Mysterious Smith Company to Perform Tonight
The Mysterious Smith Company brings a large touring production with $5000 of stage equipment and two loads of trunks. A tabloid drama Where the Trail Ends will be staged with new features including sopranos, singers, musicians, dancers, jugglers, contortionists and grand illusions not seen before. Do not miss this big attraction as it visits your city and tickets may sell out.
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Plaza Farmer Dies After Wagon Accident
Andrew Running, 43, a Plaza area farmer, was fatally injured when his foot tangled in a wagon shaft as the horses bolted, dragging him for miles. He died en route to the hospital. He leaves a wife and three children. funeral planned in Max today.
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Plaza
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Andrew Running
Ronning
Noah
Nncing
Max
Mysterious death by own action at Ft Ransom
August Janisch formerly a jocksmith at Port Ransom was found dead beneath the Great Northern depot at Cayuga with his throat cut. Appears he died about two weeks ago and the death is believed to be self inflicted. He was about 66, left a large Montana family, and had moved from Fort Ransom to Montana earlier that summer. He arrived at Cayuga two weeks earlier and was seen by several people before vanishing.
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Lichvilla
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August Janisch
Port Ransom
Great Northern
Cayuga
Montana
Fort Ransom
North Dakota calf case ends with ownership dispute
In Jamestown on November 7, John Cysewski sued Joe and Stine over a heifer valued at about 40 dollars. The district court found the plaintiff had a good claim after a 15 hour jury deliberation, with total costs around 1,000 dollars for two trials and related mitigation.
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Jamestown
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Iowa
North Dakota
John Cysewski
Joe and
Stine
Murphy Named to International Dry Farming Board
S Murphy of Minot was elected to the executive committee of the International Dry Farming Congress at Tulsa Oklahoma during the annual meeting last week. The committee runs the event and the congress nearly scheduled the next meeting for Budapest Hungary with strong representation from 31 foreign countries.
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S. Murphy
Tulsa
Okla
Budapest
Hungary
Devils Lake Whiskey Hunters Warned by Official
Devils Lake in North Dakota reports Superintendent Zieback warning hunters in Mission Bay and the point to stop bringing liquor. He says Indians will be prosecuted for whiskey on the reservation and vows police presence, with trial in federal court for violators. A drunken hunter recently injured a man, prompting local approval of the stand.
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United States Court
C. M. Ziaback
Fort Totten
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Zieback
Nightingale Nurse Respects Legacy In Minot
In Minot Mrs Lawrence of Ker mit N B, a nurse at St Josephs hospital, honors Florence Nightingale. Lawrence trained under Nightingale in Devonshire and helped establish a nursing school in Montreat in 1871. Nightingale's wartime work and postwar praise boosted nursing education.
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Lawrence
Ker
Mit
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Montreat
Plaronen Nighten
Gale
Florence Nightengale
Wortminister Hall
Nightenpale
Enlarged Homestead Law Lets Western Settlers Enter Drier Lands
Secretary Lane clarifies 1909 enlarged homestead act allowing entry of up to 20 acres per claimant in western states for nonirrigable, unreserved land. Land must be designated nonirrigable by the Interior Secretary, with simplified procedures and no attorneys required.
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Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Lami
United States Geological Survey
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Man Kills Self by Charcoal Furnace in Pembina
Edward Hogan 23-year-old resident near Pembina North Dakota died from charcoal burning in his room. He closed air cracks, undressed, and slept as carbon monoxide standards suffocated him. A neighbor heard groaning but did not intervene. Leaders note Hogan had seen family die from disease in recent years.
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Pembina
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Edward Hogan
Hogan
Northwood Farmer John Hagen Found Dead in Trough
John N. Hagen aged 54 a prominent farmer living thirteen miles southwest of Northwood North Dakota was found dead yesterday in a water trough on his farm Investigation suggested accidental death after he told a hired man he would turn off the wind mill before dinner Corder Murphy summoned to the scene determined the body in the trough with head submerged and the death appeared unintentional.
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John N. Hagen
Northwood
Waterborough
Corder Murphy
Hagen
Plow Point Fatality Shocks North Dakota Town
Anamoose North Dakota November 12 a plow point pierced and dragged into the body of 17 year old Ataline Schneider as she aided a three plow team. She remained conscious for hours before dying. Her parents Jolmes and Mrs Schneider mourn her in the rural community.
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Ataline Schneider
Jolmes Schneider
Man killed at bottom of well near Plaza
Ol sen a welldigger aged about 30 from Plaza Wisconsin died after a boring rod fell down a farm well twelve miles west of Plaza striking him in the body and leg. He died soon after from shock and injuries. He leaves a wife and two young children.
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Lim Olsen
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Max
Flo
Olven
John McNamara
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Unsavory case ties Bismarck to Dickinson arrest
Juvenile officer from Bismarck went to Hickinson to file charges against Mrs. Mary Wehard for unlawful marriage in Dickinson Juvenile Court. Wehard, who left Sutton with her husband two years ago, had been living with a man named Smith. she and Smith were arrested after authorities found seven children. Wehard has been detained in the Bismarck jail while Dickinson held Smith.
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Bismarck
Hickinson
Mary Wehard
Dickinson
Behard
Sutton
Chaos
Swith
Sid
Smith
Ofeer Blake
Bonde
Peta
Homesick Italian Hidden in Barrel on Chicago Freight
In North Dakota, November 14, shipping workers witness an Italian man hidden inside a sugar barrel bound for Chicago. He said he preferred freight shipping to save fares, carrying meat bread and water. The incident reveals dangers of improvised covert transport.
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Wolford
N. D
Chicago
Agent Porter
Porter
Indians Kiss the Flag at Devils Lake Reservation
Rod man Wanamaker led an expedition to the Devils Lake reservation where Chief Little Fish and his braves saluted the American flag raised on a mast and signed a declaration of allegiance to the United States government. Dr Joseph K. Dixon and Major McLaughlin accompanied the party.
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Devils Lake
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Rodman Wanamaker
Devils Lake Reservation
Littlefish
United States
Joseph KK. Dixon
Major McLaughlin
Dakota Hunter in Fighting Charge Ends in Questioning Warrant
Esmond North Dakota November case before a Pierce county justice raised legal questions on game laws. Defense argued wardens lacked authority to issue warrants without state attorney approval and to arrest under warrants limited to county officers. Warden authority to arrest was challenged as unconstitutional. The defendant's father intends to sue for damages over the alleged false arrest.
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Pigg er Pleads Guilty as Widow Wins Damages Case
Don Weaver, owner of a blind pig in Genese ND, pleaded guilty to liquor violations and received ninety days in jail and a $200 fine. The widow of F Pietrick, killed in a drunken fight at the blind pig, sued for damages, initially winning $10,000 for herself and six fatherless children but settled for $4,000.
Common schools praised for better performance despite criticism
Henry Pattengill former Michigan public instruction chief, speaking at the North Dakota Educational Association in Grand Forks, defends public schools. He argues today’s pupils spell read write and calculate better than previous generations and attacks critics who exaggerate failings often from private school bias.
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Henry R. Pationsis
Mitchigan
North Dakota
Educational Association
Grand Forks
Jto
Pattengill
Woman's
Stove setup service offered by H. M. Rowe & Co
The advertisement states setting up stoves is tedious for the unaccustomed and promotes H. M. Rowe & Co to perform installation and supply stove j pipe.
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H. M. Rowe & Co
Kelley Wing in Suit Against Sheriff
Ambrose Newsman reports a Williston game warden Ben Olson investigated alleged game law violations during a civil case in Minot where D W Kelly sued Sheriff Olson for damages. The trial found Finn the aggressor. jury awarded 800 dollars, but Olson’s bond covers potential costs, shielding him from loss.
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Olson
Kelly
Finn
Noonan
Williston
Painter Proves Strange Bedfellow in Eddy
Victor Halberg, seeking cheap lodging in Eddy on November 13, rooms with a stranger who turns out to be a painter. The man absconds with Halberg’s valuables while Halberg remains asleep and disappears, leaving authorities to search for him and the missing items.
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Eddy
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Victor Halberg
Halberg
Gilmore
Victor
Fingers blown off with shotgun in Langdon accident
John Lange, working on farm in Moscow township near Langdon North Dakota, was injured when his loaded shotgun discharged while loading hay. The blast blew off two fingers of his right hand and wounded his arm and side. he was taken to Langdon for treatment.
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John Lange
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C. W. Toews
Moscow Township
Toews
Sheriff Waits At Prison Gates For Forgery Suspect
Langdon North Dakota November 12 Sheriff Kelland waited as Frank Hitchcock, recently released from Ft. Leavenworth, arrived to face forgery charges. Hitchcock, claimed from Madison Wisconsin, forged a $100 check on a Madison firm, cashed by Barles Bank, linked to Mann Act violation sentence.
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D. Frank Hitchcock
Ft. Leavenworth
Kelland
Hitchcock
United States
Madison
Wis
Madison, Wis
Bank of Barles
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