Stewart announces damages suit and stock actions
President Robert J. Stewart of the American Briquetting and Manufacturing Co. said will sue for libel and damages over statements from Willis ton opponents. He plans stock sales after February 1 1908 while work continues on aerial manufacture and Williston legal fights loom. Congressional talks include navy reorganization and railroad car legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Stewart
Minot
Matt
Heier
Willietoy
Stewart
Stewart Haseen
Willistoy
Presidential Boom of Uncle Joe Cannon Gains Steam
Washington echoes with talk of a Cannon presidential boom as Congress reconvenes after holidays. Republicans rally behind Speaker Cannon with plans to launch him as Roosevelt’s successor, while Democrats sharpen lines for the coming electoral contest amid renewed financial anxieties. Illinois and Michigan among early states seen backing Cannon.
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Washington
Arene
Pha
Wormwood
Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Cannon
Roosevelt
Lkely
Central
Canton
Illinois
Michigan
Delegates Named for Missouri River Congress Meet
Governor Marke appoints delegates to the first annual Missouri River Congress in Sioux City Iowa from January 29 23. Names include Satterland Nelson Baker Aruegger Robinson Brown Salter Uingenheimer Bull Cotton Mackey Gaines Landmann Metzer and others with ties to Washburn Williston Mandan and Bismarck.
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Marke
Sioux City
Joh Satterland
Washburn
Herman Nelson
Nelson
John Aruegger
Williston
Jaaae I. Baker
Bismarck
W. J. Robinson
Wasville
W. H. Brown
Mandan
Adam Salter
Geo. H. Uingenheimer
W. Bull
Fred Cotton
Lradded
T. L. Mackey
Garrison
A.D. Gaines
Oliver County
Theodore Landmann Washburtt
G. DB. Metzer
Missouri River
Colonel Robinson
Standing Rock
Burke
Ely Mandan
Lost Son sought by Kansas City mother in North Dakota
Mrs Showin of Kansas City Missouri seeks news of her son George P Shawn who left home for railroad construction work near Minot North Dakota. He last wrote Oct 26 saying he would send money and planned to return to Kansas City to live with his mother. The family fears he may be injured or killed and requests any published information from the Optic Minot newspaper or local authorities shaping this urgent appeal.
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Kansas City
Minot
North Dakota
Showln
Minol
George P. Showin
George
West
Oime
Nelson
E. King
Showin
Optie
Opie
N. Dd
George P. Shawn
B. E. King
John Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Pioneer Press
Northwest
James Russell Lowell
Great Northwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Virginia
Winona
Fountain City
Wis
Mississippi River
Upper
Mississippi
St. Paul
Fargo
N. D
Corquer
Louis
Mia
Eradication Efforts Against Canada Thistle in North Dakota
A Bulletin by H. J. Bolley urges persistent fight against Canada thistle expanding through North Dakota farmland. It details seed dispersal, regional infestation, and six control methods from digging and smothering to crop rotation and spraying with iron sulphate copper sulphate salt and sodium arsenite, plus equipment tips and safety cautions.
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H. J. Bolley
North Dakota
Trail
Grand Forks
Walsh
Pembina
Neche
Bathgate
St. Thomas
Drayton
Crystal
Cavalier
Grand Barks
Nelson
Canada
Hearing on Standard Oil dissolution resumes in St Louis
The January 6 session in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil of New Jersey, the $100 million holding company, resumes before Judge Franklin Ferries. Prominent New York officials are expected to testify as abstracts of testimony from related cases are prepared.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Trust
Franklin Ferries
St. Louis
Standard Of!company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waters-Pierce Company
Findlay, C
Big Surplus From Register of Deeds Records 1907
Year ending December 31 1907 report shows total receipts of 30740.86 with major items including recording deeds 3874.00 mortgages 13130.40 assignments 2100.25 satisfactions 2440.00 miscellaneous 1178.06 and U S receipts 1169.50 plus patents 1113.00. Salaries and fees listed by month total 2607.45 with monthly figures ranging from 969.16 to 1276.66.
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Minot
North Dakota
U.S
North Dakota Weather Tales In Warm January
The piece mixes whimsical North Dakota notes with weather chatter. Mosquitoes plague farmers while meadowlarks sing and cats catch gophers. A Fargo farmer displays a crushed mosquito as a jokey omen. St. Paul decorates for spring as Minnesota and nearby states report mild conditions. State court adjourns for a Devils Lake case.
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North Dakota
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American Briquetting Company
Stewart Nasengarn
Congress
Navy Department
Navy
Brownson
Trans-Mississippi Congress
National Livestock Association
Uncle Joe" Cannon
Prospect Avenue
Dakota
Flickertai
McGee
Devils Lake
Adame
William Staton
Kenmare
District Court
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