Contracts Let for Supplies in North Dakota Institutions
North Dakota board of control awarded contracts totaling about 18,000 dollars for groceries and other supplies to multiple firms including Bismarck Grocery Co and Fargo Mercantile Co. The awards cover reform school, penitentiary, hospital for the insane, deaf institute, tuberculosis sanatorium, and other state facilities with bids from George A. Hornel and Fergus Packing Co among others.
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Bismark
Board of Control
Bismark Grocery Co
Reform School
Fargo Mercantile Co
State Hospital For Insane
Feeble Minded Institute
Lake Gro- Devils Lake
Deax
P. W. McGillie
Swift & Onospital
Armour, & Co
Grafton
John Hopperstad
School For the Deaf
Ghiot & Cooper
Devilu Lae
Hospital For the Insane
Deaf and Gumb Institute
George A. Hormel
Institute
Fergus Packing Co
Fergus Falls
Board of Regents
Walker Bros. & Hardy
Fargo
University
Mayville
Uni
Poison beans found in state crops raise alarms
Thirteen of fifteen bean samples from Rolette York Lakota and others tested positive for poisonous varieties. Dr E B Ladd of the Agricultural College notes widespread distribution and funds more samples. Descriptions by Dr N E Hanson cite Burma and East Indies beans with cyanogenic compounds dangerous if eaten.
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EB. F. Ladd
The
Agricultural College
A.C
Rolette
York
Lakota
N. E. Hanson
Burma
East Indies
Java
Wiehoaver
U. S. Department of Chemistry
Mville Chautauqua Set For Early July Week
A chautauqua will be held in Mville from July 2 to 8 with speakers including Judge Manford Schoonover and Morton H. Pemberton among others. The event will feature singers players and humorists with a children's pageant directed by Mar gurite Achmets.
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Manford Schoonover
Manes
Clarence Locke Miller
Congramman David
Texas
Morton H. Pemberton
Missouri
George C. Audelott
Margurite Achmets
Norwegian Baptists Plan to Visit Valley City Next
North Dakota Total Abstinence society adopted resolutions urging activists to oppose H B 44 and the Nonpartisan league proposed constitution. They warn Article 74 could allow liquor industry by state and subdivisions, conflicting with prohibition. Valley City hosts a summer conference with officers elected. state Norwegians count about 600 in 16 churches, with Powers Lake Fargo Valley City as the largest congregations.
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Matton
N. PD
Temperance Workers of
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
League
Nquor
Yakewiee
Fegislature
North Dakota Total Abstinence Society
Prohibition
Counsiel
Nonparisan League
Nalcon
Fargo
N. D
Norwegian Baptiste
Langer
Oscan Mehus
Cooperstown
Society For the
Young People's Societies
A. M. Mehur
E. Mannes
Powers Lake
Overgaard
Valley City
A. Quelle
A. J. H. Johnson
Park River
Washington
Oliver Bergstrom
Grand Forks
Colorado
Jewelers Rush to Meet War Wedding Demand
New York June 27 Thousands of wedding bands are being shipped nationwide from local jewelers in anticipation of a surge in war weddings tied to the draft. The article notes America expects about 600000 youths ages 18 to 30 to be drafted, prompting marriages before or during military service.
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New York
America
Burtness Speaks to Large Milton, North Dakota Crowd
Republican congress candidate Olger B. Burtness spoke to a large crowd in Milton after arriving from Osnabrook. He pledged support for government and Republican principles outlined at the Grand Forks district convention and noted strong reception in Osnabrook. The event highlighted his statewide support.
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Grand Forks
Osnabrook
Andrew Carnegie
Arrests Likely in Bell Robbery Case
Davenport North Dakota June 27 Arrests in the attempted robbery of the Christiana church bell from the belfry near here are expected soon. Sheriff Ross has been on the case for two days.
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Davenport
N. D
Christiana Church
Sherint Ross
Alleged Highway Robbers Bound Over
Fargo witnesses say Ralph H Olson and Hans Nelson tied over after waiving examination on highway robbery charges. Judge Roberts sent them to district court, with $93,000 bond in default of cash. Martin Kauber testified to the warrant after the assault and robbery, tying the pair to the Moorhead era gang.
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Fargo
N. D
Ralph H. Olson
Hans Nelson
Roberts
Martin Kauber
Moorhead
North Dakota Army Enlistment Lags Despite Quota
Four hundred forty North Dakotans enlisted in the regular army since the war recruiting campaign began, leaving the state at 29 percent of its 1,154 allotment. Other items note a Wahpeton auto accident injuring a child, poet Foley's Red Cross benefit return to Bismarck, a criminal case in Jamestown, and a July 15 meeting on federal farm loan act adoption.
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Bismarck
N. D
North
Foley
James W. Foley
North Dakota
Red Cross Society
Hernia
Jamestown
A. E. Borchert
Stutsmax County
County Court House
Medina
Streeter
Courtenay
Pingres
Woodworth
Stutsman County
Bone Dry Law to be Rigidly Enforced in North Dakota
Fargo, June 37. U S District Attorney M A Hildreth declares no loopholes for bootlegging after North Dakota’s bone dry law takes effect July 1. He warns that shipping liquor into the state via bases or base stations in Minnesota is a direct federal violation. A private purchase for personal use and bringing liquor home couldawait conviction. pharmacists must sell only for medicinal use with records open to inspection.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
United States
M. A. Hildreth
Moorhead
Minnesota
Department of
Minneapolis
Burtness to Address Bygdelaget Meeting
Fargo June 27 Hon Olger B Burtness of Grand Forks will address the Bygdelaget convention at the auditorium Thursday morning June 28 Judge A T Cole of the district court will be another speaker.
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Fargo
N. D
Twitchell to Speak on Old Settlers Day at Tower City
Tower City June 27 Treadwell Twitchell prominent North Dakota creator of the Panpartisan League era will address the old settlers picnic on Saturday June 30 during chautauqua week. Twitchell previously gained notoriety for a disputed quote about pigs during the 1919 political scene.
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Tower City
Treadwell Twitchell
North Dakota
Twitchell
Panpartisan League
Phil Twitchell
Brothers Reunited After Years Apart in Surprise Meeting
Beach North Dakota June 27 Uncle Bam enabled a long separated pair of brothers to meet again after years apart. Leon Stuck, returning from duty with Co. K, sat with Herbert A. Stuck at a table where a mutual friend sparked recognition. Both shared the unusual surname and learned they had lived far apart in Oregon. They learned their father was Alvin Stuck and embraced after realizing the other had survived. Their parents died when they were children, keeping them apart for years before this chance reunion.
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Herbert
Leon
Alvin
Bench
Dickinson
Northern Pacific
Fot
Generous rains aid crops across western North Dakota
Heavy intermittent rainfall spreads across western North Dakota aiding crop growth. Williston reports 0.74 inches Bowbells 0.33 inches Bismarck 0.16 inches Langdon in the northeast also records good rains.
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North Dakota
Williston
Bismarck
Langdon
Evidence Gathered For Flood Damage Case Involving Minnesota
Assistant Attorney General H A Bronson and Engineer H O Hurd returned from Richland County and Lake Traverse valley Minnesota where they gathered data for a 1.5 million flood damage suit now pending in the U S Supreme Court against Minnesota. Preliminary surveys in three states, river gaugings, and a canal plan near Bois de Sioux River were noted as part of preparations for a July hearing.
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Fargo
H. A. Bronson
Stat
H. O. Hurd
Richland County
Lake Traverse Valley
Minnesota
United Later Supreme Court
Lake ‘Traverse
Bois de Bioux
Wahpeton
Beat Valley
North Dakota
Ala
Enginerm
Bain
Fairmount
Platform Adopted: Buriness Nominated by First District Republicans
Republican platform adopted at Grand Forks on June 20 1917 endorses H T Helgesen death tribute, loyalty to democracy, tariff and agricultural policy, and recommends Burtness as the district nominee a farmer and sole party candidate with broad Republican voter support in North Dakota.
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First Congressional District
B. Buriness
North Dakoa
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Ton
H. T. Helgesen
Dakota Territory
United States
Burtness
Republican Party
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Famer
Union of
Callens
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Creditale Scheol
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Hotel Dacotah Cafe
HOTEL
Dacotah Cafe
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August Smith
Peter Roob
White Rock
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Montreal
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Atlantic City
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Congress
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Red River Valley
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