North Dakota Happenings and Land Dispute Sparks Activity
A North Dakota roundup reports on Manager Cushing launching a matrimonial bureau after noting a male surplus, plus letters from Western women seeking eligible bachelors. The Red Bear land dispute in Rolla and Cando involves Austin and Vaughan claims from 1881 and later purchase assertions. Lignite coal fields stretch across about 12 million acres with mines booming in northwest North Dakota as homestead filings surge.
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Cuaing
North Dakota
Short Omer
Scotland
Rye Country
Red Bear
Rolla
Cando
Austin
Vaughan
Behr
Howard Vaughan
Pembina
Minneapolis
Minpendta
Burlington
Kenmare
Jests on Roosevelt Show His Witty Navy Pranks
The Baltimore Sun notes Roosevelt humor in conduct as assistant secretary of the Navy. A wife’s request leads to naming a yacht the Vixen. A luncheon aboard the Sageblhp ends with tea mistaken for punch. Later, Roosevelt reacts sharply to a politician seeking Mr Blank’s job, calling him an infernal scoundrel.
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Roosevelt
Baltimore Sun
Navy
Vixen
Mr. Roosevelt
Fo’yard
Theodore Roosevelt
Ita
Mr. Blank
Inventor Duane Patents Multiplied Telegraph Messages
Dr William Duane a physics professor at Colorado State University has received a patent for a device allowing many telegraphic messages to travel over a single wire and earth to turn simultaneously. His lab demonstrates up to eighteen circuits on one line with standard Morse equipment, using a motor synchronization principle.
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William Duane
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Boulder
Colo
Physical Laboratory
Skylight ban in St Louis fair buildings
The chief architect for the St Louis world's fair plans to omit skylights from the exhibit buildings. Side windows and lanterns will illuminate interiors while avoiding summer heat and water tightness issues. The pavilions housing machinery will include traveling cranes for exhibits and installation.
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St. Louis Fair
Chicago Post
Mascalye
Jurors Must Serve In Lisbon District Court Case
Judge Lauder refused to excuse prominent businessmen from jury duty at the Lisbon district court opening. The term noted urgent cases and challenged customary exemptions, while a reminder of civic duty amid business interests was presented by the presiding judge. The piece also recalls the Fargo Children's Home Thanksgiving donations from across the state and a fatal shooting of traveling salesman Frank W. Marsh in Grand Forks by W B West.
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District Court
Lisbon
Lauder
Fargo
Grand Forks
Frank W. Marsh
That City
North Star Boot and Shoe Company
Minneapolis
W. B. West
George G. Wright
St. Paul
Marsh
Liberty Bell to Charleston Trip Guards to Escort Beloved Bell
The National relic, the Liberty Bell, will be removed from Philadelphia for exhibition in Charleston on Jan 3. An armed guard and civic escort will accompany the truck as it travels via Chestnut and Broad streets toward the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, with a decorated car and patriotic demonstrations along the route.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
America
Charleston
Pennsylvania
Ita
Statehouse
Chestnut
Broad Street
Charlestom
Plerie
City Property Bureau
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Crowboy's Ride for Life in Arizona Stampede
A ranch roundup near Four Peaks, Arizona, ends in a brutal stampede after a violent storm. James Evans, steer tying champion of the northeast, and five punchers try to redirect 1,500 cattle as a 200 foot cliff looms nearby. A pileup injures riders and horses, while a child is injured but given prompt relief with pain balm.
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James Evans
Arixoi
James Hans
Four Peaks Country
Nays & Phenix
Ariz
Chicago
Sunflower Valley
Evans
Masa
Bryans
Boree
Ryans
Eile Hoys
Rod
Powell
Vorkland
Evans rides bucking steer to save rider in canyon stampede
In a brutal chase, Evans’s mount bucked. with a broken leg he rode one steer to safety after Davis was wounded. Evans and Luvis, exhausted, collapsed near the canyon rim as the herd surged. The X Bar L outfit marks Evans with a medal for valor and ships a steer to honor him.
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Evans
Davin
Byana
Davis
Hvans
Luvis
Isy
Modern Noahs Ark on Mississippi Awaits Millennium
A New York World report says a St Louis anchored craft named Megiddo carries 96 followers of a sect awaiting the millennium in 1941. They study astronomy as core doctrine, expect Earthly paradise after 6,000 years, and plan voyages to visit sun and planets.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Association of Christian Brethren
New York World
Megiddo
Kanvax
Alps
Berlin
London Standard
Stubaler Alps
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