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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
3
The Minot Auto Company reports that since July 1, 1915 they distributed and sold over two thousand Overland and Willys-Knight cars and have 138 more en route for sale in June. They expect a total of 2138 for the year ending July 1, 1916 and also hold orders for 300 more cars.
Commencement week notices from the state normal school list events in the Normal gymnasium for June 18 to 23. Baccalaureate sermon is set for Sunday evening June 18 and a class play titled Children’s is planned, among other activities.
A quirky tale from the United States Tobasso Journal recounts a cigar dealer in a remote place returning home to his wife in a garden. He spanks her lightly and she treats it as normal. the ice man loses his job amid the oddball episode. The column then shifts to a formal legal notice about a Ward County mortgage sale and a knee injury at a normal school event.
Minot Council led 24 U C T chapters in North Dakota and Minnesota by membership gain, winning the cup, a silk American flag, and funds. Minot added 53 new members with an average 39.5 percent increase. Mankato Council ranked second with 19 new members and about 12 percent growth.
A streetwide advertising stunt in Minot placed large sale cards on nearly two thousand residences and businesses to raise funds for the Working Boys Band Concert. The plan was devised by Ira Wight and Orrin Pierce of the Minot U C T Council, part of a five member group.
The Soo changes its timetable effective June 4. No. 108 eastbound departs Minot at 12 30 a m. A new passenger train starts on the Flaxton Whitetail line leaving Kenmare at 6 30 a m except Sunday, arrives Whitetail 1 30 p m. It departs Whitetail 2 20 p m and arrives Kenmare 9 30 p m.
Yuan Shi Kai dies in Beijing after stomach illness and a recent nervous breakdown. Premier Li Yuan Hung is advised to succeed as president, ending the political crisis but triggering a smooth transition in the high offices. Quiet prevails at the capital.
Wanted to trade an Avery 8 bottom engine Gang Plow with automatic lift, stubble and breaker bottoms, in good condition, asking $945 plus cash for an automobile. For sale 80 and 160 acre farms priced from $8 to $40 per acre, many thousands of acres available for cash trade or easy payments. Wanted Farmers and others to call or write for printed matter on Marketing Rural Credits Co operation and Farm Organization. Phone numbers 255 and 256.
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