Prohibition Debate Heats Up in Minnesota House Session
Prohibition becomes a special order in the Minnesota House with an amendment favoring brewery interests and a proposed enforcement framework set to govern starting January 1920. Buchanan and Warner shift positions on tonnage tax while suffrage factions clash over presidential voting rights. Public hearings gain prominence as lawmakers tackle grain legislation and the Equity Exchange controversy.
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House
Senate
House Temperance Committee
Minnesota
Minnesota Equal Suffrage Association
Sageng
Putnam
Minnesota Equal "Franchise League
A. M. Peterson
Coleraine
A. F. Teigen
Farmers’ Co-operative Equity Exchange
St. Paul
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Duluth Board of Trade
Teigen
Public Domain and Education Bills Hearings Reported
Members of the house committee on state government reorganization and the senate civic affairs panel weighed Public Domain and grain inspection independence from the Railroad and Warehouse commission. Education committees heard bills for military training in high schools and the temperance panel debated prohibition. Continues on last page.
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Senate Committee On Civic Affairs
Grain Inspection Department
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Senate
House Committees On
House Temperance Committee
Greater Military Training Is Urged Across North Dakota Guards
North Dakota officers returning from the Mexican border call for universal military training. Major Albert Pfaender and Colonel John H. Frane advocate compulsory training, with six months to a year of service for youths and regular summers in camps. They warn the nation borders on war and predict conflict by next April.
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National Guard
Albert Pfaender
Texas
John H. Frane
North Dakota
Fort Snelling
Minneapolis
Frane
Congress
Publc
George
Twin City
New Ulm Welcomes Home Its Soldier Boys
Thousands line streets and depot as Company A Machine Gun Co. and a portion of the Second Regiment Band return from the border. The welcome includes a grand armory reception with speeches by Mayor Fristche, acknowledgments from Captain Groebner, and a ceremonial dinner hosted by local residents.
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New Ulm
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Co. A
Machine Gun Co
Second Regiment
Burg
Fritache
L. A. Fristche
Minnesota
New Tim
Liang Grande
E. A. Stoll
Miss Henrettta
Hauenstein
Armory
Ferdinand Crone
Armory Board
Crone
Hofmeister
Joseph C. Hofmeister
Crosbner
B. Groebner
Groebner
Ulm
Rio Grande
Remarkable Records of New Ulm Troop Maneuvers
The captain praised New Ulm boys for their steadfast discipline during twelve days of maneuvers near Brownville Texas with 28,000 troops. He noted squalid sleeping conditions led to sickness, despite gifts like cots from Ferdinand Crone helping troops rest off the ground.
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Philip Liesen
New Ulm
Texas
Minnesota
South
Ferdinand Crone
Brownville
Tex
United States
Community Singing Proves a Success in New Ulm
Community Singing in New Ulm drew a modest crowd at the High School Auditorium last Friday. Rev C G Hahn introduced Commercial Club leader G A Ottomeyer and Current News Club, with Louise Pederson directing and Henrietta Havenstein at the piano. The program featured America, The Old Oaken Bucket, Heidenroedlein, Die Larelei, Old Folks at Home and The Star Spangled Banner. Future meetings set for every two weeks with date to be announced.
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New Ulm
C. G. Hahn
G. A. Ottomeyer
Commercial Club
Current News Club
Mr. Hahn
Louise Pederson
Henrietta Havenstein
America
Wan Mung
Major O J Quane Promoted Lieutenant Colonel in Minnesota Guard
Major O J Quane of St Peter was elected lieutenant colonel of the Second Minnesota Regiment just before the unit sent home from Fort Snelling. He succeeds Colonel Charles H Danforth who returned to duty as a captain in the regular army. Quane served in the Spanish American War and was editor of the St Peter Free Press and later the Review.
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O. J. Quane
St. Peter
Minnesota
M. N.G
Fort Snelling
Charles H. Danforth
Albert Pfaender
Quane
Fourteenth
Rifmnéssta Volunteers
Farmers' League Invades Minnesota Plans Headquarters in St Paul
The Farmers' Non-Partisan League expands into Minnesota with James Manahan directing efforts from North Dakota to establish state headquarters in St Paul early next spring. He cites a coming state fight and vows organizers will operate through spring and summer, aiming to place farmers in decisive political roles.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Twin Cities
James Manahan
Tenth District
Gopher
Manahan
St. Paul
League
Atute
Congressional
Senate
Manshan
Magnun Johnson
Kimball
Stearns County
Iowa
NonPartisan League
Frank ‘A. Day
Fairmont ‘Sentinel
Tam
Twin City
Northwest
Comfrey Rural Telephone Company Elects Officers
The Comfrey Rural Telephone Company reports officers elected to lead the organization. Details confirm names and positions chosen to steer operations, governance, and member services in the upcoming term.
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Bis Imarck
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