Bowbells High School to Graduate Seven in 1921 Class
The Bowbells High School year’s eighth annual commencement week begins with the Baccalaureate led by Rev. W. W. Gunter at 8:30 in the high school auditorium. Senior Assembly Tuesday at 10:30 features farewells and student body responses. Class Day Tuesday 8:30 announces honorary awards with small admissions. Commencement Wednesday 8:30 features George A. McFarland, head of Valley City State Normal School, delivering the address. Seven seniors named Ruth Bryan, Cora Clark, Inga Finke, Pearl Grams, Clara Kirkelie, Omer Larsen, Eugene Schultz. class officers listed. Alumni Banquet set for Thursday. details to follow by invitation.
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Eidth
Bowbella High School
W. W. Gunter
Methodist Church
Gunter
Geo. A. McFarland
State Normal School
Valley City
Ruth Bryan
Cora Clark
Inga Finke
Pearl Grams
Clara Kirkelie
Omer Larsen
Eugene Schultz
Mother Gives Child and Self Poison Near Fortuna
Fortuna June 2. Mrs John Muzzy 30, farmer’s wife eight miles NW of Fortuna, allegedly forced her 2½ year old daughter to drink milk diluted with strychnine and later drank from the cup herself. Bodies found on kitchen floor by husband returning from fields. The woman had been demented at times for months. The husband had started to Bromhead Sask., to consult a specialist when the automobile broke down.
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Fortuna
John Muzzy
Muzzy
Bromehead
Sask
Local notes from Minot Bowbells and area events
Fram staff reports Marie Peterson's trip to Minot for her mother's eye operation performed by Dr McCaniel. The piece lists many local visits and social calls, a Bowbells Friday musicale by an accordionist, and a two week automobile trip by the Coons family through North Dakota Montana and Canada.
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Marie Peterson
Minot
McCaniel
W. B. Coons
Gladys
D. J. Coons
Bowbells
Kenmare
Carl
Sarah Swenson
Francis Bogus
Thursby
W. H. Wineman
John Romine
Westminster
Marie
Carl Peterson
Lillian Sweison
Martin
J. J. Duggan
Knowlton
Burke
Willis Bair
Orm
Bupday
Drake
N. D
Dotan Oid
Dick Frick
Charlie Hessen
Simon Lynch
Coons
Merle Coons
North Dakota
Montana
Canada
Clyde
Gerard
Bogus
Albert
W. B
Jomiston
Shea
Rancis Gerard
Beard
Bowhells Eyeing a Grand Fourth Celebration
Residents urge Bowhells to revive the Fourth with a city wide celebration to outshine rivals. Boosters call for business backing and public support to revive the dead town, planning river events and advertised attractions to attract crowds.
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Bowhelle
Bowhells
Boosters Club
Mortgagee Demands Rum Runner’s Car in North Dakota
In Bismarck on June 2 a mortgagee from Mitchell demanded the whisky runner M. J. Madden’s car, but officials ruled only the owner may reclaim the vehicle by bond. The car stays with the estate until auction.
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Mortgagee
Bismarck
N. D
M. J. Madden
Dunbar
Charles Klenkiron
Mitchell
Attorney ‘General's Office
Overals
Grasshopper Poison Formula for Field Broadcasts
A historical notice describes a Grasshopper formula mixing bran with poison, then adding molasses and ground fruit to salted water. The mash is spread over infested areas in the late day, with careful thorough mixing and timing. County commissioners have ordered supplies of poison, bran, and molasses stored for use by the county agent.
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Courty Commissioners
North Dakota Bond Sale Drives Labor Mobilization in Chicago
Chicago gears up for a 2 million dollar North Dakota bond sale campaign led by Carl D Thompson of the Public Ownership League of America. Labor unions from over thirty groups join a weekly Friday meeting to canvass members as William Lemke outlines the state program and bond promotions with the rallying cry Tell it to the world we are selling the bonds.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Investment Bank. Org
Carl D. Thomp
Public Ownership League of America
Chicago Federation of Labor
Illinois State Federation
John Walker
William Lemke
Man Kills Self With Paris Green in Dore North Dakota
Noah A Sneek of near Dore North Dakota died by drinking paris green under stress from financial troubles. Two years earlier Sneek had been charged with killing a hired man but was cleared when the man killed himself. Before drinking poison he told a boy he would shoot himself, and the boy hid the gun.
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Dore, N. D
Noah A. Sneek
Near Dore
Sneek
Three Rum Runner Qusperts Taken Near Minot
Minot North Dakota June 2 Mike Boyka Sylvester Zavrick and Vasiley Shack of Sioux City Iowa were arrested near here and their Cadillac and 18 cases of whisky confiscated. The car broke down and the whisky was stored on the Walter Tordell farm near Foxholm. Boyka and Zavrick remained to guard the whisky while Shack drove the Cadillac to Minot for repairs. The sheriff was notified and the prisoners were captured in a barn. They faced state law penalties including possible years in the penitentiary.
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Minot
N. D
Mike Boyko
Sylvester Zavrick
Vasiley Shack
Sioux City
Iowa
Here
Walter Tordell
Foxholm
Boyka
Zavrick
Shack
Tordell
A. P. Scofield
Notice on duplicate hail loss forms for 1921 Hail Department
Farmers bankers and others should send hail loss notices in duplicate to the Hail Department Bismarck North Dakota. Do not use old blanks. the banks and county agents have new forms. Winter grains insured from June 1st and spring grains from June 10th.
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Bismarck
Man Killed as Bank Robbery Suspects Are Hunted
In Minot North Dakota June 2 an unidentified man was shot dead and another wounded and arrested during a pursuit of suspects who robbed the Martin bank and a store earlier. A third robber was captured after a gun battle, with Liberty Bonds and other valuables reportedly taken. Officers continue to search for a second fleeing car as they recover loot from the scene.
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Minot
N. D
Martin
George Webber
Patrick Farley
Liberty Bonds
Martin Bank
J. J. Breher
Watkins
F. L. Watkins
O-C. Reilin
Wasp
Velva
Play Day at Flax ton Saturday
Schools across the county plan Burke County annual Play Day and Eighth Grade Graduating Exercises at Flaxton fair grounds this Saturday. A combined rural schools program aims to attract a large crowd with drills, folk dances, field events and a keynote by President J. Bealer of Minot State Normal School. Admission is free and visitors are urged to bring a lunch for a picnic style gathering.
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Burke County
Fair Grounds
Flaxton
Bealer
State Normal School
Minot
Swedish Lutheran Church Services and Events
Nobil Sunday on June 5 with morning service at 11 and Sunday school at 10. Evening Bible class at 7 30 and services at 8. Ladies aid meets June 8 at 8 p m at Mis Louta Nolgon home. Lignite Sunday school at 3 and services at 4. Luther League meets June 9 at Mrs J N Wood home to continue study of Acts.
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Swedish Lutheran Church Oo
Luther League
J. N. Wood
Acta
Credit Is Dye: Utilities Ordered to Repay Surcharges
Surplus charges totaling over 300000 collected by Fargo Grand Forks and Minot utilities must be returned to customers after courts ruled the tax unreasonable. The author of the suit, William Lemke, hailed as the savior of the people, leads the charge as refunds or account credits are issued to affected customers.
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Fargo
Grand Forks
Minot
William Lemke
Shank
North Dakota
Real Estate Transfers and county insurance uptake
Real estate transfers list multiple property deeds in Burke County including Dakota and Great Northern Railway Co to J J Bedford for 100 dollars and other transfers. The county reports rising grain crops and notes farmers applying for additional state hall protection insurance under a new Ingerson law, with about two dozen applicants. Rye and overall weather conditions are favorable for harvest and growth.
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Dakota & Great Northern Railway Co
J. J. Bedford
Northgate South
State Hall
Ingerson
Tribune
Editors and County Officials Criticized for Honesty
A readers’ letter blasts Columbia Reporter and Flaxton Tiinea editors for alleged dishonesty about county matters. It defends C J Kopriva and notes farmers sued by the county over seed liens, detailing payments and office workloads while criticizing past officials for inefficiency.
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Columbia Reporter
Flaxton Tiinea
Burke County
C.J. Kopriva
Kopriva
J. L. Christman
Wader Lawrence Larsen
Christman
Columbus and
Flaxton
Lawrence Lirsen
Melby
Tncre
Detectives Held for First Degree Murder
Jamestown North Dakota June 2 detectives William Wyant and Henry Kearns of the Northern Pacific railroad company were bound over to the next district court term on first degree murder charges. The charges stem from the fatal shooting of three transients on May 8 and followed a preliminary hearing that began yesterday. Walter Harrison, one of the transients shot, had his funeral held here today.
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Jamestown
N. D
Wwiliam Wyant
Henry Kearns
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
District Court
Walter Harrison
May Festival on School Lawn Draws Large Bowhells Crowd
A large Bowhells crowd gathered on the school lawn Tuesday for the second annual May Festival presented as a pageant titled When Polly Was Queen of May. Grades performed archer drill leaf drill mower drill and a May Pole winding with red and white streamers. Agnes Thorson, the physical training instructor, received much credit for the program.
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Polly
Aongo
Ny the Winding
Agnes Thorson
Adla
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Ruby Kosh
WN. D
Man Kills
Self
Paris
Tribune Specialty
Raaby
Jred Cross
Red Cross
The
American Red Cross
National Red Cross
Ora A. Kelley
Central Division
Wm.c, Martin
Attest
Geo
H. Phelps
Burke Abstract Co
Charles Bo Larson
Maat Eliasen
Jeny Christensen
Burke County Investment Co
Hertha Grit
Mark H
Powers and
Ite
Chas. E. Kolbe
School Lawn
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