Devastating Langdon Cyclone Claims Multiple Lives
A violent cyclone swept through Langdon North Dakota Saturday evening at 5 58 causing 375 000 in damage. Victims include Mrs J B Boyd 40 Mrs F W Blakeley 4 weeks old Baby Bain 2 weeks old and Joseph Powers Jr 12. Several others were fatally or seriously injured as homes barns and churches were wrecked and box cars blown from tracks.
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Langdon
N. D
J. B. Boyd
F. W. Blakeley
Baby" Bain
Joseph Powers, Jr
W. B. Gordon
Mary Boyd
Tose
Meto
Jos. Powers, Jr
G. N
Bain
Coulee
Horton Boys in Jail After Westward Flight to Grass Range
Two Sioux City boys Harry and James Horton, sons of a local cabinet maker, are in jail awaiting word from their father after running away from home. They planned to seek work with an uncle in Grass Range Montana and endured a stint of “bumming” for experience before being apprehended.
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Harry
James Horton
Sioux City
Grass Range
Mont
Marry Elva Slatky Weds Paul Bartlett in Melrose
Miss Elva Slatky daughter of Frank Slatky of the city, marries Paul Bartlett a former Minot resident now in mercantile business with his father. Bartlett, once employed on the Soo, hails from Minot where Mrs Bartlett has lived most of her life. The couple have many well wishers.
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Elva Slatky
Frank Slatky
Melrose
Minn
Paul Bartlett
Minot
Bartlett
Minnt
Soo
Gas Not Burning At Well On Fair Grounds
Gas would not ignite at the fair grounds well due to excess nitrogen though initial tests showed flame. Drillers reached 44 feet of gas bearing sand. now jacking casing to vent gas. If nitrogen is expelled the gas may be usable. a second well is being considered. Torger A. Tosfley, longtime Ward County resident, dies at 52 after pneumonia and asthma. Funeral in the city. burial in Lutheran cemetery. Fire department responds to noon blaze at Gospel Mission on West First Street. quick action and coupling noted.
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C. S. Johnson
Fair Grounds
Johnson
Torger A. Tofsley
Ward County
Norway
Mr. Larsen
Gospel Mission
West First Street
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Geo. Winship
Grand Forks Herald
Europe
Mr. Winship
The
Herald
B. F. Frum
Eastwood Park
Seattle
Taft
Stair Underdahl
Gordon Bros
Main Street
James Sharp
Adam God
James Mullane
Kansas City
Sharpe
Wm. Bushman
Board of Pardons
McDonald
McLean County
That County
Odd Fellows Select
Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Devils Lake
James Hulet
Coons
Jerem
Scofield
Dak
GEO. W. Getts’ Music House
Grand Forks, N. D
Minot, N. D
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