Segregation plans move on as county lines eyed
Logan's hall hosted a moving picture show forcing the Commercial club meeting to Woodhull & Singer hall. Petitions show broad support across Beach township 136 and ranges 105 106, with state and local officials weighing how to proceed.
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Logan’s Hall
Commercial Club
Woodhull & Singer
Golden Valley
Beach
John Keohane
California
R. F. Gallagher
Carly
Billings
J. R. Smith
Heffron
Billings County
R. M. Andrews
Beach Commercial Club
Keohane
Local Lawyer Entangled in Bootlegger Case Turmoil
A convoy of misdeeds hits the city as a trio Arnold Coy and Dolson are jailed on bootlegging charges while driving a stolen horse and buggy, with attorney Geo H Purchase facing scrutiny for alleged state escape aid. Legal hearings continue with buys and delays. local residents report burglaries and other thefts amid the turmoil.
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Ed. Ross
Billy McMullen
Woods & Lee
Mike Moran
Patrick
Experiment Farm
Arnold, Coy
Dolson
Heath
Geo. H. Purchase
Justice Bond
Mr. Purchase
Curtis Phillips
Purchase
Arnold
Coy
Medora
Jerome Parks
Miles City
Mitchell
Purchase J
Royston aids coal supply for new electric plant
J T Royston of Consoli dated Coal Co of Dickinson visited the city to arrange coal deliveries for the new electric light plant and other facilities. The firm operates mines at Lehigh and Scranton and markets White Ash Lignite with a special valley price. Assistant Attorney General Jeffron was in town to oversee a state case before Justice Bond. Beach Electric Co installs main wires and mast arms for arc and incandescent lights as a large boiler nears readiness. street illumination is planned by September barring delayed engine delivery.
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J.T. Royston
Consolidated Coal Co
Dickinson
A. E. Eastein
Lehigh
Scranton
Jeffron
Justice Bond
The
Beach Electric Co
Chrysler
Artesian Well Strikes In South City Farm Site
John Madison took a pump to B H Moulton's place twelve miles south of the city to sell for use in a new well. A drill drop led to water rising, forming an artesian well. The five inch pipe rises five feet with a one and a half inch lateral pipe feeding a two foot water column. Moulton celebrates luck while neighbors wonder about more wells nearby. The episode hints John Madison was perhaps bilked out of the pump sale and maybe an engine as well.
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John Madison
B. H. Moulton
Chronicle
Worry Drives Farmer to Suicide in Rural North Dakota
Slayton Robinson, 61, a farmer 31 miles southwest of town, shot himself due to two months of financial and crop troubles. He came from Viola Minn five years ago, had 200 acres flax, borrowed from a Wilaux bank, and faced crop failure. He leaves a wife and four children. His body was prepared here and shipped to the old home for burial. Special Officer Mitchell aided local officers in ongoing investigations.
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Slayton Robinson
Viola
Rochester
Minn
Wilaux
Texas
Crook Hunter Aims to Nab City Swindlers in Quiet War
Mr Mitchell, an experienced sleuth, traces humorous car robberies between this city and Wibaux. He has a line on several perpetrators and plans to bring them to justice, hoping to see them behind penitentiary walls.
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Mitchell
Wibaux
Offenders Assured Justice Sparks City Debate
The Advance last week listed cases showing lenient penalties in the city. Wm Duibenner floated fined $25 for striking an officer and aiding a prisoner to escape. A local resident was arrested for aiding a fugitive and held on $700 bond. The piece questions why harsher penalties aren’t applied, stirring public murmurs about vigilance.
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Wm. Duibenner
Orgabla
Jungle Denizens a Tough Lot Moments in Beach Crime Ring
Northern Pacific special agent Mitchell, former Glen dive police chief, describes Beach as hosting a violent outlaw gang of sneaks, car thieves, and hold up men including a noted dynamiter. He traces robberies to routes between here and Wibaux, notes burned merchandise beyond the snow fence, and a stash of brass buttons from a leather goods maker. A baby was born to Mr and Mrs Anton Strack six miles southwest yesterday. Citizens faced dense smoke and disrupted routines as the outbreak unsettled the town.
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Mitchell
Pacffic
Glendive
Beach
Here
Wibaux
Anton Strack
Professional Man Wedded Professional Man Wedded
On Wednesday August 17 at the Ziesenis home, Iva Ziesenis wed Dr H Benjamin Museus of Beach ND. The ceremony featured fern arches, maid of honor Hazel Ziesenis, and Rev J W Irish. After noon there was a wedding breakfast and plans to reside in Beach ND after October 15.
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Iva
H. Benjamin Museus
Beachy N.D
Hazel Ziesenis
J W. Irish
Chippewa Falls
Chetek
Hamline
Minnesota
St. Agatha's Conservatory
Beach
Museus
N. D
C. F. Museus
H. B. Museus
Wis
Hunter Street
Chronicle
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P. H. Lee
L. G. Smith
Henry
W. Whipple
Hensel
N. Dak
Rev. C. M. Good
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Heyelock
Iowa
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Colorado Spring
Pike’s Peak
Salt Lake City
Hugh Egan
Louis Harth
Sanders
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Daisy Homn
Lidgerwood
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