State Provides Traveling Libraries To North Dakota Communities
The Public Library Commission will supply traveling libraries to villages towns or communities forming a library association. Libraries are owned by the community, not individuals, and must be kept safe and returned. Applications require six signatures and shipment from Bismarck with six month loans or extensions on request. Each library holds 40 to 60 books for adults and children and arrives with a book list. A local librarian and central location are urged to promote reading and ease of access.
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North Dakota Public Library Commission
Library
Public Library Commission
Library Commission
Bismarck
Court at Valley City remembers Judge Glaspell in district court
Valley City district court convened with calendar arranging and jury versus court settlement decisions. Barnes County Bar association president Winterer moved to adjourn a day in memory of late Judge Glaspell while Combs read resolutions. One criminal case listed: State of North Dakota vs Louis Gulman for burglary. Gulman arraigned, 24 hours to plead, with motion to continue opposed by State's Attorney Zuger. Leeland, accomplice, turned state's evidence and will be released from liability.
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Glaspell
Valley City
Winterer
Barnes County Bar Association
Combs
North Dakota
Louis Gulman
Sanborn
N. D
John Hanson
Lee Combs
State
Zuger
Gulman
Andrew Leeland
Wahpeton Get Encampment Elected G A B Officers
The G A B department of North Dakota closed its annual encampment at Valley City with Wahpeton slated for the next gathering, Minot also in the race. Officers elected include Department Commander J L Richman Minnewaukan and others from Valley City Fargo Jamestown Sanborn Hope and more. a Union Veterans association was formed to continue Memorial Day observances.
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Richmond
G. A. AB
Department of North Dakota
Valley City
Wahpeton
Minot
J. L. Richman
Minnewaukan
C. B. Vallandingham
Robert E. McKee
Sanborn
M. H. Kiff
E. Clearey
Fargo
Smith Summell
J. A. Wright
Jamestown
H. F. Curry
Hope
Union Veterans’ Association
Secco Silk Scheme Nets $300 Fine and Jail Time
United States v Ness convicts Ness for mail fraud over secco silk scams. He advertised three yards of secco silk for 25 cents and sent baby ribbon instead. Ness, of Wheeler, faced multiple victims as Judge Amidon excused the jury and Judge Munger returned to Omaha.
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United States
Ness
Wheeler
Missouri
Oklahoma
Amidon
Munger
Omaha
Heirs to Millions in Delaware Estate Feud Emerges
Grand Forks women Mrs. H. Cooley and Mrs. C. A. Tyler, kin to the Springer family, pursue a claim to a 90 million dollar Wilmington estate. Cooley just returned from the East convinced the case will be won, enriching both with a share of 3,000 acres and a high assessed value. The Sprinz brothers once clashed over property, one bequeathing land to a Swedish church with later reversal to heirs.
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Grand Forks
Delaware
H. Cooley
C. A. Tyler
Wilmington
Del
Cooley
Springer
Carl Christopher Sprinzer
Sweden
Carl
Lay Church Cornerstone In Grand Forks
The cornerstone of St Michael's Catholic church in Grand Forks was laid last week in a ceremony led by Bishop John Shanley of Fargo. The bishop reviewed the diocese's growth since its founding eighteen years ago, noting forty churches and thirty priests then, and on Jan 1, 1908 211 churches with nearly four times as many priests. One hundred seventy new churches have been built, fifty three more than any other diocese, and thirty three old churches were replaced by new ones.
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St. Michael’s
Grand Forks
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Dakotas
John Shanley
Fargo
United States
Alleged Thief Caught in Grand Forks Embezzlement Case
George Lund charged with embezzling 35 dollars from employer George Getts a Grand Forks plane dealer. Lund arrested at Pembina while en route to Winnipeg on the Northern Pacific train due to a warrant sworn by Getts. He faces a district court tenure with a jury for a speedy trial in Grand Forks.
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George Lund
George Getts
Grand Forks
Pembina
Lund
Winnipeg
Northern Pacific
Mr. Getts
P. McLoughlin
Ieen
North Dakota Firemen Elect New Leaders at Mandan Meet
Nearly 400 delegates gathered for the 25th annual North Dakota Volunteer Firemen's Association convention in Mandan. New officers elected include President R A Meddan of Oakes and Vice Presidents P H Glassford Northwood and R H Bradford Mandan. Devils Lake chosen for 1909 convention. A local ball game beat by Bismarck 9 7 and a five horse relay won by John Krentz. Retiring president A M Baldwin received a diamond ring.
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North Dakota
Oakes
North Dakota Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Mandan
Proudfoot
City Fire Commission
R. A. Meddan
P. H. Glass
A. M. Baldwin
Flaxton Girl Perishes Trapped in Church Window
Mary Botz aged a little girl was killed at St Marys church Foxholm when her neck became caught behind a car window while attempting to climb through. She struggled for minutes as the heavy sill pressed on her chest and she hung suspended until she died shortly after her mother found her.
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Mary Botz
St. Mary's Church
Foxholm
Mary
North Dakota Soo Lines Extend Route Toward Palermo
Engineers begun surveying to extend a route southwest from Kenmare to Palermo with a Plaza branch linking to the Montana line. The Minnesota Duluth grade level decision spurs vast railroad development, creating parallel Soo lines through Western North Dakota and Minnesota to reach a grain terminal.
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Kenmare
Palermo
Minnesota Supreme Court
Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company
Duluth
North Dakota
Missouri River
Plaza
Soo
Minnesota
Flaxton
Benedict Pardoned After Fifteen-Year Manslaughter Sentence
Bert Benedict, convicted four and a half years ago of manslaughter in the first degree for administering morphine to Maud King, has been pardoned by the state board of pardons and returned to Willis ton. Gov. Burke, who sat on the board, was the prosecuting attorney at his trial, a case noted as one of the most sensational in Western North Dakota in recent years.
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Bert Benedict
State Board of Pardons
Williston
Benedict
Maud King
Gov. Burke
Board of Pardons
North Dakota
North Dakota Notes Mix of Events and Incidents
A mosaic of North Dakota items spans burglaries in Minot and farmhouse thefts near Warwick, while towns like Garrison, Mayville, Mandan, Valley City and Beach plan celebrations, public notices, and infrastructure. Ministers in Grand Forks ban Sunday funerals. farmers push good roads. schools bond votes loom. a union band and rail discussions appear. smallpox quarantine and a pool room fire add local color.
Prosecutions Planned and Notable Western Actions
At the Capital the internal revenue department plans eight prosecutions for alleged infractions of federal revenue laws. The inland waterways commission members were reappointed. The gunboat Yorktown sails from Puget Sound to the Bering Sea to patrol seal fisheries. Capt Fitzhugh Lee Jr and Capt Archibald Butt are named for duties abroad and at the White House. Large tracts of land in Eastern Montana are restored to public domain with settlement dates to be set. Notable deaths include Isaac B. Rich, W. J. Forman, Hudson D. Brusale, Col John F. Finnerty, Rev John D. Pickles, William A. Morgan, William Davis Fly, George F. Payne, Leonard Vernon Howe, and Henry Cowper Gollan’s engagement announced.
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Internal Revenue Department
Inland Waterways Commission
Congress
Yorktown
Puget Sound
Bering Sea
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Roosevelt
War Department
French School of Equitation
Saumur
France
Archibald W. Butt
Havana
White House
Lower Yellowstone
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Forman
East St. Louis
Illinois
Hudson D. Brusale
San Francisco
John F. Finnerty
Chicago
John D. Pickles
St Paul's Church
Lynn
Mass
Massachusetts
William A. Morgan
Burlington Gazette
Iowa House of Representatives
Lake Forest
William Davia Fly
Yale University
Providence
R. I
Mr. Ely
George F. Payne
George F. Payne Company
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Capitol
Philadelphia
Baron Rosen in Mourning Over Brother Death
Russian ambassador Baron Rosen withdraws from society due to his brother’s death. His forthcoming travel plans shift. he will not attend social events this month and now aims for May to present himself for Russia.
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Baron Rosen
Baron Rose
Russia
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Underwood
W. C. Andrews
Valhalla
Mexico
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Casselton
M. P. Axtell
Ellendale
Esse
Rye
McVitie
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Eee
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Cavalier County
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Marion
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Wilton
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Till
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Boston
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Mineapolis
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Bermuda
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