en route to the Twin Cities for business and purchases.
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Eureka Blade
Jacob Bieber
Christ
Temvik
North Dakota
Jacob Kiesz
Linton
Wm. Butech
Morristown World
Frances Hinz
Pollock, S. D
A. J. Hezel
Hezel
Jacob Schall
Martin
Frank Sahli
Frank Koll
Hague
Eureka
C. Vorlander
Strasburg
Hazelton
Leola Herald
Lyman Clayton
Leola
Grand Forks
N. D
Lyman
Fergus Falls Casket Co
Billings
Montana
Don Tracy
Marie Fritz
Twin Cities
A. H. Irvine
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Anselm
A. B. Lovejoy
Iowa
Twichell
Phoena Everly
James Everly
Gallatin
Everly
Charles H. Wentz
Saskatoon
Sask
Canada
J. B. Wentz
North Sixth Street
Wentz
Philippines
Company C
Grafton
Mr. Wentz
C. H. Wentz Lumber Co
Robertson Lumber Co
Montreal
E. H. Beyer
University Avenue
Minot
Lulu Caley
Princeton
Minn
W. W. Wood
L. Josephine Wood
Wood
John Lynch
J. D. van Fleet
Wyndmere
Albert Rochstad
Walcott
Government Post Office
Jas, McGann
Northwestern Hide & Fur Co
Wm. Rath
Sam
Carrington
Morgan
Foster County
Melville
Mars Harmon
Henry Kuhn
Otto Kementz
John Tully
Westfield
Alfred Becker
Dale
Family Journal
Jesse Payne
Glanavon
Wilt Cleverings
Dornbush & Cleveringa
Linton Partier
Dornbush
G. W. Renskers
Ed van Beek
J. J. Fenelon
Rudolph Klucknaw
Joseph Clark
Eureka Notes
Northwest
Welles- Thompson
J. A. Lang
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