Silver Mine Temptation on the Pilgrim Way
In a dream Christian resists Demas who lures travelers to a dangerous silver mine promising treasure for effort. Demas, claiming lineage to Gehazi and Judas, warns that the mine is not dangerous to the careless but tempts with easy gains, highlighting the peril of straying from the Way.
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Saere
Demas
Lile
Christian
Demias
Tam
Abraham
Gehazi
Judas
Oakes Republican cites Chicago silver debate with legal tone
A clipping from a Chicage paper discusses the silver debate arguing past actions are irrelevant to present conditions and questions who benefits from free coinage. The Minneapolis Tribune note critiques Harvey and dissects how the silver issue sustains itself for vested interests.
Among Our Exchanges Tumultuous War Talk and Fairness
A tangle of partisan quotes and satirical notes appears from various exchanges. The Bannock Indians stirring distant Wyoming tensions with talk of a large eastward troop concentration to avert massacres. Farce Forum mocks infallibility, while coinage debates and Prohibition era rhetoric echo across the page.
High literary and civic notices fill local pages
Local notices touch on health ailments, returns, rentals, and reorganizations. Mrs. R.H. Walker visits Ellendale, J.D. Yasser rents his store to Paul, Hanlon family mourns Canada death, Ladies Aid to meet for reorganization, Maude Bateman teaches painting, Miss Mini Stuart visits from Detroit, and discussions of crops and travel accompany civic reflections.
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F.C. Johnston
Ladies’ Aid Society
Charley
G. S. Stuart
Mini Stuart
Detroit
Mich
Stuart
T. H. Kenneday
Yorktown
T. J. Hassett
Mr. Kennedey
Sudden Department Social Notes and Local Movements
Local items report Dunton and Miller receiving a carload of hardwood Monday. Mrs J A Wilson and Mrs T H Faus were at Oakes Saturday. E L Clark of Oakes visited town with cheese Friday. Mr duit Bush and wife of Straubville stayed with H E McKee Sunday. J R Yerkins works at his blacksmith trade Tuesdays and Saturdays. Dr Boardman was called Tuesday for Mrs T J Hassett’s child. Rov F C Johnson will preach at VanHorn next Sunday morning and afternoon. Mrs GM Baker returned Saturday from a three week stay with Mrs A C Foster.
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Dunton & Miller
J. A. Wilson
T. H. Faus Wer
Oakes
E. Clark
Duit Bush
Straubville
H. E. McKee
Yerkins
Dr. Boardman
T. J. Hassett
Steve Danton
Miller
F.C. Johnson
VanHorn
Baker
A. C. Foster
Norway Notes on Rain Crops and Local Movements
In Norway last week a fine rain improved crops while Andrew Wold returned from Washington and the west. Crops look better. harvest is advancing with mower use rising. Real estate mortgagees are sending agents nationwide for personal land inspections. David McLeod and Tom Norton returned from the hills west of Ellendale after intending to locate a sheep ranch.
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Andrew Wold
Washington
Charley Stevens
David McLeod
Tom Norton
Ellendale
North Dakota Notes on Farms and Industry
Dickinson sent 12 trains of stock to Chicago last week. Grand Forks county builds a new $20000 hospital. Fargo awards paving contracts. Fire destroys the St Anthony and Dakota elevator at Portland. Dankards scout North Dakota for settlement. Grand Forks extends water mains to employ idle harvest hands. Colonel Brown says the Lixbou state home is in excellent shape. Smut troubles some Stulsman county farmers. 1000 to 1500 railroad-hired workers in harvests, many coming to North Dakota. Alliance Hall in Jamestown pays farmers $7000 in losses. Bargent county enforces past due seed wheat loans, many suits expected. Federated Trades Council tells unions to hold workers back. Andrew Chandler reports record gunner supplies order. birds expected thick. Curtis Shepard, ex-agent, charged with embezzlement. bail set at $800. F R Simons arrested for $500 postal fund embezzlement. stock on hand overstated. George Barnes predicts wheat price near current level, about 60 cents in North Dakota. Wild mustard in Red River valley grain seen as beneficial against lodging issues. Grand Forks woollen mills under advisement for a long time.
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Dickinson
Chicago
Grand Forks County
Fargo
St. Anthony
Dakota
Portland
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Colonel Brown
Lixbou
Stulsman County
Alliance Hall Association of
Jamestown
Bargent
Federated Trades Council of Fargo
Andrew Chandler
Oakes
Curtis Shepard
Interstate Grain Company
Arguaville
F. R. Simons
Wogansport
Simons
Hail ruins wheat fields in North Dakota flood
A vast hailstorm across North Dakota destroyed about 80 000 acres of wheat with sections in Turtle Mountain Ben son Eddy Foster Barnes and La Moure counties sustaining heavy damage. In southern Barnes a tornado tore houses and barns killing a man named Nelson and five thousand acres were ruined. Rorta and Devils Lake reports note severe crop losses and broad devastation.
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North Dakota
Faro
N. D
Turtle Mountain
Benson
Eddy County
Foster County
Barnes
Odell
Sanborn
Nelson
la Moure
Greenback Craze Relic On Display In City Window
A Beckman Street restaurant window shows two imitation greenbacks from 1850 amid a satirical placard reading PREE SILVER VERSUS SOUND MONEY. The piece portrays Uncle Sam, a toppled Capitol statue, and a grim warning against credit expansion, with captions praising debt freedom and denouncing bonds. Crowds examined the display, some requesting copies, but owner declined.
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Jossett
Beckman Street
Nee
United Baton
Washington City
United States
Uncle Sam
Monsaud
Capitol
America
Treasury
Wright
P. W. Hubler
Susainy
Smek
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S. W. Teal
Oakes Flour & Feed
John Kennedy
Chamberlin
Notary Public
Agency For Real Estate and Loans
2Nd Street No
G. Cady
Moardman
Roberts Tock
CHR
Peterson
Union Nguzer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ar Vanes
Penyeri
Hudson
Gro. E. Barnsy
Presbyterian Sabbath School
Presbyterian Sabbath School of
Baptist Sabbath School
Baptist Sabbath School of
Oaker
P.C.E
Aith
Gorder Block
Evans
Im, Given
Pasostc
Onkes Chaytar R.A Mov. D. Regilar
Taion ‘Temple
Geos HyKeyes
Hep
J. M. Given
Asonic
Asontc
QPP
Oakes Lodge No. Bao
U. W. Engolse
Texaple
George Spangenberg
United Workmen
Fidelity Lodge No
Mer Sera
Hester M. Marsh
C.H
Battie A. Lynch
Hall
Union
C. Ely
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Piso
Tieng Thanleas To
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KI Ceapens
Mank
Ee Alt Haseltine
Warren, Ta
Bunyan
Oakes Republican
Dickey County
Western Printing Company
Harr-Harvey
Mr. Haavey
Horr
London
Wilver
Harvey
Minneapolis ‘Tribune
Nontit Daxors Inperrxneyn
Wyoming
Farce Forum
Webator
Supreme Court
Royal
U.S. Gov't
William Robinson
RB. McCracken
N. W
R.H. Walker
J.D. Yasser
Paul
Hanlon Brothers
Canada
Gnarroy Recorn
Simall
Jamall
Sr. Tnosias
Till
Pembina
Lfe
New York
Pembina County
Waurrtox Grong
Petersburg
Congressman Johnson
George B. Clifford
Cactus Commission
Sudden Department
Norway
North Dakota News
George Barnes
Minneapolis
Board of Trade
Red River Valley
Don Timo Thy
Thone
Dotly Lake Way
Rorta
Beenu
United States Court
Devils Lake
Ramsay County
Roletty County
Lin Hiwl
Suil Lip
groenUnc
New Yorke San
San Francisco
Indie
Overman Wheel Co
Victor Bryces
Athlete
Denver
OLD Reliable
City Meat Market
Prioss
Q C.W. Koerner
PRP
N.K
At &. P. Slocum's Drug Store
Oakes, N. D
of All
Monarch Cycle Company
One
Halsted Sts
United States Furniture Co
Western Pauetixe Co
Flathead Valley
Ew Northwest
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Kootenai Range
Pacific
THE
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul and
Minneapolin
Kaliapoli
Finthinad County
Witold Wialth
Wihlor
Tisinesw
Flathend River
Flathend
Tock Mountain
Finthonl Valley
Addvene
Voxkad
Kalispel
Mont
Wotrrany
Mauly Minin
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