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Newspaper

The Ward County Independent

Location

Minot, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1908

Page

7

Calgary Exposé from Colcord Well Sees Wealth and Woes

A Colcord Well reporter arrives in Calgary describing a booming city of about 21 000 with English migrants and wealth from cattle ranching and wholesale trade. He notes high rents, cheap gas in Medicine Hat, travel to Liverpool, and a prickly price culture toward U S visitors.

Calgary Medicine Hat Minot States Colgate United States Canada Henry George Qalsary Liverpool Pet Burns Burns Pet Grant Lew Bierly Fiarle Springs

Canadian Rockies Visit By Mr and Mrs Colcord

Mr and Mrs J Colcord are spending a few days in the Canadian Nestment viewing Bart Syringe in the Rocky Mountains and planning to visit Mrs Culcard's brother WW Hoane while conducting a shoot at Granum Alberta.

J. Colcord Bart Syringe Rocky Mountains

Minot Looting Case Spurs Police Sweep Across Two Homes

Jing leads investigation as Minot merchants aid police in tracing a looting spree. With a search warrant, officers seize two trunks at Chas Olson and Mrs Olmstead homes, containing dresses, underwear, ribbons, silk waists and more from several stores. Children Minnie Dixon and Maythe Olmstead named among suspected offenders.

Jing Justice Lynch Chas Olson Olmstead Minnie Oixon Maythe Olmstead Ellie Fanchald Bros Belta Romhanta Lejan Atra Muva Bros Holt Eoode Keavin's Ale Fung Aml

Child Injured in Horse Ride Incident

A three year old girl named Goo Wilson fell from a horse Friday morning while being ridden to water. She suffered a broken arm after the fall, and Mr Gildin transported the child to the city for treatment where the fracture was attended to.

Goo. Wilson Daveley Gildin

Umbrella amid church ruckus ends in bonnet snatch and secession

A Sunday service gossip piece recounts Mrs. McIntosh raising an umbrella during the deluge story, provoking Mrs. Butterwick's dog to bark, a sexton scuffle, and a hymn tossed at the dog. The scene escalates with a bonnet lost, harsh words, and Mrs. Butterworth’s scornful farewell. Mrs. McIntosh withdraws, and Mrs. Butterworth is blamed before a pew relocation and Mrs. McIntosh's move to a back seat.

Deacon Jones Dr. Potts Mrs. McIntosh Mrs. Butterwick Mrs. Butterworth

Curious Almshouse at St Marys Hospital Chichester

The article describes eight elderly women living in a historic almshouse inside St Marys hospital in Chichester. Housed in a church dating to 1580 once a monastery, Queen Elizabeth preserved it as an almshouse. Each resident has a pair of small rooms with garden views, coal, kitchen range, water, and gas. Daily chapel services and carved oak choir stalls from the monks remain.

England St. Mary’s Hospital Chichester

Stringing Her City Talk Finds Name Missing

Dialogue from a street scene shows Miss Gull pushing a city directory and Milas Chum Tey asking about a fortune teller named Brads street. The exchange reveals difficulty locating the figure in town.

Miss Gull Mr. Kidder Ravely Milas Bradsstreet

Adeptfar It Photographer Plans Exhaust Study On Farm

An art photographer visited the farm and asked the hired man to stay at his post on the fence for days to allow an exhaust study of the landscape. The farmer agreed the man could remain in place during the study.

In Defense of Socialism and Noble Incentives

A sprawling critique arguing that profit motive corrupts society and that socialism offers nobler incentives. The speaker denounces Carnegie Rockefeller wealth, links capitalism to child labor and corruption, and cites historical revolutions and the French Marseillaise as proof that true drive comes from ideals beyond money.

Carnegie Sage Rockefeller Sma Homestead Harriman Hill Stock Exchange Carnegies Rockefellers America Patrick Teary Annes. Nw

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