Murdoch Trial Echoes Family Feud and Threats in Minot
In Minot North Dakota on February 28 I Gyr Hursh accuses Ralph Murdoch of trying to kill him by shooting. Lloyd Hursh testifies that Murdoch planned to see his children in blood if needed and that the family feud stems from marriage separation. Murdoch is bound over on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon while a defense led by Murray and Barrett questions the motives and past conduct of Hursh and Murdoch.
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Minot
North Dak
Pec
I. Gy Hirish
Ralph Murdoch
Nim
Buck
Lloyd Hirsh
J. C. [Tura
Davis
Murdoch
Nesault
Lloyd Marah
Roy Harsh
Joe Strong
William Murray
M. J. Barrett
Toy
Lloyd
J. C. Hursh
Livya
Roy
North Dakota
Hedhooting
Raymond
May
Hoth
Strong
Hursh
Hazel
Harsh
Murdochy
Three Killed and Dozens Injured in Fog Struck Rail Crash
Three killed and eighteen injured in a collision between the Pemberton accommodation and an Atlantic City express near Camden. Firemen extinguished burning wreckage while rescuers freed passengers pinned under twisted rails and timber. Names of the dead include P Sontjen Stanwick J L Garbarini and T L Webster with many still expected to die. Local enquiry ongoing.
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Spence
Minnesota
Fone
Camden
N. J
Spencer
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. Sontjen
Stanwick
Atlantic City
Pemberton
Pemperton
Noone
Camden Fire Department
Man anxious over sentence after embezzling from Fargo firm
Nee 28 4 Minot North Dakota F Spence, convicted of embezzling a large sum from the Wasem Gaard Piano company of Fargo, longs to know his sentence. He is the most uneasy prisoner in the county jail and repeatedly asks jail staff if he has been sentenced, only to be told no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot
North Dak
Nee
F. Spence
Wasem- Gaard Piano Company
Fargo
Spence
Adams Case Up Soon In Devils Lake Court
The State plans to try D. O. Adams on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses as a so called school supply salesman. The case moves from Ward County to Devils Lake District Court with Jan 14 as the scheduled date. Adams allegedly used a warrant for the Lockwood district and caused the clerk’s daughter to sign her father’s name.
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D. O. Adams
Devils Lake
McGee
Ward
Venre
Devils Take
Adams
Lockwood
Minor North Oak man faces felony charge over mortgaged horses
Thomas Wilson, an elderly frail man with silver hair, appeared before Judge Murray on a charge of selling mortgaged horses, a felony over $100. The $326 obtained funded treatment in Rochester Minnesota, and Wilson was bound over to district court in $500 bonds. He admitted selling the horses after initially denying mortgaged status and admitted recent return to Minnesota after a troubled history.
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North Oak
Thomas Wilson
Wilson
Murray
District Court
Sawyer
Minnesota
Librarian Arrival Delayed. Public Reading Room Planned
Secretary Nestos reports the proposed librarian cannot arrive before February 1. A meeting will decide the next steps, including securing a room for magazines papers and part of the books for public use. Local ladies will staff the room, awaiting the librarian known for exceptional proficiency.
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Nestos
Library Commission
Penniless Man Frozen Seeks Aid in Grand Forks
William Bleamer of Euston Pennsylvania arrived penniless in Grand Forks on Christmas Day with severely frozen feet. A physician advised against amputation, recommending placement at the county hospital in Arvilla for about two weeks. Bleamer aims to reach Butte Montana where he once worked after visiting Pennsylvania.
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Grand Forks
N. D
William Bleamer
Euston
Crookston
Grand Forke
Lowe
Bleamer
Arvilla
Butte, Mont
Pennsylvania
Advance payment rule for newspapers announced by Post Office
The Post Office Department decreed advance payment for all subscriptions and limited delinquent renewals to three months. Effective January 1, 1908, only bona fide subscribers may use the low postage rate of one cent per pound, with overdue copies paying higher postage and requiring prepayment to avoid fourfold rate increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
East
Postofice
Post Office Department
Northwest
Nelson Ready to Fight Either MacFarland or Gans
New York December 27. Nelson, stripped of his lightweight title to Packey McFarland, declares he will box either McFarland or Gans. He seeks a 131 pound bout with McFarland at 6 pm for a 5000 side bet and a big purse, and would face Gans at 133 pounds with 55 percent of the money. MacFarland says he will fight Nelson after a watch with Johnny Summers in Milwaukee. Sporting men predict a Gans versus MacFarland showdown may emerge as the top lightweight contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Packey McFarland
Joe Gans
Nelson
Jimmy Britt
MacFarland
Gans
Jim May
Dans
Snalst
Battler
Baltimore
Johnny Summers
England
Milwaukee
Ganz
Enormous 1907 US farm crop yield estimates revealed
The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Agriculture, finalizes 1907 data on US farm crops. Acreage and production by crop are listed, with average weights per bushel for spring wheat and winter wheat and oats. Key crops include corn, wheat, oats, rice, potatoes, hay, tobacco, and more, with figures in bushels and tons or pounds.
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Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
United States
Guards to Meet in Minot North Dakota Convention
Minot hosts the National Guard association for a three day convention beginning January 21. About seventy five prominent state leaders and six delegates from each company will attend. Minot aims to provide a strong program including a Minot militia versus Valley City basketball game, exhibitions by a crack squad, and a potential vaudeville show during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot
North Dak
Blakey
Hildreth
Poole
Valley City
North Dakota Gains Second Life Insurance Company
North Dakota will host a second life insurance organization named North Dakota Mutual Life Insurance Company. A. K. Tweto leads the board with Henry Erickson and J. H. Dahl among officers, Fargo as headquarters, operating on the mutual plan. After incorporation approval, the firm must secure 200000 in applications from 100 or more applicants before charter issuance.
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North Dakota
Lakota
G. H. Korsvick
Abercrombie
J. Johnson
Hickson
W. W. King
Tower City
Nam
A. K. Tweto
Henry Erickson
P. HB. Sandie
J. H. Dahl
Fargo
Ths
North Dakota Life Insurance Company
Pioneer Life Insurance Company
North
Alleged Forger Caught In East Grand Forks
C L Griffith alias C L Powers alias Deloys arrested on a passenger train in East Grand Forks for forging the name of Geo B Clifford on a 21 50 check passed at M Stanchfield clothier The goods were recovered and Griffith jailed in Grand Forks without requisition papers The check drawn on Union National Bank in favor of C L Powers authorities moved quickly aided by depot police and clerks at Stanchfield store
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Grand Forks
N. D
C. L. Griffith
C. L. Powers
Deloys
East Grand Forks
Northern Pacific
Geo. B. Clifford
M. Stanchfield
Griffith
St. Paul
Stanchfield
Clifford
Union National Bank
Grifth
de Savoy
Ofcers Pantrum
Benson
Great Northern Agent Charged With Embezzlement
Judge William Murray issued a warrant for the arrest of A. S. Aney, station agent at Niobe on the Great Northern railway, charged with embezzling 450 dollars from the corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
A. S. Aney
Great Northern
Niobe
Minot
North Dek
William Murray
Great Northern Railway
Hans Banks Plan Defends Central Bank Idea
Senator Hansbrough rebutts Granma on a central bank bill saying it does not abolish national banks but makes them stockholders in a national bank with government officials. He notes the plan would aid distressed banks, draw opposition from Wall Street, and reflects input from North Dakota bankers.
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Washington
Hansbrough
Granma
Grand Forks Herald
Herald
Central Bank
Wall Street
United States Treasury
North Dakota
German Commerce Push Threatens Argentine Trade
Buenos Aires residents fear U S inaction on South American commerce as Congress funds a 5000 gold annual grant to promote German tied commerce with Argentina. Germany already dominates Argentine trade, growing its share of exports while U S imports lag. Europe boosts imports, Argentina’s future growth will raise demand for machinery and agricultural tools from abroad.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
United States
South America
Republic of
Congress
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
France
Italy
Belgium
Spain
Brazil
Knutson waives examination in North Dakota case
Theodore Knutson waived examination before Judge Murray in Minot on December 28, charged with stealing a grip containing notes and documents valued at 5000 dollars. He was bound over to the district court. The grip reportedly was pawned for twenty five cents. The notes belonged to the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company and were in the grip of their collector, a former Crookston police chief.
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Minot
North Dak
Theodore Knutson
Murray
District Court
Kuuteson
Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company
Crookston
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Saya Hureh
Lloyd Hursh
Penn, Railroad
Goss
Min
Felay
Sam
Batting Dane
McFarland
NEW Insurance Company
Hans
Gronna
National Banke
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