Hail Insurance Fund Sees Heavy Losses in Year End
The state hail insurance fund reported heavy off losses in the year ending October 31. Largest claim by J B Stoddard of Sentinel Hut te stood at 4144. The Bowman county area had many leases and claims. Premiums totaled 33116 82 with 260 policies covering 820 800 in risks but only 34 371 76 to spend leaving 38 percent of losses paid. 260 policy holders received 30161 26 with cash on hand 1011 92 at year end. Administrative costs included 1100 for clerk hire.
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J.B. Stoddard
Sentinel Hutte
John Kyllones
Brockett
Joan McLean
Bowman County
Bowman
Golden -Valley County
Eddy
Grand Forks
Benson
Vide
Bottineau
Mohail Hotel Destroyed by Fire in Sharwood
Mohail Nov 15 The Sharwood hotel at this place was completely destroyed by fire originating from an overheated range in the kitchen. Estimated loss about 420,000, mostly insured. No one was inside the building at the time. guests saved most of their personal effects while some lost clothing and belongings. The frame structure burned quickly under a south wind. James McCarroll owned the property. Firemen saved portions of the south side.
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James McCarroll
New County 15 Created by Voters in Grant County
Grant county division supporters claim a large area will join Morton county after Tuesday's vote. Mandan favored the Grant county plan, while the rival Lincoln county option failed to secure support. Final tallies show Grant County proposal carrying by a solid margin with broad Mandan backing.
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New County
Bismarck
Grant County
Morton
Hines
Manden
Mandan
Lincoln County
A. Lotal
War W Reality 10 Starving Couple War W Reality 10
Fragmentary OCR text references a starving couple and war reality with scattered phrases. The readable pieces mention Binaerck, a date November 16, and incomplete lines about not feeling war’s mutterings, returning home, and someone’s head. The fragmentary source yields no clear event, names, or outcomes to confirm a coherent report.
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Binaerck
Two elderly North Dakota pair plead for aid amid war strain
An elderly couple, starving and with no heat or medicine, rely on a monthly $2.50 food grant while sons fight abroad. The article cites Governor Hanna promising to seek release from further service for John Dering’s two sons, underscoring wartime pressures on families.
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America
John Dering
Hanna Las
North Dakota
Transient's Body Found Near Adrian on Jamestown Road
Jamestown ND Nov 15 Jamestown resident Hana Knudson found the body of Ganson a transient who had been doing odd jobs in Adrian area The coroner Dr Ribaie viewed the scene and ruled death by apparent self harm with no signs of violence Knudson notified authorities after cutting the rope and lowering the body to the ground
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Jamestown
N. D
Slong
James River
Adrian
Hana Knudzon
Ganson
Knudson
Ribaie
Bowbells Lyceum Course Opens With Chicago Musical Club
The Bowbells lyceum course begins December 4 at the Royal Theatre with the Chicago Musical Club as the first act. Five numbers cost 2 50 for a full course. single admissions are available, with tickets procured through local guarantors of the course. The program aims to bring quality talent at lower cost by university extensions from North Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska.
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Chicago Musical Club
The
Tribune
Bowbells Lyceum
Royal Theatre
Bowbells
Jamestown farmer suffers severe axe injury in hunting mishap
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a Jamestown farmer, a hunting incident, and an angled injury to his left hand. The readable parts indicate a serious accident with a left hand wound, but essential details such as names, dates, and precise actions are unclear.
North Dakota Wealth and Mines Outlook Cited in State Report
Bismarck reports a state financial statement showing high overall holdings including cash on hand and permanent funds. It lists specific values for universities, normal schools, and public institutions, with liabilities and bonds, and notes an unsold land value that far exceeds the stated totals. The piece also discusses a potential coal miners strike, wage demands, and possible disruptions to supply in the northwest.
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Bismarck
North Dakota
Comtelsalon
Ban's
Loana
Santrate
Irelands
Devila Lake
University At
Grand Forks
Agricultural College At
Fargo
Valley City Normal
Mayvills Normal
Minot Normal
Eilendale Industrial School
Wahpeton School of
Bott'neau School of Forestry
Biemareck
Dunseith
School For
Bathgate
Gratton
School For the
Degile Lake
Hospital For the
Jamestown
Bigmark
Gbaz
Reform School
Mandan
Jane
Nua
Board of Regents
Board of Control
Monse
Des Laen Valey
Milner Visit Delights Kokomo Couple During Election News
J F Milner and wife of Kokomo Indiana toured Wrank Woods home to hear early election reports on a Hughes landslide then Wilson victory. They preferred Wilson’s win and returned to Indiana later this week.
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J. F. Milner
Kokoma
Indiana
Wrank Woods
Milner
Woods
Chicago
Hughes
St. Paul
Wilson
Frank
One Judge Ships Changes in North Dakota Districts
A state election last week altered judgeships in North Dakota. Third district elected Cole as judge, replacing Charles Potlock. Other districts list updated names including Cooley, Butts, Blatsiet, Ty Cole, Ailen, Comer, Nuessle, Kneeshaw, Burr, and Crawford.
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Torney
Colewie
Charles Potlock
North
Dakota Districte
Duidges
C.M. Cooley
Grand Forks
Enon Eee
Yoharley Butts
William Blatsiet
A.G. Burr
Rugby
Crawford
Prank Fisk
Williston
Henry
Seeeeme
Grand Farm
Eve
Space Igo
Charles
Atty
Mysterious shootings prompt murder mystery in Dakota territory
Officials investigate a string of crimes from Beulah to Mandan as a Fort Clark hunter W M Brazda is shot near Maidan Lake proving a violent spree. Carl Maier is found murdered near Beulah while a lone horseman eludes capture after a late night road encounter. A jury at Beulah hears details as investigators pursue clues.
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W. M. Brazdan
Fort Clark
Carl Maier
Beulah
Mandan Lato
Morter
V. M. ‘Brazda
Maidan Lake
Wade
Trase
Maier
Matory
Drazda
Masher Road
Bundrex
Mother
Han
Miners Strike Disrupts River and Yale Areas
A terse report notes miners in the river area and Yale amid strikes demanding higher pay. The exact places and organizing bodies are unclear, but the stand has halted local activity and caused attention to wage disputes.
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Yale
Ringleader in JA Delivery Captured
Bismarck N D November 15 McGee a negro ringleader of the prison delivery of Just Fury behind the hare in the atate bargain following his capture a Chicago will give the new class no information as to the whereabouts of William Neaivels credited with Kellie McGee's aid in engineering the sensational escape McGee was convicted of murder and sentenced to Wife Imprisonment following a shooting affair at Norris Renville county fast fall
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Bismarck
N. D
McGee
Just Fury
Chicago
Wm. Neaivels
Kellie McGee
Norris
Renville County
Fast Fall
Grain Crisis in Canadian Northwest Sends Grain to Ground
Jamestown reports severe winter grain woes with unthreshed stocks and lack of storage. Crum cites thrashing rigs reaching from Ontario but storage shortages force farmers to dump grain on ground. threshing charges about fourteen cents per bushel. crops still pending in Webb Sask and Rothyer Iowa trip noted.
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Jamestown
K. G. Crum
Canadian Northwest
Crum
Webb
Sask
Ontario
Wantsau
2026 People Re Elected Wilson
A historical note claims 2026 people re elected Woodrow Wilson president. It lists New Hampshire four electoral votes carried by 160, North Dakota five by 1,090, and New Mexico three by 2305, suggesting if those voters had backed Hughes the outcome might have shifted. The piece critiques the national vote as a spectator sport.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Wilson
New Hamshire
North Dakota
New Movico
Hughes
Wootroy
Devils Lake Fire Destroys D F Bangs Block
Devils Lake North Dakota November 15 150000 loss reported as the D F Bangs block a two story brick building housing five offices burned Saturday night estimated damage 150000 with 50000 to the building itself Origin of the fire unknown started in the basement beneath shops with several offices destroyed including Royal Shoe Store Laurie Hanson Jewelry and the Devils Lake Drug Co Physicians and lawyers lost almost all their contents and a number of offices were ruined Fire officials fought the blaze with difficulty and no injuries reported Also lists defeated governors candidates and states in a long mixed item.
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Devils Lake
N. D
D. F. Banga
D. F. Bangs
Faribault
Minn
March Battle
Chapman-Swenson
Guckson Clothing Store
Royal Shoe Store
William Jacobson
Laurie Hanson Jewelry Store
Dickson
Devils Lake Drug Co
E. M. Moore
W. €. Follet
C. J. McCurren
Fred Cuthbert
Smythe
G. C. Smith
R. Goer
W. F. Moore
BR. M. Lewis
J. A. Shanson
J. L. Wehe
Stade and Syee
State Bank
Cuthbert and
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