Woman claims estate via alleged marriage to deceased lover
Mrs. Dorothy Miesen of Muskegon Michigan contends a 30 year old promised marriage to Anton Peterson gives her rights to his estate. Benson county North Dakota courts ruled in her favor, relatives appeal. The case could affect the validity of her marriage to her husband and reach the state supreme court.
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Dorothy Miesen
Muskegon
Mich
Benson County
N. D
Anton B. Peterson
Miesen
North Dakota
State Supreme Court
Peterson
Norway
Midh
Dorothy Harmon
Michigan
Mipsen
Cowan
Standing Rock lands to open for public settlement in 18 months
Anton B Bullhead a Hampton Institute graduate spent Saturday in Bismarck on Standing Rock allotment business. He says once lands are selected the reservation will likely open to public settlement in about fifteen months. He recently returned from Washington with Indian leaders who discussed the plan with the interior secretary. Bullhead near the old Sitting Bull area notes natives are turning to stock raising with many owning 200 head of horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standing Rock Reservation
Anton B. Bullhead
Hampton Institute of Virginia
Bismarck
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Interior
Bullhead
Sitting Bull
Prize Misallocated in North Dakota Declamation Contest
Judges misawarded first prize at the Grand Forks high school declamation event causing Frank King of Hankin Bon to receive the top award while Chester Fritz of Lidgerwood should have won. The error was corrected by awarding Charles Frits first prize and Roland Young of Cavalier was moved to second place per the original ranking. King kept his prize as the error was rectified after his departure.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
Frank King
Hankin- Bon
Chester Fritz
Lidgerwood
Charles Frits
King
Roland Young
Cavalier
Plans for statewide high school districting debated at principals conference
The annual state high school principals conference closed after debates on districting for declamation contests. Superintendent Youngdahl proposed seven districts with equal high school counts, opposed by Superintendent MacDonald. A five-man committee was named to report next year.
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Youngdahl
New Rockford
MacDonald
Lidgerwood
Gray
Grafton
Godward
Devils Lake
Berk
Dickinson
State
Wrong Man Says Forger Clarence Cooper Claims Mistaken Identity
Clarence E Cooper faces forgery charges in Fargo before Judge Miller. Bankers tracked him for four years via a California linked sighting, but Cooper insists he has not been in North Dakota for fifteen years. Deputy Ross pursued him 150 miles in a car to serve habeas papers.
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Clarence Cooper
Clarence
Cooper
Miller
Fargo
North Dakota Bankers’ Association
California
Wheatland
Thia County
Charles Malette
Malette
San Diego
Cal
North Dakota
Ross
Appeal Planned for North Dakota Spotter Law
Assistant Attorney General R N Stevens notified State's Attorney J B Wineman that the constitutionality of the "spotter" reward law will be appealed to the North Dakota Supreme Court. The Grand Forks district court, with Judge Charles F Templeton, found the law constitutional and ordered a $50 reward for illegal liquor sales based on informant information. Attorney General McCue argues the law is a dead letter and the case will go to the high court.
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R. N. Stevens
J. B. Wineman
Supreme Court of
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Charles F. Templeton
McCue
Supreme Court
Joe Taylors Booke Gifted to Historical Society
Curator Fish of Bismarck and Theo Taylor of Garrison examined the late Joe Taylors effects. Nearly a hundred books and numerous clippings were donated to the state historical library. A soldier boy diary from Fort Berthold in the 1870s was placed in the society vaults to be published later.
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Joe
Joe Taylor
Libby
Fort Berthold
the Tribune
Theo. Taylor
the Historical Society
Doctor’s Mistake Leads to Ammnia Accident in Rolla
Rev J P Schell of Rolla mistook an ammo nia bottle for medicine and swallowed fumes. Mrs Schell gave beaten eggs. Drs Verret and Plourde treated him. He speaks softly and may have voice and bronchial damage but is hopeful to attend the Presbyterian church assembly in Kansas City.
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J. P. Schell
Rolla
Ward County Editorial Association Forms in Minot
About twenty five Ward county newspaper men met at the Commercial club rooms in Minot to perfect the Ward County Editorial association started last winter. The group discussed general fraternity interests and plans to actively promote the local newspaper business with regular meetings, chiefly in Minot.
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Minot
Ward County
Commercial Club
Ward County Editorial Association
North Dakota News Bits Snapshot Roughly Sketched
North Dakota items report Scranton’s growth and a dead town pad funeral. Oil finds near Omemee and White Earth. new bands in Minot. Bowdon diphtheria quarantines. grazing and land value boosts across counties. rail expansion around Dawson and new trackage in Sanborn. a croquet club in Denhoff. General snippets on crime, sports, and local events across the state.
Embezzlement Charge Shrouds Butcher George Trotzke
Officials search for George Trotzke a St Jacques meat market employee wanted on embezzlement charges after he fled Fessenden with about $30 from the till. Trotzke a figure with a shady past is alleged to have a history of similar acts and has been repeatedly suspected in till meddling.
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George Trotzke
St. Jacques
Fessenden
Trotzke
St. Jacque
Sunday School Convention Opens in Minot This Week
The State Sabbath School Association meets in Minot beginning Tuesday for a three day convention. Prominent state leaders and speakers from other states attend, including Dr Hamill of Tennessee, a renowned Sunday school specialist in the United States.
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Minot
State Sabbath School Association
Hamill
Tennessee
United States
Resume of the Week's Congress
Washington report details Senate filibuster on a land bill and the approval of the conference report on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The House completed major supply measures with a $17,568,578 deficiency bill and passed fortifications and lands omnibus bills.
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Washington
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
House
Senate Favor Creates National Monetary Commission
Washington May 22 senate proceedings close with currency issues. Senator Aldrich reports a joint resolution creating a nine member Senate and nine member House national monetary commission to investigate banking and currency matters and begin work soon. House approves the agricultural appropriation conference report while disagreeing on a $12 million public building increase and asks for a conference.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
National Monetary Commission
House Rejects Ship Subsidy in Post Office Bill Fight
In Washington on May 23 the house defeated the conference report on the post office appropriation bill by 145 to 156, ending hopes for a ship subsidy. The bill returns to conferences with little prospect the house conferees will yield to the senate. A separate campaign contribution publicity bill passed 150 to 126 with a southern representation reduction amendment, Democrats opposing the measure due to the amendment.
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Washington
House
Post Office
Senate
Democrats
Water Preferences Prompt Father and Son in Playful Exchange
A short quip compares hard and soft water as a joke. The line hints at a character asking for water type while another responds that any water is hard for him. The exchange reads as light humorous dialogue.
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Ubbins
Scranton
Oakes
Bowmans
Omemee
Kramera
Kermit
Beach
White Earth
Denhoff
North Lemmon
Ees
Billings County
Ses Braddock
Mouse River Loop
Northern Pacific
Dawson
Medina
Stutsman
Oss
Sanborn
Logan County
George H. Purchase
Granville
Maple River
Fullerton
Almont
Joe Santasso
Hettinger
Linton
Hannaford
Midland Continental Railway
Bowdon
Lake County
Friends of Durum
Ray
Ramsey County
State Hospital
Canada
Jake Kane
Starkweather
Harry Carr
Hunter
Tokio Exposition
Taylor
Lilley
Connecticut
Rayner
William F. Stewart
Coast Artillery
Fort Grant
Ariz
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