War Work and War Saving Ideas at University
The University of North Dakota opened its summer session with an 11:45 assembly in Woodworth auditorium presided by Dr A J Ladd. Miss Starkweather spoke on women’s war work and YWCA roles, while Dr George R Davies explained war savings stamps as a national thrift program. He urged personal responsibility and thrift to support democracy and defeat the Kaiser.
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University of North Dakota
Woodworth
A. J. Ladd
Anna Holohan
Ladd
Wella Kingsbury
Miss Kingsbury
Department of
Wesley College
War Savings
George R. Davies
Koda
Germany
Eckman recounts starving German prisoners after Cantigny fight
Capt. L. L. Eckman in Grand Forks writes of recent combat experiences. He describes a May 28 action with 12 tanks and a rolling barrage, noting 200 prisoners taken including five officers. He quotes a Paris clipping on the advance from trenches to Cantigny with heavy losses and starving Germans, mostly Silesians and Brandenburgers, and includes a photo to prove his health has improved.
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L. L. Eckman
Grand Forks
Camp Greene
8. C
Captain Eckman
Eckman
Cantigny
Kekman
War Savings Stamp drive gains five pledges from one family
A local War Savings Stamp effort received a boost as T. J. Smith and his entire family pledged 1000 each. The campaign facesRumors of pro-German schemes while President Wilson designates June 28 as national War Savings Day and bankers urge pledges rather than full payments.
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War Savings Stamp Limit Club
T. J. Smith
Smith
Wilson
National War Savings
Secret Service
F. A. Vanderlip
National War Savings Stamp Committee
Great Northern Railroad Committee
Pinerney Case Delayed Again in North Dakota Court
The state case against J H McInerny for bootlegging in Walsh county North Dakota was postponed again with no reason given. Clerk T J Hood noted no lawyers arrived and no new date set while attorney Geo A Bangs said he was ready. Judge Kneeshaw was discussing features with the state and a July 1 jury for the brewery case looms, delaying further action.
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North Dakota
J. H. McInerny
District’ Court
Grafton
Walsh County
T. J. Hood
Orate
K Geo. A. Bangs
Mr. Melnenny
W. J. Kneeshaw
H. A. Bronson
Bronson
Hagenbeck Wallace Have Fifty Clowns
The article discusses how the modern clown differs from Dan Rice era clowns. It explains changes in circus structure from single rings to multiple rings and hippodrome tracks, noting how pantomime replaced singing and jokes as the main act. It mentions figures like Eddie DeVoe and George Baker among Hagenbeck Wallace performers.
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Dan Rice
Varain
Eddie DeVoe
George Baker
the Hagenbecka
Railroad pledge drive reports strong War Savings effort
A fourteen member committee led by J E O'Brien organized a campaign to sell War Savings Stamps to railroad employees. Districts were divided and local volunteers appointed to push pledges before December 31. J J Flynn reported 1500 pledged after four hours of work. The committee includes D J Flynn A C Scott C A Bailey E A Gilmore M Read W B Sinclair C A Loughlin J Mul downey J Vallely M Curran W A Lyone L F Ely and M Neville.
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J. E. O'Brien
Dakota
Great Northern Road
J. J. Flynn
J. E. O’brien
D. J. Flynn
A. C. Scott
C. A. Bailey
E. A. Gilmore
M. Read
W. B. Sinclair
C. A. Loughlin
J. Muldowney
J. Vallely
M. Curran
WA. Lyone
L. F. Ely, and
M. Neville
Shriners Invade Grand Forks For Imperial Ceremonies
Crowds gather as Kem Temple Shriners arrive with Imperial Potentate Elias Jacobi. A 500 to 600 seat grand banquet is planned at the Masonic Temple with 90 in the second largest class. ceremonies, concerts, and a final ritual mark the event amid war restrictions. Germany accepts U S invitation for Berne prisoner exchange talks on August 5 with American delegation.
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Grand Forks
Masonic Temple
Kem ‘Temple
Great Northern
Elias Jacobi
Inianapolis
T ‘Temple
Kern Temple
Dacotah
Frederick
Temple
Ancient
Order of Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Washington
Germany
United States
Berne
Switzerland
Papermaster Sues Sundeen Taxi Crash Verdict Favoring Defendant
A district court jury returned a verdict for defendant in the Papermaster versus Sundeen case after about thirty minutes' deliberation. The plaintiff claimed $1 damages for injuries to himself and his daughter when a taxi collided with them on Sixth Street in April 1917. The following case involved Kovarik versus McMahon over the alleged theft and sale of a colt valued at $200.
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B. Papermaster
J. Sundeen
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Berlin
Lotro Painiess Dentists Fuer
Sad de Mers
North Dakocs
Girard & Son
W. S
White House
Washington, D. C
RO Asecrdés
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Kem
Papermaster
Miny Lane
Wes Square
M. Stanchfield
Street and Dediers
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