Whiskey Still Found East of the City Raid Seizes Dope and Booze
A still and five barrels of home brew were found in a shed by Sheriff Scofield Deputy Van denoever and State's Attorney Herry star three miles southeast of town on the Minot Logan road. Sam Boone and a man named Swanson were arrested after evidence samples were taken. Boone, an old bootlegger, resisted arrest. One bottle of potent whiskey was recovered and the booze, described as filthy and made from rotten apples and raisins, was dumped on the ground.
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Yellow House
Minot-Logan Road
Scofield
Clarence Vandenoever
Herrystar
Sam Boone
Swanson
Boone
Vandenever
Hoa Ital
Surrey Woman’s Pleasant Car Trip and Idaho Visit
Miss Eva Eaton of Surrey returns from a six week vacation. She toured with four friends in a Studebaker Sedan from Birchwood Park to Tor Beach and across Montana Yellow Stone National Park Idaho and Wyoming. The trip covered 2202 miles by road with nearly 1000 miles by rail and praised park roads and sights. Berigstad Exhausted After Hay Harvest at Cooperstown Farm State’s Attorney C B Herigstad reports a hard 80 acre hay field which kept expanding as he worked.
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Eva Eaton
Surrey
Birchwood Park
Tor Beach
N. D
Studebaker
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Idaho
Dillon
Cody Way
Wyoming
Shoshoni
Miss Eaton
Berigstad
C. B. Herigstad
Cooperstown
Two Planes Visit Minot on Cross Country Flight
Two airplanes en route across the continent bound for San Francisco landed at Chet Jacobson field west of Minot on Sunday. The visiting aircraft were observed at the flying field as they continued their journey toward the west coast.
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Minot
San Francisco
Chet Jacobson
Minot stenographer wed in high minded ceremony
Miss Laurette W Weis Michi an Miss Latratia Wright married John G. Berge of Flint Michigan on August 2 at Minot. Rev T A Olsen officiated. They plan to visit Minneapolis before settling in Flint. The bride, a Minot Normal School stenographer, and the groom, a Buick employee, are praised by friends.
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Latratia Wright
Minot Normal School
John G. Berge
Flint
Mich
Ionday
T. A. Olsen
Minot Methodist District
Minot
George R. Wright
Andrior
Fergus Falls
Minn
Buick
Lint
Bill Nye and the Raspberry Cow Ad for Sale
Humorist Bill Nye listed a cow named Rose for sale citing ill health. The ad claims Rose is one four Shorthorn and three four hyena, milk producer, and attached to a chain, with a double barrel shotgun included. He prefers a nonresident buyer far away.
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Rose
Glenburn Wool Grower Markets Clip
Harry Gowin of Glenburn drove to Min morning with 800 lbs of wool in four sacks loaded into his auto. The clip covers 99 sheep with 200 head total, including nearly 100 ewes. Banks will advance the current wool price to Gowin, who plans to ship later.
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Glenburn
Harry Gowin
Min
Gowin
North Dakota
Grano Crops In Fine Shape Report From Local Farmer
Grano farmer G. E. McLean said crops are in fine condition with barley and other feed thriving and wheat yielding ten to twenty bushels per acre. He recalled cyclone damage in the district and described barn and stallion damage on nearby farms, noting extensive destruction on the Hans Ronvold property later sold to the Bryans ranch.
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McLean
Joe Dinger
Grano
Hans Ronvold
Bryans Ranch
Ellison Family Returns from Minnesota Lakes
Norman Ellison his wife and two daughters came back Saturday from two weeks at Detroit and Park Rapids Minnesota. Ellison left Frank Taylor at Park Rapids after losing a $30 reel and pole to a bass strike. He recounted taking nine miles in Taylor's motor boat with Rev P W Erickson before the motor failed and the men rowed back after ten at night.
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Norman Ellison
Detroit
Park Rapids
Minn
Ward County dairy gains boost in June milk pay
For June 1920 Ward County farmers produced and sold cream totaling about 70 000 dollars while Minot creameries hauled 55 000 pounds of butter fat from local milk. The report notes rising dairy stock quality and educational efforts to diversify farming and improve returns.
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Ward County
John W. Morrell
Northern Produce Co
North Dakota
Minot
Minos Ty
Temojivy
Ward
Ste
Re Breeders’ Association
Morton County
Cass County
Stutaman Co
State Commission
Rye threshing at Leland store yields $1.56 per bushel
Guy O. Frank of the Leland Department store began threshing a volunteer rye crop Tuesday. The rye is fine and plump with excellent yield, sold directly from the machine at $1.56 a bushel. First threshing reported in the area. wheat and oats on the Frank farm ready for harvest as well. Henry Auslander and Jacob Frost and others started cutting their wheat and oats this week.
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Guy O. Frank
Leland Department Store
Frank
Henry Auslander
Jacob Frost
Hailstorm damages farm and vicinity near Velva
A heavy hail and rain storm struck the H. J. Reid farm area a short distance northwest of town Tuesday afternoon. Hall caused considerable damage to Reid’s torn field and neighbors also suffered some losses due to the storm in Velva vicinity.
Immigrant Trends Prompt Alarm As Europe Seeks Husbands
Washington reports 434000 people left the U S in the year ending June many of them men European single men and widows seek husbands in the United States Commissioner Caminetti head of the immigration bureau notes the gender balance has shifted since 1910 with far more men than women in the census and the gap has grown amid wartime losses.
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Washington
America
Hughande
Europe
Immigration Bureau
United States
Commissioner Caminett
Inmigration Bureau
Minor Man to Attend Supreme Lodge Degree Honor
C B Bach will go to Minneapolis on August 9 to receive the Supreme Lodge Degree in the Knights of Pythias, an honor conferred only on Past Grand Chancellors. Bach will attend the Supreme Lodge convention in Minneapolis the week of August 9.
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Tere C.B. Bach
Minneapolia
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Mr. Bach
Minneapolis
Rust Damages Late Wheat In Ward County Runs Low Yields
County Agent Gorman reports rust arrived a week ago and heavily damaged late wheat. He estimates Ward County yields at eight or nine bushels per acre, down from earlier forecasts, with some fields unprofitable to harvest. The disease is widespread, especially where crops are heavy, and advises delaying cutting until disease impact clarifies moisture loss risk.
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Gorman
Ge Aan
Wan
Ward
Lawyers Push Layer Trial Claims for Turtle Lake Murder Case
Lawyers for Henry Layer, serving a life sentence for the Turtle Lake murders, seek a new trial. Kelly and Morris of Carrington will handle the case with James Morris visiting Turtle Lake to study the facts and Layer relatives’ claims of innocence. Local authorities doubt any new progress. a governor’s detective has worked weeks without announcements.
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Ratives
Henry Layer
Turtle Lake
Kelly and Morris
Carrington
Layer
James Morris
McLean County
Woman Paroled After Killing Convict Husband in Self Defense
Langdon North Dakota August 3. Mrs Louis Godon was paroled after pleading guilty to first degree manslaughter for shooting her convict husband July 4. She claimed she acted as he threatened to shoot her during a quarrel and while mentally weak. He had previously been jailed for a statutory offense against his 11 year old stepdaughter. He sought pardon. she said she acted when he returned to the bedroom with a gun.
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Langdon
N. D
Louis Godon
A. G. Burr
State Penitentiary
Gerton
McKinley Farmer Reports Strong Wheat Prospects
McKinley township farmer W F Rothenberg showcases his fields of Hineavoni and Marquis wheat on 400 acres. He forecasts yields of 30 bushels per acre on 100 macaroni acres and 25 bushels on Marquis, with harvesting to begin this week. Wheat prices rise sharply on European war talk, Bee March contracts up to 2 dollars and 80 cents.
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McKinley
W. FP. Rothenberg
McKinley Township
Chicago
Jasper Baker Civil War Vet Lays Dying in Moore Brick Apt
Jasper Baker a Civil War veteran and commander of the G A R Post lies dangerously ill at his Moore brick apartments. He has been missing for months and bedridden for some time.
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Jasper Baker
Moore
Baker
Mr Baker
G. A. Rpost
Feels Like He Owns the World Baby Born in Minot
Con Lidatrom of Minneapolis reports a baby boy born in July weighing 8 pounds. Both mother and baby are doing well.
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Ani
Con Lidatrom
Minneapolis
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