North Dakota State Fair Opens With Automobile Day
Ideal weather ushers in the North Dakota state fair at Grand Forks with crowds expected to break opening day records. Highlights include automobile races driving contests auto polo and Montazuma fireworks while livestock shows and judging proceed with beef cattle dairy cattle hogs and sheep well represented.
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North Dakota
Ashartmenia
J.B. Davidson
Carmon
Man
Moscrip
Lake Elmo
Minn
W. J. Gregg
Mound
Frank*Clinhelns
Madison
Wix
J. 3+ q. McMillan
Rock Rapids, Ia
Ed Hayes
Aberdeen
Paul Goodman
H. G. Edwards
Frank Power
Ben Clifford
Ico
John Hale
Robert Graves
Jackal
Rick
Kelly
Willard
Cobb
Alley
Barra
Allen
Haugdahl
Inna Aenbor Prag
Inder
Alien
Blok
Touhy
Etaukaahy
Barr
State Fair Admission Prices and Grandstand Acts
Ongoing state fair coverage lists admission prices for general entry and parking, plus specific charges for horse and wagon conveyances. It also highlights entertainment acts including the Mérocco Troupe, Orpheus Comedy Four, Sweet's Band, and the Grand Forks Municipal Band under Moses, with security measures and crowd expectations noted as police prepare for large attendance.
Twenty Million Russians on Verge of Starvation
Berlin reports twenty million Russians in drought stricken areas subsist on moss grass and tree bark refugees flood Moscow and Petrograd as parched earth cracks and sand rivers dry up foliage withers and villages burn all cattle in the stricken districts have been slaughtered for food
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Berlin
Starvarb
Wiseia
Vossische Zeitung
Moscow
Petrograd
Rain And Wind Ravage Western North Dakota Crops
Mandan July 18 report describes a heavy rain and windstorm in western North Dakota that damaged crops. A hail event blanketed ground up to six inches deep in a strip one mile to two miles wide and ten miles long south of Tyson Morton County. Small buildings were toppled and many crops suffered heavy losses across the affected area.
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Herald Special Service
Mandan
N. D
North Dakota
Antoe Shields
Sioux County
Tyson
Morton County
Grand Forks Fair telephone numbers list
A readable list provides telephone numbers for Grand Forks Fair facilities including Columbia Hall, Dance Hall, Herald Office, Secretary's Office, Ticket Office, and Dining Hall. The fragment shows several entries such as 11g-Columbia Hall and 101-Hierald Office with partial labels and digits.
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Grand Forks Fair
Columbia Hall
Dance
Delco TA
Hierald
Ainok
Olen
Iom
Goodfellows official arrested on fraud charge
Bidux City Iowa July 18 H K Hansen secretary of the national organization of Goodfellows of America was arrested on charges of using malis to defraud He allegedly collected 62500 in 26 cent memberships from 250000 people across the United States Grand Forks residents were among those who were alleged to be stung The scheme used a chain principle with each member recruiting others The Goodfellows of America supposedly aimed to legalize sale of beer and light wines.
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Bidux City
Iowa
H. K. Hansen
National Organization of Goodfellows of America
Tne
Hanten
United States
Grand Forks
Haneen
The
Goodfellows of America
Ps Lis
Must Be Broken Up Says Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General Sickel informed Sheriff Getchel of Hand county that bands of alleged I. W. W. must be broken up at all costs as soon as possible after reports of two murders in the last few days. The attorney general’s office issued instructions to several officers regarding activities of these bands in the state.
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Pierre
Sickel
Sherif Getchel
Hand County
Deadlock Seen in Irish Situation Defines Premier Disagreement
Fragmented OCR notes discuss De Valera and Taudon at Downing Street with mentions of a deadlock in Irish affairs and Premier disagreements. Readable names include De Valera and Taudon. other details are garbled.
Bank of North Dakota Withholds Soldier Bonus Payment
Mountain City man Bjorn P. Skjold protests as a $425 soldier bonus warrant issued a month earlier remains unpaid. Bank of North Dakota held the check for payment, citing funds and processing delays, after the warrant was routed through a local bank and correspondent banks. Investigations show sufficient funds existed, yet the state bank blocked payment rather than honor the warrant.
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Bank of North Dakota
Gores
Shierg
Benk
North Dakota
Pollens
Pat
Set Ptt
Railroad Authority Granted to Abandon Tracks
Washington July 13 The commerce department grants authority to the Duluth Northern Minnesota Railway to abandon certain tracks after review. The move affects regional rail service and may prompt adjustments for shippers and passenger routes. Local officials anticipate impact on freight operations and potential redeployment of the right of way.
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Washington
Sranten
Duluth Northern Minnesota Railway
Quarr To Ree Set oe fine Wounding Of Another
July 18 near Melrose Wisconsin a farm quarrel between Oliver Hanson and Lindberg over lost money ended with Lindberg shooting Hanson twice. Hanson died later in hospital. Lindberg was found dead in a cornfield from a self inflicted gunshot.
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LaCropie
Wis
Louis Linda
Oliver Hanson
Melrose
Hanson
Lindberg
Oil Station Safe Robbed In Minot
Minot police captured John T. Redmond Manton Anderson and Leonard Koivu less than an hour after a Standard Oil filling station safe blew open in a residential area. About $80 was found on the trio. audit will determine final taken amount. The station wreckage included blown out windows. A tip from a nearby service man aided the arrest three blocks away. Koivu says he is from Houghton Michigan. others refused to talk.
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Herald Special Service
Minot
N. D
Standard Oil
John T. Redmond
Manton Anderson
Leonard Koiyu
Moorhi Wangeion
Carrington
C. G. Lantz
Koivu
Houghton, Mich
Hormel comptroller Thomson jailed in Austin for alleged embezzlement
R J Thomson comptroller of Hormel Packing was jailed in Austin Minn after a warrant charged grand larceny over alleged misappropriation of ten thousand dollars. He allegedly endorsed checks to Oakdale Farms Inc and deposited them.
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Thomson Haived
Chicago
Minneapolis
Jay C. Hormel
Preas
Jon
to_nee h
Gerald
Jamaon
Thomson
Hormel Company
Oakdale Farms Inc
Fire Devastates Western Penitentiary Riot Destruction
July 16 Pittsburgh reports a prison riot at the Western Penitentiary as fire destroyed ten buildings. Guards and city police imposed a cordon while volunteers ferried medical aid and more officers arrived. Prisoners faced revolvers as flames spread toward the Ohio river side. several injured and removed to first aid facilities. Governor Sproul ordered state police detachment to assist tonight.
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John J. McKetves
Pittsburgh
Francies
Shervim Dr
Sproul
Butter and Greensburg
Western Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Farm Prison
Bellefonte
Pittebursh
Ohio
Bomb Explodes Before Buenos Aires Capitol
A powerful bomb exploded in front of the Buenos Aires capitol this morning. A policeman was seriously wounded while material damage remained small. Authorities credit Communist agitators for the outrage.
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Capitol
Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Wilson Rejects Debt Cancellation Proposal Letter to Lloyd George
A July 15 letter from former President Wilson to Premier Lloyd George is recorded in Congress. The letter states the United States would not consider canceling or exchanging debts with Great Britain, a reply to last week's British letter. Senator from Massachusetts, a Republican member of the commission, released the record.
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Washington
Wilson
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Uni
Great
Hotel Man Dies in West North Dakota
P G Washer longtime Dickinson hotel manager died in Los Angeles after a lingering illness. He led St Charles from 1916 to 1919 and previously worked at Beach and Mott. He served in the late war, then moved west seeking relief. Funeral held in Los Angeles with burial there. He was about 45, survived by a wife.
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P. G. Washer
St. Charles Hate
Beach and Mott
Los Angeles
Cal
Washer
Dickinson
Dickinson Lodge
B. P
Dickinson Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Blue Lodge
Kewekete National Act Todee P.O. E
Lee Aneeleo
Wan
Srs
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Montesuma
State Fair Charges
Mérocco
Orpheus Comedy Four
Standaland
Seana Cabriel
J. W. Lowe
Harold Smith
L W. W
DE Valera
Dowing Street
Beodonsaly
Amo- Onn
Alera
BY Morris
R. J. Thomson
Austin
Pittburgh
Westen Pontorss
Alice Taylor
West
Tribune
Jweek
LM. Bratton
ML. Brees
Ite
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