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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
2
A reader proclaims love for their town urging collective effort to boost its stature and prosperity. The piece ties civic pride to responsible markets and honest grain trading amid notes from One Miller's Views advocating limits on option wheat and a government comment on raw material shortages for paper production.
An editor argues to save old papers and rags to ease demand on new materials. Merchants can profit from baled waste paper, and towns could fund public improvements with proceeds. The piece mentions market values for waste paper and notes fire hazard reduction. It also contains a tribute to Kitchener, describing him as England’s greatest soldier who died when his ship was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands.
The Minot Park Board outlines a growing park system praised for wooded land along Murmuring Mouse creek. Superintendent Doolittle has completed and planned improvements including lawns, driveways, and shrubbery to rival larger cities while preserving natural beauty.
A city crowd enjoyed a beefsteak fry by a campfire as Minot looks forward to a new high school to be erected this year at a cost of 86000 dollars. The project is pitched as a civic jewel that will boost growth, attract families, and elevate the city’s schools, already among North Dakota’s best.
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John Burke, three time North Dakota governor and U S treasurer, campaigns for the Democratic nomination for U S Senate opposing F C Hellstrom. Burke remains in office and likely draws pay until election returns. The piece also notes fashion among New York upper society and Minot women wearing fur, plus state grain output and per capita wealth figures for 1915.
BP N Fuller of the Northwest Motor Co retreated from Fargo with a Dodge Brothers agreement to receive 1000 to 1200 cars in the coming fiscal year. The firm plans a permanent storage sales office building, with options on several sites, and operates one of the largest Dodge distributors with 65 service stations. A new mobile service car will speed repairs at no extra charge beyond parts and labor.
Jesdames Hungate and Erb hosted the W. C. T. U. at Mrs. Ryder’s home Friday afternoon with a large attendance. Several members read papers and a luncheon was served. Helen Holton returns to hospital in Bismarck and Rev Richardson from Bottineau to preach at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening June 11.
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