Westhope County Notes and Local Moves
Farmers name their farms in Westhope area with 80 noted. A coal oil price report from across the line. Gen J Russell plans to stay after a failed sale deal. Attorney Soule battles grippe. Mrs Soule and baby improving. McCaslin to drill 9 500 foot well near Maxbass. possible gas heating plans. Old school building moved for new residences. Westhope Telephone board elected new directors and officers with 15 percent dividend. Mischief at town street party with a fake fire and two real fights. Local visits include Simon Maddigan returning from Moose Jaw and H Hebertig moving to Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westhope Telephone, Light & Power Co
F. A. Rinkel
J. H. Trimble
J. T. Neville
A. V. Stout
G. L. Lillie
C. M. Condit
Local notes and visits in Bennett and vicinity
Wm Damm returned from Bennett Iowa after visiting relatives for weeks. G H Ohnstedt planned a two to three day business trip to the capital of Bottineau county. Miss Charlotte Boethling left for Ambrose after a month with relatives here. Rev J Way Huey supplied the Presbyterian pulpit in Eckman and preached to a large congregation. A surprise party for Miss Susie Behm near town hosted by Miss Sarah McCann with about thirty guests, plus a late bowl and lunch, marked the evening before her trip to Clarinda Iowa. Mrs M E Smith hosted guests yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Way Huey
Eckman
Presbyterian Church
Susie Behm
Sarah McCann
John A. Davin
Clarind
Gardena business moves and community notes
Omemer From The Merekt Henry Zuleger moves to Gardena to pursue business. John T. Johnson leads Farmers elevator in Dunseith temporarily awaiting permanent post. Missing text and local social notes follow including a party honoring Grace and Jennie Dumont of Antler. An infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Elliot died at five weeks with a funeral conducted by Rev. Cave. Zirkle of Gardena visited Omemee and plans to move to the Canadian Northwest. R.R. Kippen reports on mild winter climate. he and his son saw a garter snake while driving, noting his reputation for sobriety and truth. The note ends with reassurance about prairie strolls in mild winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Johnson
Dunseith
Delia
Claudia Guertin
Grace
Jennie Dumont
Antler
W. J. Elliot
Elliot
Cave
R.R. Kippen
The
Herald
Kippen
Souris ter from The Messier Souris ter Frykman Bros
Frykman Bros plan to build a new auto in the near future. Judge J H Kirk of Bottineau welcomed a baby boy. Knute Olson returns from Minneapolis trip and reports Bottineau wheat arriving best there. Anamosa visitors L H Chipman and Mrs Brainard tour Bottineau and plan further travels to Montana and the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frykman Bros
Souris
J. H. Kirk
Bottineau
Knute Olson
Minneapolis
Bottineau County
L. H. Chipman
Anamosa
Iowa
F. A. Brainard
Montana
Mr. Brainard
Mayor Dailey attends Carbury basket social and dance
The article notes Mayor Dailey’s genial presence at a Carbury social event on a Wednesday evening. J. B. Thompson visited Kramer on Tuesday with Henry Peterson while seeking a location for a blacksmith stop. Thompson has long experience in blacksmithing despite recent grain business work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailey
Carbury
Local Notes on Residents and Farm Sales
Oluf Ramsos sold his farm northwest of town last Saturday and bought another closer to town the same day. Fred Gust busy plastering his residence near Halbrite Saskatchewan after returning to his farm. Walter Voechting and Rudi Gust visited from Halbrite to see if the girls would wed for leap year. Mr and Mrs D Clay left for Minneapolis to consider future undertakings after Clay’s eighteen months as Imperial Lander agent. Born to Mr and Mrs Ole Johnson a baby boy last Wednesday. Albert Magnuson sold his dray line to Fred Horning, leaving Kramer with one dray line remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oluf Ramsos
Fred Gust
Halbrite
Sask
Walter Voechting
Rudi Gust
D. Clay
Minneapolis
Mr. Clay
Imperial Lander Company
Albert Magnuson
Fred Horning
Perry & Miller
Kramer
Russell From The Seutinel Local News Roundup
Russell society notes recount visits by Mcintosh Painter Gleason and Fulton brothers from Bottineau in autos. Residents Laporte entertain Bottineau guests. Roy McKnight in Los Angeles sends a crate of oranges and a new address to County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Seutinel
Messrs
Mcintosh
Painter
Gleason
Fulton Brothers
Bottineau
J. K. Laporte
Roy McKnight
Los Angeles
County Hospital
W. S Davidson
Williston
Mrs. Davidson
Local notices and social items from the Monitor column
Maxbass Wrom notes D McCarter at Batineau earlier week. Evan Walters owns Bulger pool room. E B Stair returned from Montana to improve his homestead. E T Spafford of Thompson, Renville Mercantile stockholder, visits. Tess Thompson and Jas Bulger plan a western States trip for two months. Woodmen dance draws best attendance of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxbass Wrom
D. McCarter
Battineau
Evan Walters
Bulger
E. B. Stair
Montana
E.T. Spafford
Thompson
Renville Mercantile Co
Tess Thompson
Jas, Bulger
California
Amusement, Woodmen, and local news brief items
A lively community update notes a successful lodge party clearing $30, W H Bellideau of Mohall visiting Amertown, Lincoln's birthday set by Modern Woodmen, a social gathering with over 80 attendees, R A Brown organizing a boys physical culture class, Sam Howery buying a nine horsepower engine to add a feed mill, and Miss May Yerrington recovering well after Fargo surgery and expected to resume teaching soon.
Estate of Mantel Fone Administered in Bottineau
Notice is given that Johan T. Sveen is administrator of the estate of Mantel Fone deceased. Creditors must present claims within four months after January 1 to N C Wegner in Bottineau or attorney N C Werner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeon
Rottinenu
Mantel
Johan T.ayeen
Johan T. Sveen
N.C. Wegner
N.C. Werner
Bottineau
Mart T. H#yeen
Fragments of a quirky town column on commerce and fashion
The piece riffs on daily business and safety with odd quotes about skating to safety and a joke on Fourth of July excess. It quips about pluck, profits, and a joke about puppies in Paris wearing pajamas, ending with a playful misread question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Little Witte Philosophy Snippet From Past Editorial Quips
A fragmentary, dialect filled reminiscence presents quirky maxims about life and business. The piece mentions seizing opportunity like a mud turtle and warns against overreaching, with lines about school enrollment ahead of Christmas and cautions on dental care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisness
Tramps Seize California Train. 48 Arrested in Visalia Action
A large band of about 80 hobos seized a Southern Pacific train near Visalia California. The sheriff’s office and town marshals intervened as the crowd grew from Mendota to Exeter. Twenty four squads freed and jailed the offenders. the ringleader with a severed leg faced later charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visalia
Southern Pacific
Mendota
Here
Exeter
Sherif
Will
Western Superintendent Mary Lee Wilson Tours Custer County in Snow
Miss Wilson completed an annual inspection of Custer county Montana schools driving nearly 800 miles alone in zero weather. She killed two wildcats along the Tongue and Powder rivers and shot at other ferocious beasts. She visited rural teachers and pupils, then returned home via Ekalaka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Crook
Mary Lee ‘Wilson
Custer County
Montana
Misa Wilson
Wilson
Ind
Miles City
Tongue River
National Forest
Powder River
Lone Pine National Forest
Ekalka
Mont
Alligator and Shark Faker Debate on a Raft Tale
A reporter confronts a writer over a shark story claiming a shark sweeps a man from a raft and eats him. The writer defends the tale and jokes about rewriting tomorrow to have the shark return the man and arrange with an alligator to finish the sequence.
The Onion In Cooking
The greatest of French cooks explains that butter and onion form the secret of success. He says butter and onion in sauces and gravies keep customers returning, while butter without onion drives them away. Melt the onion, then add butter and call it stock.
Far From It Former Resident Reflects on Town Changes
A former resident recalls how the town has changed in 20 years. He asks about Floogus who lent money at two percent monthly. A hotel clerk states Hoe has left, then reveals Hoe is alive and now president of a trust company in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floogus
Hoe
Trust. Company
New York
London Society's Discovery
London society notes women take themselves too seriously and discuss everything. Boredom prevails at assemblies until an original thinker arrives to start a new fashion of being dilly.
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London Society
Navy schemes to muster 60000 bluejackets for new battleships
Navy officials outline plans to enlist more than 60,000 men to crew new battleships as construction restarts. A Chicago training station opens at $2,000,000 to train Lake District recruits, with Newport Rhode Island and the Pacific coast schools expanding to prepare seamen for ocean service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Navy Department
Washington
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Great Lake District
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Newport
R. I
School For Seamen
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Westhope
Stanford
Estray
Gen. J. Russell
Soule
Grippe
A. McCaslin
Maxbass
Standard
Wm. Burns
W. J. Reynolds
D. Thomson
Adams
Simon Maddigan
Moose Jaw
Canada
Winnipeg
Lethbridge
H. Hebertig
Wesley Lewis
Anna Ross
W. E. Davis
Mohall
Mr. Davis
Miss Ross
Lansford
Wm. Damm
Bennett
G. H. Ohnstedt
Charlotte Boethling
Ambrose
Mra. M, E, Smith Ic.t
Omemer
Merekt
Henry Zuleger Tuns
Gardena
Zirkle
Omemee
Canadian Northwest
Messier
E. PF. Zirbel
Phos. Lean
Ole Johnson
L. J
N. S. Marsh
Langworthy Lumber Company
Norris
Kearns
James L. Garrison
H. J. Hulick
Orr
City
Fred Ball
Amertown
W. H. Bellideau
G Rand
R. A. Brown
Sam Howery
Fresno
Gladstone
Mich
Clarence Stearns
Gouraet
Bluejackets
NAVY
Uncle Gam
Sig
Jack
Naval Training Station
Ness Halls
Beaman
Hchcol
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