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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
2
Minot Dakota editorial warns that shared public drinking cups spread tuberculosis and other illnesses. It praises individual cup cases as a health move, noting consumption claims thousands of lives annually and urging united effort to control disease.
A sixteen year old farmer’s son pleads for help to fund his board as he seeks higher schooling. He walked miles to seek opportunities, impressing editors with ambition and work ethic. The piece urges giving such boys a chance to pursue college education through effort.
An editorial urges universal hygiene measures to reduce disease spread. It cites installed cups in Minot schools, advocates frequent floor scrubbing, dust control, covering exposed candy, avoiding spitting, and upgrading carpets and furniture to easier cleaning. It emphasizes collective duty toward a higher sanitation standard.
Otto Gross and James Hedges of the Optic purchase the Magis City Democrat and continue publication without interruption. The new proprietors vow to produce a good paper and hope their path will be smooth, despite the prior upheaval and slight spelling errors in the report.
The Plats Pioneer notes disputes over authorship of a letter to Hazabrough. It suggests Major Murphy, a prolific writer, is credited while Schull may have coauthored some works and that the Independent paper doubts the extent of Murphy’s sole authorship.
Editor Carroll reports Ward County editorialists call a Jan two meeting in this city to push clearer statutes for legislators and to reform vague county proposal rules. The group aims to draft laws making the publishing and measurement processes plainer and more suitable for the newspaper fraternity.
The North Dakota Agricultural College advertises a three month steam engineering course for threshing crews. It promises practical skills taught by Professor Rose to run and maintain traction engines, with shop work and arithmetic, emphasizing higher earnings and greater reliability for rig owners.
Report from Minneap lis warns that many North Dakota girls travel seeking work but face hardship. Central Police matron Schaeffer says city life is unsafe and urges parents to keep daughters away to spare them suffering.
The notice urges merchants and rural free delivery customers to stop sending goods with carriers for delivery by kick or tar and directs merchants to place all items for delivery at the post office.
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