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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
5
Local notices advertise an auctioneer H J Hecht and Minot Furniture Co offerings. Classified items include dressmaking services by Mrs J H Bennett, a driving mare for sale, a loan offer to farmers, phonographs and records at Blakey's New Music House, and generic household goods with business cards and promotions from Burlington North Dakota.
In the Mouse River Valley near Burdington and Sawyer's old timers recall a superb North Dakota winter. Ed Best and B W Skinner recount 25 years of winters, comparing current conditions to fourteen years ago, while miners and farmers discuss land, timber, hay, and fortunes. A local bank story notes a corset purchase blocked by a banker and a separate crime tale tells of Peter Kyle abandoning his wife and five children. groceries will aid the destitute family as authorities pursue him.
The column lists forthcoming weddings and social plans, mentions Mr C B Tibbetts attending a dance, local misadventures like straw fires and fishing mishaps, and reports on residents returning from Minnesota and scouting for cold weather. It also notes a new college publication The Extension, a marriage license anecdote, a rate war affecting travel, a court arrest for an obscene card, and dancing at a birthday surprise party.
The notice advertises a 480 acre farm four miles north of Minot ND for rent offering good buildings and mainly cultivation. The Women's Christian Temperance Union will serve lunch at the opera house during the Farmers' Institute on January 28 and 29. R
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