Burtness Gains Support in First District Amid Critique of Townley Methods
Early precinct returns show farmers backing Olger B. Burtness over M. Baer as Republican candidate for Congress, with 75 percent of reporting committees favoring Burtness. Fordville’s M T Hidalen backs Burtness and opposes Townley Lemke tactics, signaling a broader rural shift.
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P.O. Thorson
Camp Jgn
Olger B. Burtness
Congress
M. Baer
A. C. Townley
Wm. Lemk
Burtness Or
Baer Committee
Burtness Baer
Smeer
Cavalier
Grand Forks
Nelson
U ' Pembina
Ramey
Ransoms
Richland
Sargent
Bee Eee
Towner
Trail
Wainh
Headquarters
Burtness
M. T. Hidalen
Fordville
Thornon
League
Sre
Baer
Dahlen
Townley
Lemke
M.D. Butler
Brocket
Ramecy County
Change in Service for Grand Forks Street Railway
River side Park and East Grand Forks Incs combine to offer 20 minute service on the Grand Forks Street Railway starting Monday July 2. Cars depart termini at 10 30 am and 60 minutes after the hour until 11 50 pm. Third street and De Mera avenue routes altered for each direction with east bound via University avenue Third street to DeMers and north bound via DeMers and Fifth street. The 16 minute University line service remains during summer school.
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Riverside Park
East Grand Forks Incs
Grand Forks Street Railway
Care
Cara
Third Street
DeMera Avenue
University Avenue
DeMers Avenue
Fifth Street
University
Arvilla Festival Plans Extend to Fourth of July
Weather disruptions leave the annual Arvilla picnic to be folded into the Fourth of July celebration in Padden's Grove. Farmers and local businesspeople near Arvilla are expected to compensate for lost entertainment with a larger July event.
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Ts Bo Wald
Padden's Grove
Arvilla
Big Festival Promises Continuous Pleasure With Baseball And Music
Elaborate preparations are underway for the upcoming festival featuring two big baseball games with Drayton and Brin opposing teams. Finley’s band will provide music and other attractions are planned, while dancing in the big pavilion is not among the minor attractions.
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Drayton
Brin
Finley
Grand Forks county forms exemption board officers named
Sheriff A F Turner chairs the 49 member exemption board appointed by President Wilson and sworn in by Adjutant General T H Thoralson. Hans Anderson is clerk and Dr Irwin is physician. The board will receive registration cards and assign numbers while awaiting further exemption instructions. A copy of all registered names will be filed with the government.
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Sherif A. F. Turner
Hans Anderson
8. H. Irwin
Grand Forks
Woodrow Wilson
T. H. Thoralson
Bismarck
A. F. Turner
Irwin
Work progresses on new water system near fair grounds
Carrol Brothers, local contractors, rapidly lay water mains to the North Dakota State Fair grounds and to the packing plant site north of the city. A large excavating machine aids the fast progress. Mains will be extended to the fair grounds well before the state fair.
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Carrol Brothers
Camp Life at Fort Snelling Training School
Myron Bacon son of J D Bacon spent a single day on leave at Fort Snelling praising the training staff. Grand Forks boys are performing well and may win commissions. He noted that local marksmanship tests were informal practice, and that aviation corps exams are underway with about ten men weekly sent to Princeton or Columbus for training.
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Fort Snelling
Myron Bacon
J. D. Bacon
Aviation Corps
University of Minnesota
Princeton
N. J
Columbus
Ohio
Bacon
Fire Truck Debuts With Speed Record Run
Shortly before noon today a motor driven fire truck made its debut answering alarms at 618 Inter national avenue with a small blaze in the second story of the Albert Nelson bake shop threatening damage. About 26 dollars in damage. The chemicals extinguished the fire. The new truck, driven by a company demonstrator, set a speed record for alarm responses at Grand parks. Responding firemen could not time the run, but pedestrians scattered from the mounted truck.
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Inter‘national Avenue
Albert Nelson
Grand Parks
Bangs Campaign Stops Across District in Campaign Swing
Democratic candidate George A. Bangs toured the district, speaking in Graftod and Minto, with visits planned to Moiita in Pembina county and a July 9 campaign at the city auditorium. Attorney Tracy Bangs also campaigned for his brother in Langdon Cavalier and Walsh counties.
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George A. Bangs
Congress
Graftod
Minto
Bangs
Moiita
Pembina County
Tracy Bangs
Langdon
Cavalier
Walsh
Special train service for North Dakota State Fair
North Dakota State Fair officials in Grand Forks announce resumed special rail service for the July 17 to 21 event after improved cooperation between railroads and government. Northern Pacific schedules a July 19 train from Pembina at 7 15 a m arriving at 10 80 and a return at 9 p m to Pembina at 12 20 a m the Winnipeg flyer also stopping at the fair grounds both ways.
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North Dakota
Northern Pacific
Pembina
Fair Grounds
Pembi
Winnipeg Flyer
Ad Grounds
Patriotic Day to be Observed in Two Cities Churches
Native from the National Service Commission announces next Sunday as Patriotic in all Presbyterian churches. Special 11 o clock services planned at the local church and Mendenhall Memorial in East Grand Forks. Churches will unite in a union service that evening with further announcements to follow.
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W. H. Matthews
National Service Commission
The
Presbyterian Church
East Grand Forka Mendenhall Memorial Church
County Roads Commission to Meet After Road Repairs Plea
Grand Forks County good roads committee urged immediate road repairs to support rural free delivery. Assistant Postmaster James Dunlap warned that poor routes threaten mail service and urged cooperation with the county board, which vows action at Monday session focusing on routine business and road work.
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Good Roads Committee
The
Grand Forks Commercial Club
James Dunlap
Grand Forks County Board of Commissioners
Atretchen
Circus posters mislead Grand Forks area riders
The Grand Forks Commercial club notes Barnum and Batley circus ads claim shows July 11 in Hillsboro and July 12 in Grand Forks, omitting times. Residents are urged to inform travelers that Grand Forks train service offers superior convenience over Fargo, aiding attendance for the spectacle.
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Grand Forks
Fargo
Big Top
Grand Forks City Council Meeting Next Monday Evening
The Grand Forks city council will hold its regular monthly meeting next Monday evening in city hall. Routine business from the past 30 days will be discussed, with reports from several committees and city departments reviewed. City Auditor W. H. Alexander notes the importance of the agenda.
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Grand Forks
W. H. Alexander
Car overturns on Bel Mont road injures driver escape
L. B. Walski of this city narrowly escaped serious injury last evening when his automobile turned turtle into a ditch near the O'Connor farm on the Bel mont road. The machine skidded on recently placed gravel, causing the accident. Walski received grit scratches and brief damage was noted to the car.
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L. B. Walski
O'Connor Farm
Belmont Road
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