Four criminals plead guilty in North Dakota district court
Four defendants pleaded guilty before Judge K E Leighton in Minot North Dakota on January 1. Brompi Senar was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for burglary. Clarence Potter received twenty days in county jail and a $30 fine for attempted suicide while confined. John Kaat got two years and six months for second degree forgery, with parole on good behavior. Robert W Edgar drew one year for third degree forgery. The sentences aim to reduce county costs.
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Minot
N. D
K. E. Leighton
Brompi Senar
Clarence Potter
Gosta
John Kaat
State
Leighton
Robert W. Edgar
State Penitentiary
Renville farmers win insurance verdicts despite delays
Four cases against National Union Fire Insurance were tried in Mohall January 31. Juries returned verdicts for plaintiffs in all cases for full claimed amounts, with one exception where an overage of eight eight bushels was considered. Lead counsel Nathan Chase, summoned as a witness, fled town prompting a bench warrant.
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Mohall
National Union Fire Insurance Company
Fou
Nathan Chase
The
National Union
Chase
Fallon
Insurance Company
Leighton Spears
Glenburn
Minneapolis
Released convict now a fugitive
George Harrington, released from the North Dakota state penitentiary October 6, 1937 after six years for the murder attempt on Madgen and Railway Drake, is now a fugitive sought by authorities in Bismarck.
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Bismarck
N. D
George Harrington
North Dakota State Penitentiary
Madgen & Rallwey Drake
Fugitive from Jamestown Wanted After Florida Deputy Death
Bar rington, a man from Jamestown, is a fugitive in Florida with a price on his head after the alleged murder of Deputy Sheriff J. M. Freeman of Glades County. Freeman was assaulted in the Quincy jail as he entered with a prisoner, then shot four times at the bottom of the stairs. Coroner's inquest found a planned jail delivery and a premeditated attack.
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Jamestown
Florida
J. M. Freeman
Gladsden County
Quincy
Fla
Freeman
Barrington
Lal
Fargo man charged with attempts to bribe officials
Carl Kovlin of Kildeer is accused of bribing McLean county officials to frame Julia Kovlin, 14, for the murder of neighbor Alec Panasuk. The arrest followed a warrant from McLean county. $200 paid, $500 promised. Kovlin awaits preliminary examination in Cass county jail. The case hinges on the girl’s testimony about the fatal shot during a farmer’s fight.
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Fargo
N. D
McLean County
Julia Kovlin
Anton Kovlin
Casa County
Alec Panasuk
Carl Koylin
Kildeer
J. B. Williams
W. G. Hendricks
J. E. Williams
Ole Stefferud
Washburn
Carl Kovlin
Cass County
A T. Cole
District Court
Francis Murphy
William Langer
Langer
The Canadians Took No Prison from St Julien Night Action
Excerpt from Private Peat-His Own Story by Harold R Peat describes a brutal night as the Fighting Tenth pressed through St Julien woods in darkness. They seized a 4.7 inch battery despite heavy resistance though three Canadian sergeants were crucified by German forces, a sight the narrator recalls with stark, graphic detail.
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Peat
Harold R. Peat
Bobbs- Merrill
St. Julien
State Administrator Prescribes Amount To Be Used
Fargo North Dakota January 31 E F Ladd federal food administrator for North Dakota warns against hoarding food and urges obedience to President Wilson proclamation. He cites fines up to 5000 dollars and two years imprisonment for hoarding. Rules define reasonable allowances for sugar and flour for various groups and promise more details soon.
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Fargo
N. D
E. F. Ladd
North Dakota
Wilson
United States Food Administration
Mr. Ladd
Food Administration Act
War memoirs and battle trauma from St Julien report
Ambrose Tribune notes vivid WWI recollections of atrocity and endurance as soldiers recall crucifixions, gas attacks, and fierce combat. A Edmonton sergeant claims possession of photographs of crucified men. The piece contrasts Belgian cruelty with the soldiers’ resolve and the spirit that drove them forward. Also reports the January 12 Crosby marriage of Robert G. Marsland and Ida Alma Grams with plans to reside in Fortuna.
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Edmonton
Alberta
St. Julien
Fritz
Kamerad
Tobacco Pond drives 25c smokes for soldiers frontward
Readers may subscribe any amount to supply a 25¢ contribution, which yields a complete kit with nearly 200 smokes and a postal card for the donor to send to a soldier. The program notes French stamp recognition and government support for tobacco imports, with Red Cross distribution of the kits.
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Red Cross
Times Out West Letter From W A Blaine on Farm Life
The Tribune publishes in full a letter from W A Blaine, longtime resident now in Castle Rock Washington, detailing warm weather, abundant orchards, scarce labor at high daily wages, feeding stock, and prices for oats, sugar, flour, and livestock. He notes no frost yet, fruit markets absent, and mentions his 18 room new house nearing completion.
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the Tribune
W. A. Blaine
Canada
Castle Rock
Wash
Tme
Far West Letter From Mr Blaine Describes Warm Climate
A letter dated January 23 from Mr Blaine discusses living on a ranch in the far west. He notes a two story house with extensive porch and modern plumbing. Crops are good, fall grain eight inches high, and he offers to answer questions about the country if readers enclose a stamped envelope. Regards to Burke county friends.
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the Tribune
Burke County
Blaine
Far West
Army opens appeal from Missouri wife to enlist husband
A Missouri woman, unable to read, writes to the United States Army asking them to take her husband into service to support their seven children. She says he drinks, plays the fiddle, hunts squirrels, and that she needs the grub and bed for the kids, asking not to tell him.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
United States Army
First Class Draft Examinations Begin in Burke County
The first class men in Burke County began physical examinations under the new draft law at Fraternity hall. Ninety notices were mailed last week for a three day schedule with thirty men to report daily. Some men who were examined last October under the old law are being called for another exam, and it is unclear when the remaining first class men will be called.
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Food Administration
Burke County
District Board
Tribune
County Agent to Be Fully Explained
A large Burke county farmers meeting will be held at the Royal Theatre this Saturday at 2 pm. Dr Edwin Mayland of North Dakota Agricultural College explains the county agent proposal, its advantages and disadvantages, annual cost, federal contribution, and farmers duties if Burke county hires one. He will answer questions to clarify the plan, aiming to boost production.
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Burke County
Royal Theatre
Edwin Mayland
North Dakota Agricultural College
Ignite Coal Development a War Measure in North Dakota
North Dakota moves to develop ignite coal deposits as a war measure. The executive committee of the North Dakota Defense Council adopted resolutions urging both legislative chambers to urge Congress to expedite the use and development of the state’s vast coal resources for war production, including fuel for smelters and factories, steel mills, munitions, railroads, ships, and bridges.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
North Dakota Defense Council
Northwest
Milla
United States
Tahoratories
No Dakota
Congress
County Board to Consider Seed Bonds
Burke county commissioners will meet at the courthouse on Tuesday to discuss seed and feed aid for farmers unable to furnish their own. The Tribune notes most farmers could plant more if county assistance is available and urges support to boost next season’s grain production for the country and allies.
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Court House
the Tribune
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