Nelson the Model Farmer Shows Thriving 300 Acre Farm
Nelson Edw Nelson owns a four mile river farm with 300 acres of diverse crops including 25 acres of corn. He harvests on the green site and feeds cattle year round with butter selling for 25 cents a pound. He boasts strong yields in wheat and corn and plans irrigation by damming the St Carl coulee. He grows apple trees, Russian Golden Willows, and maintains a fine garden with early tomato varieties.
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Edw
Nelson
St. Carl Coulee
Soldiers in Bismarck Cause Trouble on Train to American Lake
Four members of Company A Bismarck were involved in a misconduct incident at Pasuco while en route to American Lake Washington. Reports say the soldiers caused damage in a restaurant, including breaking dishes and moving a watermelon-filled refrigerator, with a telegram stating $139 in damages. An investigation is ongoing and guilty parties will be punished.
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Co. A
Bismarck
American Lake
Wash
Pasuco
Ned
Prominent Couple Wed In Minot At Bride's Parents Home
Prominent couple Louis A. Emerson and Petra Rolse wed at the bride’s parents home in Minot. Rev W C Hunter officiated. they honeymoon in the east. Emerson, son of County Commissioner Emerson, is a notable businessman and Arcade theatre manager. The bride has lived in Minot for years. The Independent extends best wishes to the couple.
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L. A. Emerson
The
Arcade Theater
Petra Rolse
East
Rolse
A. H. Rolse
W. C. Hunter
Emerson
Arcade Theatre
Minot
Wilmar
Minn
Independent
Glenburn
N. D
H. J. Hecht
Hecht
E. C. Palmer
Ward County
Square Deal
State levy set as North Dakota boards tally taxes
The North Dakota state board of equalization fixed state and local levies for the coming year. Renewal fund tax $89,316 three and eight tenths mills. Other levies include West Boundy 45,753 two tenths mill maintenance of education 228,767 one mill and state bonds 22.86 one tenth mill. Total state assessed value 228,767,242 up 15,000,000 from last year. Major components include zonal property railroads and telegraph/express firms.
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Bismarck
N. D
State Board of Equalization
Erest
State Board
Telerfrone
Mrs Frost Dies After Long Illness In Minot
Mrs. R. T. Frost wife of Minot's noted architect died at her home after a lingering illness from consumption. The remains were taken by her husband to Iowa for interment. She leaves four children.
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R. T. Frost
Minot
Frost
Iowa
Minot area notes highlight sales praised and grain outlook
Satisfied customers praise H J Hecht for spring 1908 stock and farm implement sales near Minot. Local auctions, bridge project bids, harvest activity, and grain prices are reported with notes on oats and flax.]]>
Russian girl abused by parents in Nel lie Booxenay case
A girl recounts brutal mistreatment by her mother and father in Dogden. After leaving home for work at a hotel, she was beaten with a rope and a broom by her mother, then flogged by her father. She worked unpaid in a corn field without breakfast and fled to friends. Parents jailed, mob justice harmed the father.
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Dogden
Nellie Booxenay
Who Will Spring the Trap in North Dakota Executions
Governor Burke asks the supreme court to rule whether the penitentiary warden or the county sheriff must carry out hangings for murder under a modern statute. Robert Noah and Joe and Charles Peltier await execution dates, with the question affecting Rooney’s prior case and two Peltiers. The matter hinges on whether county officers or the legislature control the death penalty.
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Bismarck
N. D
Burke
Supreme Court
Robert S. Noah
Ward County
Joe
Charles Peltier
Bottineau County
John Rooney
Noah
David Crittenden Bound Over After Monday Hearing
David Crittenden charged with one of history s two atrocious crimes was bound over to the District Court under five thousand dollars bond after a Monday hearing before Judge Davia His large family of eleven children and two daughters who filed the complaint were involved Nellie a sixteen year old daughter was bound over under five hundred dollars to appear as a witness Also noted Julius and Mauris Fauchali and their wives have returned from a three week eastern trip and plan sales for their department store The report mentions a dope fiend seeking hospital admission and being directed to Minneapolis by Officer Hyland and references W Bowker family visiting north of Wilile tor
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Berg A. Bergendahl
Meyers
Northwestern Hospital
Altho
Masons
Kenmare Lodge
Great Northern
Minot
Seo
Gary
South Dakota
Mr. Bergendahl
Norway
America
Ward County
Kenmare
Rogers Lumber Co
Meyer Lumber Yard
Sons of Norway Lodge
The
Woodmen
Bergendahl
Masonic Lodge
David Crittenden
Davia
Nellie
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Mouse River
Louis A. Emerson and
Petra Oo
Firm of
R. H. Emerson & Son
Granville
Pierson
North Dakota
Helena
Mont
Williston
B. B. Parris
Burlington
Tyeir
Frank ‘Morris
Grand Harbor
P. G. Grilly
Has Grow
Chicago
Myer
S. D
J. Hecht
Everone
Tohn Campbell
Neil McDougal
Standard Oil Co
Velva
Carple
Tagus
Jessie Coy
Tippecanoe City
Surrey
Canada
Lethfridge
Walter Whitehead
Han
Fon
Mark Nelson
Curley Ulrich
Geo. W. Kemper
Carpio
Hancock County
Dennis J. Carty
Davis
Dan King
Samuelson
W. H. Reighart
G.N. Railway
Gov. Burke
Jor
Julius
Mauris Fauchali
Twin Cities
Muilwaukee
la Tromme
Dr. Emerson
Hyland
Entarance
Mr. Emerson
W. Bowker
Wililetor
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