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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
8
A chaotic clipping reports on festival funding needs and various local items. It mentions court cases, police notes, theater excavations, a Grand Opening, dances, farm lease offers, insurance payments, and Welcome Home planning, all touched by names of local organizations and individuals.
Fragmentary OCR text references St Thomas The Pion Commarcial College Grand Forks North Dakota training in the Northwest business and an office help line. Names and full details are unreadable.
Professor Benjamin Fenstein muate instructor for the blind at Bathgate Institute attends a recital by Galli Curci. Fenstein, blind since age ten, teaches piano violin and orchestra to blind children after coming to the institute in January from a Baltimore reconstruction hospital for blind soldiers.
A wide range of topics fills the page as legislators clash over a leak in diplomatic circles. Senator Hitchcock and others press for public access to the peace treaty draft while warning of political maneuvering and calls for investigations.
Prof Gottfried Hult spoke on Walt Whitman at the convocation today at the state university. Plans for financing the Welcomes Home celebration on July 4 will be discussed tonight by the committee in charge. Grand Forks naval recruits will be told of their options to be sent to Great Lakes Illinois Mare Island California.
Reading of the mercantile market shows varied rates with 6M to 5% on mercantile loans and sterling demand at cables. Copper, iron, and tin futures move amid London and New York price quotes, while several named companies are listed in a loose rail and industrial equity roundup.
Citizens confront proposed paying project amid mixed petitions and no council stance. A June 3 special session will allow supporters and opponents to voice views on the plan. George Chambers elected city treasurer to complete Brown’s term. Grand Forks Foundry bid on a Lauson trade engine accepted at 16-36.
The silver wedding of Mr and Mrs Moria Sullivan draws about three hundred guests from Minnesota and North Dakota to the Commercial Club rooms for their twenty fifth anniversary. Festivities start at 9 with dancing supper and speeches as relatives and friends arrive.
East Grand Forks residents report varied activity from church events to social visits. Charles Main of Minneapolis, formerly of East Grand Forks, sold a house for $1 as part of a transfer. The Mendén Presbyterian primary department meets for Children's Day planning, and the Christian Endeavor Society holds a monthly meeting and semi annual elections tonight. Local travelers Samuel Martingon of Winniper and Henry Schmidt return, while guests Mr and Mrs P A Lydberg depart after ten days with C H Hanson. Farmers note rain and neighbors reflect on Erick Nelson's funeral.
Vienna dispatch reports the Merchants' Exchange will close for two days due to current peace council concerns. The move affects trading activity and reflects heightened tensions in the wake of international negotiations.
Fragmentary health note urges restoring liver health through regular routines. Mentions well being and ongoing habits but lacks clear actions, dates, or identifiable names.
Madison Wisconsin June 5 The Wisconsin Legislature will pass the federal suffrage amendment as soon as it is received Secretary of State Merlin Hull telegraphed Senator I L Lenroot asking when it might be expected Two other suffrage bills have already been adopted by this legislature with large majorities The assembly voted against an investigation by the attorney general of alleged outrages against Mary M Shaw of Evansville on armistice day General Joshua Hodgine 63 Gee of the United States senator Isaac Be Henson died suddenly last night of heart trouble
The American transport Leviathan sailed from Brest with 12 000 troops including officers and men of the sixth division under Brigadier General James McAndrew and Brigadier General W R Dashiell. In New York a transport Chicago brought 1060 officers and men from Minnesota and Iowa.
A crowd of 4000 returned soldiers and workers paraded in Winnipeg. Speakers urged formation of a veterans committee to approach the Labor Temple about preferred treatment for alien labor ranks and whether the parade should await labor leadership action.
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