320 Acre Home Steads Open Under Enlarged Act for North Dakota
Indications that North Dakota lands will come under the enlarged homestead act are shown by five letters to Senator Gronna from the interior department. About 130,000 acres will be opened on June 19, 1913, after May 20 approval of designation No. 229. The action affects over 300 petitions, with individual petitioners to be notified. Franklin K. Lane signs the letter.
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North Dakota
United States
Gronna
Department of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Normal board accepts Minot Armory as temporary school site
The state normal board met at Valley City on May 2 and 29 and voted to accept the Minot Armory as a temporary location for Minot Normal School. Sufficient funds were raised in Minot to install the heating plant. The M B Church basement was offered as an auxiliary to the armory by the church board of directors.
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State Normal Board
Valley City
Minot
Minot Normal School
M. B. Church
Church Board of Directors
Minot Normal Board Approves Model School Status
The board accepted the contract with Harrison township to designate the school on the normal site as the Model School. Critic teachers for the model school were elected and assigned. Ten instructors were elected for the normal proper, with names not yet learned, and difficulties in staffing noted. A preceptress for the girls dormitory was declined pending dormitory completion, with others to be added as needed.
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Harrison Township
Normal
Minot
Minot Policeman Shoots Transient at Jungle District Near Soo Tracks
Edward Keller of Valley City says he was shot in the right leg by Policeman McCutcheon near the jungle north of Minot after a dispute while Keller and companions were cooking breakfast on supplies bought for a work site. Keller arrived in town Wednesday hoping to find work on the new Normal building. He alleges unwarranted use of force following a confrontation.
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Minot
N. C
Edward Keller
Valley City
Soo Tracks
McCutcheon
Keller
Police shootout leaves Keller wounded in leg
An officer fired a revolver during a confrontation, striking Keller in the leg. Keller said he warned McCutcheon he had shot him, but McCutcheon refused to believe it. Keller traveled toward town, met Chief Smith who heard the shot, and Keller was taken to hospital. McCutcheon denies the shooting. Chief Smith confirms. Keller rests easily and is expected to recover.
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Keller
McCutcheon
Chhef Smith
Chief Smith
Douglas Scene Of Shooting Affair
Washburn North Dakota June news reports a shooting near Douglas involving Whiteshell and farmer Ernest Krisell. Krisell was wounded in the body and hospitalized in Bismarck. Whiteshell was jailed on assault with intent to kill charges.
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Washburn
N. C
Russell Whiteshell
Douglas
Ernest Kiisell
Bismarck
Whiteshell
Kirsell
McLean County
Krisell
N. C. Simons
Bottineau Man Asphyxiated In Well
Bottineau North Dakota June 4 John Peregrin a well digger was asphyxiated this morning in a well six miles northwest of Souris He used dynamite to break up the rock last night and was lowered into the well 67 feet deep to remove the broken rock After a few minutes he asked to be hauled out but lost consciousness on the way up and fell from the tackle Efforts to recover the body failed as hooks would not work A man was lowered into the well this afternoon but grew dizzy at 25 feet and was hauled back The deceased was about 37 years old and left a wife and one son in this city
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Bottineau
N. D
John Peregrin
Souris
Farmer Drowns in Deep Well Near Velva
Velva North Dakota June 4 T J McGrath 83 a farmer five miles north of Velva was killed by a runaway team that knocked him into a 30 foot deep well on his farm owned with his son The horses pull the drill behind them frightened ran across the field struck the cross beam of the well platform pulling it loose and dumping the elder McGrath into the well His son who was at the granary with the drill managed to free him after the fall
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Velva
N. D
T. J. McGrath
Ageq
McGrath
Local Farmers Widely Known After Sudden Death
The McGraths, a well to do farming family, including father and son, were prominent in the community and died moments apart in the incident.
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McGraths
Great Northern Engineer Killed in Moorhead Train Wreck
Frank French a 40 year old Great Northern engineer died when passenger No. 1 derailed near Moorhead Minnesota at 6 PM Sunday. Fireman Nick Baker seriously hurt. six passengers lightly hurt. The engine plunged 200 feet, French set air brakes before being buried beneath the tender. Several through trains delayed while crews cleared the line. French formerly lived in Barnsville Minnesota and Larimore North Dakota. he was married. Moving pictures advertised at local opera house tonight and on ensuing Monday Wednesday and Friday nights.
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Moorhead
Minn
Frank French
Great Northern Railway
Nick Baker
French
Baker
Barnsville
Ming
Larimore
N. D
Great Northern
Woman offers reward for missing husband details
Mrs Gust Hendricks of Plaza offers 600 in reward for information on her husband missing since April 9 after he left to buy cattle. He is 41, about 6 feet 8 inches, brown eyes, smooth shaved, with little money. He worked in dairy business and has not drawn on his bank account since his disappearance. Local notices also advertise low-priced garden sets and rye for sale.
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Gust Hendricks
Plaza
Hendrck
Hendricks
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Rexall
Vitcor
Edison
Benno
Kodak People
Kodaks
Normal Board
Minot Armory
Farmer
Orange Belt
Texas
Coteau
I. L. Martin
Velva Man
Phione
Williston Herald
Hudson
Dickey
Oakes Times
G. A. Kopriva
Fatr
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