County Seat Case to Be Tried in Bowbells This Afternoon
A special district court term opens in Bowbells to hear the Sam Dimond county seat contest filed after the 1910 election. Lignite claims more votes but illegal polling places tainted results. Bowbells seeks to uphold its status as county seat. The case will go to the supreme court regardless of outcome, with Judge Buttz presiding.
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Buttz
Bowbells
Sam Dimond
Lignite
District Court
Minot
Templeton
Supreme Court
Dimond
Geo .A. Bangs
Grand Forks
Burke County
Noble, Blood & Adamson
John F. Gowan
Minnewaukon
Judge Buttz
Leighton
Will Fight the Use of Substitutes in North Dakota
Fargo July 31 With broad attorney general support that Right Out Tobacco advertised as a substitute for snuff violates the law, Commissioner Ladd leads an active war against the tobacco trust. He aims to ban snuff substitutes sold in containers like snuff, claiming they are treated as snuff. The trust may press cases to the United States court, but he remains confident in his position.
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Fargo
N. D
Ladd
Tobacco Trust
United States Court
New Salem Farmer Shot in Face Faces Critical Condition
Grover Bahr, 24, of New Salem North Carolina, was shot in the face with a .22 rifle. He drove home three miles, washed at a trough, and received first aid about twelve hours after the accident. He lies unconscious in a Bismarck hospital. doctors fear he will die. The rifle was discharged while he tried to remove it from the wagon. Part of the bullet is in his cheekbone and another in the back of his head.
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New Salem
N. C
Grover Bahr
Bismarck
Bondbells Ladies Surprise Honeymoon Return Party
A group of Bondbells ladies gathered at Rev. and Mrs. D. Samson's home last Saturday to welcome the newlyweds back to Bowhells. Ice cream and cake were shared as they visited and played games, and a feather rocker along with best wishes was presented to the couple before departure.
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Bondbells
New Parcel Post Rates Announced For First Two Zones
Postmaster General Burleson orders rate cuts across several state offices. Beginning August 15 parcel weight limits rise from eleven to twenty pounds for delivery within the first and second zones. Local delivery parcels up to twenty pounds cost 6 cents per first pound and 1 cent per each additional two pounds. other offices charge 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent per additional pound. Rates rise by one cent per pound from 5 cents for one pound to 24 cents at twenty pounds.
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Burleson
Minot May Get the 100 Division Point
Minot North Dakota July 31 prospects rise that Minot will become the division point for the Soo company. A local superintendent will be stationed here with dispatchers office men stenographers and bookkeepers. At least six freight solicitors would be needed and a rival arm would envy the influx. The Soo plans a large new roundhouse and shops near the forty acre land holding east of the city, easing space for operations and growth.
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Minot
N. D
Soo
Soa
Edmore Man Murdered in Hotel in Lawton
Grand Forks North Dakota July 81 news reports that Harry Fresse of Edmore died from poisoning and a head blow after a street carnival and ball game in Lawton on Friday night July 11. Two Cash Carnival Co workers, Richard Behnke and George Moriarty, are held. a preliminary hearing is expected next week. Authorities cite brain concussion and poisoning, with robbery as a motive, as Fresse had been sober at attack.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Harry Fresse
Edmore
State University
G. A. Abbott
Choral
Lawton
Fresse J
Fresse
Cash Carnival Co
Richard Behnke
George Moriarty
Atty
F. T. Cuthbert
Devlins Lake
Cuthbert
Ramsey County
WIFE MURDERER SHOWS BRAVADO IN TRIAL
Minot North Dakota July 29 John Staff shot and killed his wife north of the city weeks earlier He was taken to Towner for murder trial hauled to the depot on a sheriff dray with the wife’s barrel in which she hid as he fired The man smoked a cigar during the trip and calmly claimed she got what she deserved as he faced the charge
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Minot
N. D
John Staff
Here
Towner
Farmer Finds Deer in Grain Field Near Washburn
Andrew E. Sauer, a McLean county farmer, spotted a full grown deer in his wheat field near Washburn on Monday afternoon. The animal appeared frightened by the team but soon began feeding on the grain as Sauer watched from his wagon.
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Washburn
N. C
Andrew E. Sauer
McLean County
Peculiar accident proves fatal in Beach North Dakota
John McClellan of Bismarck died after a fall caused by a horse tug during a trade attempt with William O Conners in Beach. The 31 year old man was injured Saturday evening and passed away Tuesday morning at Beach hospital.
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McClellan
O’conners Immed Liately
Lee & Rice’s
Mr. Lee
Dr. Stough
Beach Hospital
Punished horse kicks man to death in Brinsmade
Brinsmade North Dakota July 31 An drew Kinneberg is fatally injured after a horse kicks him in the stomach while he disciplines the animal. He struck the horse with a strap causing it to rear and deliver the deadly blow.
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Brinsmade
N. D
Andrew Kinneberg
Kinneberg
Forman Woman Sentenced for Abusing Her Husband
Mrs Hamilton McQuay of Vivian township pleaded guilty to assault and battery on her husband and obscenity in Forman justice court. She was fined 20 for abusing her husband and 15 for obscenity, with both sentences suspended. Her husband Hamilton McQuay contemplates divorce as social norms shift in the region.
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Forman, N. D
Forman
Hamilton McQuay
Vivian Township
Justice Court
Daily
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Geo. A. Bangs
Fred B. Andrews
Bulletin Face
Farmer May
Bismarck Hospital
Deering
W. Moore
Frank Woods Place
J. A. Ormiston
Tribune
J. S. Leary
Moving Picture Machine
Leary
Williston
Jekyl and Hyde
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