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Newspaper

The Ward County Independent

Location

Minot, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1916

Page

15

Local Notices and Odds and Ends From Town

A half read items list from community pages notes church and Ladies Aid meetings at Grandma Engens home, Norweg ian school opening, and local visits. It mentions Miss Dilley rheumatism and grain hauling to Tagus, potato planting, a school program with supper, and a barn modification. An item on a note dispute and a bank president’s note error are included with sums near $2000.

Tra M. Dilley Ladies’ Aid D. D Norsk Grandma Engens A.C. Chin Tagus Ladies’ Aid Society Hebig Sea Dewey Bismarck August DeKeeper Arne Engen Theodore Breadahl W. F. Bauer Ole Thoen Minnesota A. C. Christison Oscar Halgrinson Blaisdell J. H. Hebig

BOOST THE CORN WITH WEED CONTROL AND CULTIVATION

Boost the corn by providing favorable conditions and shallow cultivation. Weeds compete for plant food moisture and sunshine and can outpace corn roots near the surface. Cutting corn roots delays ripening and reduces yield. The second item notes Donnybrook State Bank’s foreclosure win over W A Corbett in a case tied to the Kenmare News plant.

State Bank Corbett Leighton Donnybrook State Bank W. A. Corbett Kenmare News News Bank of Donnybrook Kenmare Journal Gray

May Manufacture Myers Shock Loaders in Minot

D M Myers inventor of the M shock loader now resides in Minot and finances a company to manufacture and market the machine. The device has been tested successfully and a photo shows it operating in a wheat field. Myers displays the machine at his home 120 Fifth Avenue Northwest and offers demonstrations. He claims the implement saves 20 to 30 dollars per day for a typical threshing outfit.

Minot Fifth Avenue Northwest Myers

Drowning near Island Park after canoe overturns

Charles Greenberg 21 drowned when his canoe was overturned by a wave near the Red River shore at Island Park footbridge Sunday at three o'clock. His fiancée Sarah Levitt and Louis Gardner were rescued. Greenberg was city salesman for McGrath Reynolds Fruit Co. The accident occurred within fifteen feet of shore.

Charles Greenberg Red River Island Park Greenberg McGranh-Reynolds’ Fruit Co

Saving Alfalfa Leaves Through Timely Windrows

Two thirds of alfalfa’s feeding value is in the leaves. If leaves are lost in curing only one third remains. Rake into windrows an hour or two after cutting to save leaves, keep color, and retain flavor.

Torning Ladies Sale Announcement At Torning Church

The Fronchurch Torning township Ladies Sewing Society will hold their annual sale of useful and fancy articles at the church on Tuesday June 27 at noon. All cordially invited.

Torning Torning Township

Fight Horse Diseases Prompts Quarantine Measures

A state report of mange outbreaks among horses alarms farmers near Grand Forks. Quarantine is enforced on affected farms and animals are dipped in crude oil solution to prevent spread. In some areas the precautionary steps are intensified to contain the disease.

Grand Forks

Body of infant found on Red River bank near Fargo

Two laborers discovered a badly decomposed infant wrapped in towels and a newspaper along the Red River bank in Fargo. The body had remained for about a week before it was moved by a worker who initially paid it little mind.

Corbett Tule Leighton Boeing Red River Fargo Sanderson Joe Beauchamp

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