Normanden condemns violence in league dispute
A Normanden editorial denounces violence linked to the Nonpartisan League conflict, criticizing Fargo Forum and Grand Forks Herald for advocating crowd intimidation and lynch threats. It urges democracy reforms within the league and warns editors of potential legal consequences for incitement.
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Normanden
Grand Forks
Townley
Fargo Forum
Grand Forks Herald
League
Forum
Fargo
Home Defense League
Brave Home Defense League
Preservice or Perish Tour Praises Farm Women in New York
A dispatch reports New York society women led by Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr touring rural districts in lime light limousines bearing slogans like Can or Collapse Preserve or Perish Work or Want. Farmers laugh and read the messages, while asserting farm wives convey greater canning and preserving skills than the celebrities. Separately Fargo Forum editorially criticizes Liberty Loan participation, contrasting 2 256 registrants with about 350 bond buyers and accusing local activists of slack patriotism amid Townley and the Nonpartisan League opposition.
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New York Society
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
New York
Devils Lake Journal
Townley
Nonpartisan League
Fargo
Fargo Forum
Liberty Loan
League
Townley and the War Crisis Editorial Stirs Northwest
An editorial in the St Paul Daily News discusses Theodore Wold and J H Rich accusing A C Townley and the National Nonpartisan League of treasonous sentiment. It notes Townley's views on conscription of money and people, urging farmers to fund the war by investing in food production and machinery, and proposes government seizure of mills mines and factories during the war.
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St. Paul
Townley
North Dakota
League
Mr. Townley
Schwabs
Minneapolis
Discussion of war aims and local press ethics in Fargo area
A Fargo Courier-News piece attacks a wartime debate climate, urges discussion of aims and consciences, and scrutinizes local papers the Souris Messenger Bottineau Nuisance and Periscope. It defends fair play for the Nonpartisan League and calls for accountable, balanced reporting amid editorial clashes and rumors.
Manure Spreader Cartoon Sparks Controversy in Bottineau
The Bottineau county dispute centers on a manure-spreader cartoon published as paid advertising in the Courant to protest the Better Farming movement. The Omemee Herald and local papers dispute bias and press freedom, with accusations of mislabeling ads and political influence amid wartime coverage.
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Bishoff
Bottineau County
Omemee Herald
the Courant
Botineau County
The
Courant
Bottineau
Ita
Pannton
Dollar patriots oppose income tax hikes via publicist backing
Through a hired publicist, Prof. Edwin R. A. Seligman of Columbia University, the dollar patriots of the country are at work shaping public sentiment against exorbitant taxation of incomes. The argument claims higher taxes on swollen fortunes for war would drive tax evasion. The critique labels such views as dangerous and warns against broader equitable tax proposals being met with mob threats.
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Edwin R. A. Seligman
Columbia University
Seligman
Editorial debate over Stair Sandstrom is flawed
The Omemee Herald laments the Courant for not printing an editorial version of the Stair Sandstrom debate while praising the bias of its own selection. It accuses Matt Johnson Falky Garden and the local press of acting as judge and executioner, claiming the public should hear both sides. The piece also notes Johnson’s bleak forecast for Bottineau county and mocks his prophecy.
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Souris
L. L. Stair
Stair
Bottineau County
Equity
Fargo
Falky
Mr. Stair
the Courant
Garden
National Bankers Association
North Dakota Blacksmiths’ Association
Omemee Herald
Courant
Stair Sandstrom
Matt
Sandstrom
Herald
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Matt Johnson
Holmberg Bottineau Ice Cream CO
Wilson and
Burghart
Louis King
N. Dak
Chas
Bready
Mohall
M. F. Murphy & Son
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