League appoints county manager to lead farmers’ campaign
State Senator Ralph Ingerson named county manager by the Nonpartisan League to devote full time to organizing and expanding the farmers’ campaign in Burke County ahead of the general election. He will renew memberships, recruit, and direct efforts from county funds and drive proceeds to local, state, and national headquarters.
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Nonpartisan League
Ralph Ingerson
Ingerson
League
Burke County
Sinc
Senator Ingerson
First State Bank
Fargo
State League
Armed Maniac Arrested in Thornson Township
Carl Essen, long-time Pacific coast resident, was arrested Friday in Thornson by Sheriff Ed Drinkwater on insanity charges. After a hearing, Essen was committed to the state hospital at Jamestown. He carried a revolver and reportedly came to abduct his former wife, from whom he had been divorced nearly ten years. He previously faced an insanity charge linked to a 1910 rape allegation involving his 11-year-old daughter, for which he was acquitted in January 1911. The divorce granted his wife the home farm, and Essen had been operating the farm with their children prior to the arrest.
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Carl Essen
Pacific Coast
Thornon Township
Ed. Drinkwater
Jamestown
Seen
Elsen
Emon
Mre. Hesen
Hluen
B. R. Sinkfer
Minot
Far
Essen
Hien
Kegen
Eesen
Kore Atmoont Sondowowaty Ice
Insane man with gun captured near Essen farm
A 54 year old pioneer, Wi sen, rode a train to Battleview then cut across fields to a home farm. He carried a revolver and sat by a binder for an hour. Sheriff Drinkwater confronted him at a slough and wrestled the gun from his pocket after Essen reached for it.
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Battleview
Drinkwater
Essen Place
Wisen
Essen
Eseen
Hssen
Swallows poison on way to jail in North Dakota
Henry Zuelick a 67 year old farmer living south of New Salem North Dakota drank poison minutes after Sheriff Olson arrested him for setting a granary fire that endangered his estranged wife who had been sleeping inside. He died in an automobile while being taken to the county jail.
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Fandan
N. D
Henry Zuelick
New Salem
Olson
Zuelick
Sherif Olson
Wsheriff
Three Girls Die In Fire At Osnabrook Home
Langdon North Dakota August 26 three Rivard daughters aged six five months and three and a half perished in a fire that destroyed their home while parents were away eye-witness accounts say the older sister died clutching the infant siblings body as the flame spread it is believed an oil stove overturning by an older brother started the blaze seven other children were in the house Mrs Rivard was in a field nearby funeral services were held in Olga and the three bodies were buried in one casket
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Langdon
N. D
A. Rivard
Osnabrook
Odest
Rivard
Olga
Town Marshal Shot By Yeggm en
Fargo North Dakota reports town marshal James McKann of Crystal shot in the right hand and arm by three transients near the village post office at 1 30 a m They fled leaving nitroglycerine and other items stolen from the section house The incident cited as a warning by W C McFad of the State Bankers association and notes renewed guard measures and caution for the coming fall season
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Fargo
N. D
James McKann
Crystal
W. C. McFad
North Dakota State Bankers’, Association
Yeseu
Hank Tom
Threshers Fix 1920 Wages and Rates at Flaxton Meeting
A large threshers meeting in Flaxton set the 1920 wage scales and threshing prices. Prices vary by crop, cook car provision, and rig size with hourly rates ranging from 9.00 to 29.00 per hour. Howard Bird elected chair and W B Eggert secretary. Farmers and landowners urged to list property for sale with Largon Investment Co through Marcus B Helen agent.
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Flaxton
Spike Pitcher
Howard Bird
Threshermen
W. B. Eggert
Largon Investment Co
Minneapolis
Birthday Surprise For Mrs White By 18 Friends
On Aug 21, 18 of Mrs Mary A White's lady friends surprised her at home for her 80th birthday. They served lunch outdoors with buns, butter, pickles, potato salad, coffee, and a large birthday cake. They presented a purse of money and two donations, plus three pictures of the crowd, and expressed lasting best wishes.
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Berneice Willyard
Nul
Mary A. White
Child 16 Killed in Auto Accident in Kenmare North Dakota
Kenmare North Dakota August 26 The 16 year old son of Mr and Mrs John Doetzel died at a local hospital after the family car overturned and rolled onto its roof The child was pinned under the car and suffered internal injuries A 6 year old daughter had a broken arm Mr Doetzel was seriously injured in the chest Mrs Doetzel and a small baby were bruised
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Kenmare
N. D
John Doetzel
Doetzel
Rolla Man 6 Killed in Fight
Rolla North Dakota August 26 Second degree murder charged Hobart Albertson in death of Martin Nelson. The two men quarrelled on a construction site for a new city hall when witnesses say Albertson struck Nelson, knocking him down. Nelson died after Albertson allegedly continued attack while others restrained him. Bond set at 10,000 pending trial.
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Rolla
N. D
Munter
Hobart Albertson
Martin Nelson
Witepaes Bay
Albertson
Nelson
Gasolene Now 33 9 Cents At Bowbells Filling Stations
Gasolene is retailed at 33.9 cents per gallon in Bowbells with a one cent markup above wholesale. The Standard Oil Co installed a filling station near the Soo tracks and offers gasolene from a quart to fifty gallons at 33.9 cents. Moore Oil Co and others reduced prices to match the lower rate, making Bowbells prices the lowest on this side of Minot. Myscellens also sold at standard wholesale prices in large quantities.
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Standard of Co
Soo Tracks
Miller
Moore Oil Co
Minot
Standard Oil Co
Sugar Saving With North Dakota Fruits In Home Tests
North Dakota Home Demonstration agents share sugar saving tips from tested kitchen experiments. For jelly and jams add one quarter teaspoon salt per cup of juice to enhance flavor and reduce sugar presence in nonacid fruits. Salt’s sharpness fades after weeks, leaving a richer taste. Substitutions using flavorful fruits and citrus rinds suggest half and half sugar substitutions for stronger flavors.
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North Dakota
England
Debate on Impartial Publication Law and Public Notice
A fragmented discussion argues for a single official paper to publish legal notices, claiming fairness and transparency. The piece contends such notices are public business, not private, and criticizes private notice practices as deceptive. It questions county printing bids and emphasizes voter-led selection over a small board.
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Board of County Commissioners
Eden
Ita
Cherica
Jose Ut
County Proceedings Publicity Push Across County Papers
Officials urge publishing county commissioner proceedings and minor government actions in all local papers. They argue wide distribution increases public access, curbs favoritism, and spreads costs across the county, including school districts and townships, through the newspaper closest to residents.
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Aame
Pieayune
Yeggs Seize $5900 In Brantford Bank Robbery
Fargo reports yeggs cracked the Farmers' State Bank safe at Brantford Eddy County early Saturday taking cash and negotiable paper totaling $5,900. Wires were cut, and both the North Dakota State Bankers Association and the Maryland Casualty Company offices in Fargo were notified. C W Spaulding of Maryland Casualty headed to Brantford to assist in assessing the loss. Nitro glycerine was used to wreck the safe.
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Fargo
N. D
Yeggs
Farmers’ State Bank
Brantford
Eddy County
North Dakota State Bankers’ Association
Maryland Casualty Company
C. W. Spaulding
Auto
Sugar price forecast from Chicago council report
Chicago August 26 sugar is predicted to reach 10 or 11 cents per pound by January. Russell J Poole secretary of the city council high cost of living committee released the investigation results noting a beet crop 30 to 40 percent larger than ever before and a Cuban crop around 4,000,000 tons. He warned that if consumers cut back on purchases the price could rise to 10 to 12 cents by January 1.
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Chicago
Russell J. Poole
Poole
Man Fatally Shoots Father in North Dakota Township
Bottineau North Dakota August 26 Gilbert Deruna 26 is held without bail on murder charges after shooting his father Martinus Deraas a farmer in Storbuck township three shotgun blasts struck the elder man as he entered the granary He died 22 hours later in hospital The alleged killer previously spent two years in a state hospital for insanity and was released in fall 1918.
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Deragas
Fred
Baottient
Gilbert Deraas
State Hospital For
Martinus Deraas
Man killed after forced jump from freight train in Mandan
In Mandan North Dakota on August 26 Elmer Steven of Staples Minnesota was killed when he and Eric Lyden were forced to jump from a moving freight car after two robbers held them up and took cash and a watch. Lyden survived and reported the assault as authorities investigate the incident. The men were said to be returning from Pacific Northwest harvest fields. A local ad notes a 8000 pound barb wire purchase offered for sale.
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Mandan
N. D
Elmer Steven
Staples
Minn
Eric Lyden
Lyden
Stevens
Aleo
Pacific
North Dakota
Man and girl wed after abducting child in North Dakota
Walter Dahlin of Brocket North Dakota pleaded guilty to abducting a one year old girl from Donnybrook and spent nights with her as husband and wife. He admitted guilt at a Justice court, then pled guilty to an additional charge in Minot, receiving sixty days in county jail. The couple traveled through Portal and Kenmure before returning home.
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Walter Daniin
Brocket
N. D
Ornoon
Donnybrook
Richardson Hotel
Portal
Dahlin
Guat Danlin
Devils Lake
Gustain
Walter Dahlin
Walter
Nonnybrook
Devila Lake
Walter Dallin
Kenmure
Grasshopper Trap Snared 108 Bushels in Season
Plummer North Dakota August 26 Ed Larkin a local gardener devised a grasshopper trap a 16 foot galvanized tank with a tall rear screen on wheels pulled by two horses. The device filled with kerosene and soap caught 100 bushels of grasshoppers and allegedly saved many hundreds of dollars on crops.
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Plummer
N. D
Larkin
Real Estate Transfers and Church notices from August edition
Public notices list Robertson C Upper et al selling Lots 4 and 5 in Olsen 1st Addition to Portal to James Upper for 1 with August dates noted. Then church items from Dish Lutheran Church Mobe and Lignite ND describe services, meetings, and gatherings plus a dairy farming tip and flies control method with household mixtures.
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Robertson C. Upper
James
Upper
Olsen
Portal
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Stefanowler
Rent Tribune
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Paige Galene
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Burke Abstract Co
Dish Lutheran Church
Lee Me School
Bose
J. R. Dica
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