Schwirtz Sentenced To Three Year Term In Minot Case
Jacob Kwartz was found guilty in a United States district court in Minot of misappropriating government funds tied to the post office and money order divisions. Judge Amidon sentenced him to three years in Leavenworth and a $9,000 fine, with $10,000 bonds posted pending appeal. An acquittal and minor fines were reported for other local cases. Former Fire Chief William OLeary aided Minot firefighters in a large blaze, directing efforts at a total loss site with assistance from engine No. 4.
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Minot
N. D
Jacob Kwartz
United States District Court
Amidon
Leavenworth
Circuit Court of the
United States
W. 8. Shaw
A. J. Brunner
EB. H. Boyer
Gus Siese
Parshall
Berthold Indian
Henry Kottka
Emil Emanuel Hardware
Nogers Lumber Company
Berthold
William O'Leary
Demand for New Marriage Laws in North Dakota
North Dakota officials report 1803 residents in penal and charitable institutions due to mental defects inherited from parents. The board of control may seek a legislative commission to tighten marriage regulations, citing cases from Grafton and Jamestown that highlight intergenerational defects and the fate of offspring in state care.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Board of Control
Grafton
Jamestown
Berthold Fire Destroys Hotel And Store In North Dakota
A fire in Berthold North Dakota originated in the Northern hotel around 1 am destroying the hotel and H Salverson general merchandise store. Estimated total losses run between 40000 and 45000 with several other buildings damaged. Salverson store contents and building valued at 26000 plus 20000, Northern Hotel 5000, Rogers Lumber Co office 8000, Dalman hardware 1500. Local figure indicates both main structures total losses.
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Berthold
N. D
Salverson General Store
Salverson
Rogers Lumber Co
Terstate Business College
Fargo
Dalman’s Hardware
Olsons Prepare to Leave Bowbells for Mercer Farm
Herman Olson who farmed his mother's land in Bowbells town sitp plans to move in about a week to Mercer where he has rented a farm for the coming season. He is loading his horses and farming equipment into a car as friends in the area express regret at their departure and hope they may return in a year or two.
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Herman Olson
Bowbells
Mercer
Mrs. Olson
Killed by Train While on Spree at Westby
Ambrose Tribune reports Pat Durkin, about 33, who worked in Noonan mines and for H. McCumber near Fortuna, was killed at Westby last Friday when a east bound freight struck him as he tried to board. He was unrecognized for days, had missing fingers, a growth over the right eye, and relatives in Pennsylvania.
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Ambrose Tribune
Westby
Pat Durkin
Noonan
H. McCumber
Fortuna
Durkin
McCumber
Pennsylvania
Scranton Farmer Held For Murder In NC
Scranton North Carolina Oct 12 authorities report Schneidler a south of Scranton is held for murder in the death of Gunder Anfinson father of George Anfinson. Anfinson was shot with a bullet to the hip after a quarrel when Schneidler returned armed. The victim died after hours in Scranton hospital. Schneider is in custody in Buffalo. The elder Anfinson had no part in the dispute.
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Scranton
N. C
George Anfinson
Schneider
Buffalo
May postpone land sales for a year in North Dakota
Bismarck North Dakota October 12 probable that no important sales of public and university lands will be held until next fall due to farmers not being ready to buy and to avoid selling to speculators. The current farm situation shows farmers well off this fall but cautious about new land purchases.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Man Hurt After Encounter With Owl in Walford
Walford North Carolina October 12 Hurry Loucks was attacked by a vicious man eating owl. The bird pecked his face and left him with one arm in a sling. Martin Rostrum fired a shotgun at the bird, causing it to retreat. Loucks was left badly injured but escaped further harm.
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Walford
N. C
Haurry Loucks
Martin Rostrum
Laucks
Testrum
Believed dead man Romo Gent tied to Valley City holdup
Valley City North Dakota October 12 officials say James Scherr was killed in a gunfight during an attempted railroad holdup on the North Coast Limited near Valley City. Scherr and accomplice James Weir had escaped from Jamestown jail the night before. Police contest the men’s account alleging two attackers appeared from the car top.
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Valley City
N. D
James Scherr
North Coast Limited
Erack
James Weir
Scherr
Schrr
Jamestown
Weir
Medina
Sherr
Young Ryder Girl Kicked by Horse Near Ryder
Miss Dora Houle, 22, of the Okerstrom place south of Ryder, was kicked by a horse while leading two to pasture. She suffered a fractured skull and was taken to a hospital in Bismarck. her brother Joe Houle reports the incident and says the horses ran loose after the kick.
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Ryder
N. D
Dora Houle
Bismarck
Joe Houle
Okerstrom Place
Houle
Wild Goose Visits the Town of Ray
Ray North Dakota October 12 a wild goose wandered into Main Street near the Waldorf hotel. O M Opdahl pursued the bird through the street and entered the opera house to capture it after the goose had been wounded by a gunshot and weakened from the encounter.
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Ray, N. D
Ray
Main Street
Opdani
Waldorf Hotel
Opdahl
Opera House
Automobiles cause two deadly accidents in Mandan and Villa
Mandan North Dakota on October 12 Cari four-year-old son of George Urban a wealthy merchant died instantly when he leaned on a door of a car driven by his father the door opened and he fell under the rear wheel. Near Villa North Dakota a three-year-old daughter of farmer Jake Lindhele was backed over her hip crushed and ribs broken and she may die.
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Mandan
N. D
Cari
George Urban
Jehron
Jake Lindhele
Villa N. D
Lydia
Drunken raid nets six charged in Grand Forks home
Grand Forks North Dakota October 12 police raided 621 Pirs avenue finding five men and a Mrs Ed Lumbness in a drunken spree and noisy house. Officer Rosenweig faced a pitched melee, sustaining injuries as the group was secured and jailed to sober up.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Thes
Pirs Avenue
Ed. Lumbness
Rosenweig
Bliven
Hastile
Mrs. Lumbness
Tried To Cash a Stolen Bank Draft Near Hankinson
In Lidgerwood North Dakota an attempted $300 forged bank draft used a 16 year old girl as operator to pay a Hankinson bank. The draft stolen from a local elevator was presented for payment in favor of a prominent farmer but was blocked when officers learned of the theft. The girl disappeared after promising to return for identification, eluding arrest as bank officials pursued the matter.
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Waitng
Trigger Pulled On a Poor Shell in Rugby Trial
Rugby North Dakota October 12. A faulty shell failed to discharge when the revolver was pressed against Pietrick, the trigger pulled. Nelson Carter serves one day after pleading guilty to carrying concealed weapons. Pietrick, who would have died if the shell exploded, refused to prosecute.
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Rugby
N. D
P. Pietrick
Nelson Carter
Carter
Pietrick
Gasoline fumes blaze injures boys at Rolla livery
In Rolla Missouri on October 12 Williams and Randall Williams, two young brothers, drank gasoline fumes behind a livery barn. Randall left, returned with waste, lit it, and Willie Jolliffe stepped toward the fire as his trousers caught.
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Rolla, N. DB
Williams
Wm. Jolliffe
Randall Wiliams
Dousing With Gasoline Sparks Burn Injury Warns of Care
A man saturated with gasoline caught fire and burned his right leg badly before his trousers were removed by his brother Claude, stopping further injuries. Dr Widmeyer dressed the wounds. Willie is recovering slowly. The tale offers morals about care with Rasotlie indoors and out.
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Claude
Widmeyer
Willie
Young Man Badly Injured in Fast Wheat Line Smashup
Kenmare Journal reports Henry Leydeck of Casal Lake Minnesota son of George Leydeck who had a tree planting contract along Soo right of way was seriously hurt last Friday afternoon when a speeder collided with a band of cattle near Greene. He suffered a broken leg a broken collarbone and facial bruises. He was taken to the local hospital by the freight engine crew. Witnesses say the speeder was moving at a high speed and could not stop in time.
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Kenmare Jounal
Henry Leydeck
George Leydeck
Casal Lake
Minn
Atrick
We Focal Hospital
Steel Laying Progress Report From Wildrose Mixer
Steel laying on the extension near Corinth progresses slowly due to bad weather and worker shortages. Eighty men on the crew have completed about seven to eight miles by October 5 with 26 miles graded so far and 463 750 cubic yards mined toward a 670 000 total. A Scihx train will move ties and material between Stanley and the front, with Alamo expected reached by October 10.
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Wildrose
Corinth
Culbertron
Stanley
Alamo
Man Ends Life By Stepping In Front Of Train Near Jamestown
Jamestown North Dakota October 12 An unidentified man walked into the path of Northern Pacific train No 4 five miles east of Jamestown and leaped back onto the rails as the locomotive neared The cow catcher shattered the back of the man's head but he was still breathing when rescued There were no means of identification available at the scene.
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Jamestown
N. D
Northern Pacific
Here
Jealous Woman Traps Husband With Back Kitchen Gaffe
A jealous wife sneaks into a dark kitchen using a shawl and matches to catch her husband kissing the hired girl, only to confront the hired man in a surprising twist as she storms in. The item concludes with an unrelated advertising line urging property dealings with C. R. Hurly.
Doctor Advertised Specialist Fails to Hold State License
A self proclaimed specialist from the University of Michigan advertised in North Dakota but lacked a valid license. State officials halted his tour after confirming his license was void since it dated from territorial days in South Dakota. Local residents warned others to beware a travel doctor offering cures for worms and various ailments.
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C. BL Hayden
University of
South Dakota
Williams
State Medical Board
North Dakota
Dea Lacs
North Dako'a
Should Had 30 Years Got 30 Days
Grand Forks North Dakota Ort 12 One of a trio arrested on a statutory charge Charles Lull received a one year county jail term the maximum. A 13 year old girl as the complaining witness George Baker held on a similar charge pleaded illness and asked for delay. Baker faces a penitentiary sentence the maximum of which is life T B Elton presented state evidence Mr Baker charged with a statutory offense was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail and fined one hundred dollars
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Grand Forks
N. D
Charles Lull
George Baker
Baker
T. B. Elton
Agitators Target Koontz Grain Separator in Strike Try
Walford North Dakota October 12. Agitators failed to halt threshers’ strike at Fred Koontz, 1, as they attempted to wreck the grain separator by concealing iron in bundles. George Williams, who led the strike, was bound over to district court on criminal charges from the plot. State witnesses testified Williams had threatened arson as the plan faltered.
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Walford
N. D
Fred Koontz
Public health cautions and lifestyle prompts raise awareness
A set of public health notes cites dangers of nonfood mouth items and praises sanitary rules. It urges open air exercise, warns mouth breathing harms children, and notes preventability of smallpox and risks from alcohol.
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U. S. Public Health Service
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Get With
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Romo Gent
Wild Goose
Polige
Billy
Bowbells City
C. R. Hurly
the Blenkner Mercantile Company
Bowbells, N. D
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