Grandin Farm Founder Recalls North Dakota Land Boom
Boston banker J L Grandin, owner of the Grandin farms in Cass and Traill counties, recalls paying 41 cents an acre for land that would form the nucleus of his North Dakota holdings. He describes securing land through Northern Pacific securities and a shift from one crop to rotation farming, with varied crops and strong yields, including corn and clover, across the Grandin operation.
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Bismarck
France
North Dakota
L.grandin
Boston
Grandin
Cass
Traill
Grand Forks
Lena
Northern Pacific
Red River Valley
Ourbank
Jay Cooke
Northern Pacific Road
Fed
Cooke
Frankfort
Europe
Trail County
Kee
Pennnsylvania
Winnipeg
Doings at Paynesville and Nearby Notices
Paynesville items report a threshing accident on the Wm Hoeft farm causing a loss of twelve stacks of wheat and the separator, totaling about 2000 dollars. A Friday music entertainment by Misses Holtz Lilah Nehring Rhoda Nehring Kate Abbott and May of Watkins drew good attendance. Other notes mention F W Gedesch and wife John G Nehring Anton Watenberg Carl Bork and various departures to different parts of the week.
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Paynesville
Minn
Bowbells
Frank & Schultz
Hoeft
Holtz
Lilahid Rhoda Nehring
Kate
RW J. Haskins
Yakima
North Dakota Memorial Gift Planned for Battleship
A state committee led by officials including E Y Sarles Frank White Roger Allin and others plans a memorial for the battleship North Dakota. The fund target is 10000 to supply a vice service design and fittings, with districted collections and permanent donor records to be added to the ship. Receipts will be issued from a central office and donors named in the ship’s records.
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North Dakota
E. Y. Sarles
Frank White
Roger Allin
W. A. Scott
Geo. B. Winship
Martin Jacobson
John Bruegger
F. L. Thompson
Frank Lish
Reward Granted to Deputy Sheriff in Horse Thief Case
A Minot Optic report states in district court last Thursday a $100 reward for capturing horse thief John Mozier was awarded to Dick Steinhofer, deputy sheriff. Mozier was chased across the county before being captured near Antler. The reward was authorized by the Estate We.
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Minot
John Mozier
Dick Steinhofer
Mosier
North Dakota Laws on Underage Cigarette Use 1909
A 1909 North Dakota law summary bans sale of cigarettes cigars and tobacco to anyone under eighteen with penalties up to a $50 fine or 30 days per offense. It also criminalizes minor use of tobacco in public places with fines up to ten dollars and possible county imprisonment. It prohibits adults from harboring minors for tobacco use and preserves parental rights on private property.
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North Dakota
Ward County Named Second in State Fund Drive
The State Committee urged counties to contribute, with Ward County listed as second and expected to provide a large sum of 750 dollars toward the appeal.
No Cause to Hold Kelly in Williston Preliminary
In Williston the preliminary hearing of D W Kelly on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon ended with no probable cause found. Deputy Finn and Kelly clashed at a barber shop. Finn admitted drawing toward his hip pocket. The judge discharged Kelly. witnesses described a tense struggle over a hammer gun with the weapon possibly discharged accidentally.
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D. W. Kelly
Williston
Ambrose Tribune
Sherif W. J.finn
T. R. Blankenship
Stafe
John E. Green
Minot
Bessie
D. W.kelley
Finn
Kelly
Cone
Kelley
Mng Kelly
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Bonanza Farms
J. L. Grandia
Grandia
Trail
Counties
New York Exchange
Eee Es Argus
Clemens
Ward County
Burke
Pla
Amt
Adams
Billings
Burleigh
Dickey
Foster
Kidder
LaMoure McHeni
A McKensie
Montrail
Richland
Rolette
Sarmenta
Stark ‘Break
Walsh
Cuaieaine
Valley City
N. D
F. Brockhoff, Secy
A. C. Wiper
United States
Wahpeton
John R. Jones
Hankinson
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