Marshall letter defends relief for coal land homesteaders
A Washington letter from Congressman Marshall to Paul S. Ware explains his push to aid the small group of North Dakota homesteaders found to have coal beneath their lands. He outlines steps for inspections, potential legislation, and compensation, stressing timely action to protect homesteaders and preserve surface rights.
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Flaxton Times
Congressman Marshall
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Paul S. Ware
Flaxton
N. D
Marshall
Geological Survey
North Dakota
Enormous Flour Miller Builds Giant Business
An Emporia Gazette critique profiles a Kansas flour miller who markets relentlessly and claims superior product despite ordinary methods. He secures hotel contracts and ships widely, boasting that his flour outshines all others and shaping public perception with persistent advertising. The piece notes the power of aggressive promotion in growing large industries and fortunes.
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Kanasa
Harvey
Emporia Gazette
The Government-to-Be by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A 1909 American Journal-Examiner poem urging labor justice and social change. It contrasts greedy money power with rising revolutionary hope and a future government built on brotherhood, ending oppression and freeing the oppressed.
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American Journal-Examiner
Mother Earth
Labou
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sunday School Conference in Minot January 25 and 26
A district conference of Sunday Schools will be held in Minot on Monday and Tuesday January 25 and 26. Rev. F. McElfresh training superintendent and Prof. A. Locker general secretary Minnesota Sunday School association assist in organizing the event.
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Minot
F. McElfresh
A. Locker
Minnesota Sunday School Association
Sunday School Institute in Ward County at First Methodist
General secretary John Orchard will address a conference for pastors Sunday School officers teachers and others in the district of Ward Bottineau Mc Henry Williams McLean and McKenzie counties. The program runs January 25 and 26 at the First Methodist church with sessions on training topics and an institute fund appeal.
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John Orchard
Ward
Bottineau
McHenry
Williams
McLean
McKenzie
First Methodist Church
Edwin S. Shaw
Ward County Association
Presiding
Afresh
Locker
Ir. McRifresh
R . My
McRifresh
Dr. McElfread
McEifresh
Nonsensical Dec to April stock running law blasted
The Langdon Republican condemns the dec 1 to april 1 stock at large rule as unjust and urges the legislature to fix it. The piece argues neighbors bear the winter burden of feeding trespassing stock and calls the law an imposition on homeowners.
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Langdon Republican
Towner County
Catalog Houses Busy In Five States
A Chicago mail order house plans to ship 136 carloads of catalogues to five states. Iowa will receive 38 carloads, South Dakota 22, Nebraska 27, Minnesota 29, and North Dakota 20. The venture costs 1.5006 million dollars and is described as aggressive advertising by traders seeking trade.
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Chicago
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minneasota
North Dakota
Hampton,a
Globe
Donohue Observes Oregon Journey From The Dalles
The Dalles Oregon January 12 1909 H R Donon writes from The Dalles after visiting southern Minnesota and bowbells area. He dislikes Mountain Home Idaho surroundings and notes heavy snow and frigid temperatures contrasting with North Dakota weather.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Dex Lacs Valley
H. R. Donon
Judge Davis Wins Increase in County Court Jurisdiction
The state supreme court ruled last Saturday that Ward County's county court has increased jurisdiction. Judge Davis had claimed $3,800 back salary under a 1905 act. The case traced through courts, with the court upholding increased jurisdiction by a bare majority, after a 1904 vote had supported the concept by a small margin.
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State Supreme Court
Ward
Davis
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Fia
Interior Department
Thos
F. Marshall
Lnst
A. C. Wiper
Bowbells
Theo. Albrecth
Wahpeton
B. M. Wohlwend
T. O. Hunter
B. L. Bogart
Eugene
Oregon
P. J. McCumber
United States
John R. Jones
Hankinson
New York Exchange
Wee Ees
First National Bank
Donohue
Welles
The
Tribune
Minnesota
Golden West
Omaha
Neb
Dalles
Bowaslig
Des Lacs Valley
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