Sinkler Urges Harmony at Harvey GOP Rally
In Harvey last night, N Dales leaders praised Sinkler for uniting factions and urged insurgents and stalwarts to join in a single Republican ticket for Minot convention. The eloquent address lasted two hours as attendees praised his call for party reform and unity to avoid political defeat in November.
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Harvey
Ke Re Sinkler
Ely
Sinkler
Republican Party
Minot
Echo
Congress
Valley City
Wang rWe
Dossikm
Montreal Sportsmen's Show Opens With Wide Exhibits
Montreal on April 4 opened its third annual catamobile and sportsmen show. The display features a large variety of exhibits for hunters and fishermen. Motor boats of all sizes form a prominent and interesting part of the exhibition, surpassing past shows in number and variety.
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Montreal
Pinne’d Under Car in Narrow Escape at Depot
In Grand Forks a laborer narrowly escaped being ground under Train No 1 of the Great Northern. He slipped and dragged along the track while boarding as the train pulled in, but held on until it stopped. Captain John Sullivan pulled him away to keep him safe. The laborer believed the train was the Oriental Limited bound for Minot and boarded unknowingly.
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Grand Forks
N. 1
Quiupken
Great Northern
John Sullivan
Hi O
Oriental Limited
Minot
Limited
Renewal of druggist permit sparks county hearing
In Devils Lake New Brunswick from April 4 to 8 druggist B Pixley sought renewal of his permit before Judge Henry while objections from Mrs Solberg Mrs Nelson Mrs Chambers and Miss Chambers of Churches Ferry were raised. P J Mc Clory represented the petitioner and Scrumgard for the state. The session was spirited with lengthy arguments and the court reserved judgment. Objections cited lacked requisite fifty percent female signatures and forty percent freeholders of the village electors.
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Devils Lake
N.bd
B. Pixley
Churches Perry
Henry
John Solberg
John Nelson
George Chambers
Georgia Chambers
Churches Ferry
P. J. McClory
Scrumgard
Railroads plan station closures face commission doubt
Minnesota inquiry questions wholesale closures by Great Northern and railroads in the northern state. Commission secretary Clausen says large-scale cuts would be refused, while lines move to close small telegraph stations due to light business. Impact includes job losses and altered passenger and baggage handling as openings and closings are determined by division superintendents.
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St. Paul
Great Northern Railroad
Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Clausen
Great Northern
Pacific Coast
Bond system sparks discontent among Northern Pacific conductors
News from the railroad ranks reports that starting April 1 Northern Pacific passenger conductors, assistants, and passenger train auditors are bonded through an eastern surety company with bond costs deducted from salaries. The Great Northern uses a similar spotter system, drawing concern and fear among workers who feel privacy and self respect are compromised. Officials say the method aims to ensure honest service, but workers see it as intrusive and degrading.
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Northern Pacific Road
Eastern Surety
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Spollers
Station Agent In Toils In 1907 Grand Larceny Case
Grafton North Dakota April 3 W N Verona station agent on the Soo near Minot was arrested by Sheriff Hankey and brought for trial before H A Ball justice of the peace for Walsh county. The charge was grand larceny and alleged the theft of fourteen salts of clothes valued at 218 dollars 75 cents from a freight car sidelined during the tieup in 1907. Vergona pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the district court on a cash bond of 500 dollars which was promptly furnished by the defendant.
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Grafton
N. D
W. N. Verdona
Soo
Minot
Hankey
H. A. Ball
Walsh County
Vergona
St Louis Convention Makes Little Headway
Nebraska delegates press for postponement of the Populist national convention in the Bryan interest. A. M. Walling challenges credentials, claiming many delegates lack proper authority and that self appointed members hold seats. Nebraska, Minnesota, Georgia and possibly Michigan and Kansas threaten to bolt if Watson or others are nominated. Panel report upholds the chairman's delegate list.
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Louis
Nebraska
W. J. Bryan
Friends of
Committee
Walling
Watson
Minnesota
Georgia
Michigan
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
South Dakota
California
Assistant Attorney General Defends Against Slanderous Attack
In Bismarck on April 4 George Murray of Sherbrooke defends his record amid Valley City Enforcement League claims. He rejects liquor interests and Miller resignations as motives, asserts his prosecutions under prohibition laws have produced convictions, and denies personal gains from liquor groups. He emphasizes official ties after the temperance commissioner left.
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Himslf
Enforcement League
Bismarck
N. D
George Murray
Sherbrooke
Valley City Enforcement League
Minneapolis Journal
R. N. Stevens
California and Nevada Grand Army encampment opens in Santa Ana
Santa Ana preparations mark the forty first annual Grand Army of California and Nevada encampment. The three day session opens Wednesday with large expected attendance in Southern California. Local committee labors hard to provide elaborate reception and entertainment for visiting veterans.
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California
Nevada
Santa Ana
Cal
Grand Army Veterans of
Woman's Home Mission Society Meeting Opens in Marietta
Nearly two hundred delegates and visitors attend the annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the North Georgia conference in Marietta. The four day session opens today with reports showing a year of great activity. Bishop H C Morrison will preach the annual sermon tomorrow.
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Woman's Mission Meeting
Marietta, Ga
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the North Georgia Conference
H. C. Morrison
Billy Sherrard Upsets Carl A. Brown In Handicap Wrestling
In Bismarck on April 3 Billy Sherrard continued his winning streak by defeating ex Gladiator Carl A. Brown in a handicap match. Brown, heavier by about fifty pounds, won the first two falls in 2 minutes 10 seconds and 13 minutes 10 seconds, then Sherrard surged and clinched the last falls with a scissor hold and double English bar lock in four minutes, drawing loud local support for future bouts.
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Bismarck
Billy Sherrard
the Gen
Carl A. Brown
Gotch
Brown
Sherrard
Northern Indiana Teachers Meet in Indianapolis
Nearly 3,000 teachers from the Northern Indiana Teachers association arrived in Indianapolis before noon to attend the twenty sixth annual meeting. The congress opens in Caleb Mills hall with speeches by John A Wood W P Modlin and Frank W Gunsaulus and runs through tomorrow.
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Laporte
W. P. Modlin
Hartford City
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Chicago
Senator McCumber to Speak at Decoration Day in Valley City
Senator McCumber has accepted an invitation to deliver the Decoration Day address for Wesley Post, G. A. R., of Valley City on April 2. As chairman of the Senate pensions committee, he is credited with advancing pensions for veterans, and is regarded as a premier orator informed by extensive veteran case experience.
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Valley City
N. D
McCumber
Commander Real
Wesley Post
Senate Committee On Pensions
Weiser Post
New Hotel in Chattanooga to Host Banquet
Elaborate arrangements are completed for a gala hangiet and related festivities in Chattanooga honoring the completion of the new million dollar Hotel Patten. The city’s finest hotel is praised as the South’s premier host, with many public figures and national dignitaries invited to attend the banquet.
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Chattanooga
Tern
Marc
Patten
South
Vanderbilts in Court in Secrecy Timed Divorce Filing
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was sued for absolute divorce by his wife Ellen French Vanderbilt in New York Supreme Court. The filing, timed just before business hours ended, named Justice O Gorman as the judge and David McClure as referee. counsel for Ellen refused to disclose whether the action seeks divorce or legal separation. The couple married in 1901 and their child William Henry was born a year later. Vanderbilt has lately spent time abroad and returned from London after planning a public coach venture. the Duchess of Marlborough was aboard the Cunard Mauretania with him.
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New York
Europe
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbuilt
Supreme Court
Ellen French Vanderbuilt
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
Vanderbuilt
Eilen French
Francis Ormond French
Manhattan Trust Company
Pauline Leroy French
Samuel Wagstaff
Newport May Ltd
Ellen
Elsie French
Alfred Vanderbuilt
William Henry
Mr. Vanderbuilt
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
Cornelius
Grace Wilson
London
Brighton
Cunard
Mauretania
Duchess of Marlborough
O. H. P. Belmont
Vanderbilt
La Follette Has Hope Taft Cannot Get Nomination
Madison man Geo W Borchesenius predicts Taft can secure only about 350 delegates while La Follette would start with 65 to 100 and gain Taft’s support as he yields. La Follette claims four of Minnesota’s 22 delegates and hopes for 10 more, targeting Second and Seventh districts along with Hennepin County and other regions. The Taft camp may be surprised by the organized La Follette effort before Minnesota primaries.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Little Bob
Minneapolis
la Follett
Geo. W. Borchesenius
Madison, Wis
Minnesota
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Hennepin County
Georgia Officials Open Annual Meeting in Brunswick
Brunswick Ga March 31 With attendance representative of the entire state the association of country school officials of Georgia began its annual meeting in this city today. The gathering will be in session three school administration. A public session on Wednesday evening will feature Governor Hoke Smith and Chancellor Barrow of the University of Georgia.
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Brunswick
Association of Country School Officials of Georgia
Hoke Smith
Barrow
University of Georgia
Sensational divorce case in Devils Lake details cruelty and alleged infidelity
In Devils Lake North Dakota on April 3 Judge Kneeshaw heard a sensational divorce case between James Dolan and Elizabeth Dolan of Hampden. Elizabeth, the complaining witness, claims cruelty and desertion on a one mile Hampden claim while Dolan counterclaims Elizabeth left him six months ago to associate with another man. Venue changes occurred from Cass to Ramsey counties amid prejudice affidavits. Attorneys are Taylor Crum Fargo for the plaintiff and W M Anderson of Devils Lake for the defendant.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Nneeshaw
James Dolan
Elizabeth Dolan
Hampden
Plaintim
Dolan
Ife
Aves
Umea
Cass County
Pollock
Ramsey County
Taylor Crum
Fargo
W. M. Anderson
Young Men's Good Government League Promises Taft Backing
In Jamestown North Dakota on April 3 a plan emerges for two new political leagues in Stutsman county. The Young Men's Good Government league aims to reunite the Republican party and back Roosevelt or Taft if he succeeds. Promoters cite guidance from John Knauf and align with the Republican county central committee agenda.
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Taft Jamestown
N. D
Stutsman County
Young Men's Good Government League
Republican Party
Stalwarts Sweep Langdon County GOP Delegates
The Langdon area Republic an county convention chose stalwart candidates by a two to one margin, electing at least two stalwart delegates for every insurgent. The ticket moved smoothly to the state convention. Anti McKenzie resolutions were not adopted. Helgegon faced discredit at home.
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Langdon
Minot Langdon
N. D
Burglars Loot Lucca ND General Store
Burglars raided Lucca ND twenty four miles southeast of Valley City on March 30 stealing goods valued at about 400. They took gold rings and chains, sixty pairs of shoes, twenty six pairs of pants and forty five gloves. The post office safe was attempted but not opened. Few clues exist on the shrewdly planned theft and the suspects.
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Valley City
Lucca
J Sharpe
Fargo hotel changes hands in city
Fargo North Dakota April 2 A change in proprietorship of the Waldorf hotel in this city has taken place and two pioneer hotel men Sam Mathews and Col J D Benton retired. W B Boyd and R K Kel Jer took charge of this popular hostelry.
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Fargo
N. D
Sam Mathews
Col. J. D. Benton
W. B. Boyd
R. K. Kel Jer
Northwest
Boyd
Detroit
Minn
Minnesota
The
Waldorf
Keller
Casselton
Third Augusta Horse Show Opens at Country Club Grounds
The third annual Augusta Horse Show, under the Augusta Horse Show association, opened brilliantly today at the Country Club grounds. Horse enthusiasts and society leaders from Richmond, Savannah, Macon, Columbus and other points attended. The exhibition continues tomorrow.
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Augusta
Augusta Horse Show Association
Country Club
Richmond
Savannah
Macon
Columbus
Carlisle Indian School Commencement Draws Prominent Attendees
Commencement exercises at Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, featured a distinguished party from Washington and a large turnout of city and country visitors. An all day program culminates this evening with diploma presentations by Indian Commissioner Francis E. Leupp.
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Carlisle Carlisle
Carlisle Indian School
Washington
Francis E. Leupp
Duke George II of Saxe Meiningen Turns 82 Today
Berlin observes the birthday of Duke George II of Saxe Meiningen the oldest reigning European monarch. He has led a realm of about 250 000 since 1866 after succeeding his father Duke BernhardTf.
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Berlin
George II
Saxe-Meiningen
Europe
Bernhard Tf
Girl Lost in Blizzard Near Portal Fears Death
Miss Ethel Gilpen aged eighteen vanished from her Portal area home as a twelve hour blizzard swept the region. Search parties failed to locate her and authorities fear she may have perished or become demented in the storm.
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Ethel Gilpen
Portal
N. D
Straus to Speak in Savannah on Anniversary Banquet
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor was welcomed in Savannah Georgia today. He will be the guest of honor and main speaker at a banquet marking the Savannah board of trade twenty fifth anniversary tonight.
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Straus
Savannah
Department of Commerce and Labor
Hie
Savannah Board of Trade
Elections in Lisbon set new chamber session after throne ascent
Lisbon reports elections for the Chamber of Deposits to be held across Portugal tomorrow. The first such vote since King Manuel ascended the throne has drawn much interest but the mood remains calm. The new chamber will convene for its initial session later this month.
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Irtugese
Lisbon
Chamber of Deposits
Manuel
Portugal
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