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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
8
An old time slag picnic for the Grand Forks Ad Club is planned for Wednesday evening at Lincoln Park. Members will meet at the Herald building at 6:16 PM and travel by auto to the park. Those with cars should notify the secretary by telephone. A good program is promised and missing attendees may face regret.
F. Claypool appeared before Police Magistrate R J Purcell after attempting to assault his mother near his home. He was granted a suspended sentence of 30 days in jail with a pledge to reform and good behavior in the future.
The Lutheran Bible School will hold commencement exercises for six graduates on Friday evening June 11 in the school auditorium. Examinations are set for the high school department with 64 pupils enrolled for the year.
Freshman entrants from seven colleges will speak at Woodworth Hall at eight o clock tonight. Harold Vermilya Bramarck and Katharine Tuttle Grind Forks lead a list that includes Latimer Vobayda Lawton Dorothy Budding Harvey Theodore Cool Grand Forks Kathleen Jacoba IpBteele and George Fraser Grafton the preliminaries were held last week.
Dr Stolz will speak at the eighth grade commencement exercises in Orr on June 7. Beatrice Johnstone will present diplomas. Teachers include Miss Helen Kenna and Florence Fordney. A luncheon precedes joint exercises for Heyton and Wheat Tie townships in Wellsgrove. Ruth Eck matt Haahr and Mabel Lutzen led the program.
Farmers urged to join Herald Pure Bred Live Stock Carjuler movement seeking better stock for farming profits. Emphasizes diversified farming, rotation, and higher yields for cows and steers. Prize plan includes two grand prizes with cash awards and 10 percent commissions for non prize winners.
D H M Millan who served Cavalier county treasurer and Langdon mayor died in Portland Oregon at his daughter Mrs John Morsons home. Word reached Mrs C B Getchell a niece. Funeral plans not announced but burial likely in Portland. He also spent winters in Portland and summers in mining ventures near Jinot.
Nettie E. Bauer of New York, a special representative of the Republican women’s national executive committee, visited Minot Watley City Bismarck and Fargo to report on political conditions. She said Nonpartisan league leaders are the only group to organize women in the state and urged Independent Republicans to bring women into their ranks.
Carlton W Miles dramatic critic of the Minneapolis Journal arrives Wednesday morning to witness Arnother prize play at the Metropolitan tomorrow evening by the Dakota Playmakers. Miles has long followed university drama workers and makes a special trip to study their work.
Dean Lauder W. Jones of the University of Minnesota will preside at the installation of a Sigma Xi chapter at the University of North Dakota on Wednesday evening. Charter members include faculty and others affiliated with science. The UND chapter follows a March national convention at St Louis that granted chapters to several schools. Sigma Xi, founded 1887 at Cornell, promotes original scientific investigation. The tomorrow evening event will conclude with a first annual banquet.
Berlin dispatch says the death of German American Arnold Heide at Beuthen Sunday prompted an American mission inquiry. French soldiers allegedly guarded allied HQ in a Beuthen hotel while a streetcar shout declared anti France. Heide, born Kopinghauette, emigrated to the United States, later visiting relatives in Germany.
The Rhineland commission and Americans withdrawal are cited as State Department policy to reduce American representation in Europe. Noyes says Washington aims to lower U S presence while Allen seeks direct talks with Allied leaders for occupation governance. Canada outlook noted as strong with a Vancouver find tipped for Olympic odds.
The report covers June to July grain deliveries with weak prospect receipts and firm corn futures rising to 53-4. Rye oats and barley show strength, spring wheat demand brisk, winter and durum prices mostly unchanged. Money markets show mercantile paper steady, bills, and exchange firm with high call money. A long inquiry notes 1,500,000 pounds of sugar missing, hinting it may have disappeared beyond sight.
Legal notice announces a Special Election in Grand Forks North Dakota to be held on a Monday in May or June 1928. Voters will decide on borrowing four thousand dollars for city payroll increases and salaries and wages for municipal employees for the period through September 1930. Ballot form and precincts listed. city council authorization sought for the raise and levy.
An American tribute in Paris honored business leaders sailors newspapers and farmers as memorial day observances unfold in France. Frederick Francot read remarks praising Franco American ties and the U S press while other speakers included Brigadier General Cornelian Vanderbilt Lieutenant Colonel Fabry and Captain Marcel Knecht. Separately William Langer touts a demanding campaign schedule across North Dakota highlighting vigilance against Townleyism and promising reform while listing numerous campaign stops through June across counties and towns.
Chicago today offered a thousand dollar reward for the capture dead or alive of Eugene Geary charged with killing Harry Reekas a saloonkeeper. Scores of raids have been conducted in the past five days as authorities press the search with rifle squads ordered to shoot to kill and take the lead.
In Chicago on June 1 a sharp rise swept the corn market. The July delivery led with a 1.70 1 20 net gain, as buyers grew anxious due to tight country supplies and scarce sellers.
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