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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
8
City briefs note Belmont Park dance with Emard's orchestra and a new pavilion at Reynolds on June 24, plus a Minot area dance and Lone Pine Lodge guest nights. Also events at Maple Lake cottage sale and local political candidate announcements for county commissioner positions in Grand Forks area.
In the local golf club semi final of the mixed foursome on Tuesday, Mrs W A McIntyre and G M Booker defeated Mrs C W Chapin and Eli L'Eeperance on Thursday evening. The score was 3 up and 1 to play. Murphy and Fletcher to meet the winners in the final.
A fragmented OCR list shows North Dakotans in Grand Forks with names and origins. Included are Anderson, Be Trafyer, Christ Sather, Lynch, Jenson, Hanson, Newgaard, Green, AvKitchan, Topping, Garake, Cleveland, Van Den F., Iverson, Hijelséth, Rusten, Swenseth, Jynch and others. The items appear to record attendees or correspondents from towns such as Drayton, Devils Lake, Hannahboro, Fargo, Reynolds, Brantford, Brockett, Bottineau, and Bottineau names.
Gunder Nomland prominent farmer of Byfignd died Wednesday night at 8:30 after a several year illness. Born in Norway April 21, 1867, he came to the United States as a child, lived in southern Minnesota, later settled in Buxton, and moved to England 22 years ago with his family. Survived by widow and five children: Mrs. Rt. Hilaire, Jorgen, Knute, Inga, and Anna at home. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. from the home and 2:30 at England Lutheran church, Rev. Stensgard officiating. The obituary notes he was a pillar of the local farming community. The day included community events and a baseball tournament following the address by Mr. Scambota and Mr. O’Connor on agricultural unity.
Grand Forks becomes central office for the northwest region of the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. The announcement, made yesterday by statistician Jay G. Diamoné, names Grand Forks as the regional headquarters and marks a key expansion for the agency.
J. F. T. O'Connor, candidate for the U S senate, spoke to a large crowd gathered for a Inkster city picnic. The event drew many residents and supporters as he outlined his platform and urged votes.
Fragmentary snippet references Minnesota Montana and Dakotas alongside monthly geporta duties. Mentions headquarters office and compilation for Washington. No clear event, date, or identifiable persons or organizations beyond generic regional names.
The Nash coffee contest judges cannot announce the prize today due to the large volume of word lists needing careful verification. Officials expect to reveal the winners next week around June 30. Montgomery Avy E RB departed for Winnipeg to attend a fair and amusement representatives meeting.
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