Opening at Lake Metigoshe Amid Heavy Rain
Opening day at the East side, Lake Metigoshe, drew about 150 visitors amid poor roads and Saturday rain. Bottineau Military band performed, Captain James Thorburt’s launch Wah shegum received a new three cylinder engine, and other smaller launches operated Sunday. More campers are expected as weather allows and crops look promising.
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Lake Metigoshe
Jem Souris
Willow City
Wottineaa
Bottineau
Police Crack Down On Speeders In City Limits
Chef of Police McKeen warned antimotorevelists to slow down or face arrests. This week Diemge Belyea Malden FE A Moline and Pat Leveille were fined $12 each for speeding. F C Falkenstein faced bicycle on sidewalk charge but was released on promise of good behavior.
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McKeen
Diemge Belyea
BE. 0D
Malden
Willow City Notes Delights and Departures Gathered
Local items recount visits between trains as Mrs. M Miller and companions accompany Paulson’s five passenger Overland from Upham. Several residents travel to Bottineau and Alma claim, with church events, social suppers, and a women’s club meeting noting new members and rising membership to twenty.
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Joe Peat
Whil Halls
Py Pailson
Upham
Mr. Paulson
Doings in County Court Will Hearings And Estates
The county court schedule includes a will proof for Thomas Cave of Westhope postponed from last Friday to today. On June 10 letters of administration were granted to Charles Keogh for Thomas Keogh of Mixbass. An inventory in Bred Warneke’s estate was approved and the homestead set to the family. Administrative petitions were filed for Peter Svingen of Overly and Horatio Wicks of Bottineau. Public Administrator W B Rea reported taking charge of estates of August Raddatz of Gardena and Matthew P D MacMahon of Westhope. A hearing on Hansford Flanery’s Omemee estate inventory is set, along with a report on mortgage of real estate in Joseph Hamlin’s estate.
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Thomas Cave
Westhope
Charles Keogh
Thomas Keogh
Mixbass
Bred Warneke
Peter A. Svingen
Peder PB. Svingen
Overly
Horatio Orvis Wicks
Bottineau
Wilder H. Wicks
W. B. Rea
August Raddatz
Gardena
Matthew PD. MacMahon
Hansford M. Flanery
Omemee
Joseph Hamlin
Tornado Strikes Grand Forks Causes Major Damage
A Friday evening tornado with heavy rain hit Grand Forks. Trees were uprooted or snapped as large as a man’s arm. The Y M C A building cornice collapsed and the Great Northern engine house blew down across the main track. Estimated losses run about seven thousand dollars.
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Grand Orks
4Rniain
Great Northern Engine House
Woman's Club Meeting Reports Kenmare Federation Event
The Woman's club met Tuesday evening at Mrs. W. H. Adams home to hear a report on the federation meeting recently held at Kenmare.
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Woman's Club
W. H. Adams
Federation
Kenmare
Train Collides With Auto Near 4 Grade
Westhope resident Joseph Schroeder suffered a badly damaged automobile after a northbound train struck his car on the branch route Monday evening while he tried to restart his engine after a country drive. He was attempting to cross 4 grade when the collision occurred.
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Joseph Schroeder
Westhope
Will Go East This Fall John Dinwoodie To Finish Vet Work
John T. Dinwoodie recently returned from the A C college at Fargo and will go east this fall to complete veterinary studies. The Agricultural college plans advanced work in eastern schools and will grant credit for the work completed locally.
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John T. Dinwoodie
A. C. College
Fargo
The
Agricultural College
Last Portrait of Von Wel Notarial Note to Sala
In a memoir fragment a watercolor of Karl Maria von Weber is described. The illustration shows the German composer in a gray dressing gown, head bowed, beneath an inscription lamenting his fate. The account recalls a 1826 London visit and notes the composer’s death from consumption on June 7.
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Karl Maria
Wusmin
London
Smoothing Trouble at Sea Crossing the Atlantic
An old traveler recalls a wild disturbance aboard a sea voyage. Luncheon chaos erupted as sailors clashed, forcing the first officer to act. He quelled the uproar, and the captain noted the situation had become smoother. The crew had “ironed the sailors,” restoring order.
Pole pianist Paderewski defies czar in telegram
The article recalls Paderewski ignoring a czar's demand to leave St. Petersburg after a concert booking, noting the czar's polite message followed by a chilly reply, "Sire, I am a Pole," reflecting his defiant stance in a tense moment.
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Paderewski
St. Petersburg
Pole
No Chance to Be Cheap Exchange Quote
A brief exchange highlights a man delaying proposals to save for an engagement ring. He explains the ring must be costly because the girl's father runs a jewelry store, implying high expectations and financial scrutiny. The dialogue hints at social and romantic pressures surrounding marriage gifts.
Child Nature and the Unerring Judgment of a Child
Luther Burbank states that a child instinctively discerns truthfulness and dishonesty. The child’s life ends when its perception is slain, yet before age ten the child offers an unparalleled opportunity for work due to its plastic nature.
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Luther Burbank
Talent and Genius: A Clash of Temperaments
The world welcomes talent with open arms yet struggles with genius. Talent bows meekly as the world imposes control and constraints. Genius resists training, its wild spirit demanding freedom and its own terms.
Early Roman Laws and the Twelve Tables
The earliest luumu lawe were the Papt- Han code, then the twelve tables compiled by the Decemvirs around 350 BC. The twelve laws revised existing statutes and added new ones, said to have been gathered from Greece by three commissioners. The code was inscribed on twelve ivory or brass tablets and posted publicly.
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Greece
Athens
Rome
Out of Danger and Dewarra in Wealth Significance
The piece recounts Mrs Stirling describing a hunting mishap involving Horsforth where a misread skull fracture causes maternal fear, later revealed harmless. It also details Dewarra from New Britain, shells of dog whelk on palm leaf ribs used as wealth indicators, sold or crafted into adornments, reflecting how spoils of the chase mirror social wealth.
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Coke
Norfolk
Stirling
Leit
Horsforth
Walt
John of
New Bottom
New Britain
Towtan Globe
A Prophecy by Victor Hugo on Future Unity and Mercy
Hugo in 1849 foretells a day when cannon balls are museum relics and foes become allies. He imagines the United States of America and the United States of Europe merging through exchange of goods and culture, broading fellowship and human progress under divine guidance.
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United States of American
United States of Europe
God
Victor Hugo
The History of Interest Explains Usury Through Ages
The New York American notes ancient teachers defined usury as any interest charged for money loaned. It contrasts lending at 3 or 1 percent with 40 percent, showing the old stigma against profit from money. The piece recalls the belief money is sterile and unjust to gain from it, a view later debunked.
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New York American
Back to King Alfred and the spinster legacy
The text links Anglo Saxon terms to domestic roles with quotes from the London Chronicle. It notes Alfred the Great’s will labeling women as the spindle side and ties spinster to a maiden’s need to spin linen. A humorous aside recounts a bellboy nicknamed Billiard Cue explaining he works better with a tip.
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Alfred
Alfred the Great
London Chronicle
Indze
Wild West talk fades as homicides rise and duels fade
New York should drop the wild and woolly West phrase as homicide rates rose 40 percent last year driven largely by gun play. A New Jersey husband honeymooned alone to cut hotel costs. Dynamite incidents reduce witnesses. A college class beauty is in the spotlight.
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New York
West
Travel and leisure notes from old newspapers
A collage of clipped vignettes from early 19th to early 20th century papers. It cites Emperor Franz in 1806 banning travel for pleasure, describes Chinese eagle feather trapping for fans, an English opera tale about a summer voice, and Kenneth Kerr meeting a nameless Lady in Regent Street asking for Bombay news.
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Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Franz
Argonaut
Kenneth Kerr
Lydia
Regent Street
Kerr
British Weekly
In the Blood. Kentucky Horses and Auto Train Fear
Dialogive fragment shows Willis asking if Kentucky horses fear autos and trains. Gillis replies they ignore trains. he aims to acclimate them with a sprinkling cart. Nellie questions Mr. Felewalley’s proposal while Nora notes his inquiry about breakfast time and mother’s cooking.
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Willis
Kentucky
Gillis
Puck
Nellie
Waking from fever with the comfort of loving hands
A Toledo Blade excerpt recalls a fever dream in which a dying man asks if his wife will join him in heaven while she reassures him, saying she will be with him. The intimate moment underscores enduring devotion amid illness.
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Jem
Toledo Blade
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