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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
17
McBride's Magazine recalls Eugene Field’s playful neighborliness. He meddled in neighborhood affairs calling next door or across the street at odd hours and organizing games and entertainments to bring residents together.
A collage of satirical excerpts references Judge William Hughes in a Paterson trial about a 1 am return, a quip about clock timing, and a London Standard tale of a meddling Mrs forbidding banns at St Clement Danes. The snippets imitate old newspaper humor in brief anecdotes.
A newspaper recounts editor trials in publishing a biblical dictionary. Deluge see Mood and Noah see Hood appear as entries. editors fear shock to orthodox readers from science leaning views. A separate anecdote from South Indian Missions describes a gargle instruction causing a medical mishap.
A brisk tale recalls Irvin Cobb and Charles E. Van Loan visiting six Los Angeles bookstores to autograph copies of Cobb’s Back Home. Clerks misidentify the author, Cobb proclaims the work, and the pair entertain a crowd before vanishing into humor. An added column quotes quirks and regional humor.
Kidney Pills are promoted for weak or disordered kidneys and claim single focus. Horst of Minot reports back pain and irregular kidney action improved after using Dean’s Kidney Pills with no return of trouble. price fifty cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Memorial Day in this city featured a long parade led by Major E. S. Person with aides and a procession including K. of P. band Co. D Boy Scouts and G. A. R. and W. R. C. members. At the cemetery salutes and taps followed Rev. F. B. Sapp and Atty. Mark M. Chatfield delivered speeches. The afternoon included services at the Opera House with Crane of Mine Normal School praising the "Boys of 61." Also notes on Smallwood & Son promoting Rust-Parker Co. wholesale price benefits and farm delivery outreach by J. C. Smallwood & Son Master Grocers.
Mrs. Arthur Bergeson visited friends in Sawyer on Monday. Mrs. F. J. Wilman stayed with H. C. Kuchenbecker last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. White and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hall traveled from Deering Monday. Joe Murphy’s hay wagon was wrecked after a run‑in with a lunatic in a tin Lizzie. J. J. Brand’s buggy damaged in a Saturday accident. The Farmery yard near the steam shovel spooked a potato king’s team and caused a broken wagon. Supt. W. E. Hoover of Fargo to give Ryder commencement address. exercises June 8 to 10. Hoover also to address Kenmare graduates on the 10th. Velva praised as neat and parkful with scenic charm like Logan’s town.
The passage mixes a civic park program with a wartime era notice about a county court in Ward County North Dakota. It mentions Ira Card entertaining, Velva Band concerts, a Paramount film at a pavilion, and a June 7 showing, alongside citation hearings to establish heirs for the estate of Wm W Newton and final accounting for the estate of James W Licks with specified properties and dates in Minot.
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