North Dakota Editors Gather for Largest Convention Yet
Nearly 200 North Dakota editors and families met at Devil Lake for the annual convention, praised as the state’s largest gathering. The piece extols the editors as versatile and cheerful, noting musicians, ball players, and an accomplished soloist while lauding their unity despite politics. It highlights farmer A. D. S. Johnston’s scientific, diversified farming near Marion and contrasts state progress with Minnesota, emphasizing local industry and dairy and poultry improvements.
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North Dakota
Devile Lake Las
Samantha
Sam Sousa Hazlett
Devils Lake
Ed. Richter
Percy Trubashaw
Norman B. Black
Grand Forks
St. Paul
Minnesota
Johnston
Free and Independent Life on North Dakota Farms
In the eastern part of the state seventeen year locusts injure crops while cut worms attack gardens and cornfields. Grasshoppers and flickertail destroy grain yearly. Rust on grain and wilt on flax threaten yields. Potatoes suffer from scab and bugs. Farmers battle drought, frost, and wind, with prices for inputs and outputs varying. Yet North Dakota is praised as a promised land for farming if one endures the hardships.
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North Dakota
A Happier View Of Farm Prospects Across State
A farming outlook praises favorable conditions with high grain stands and ample soil moisture. It notes excellent drill rows, few weeds, and a likely thirty bushel crop while humorously mentioning drinking fountains for animals and clean bubbler safety amid buggy times.
Editors Prosperity Marks End Of Patched Trouser Era
The editors of the estate report a top year financially for the profession, noting they now charge fair prices and avoid charity. They claim editors no longer wear patched trousers, having adopted a more modern, self-sustaining approach and even carrying their own check books.
North Dakota to Grow as Prosperity Beckons from Home
Two Courtenay men who sought fertile Montana land find better opportunities at home in North Dakota. The speaker argues the state, with about 600,000 people, has room for five times its current population and urges residents to stay for prosperity nearby.
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Courtenay
Montana
North
Local farm stock sale promotes quality over scrub breeds
J A Nglund of Kenmare sold seven short natured galves to J C Arduser of Marion North Carolina for 428 dollars. Nglund touts high quality stock and warns farmers that scrub stock costs equal to good stock with far lower returns. The article also notes a rise in a nearby lake and announces rural mail carrier pay will increase from 900 to 1000 dollars annually after July 1.
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J. A. Bnglund
Kenmare
J.C. Arduser
Marion
N. C
EDITORS FOR THE FARMER AND MARKET WISDOM
The Chicago Tribune reports a US editors poll showing 122 of 188 North Dakota editors favor the Canadian reciprocity pact though most editors nationwide are for it. Early spring notes say Russian pests threaten crops despite rain, urging farmers to weed thrifty specimens. Some dealers keep doors unlocked to invite customers, while others overlook advertising as a business necessity.
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the Farmer
The
Chicago Tribune
United States
North Dakota
Local notices and social items from Minot 1911
Des Lacs visitors and hospital updates mingle with revival plans, a wedding at Rolling Green and a sheriff sale. Citizens from Austin Minnesota to Sedro Woolly Washington appear among local friendships while insurance notices and a Chamberlains remedy ad fill the page. The sheriff sale for Ward County lists Lot 6 and 7 in Glenwood Park Addition in Minot with sale set for the first Sunday in July 1911.
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Minot
Mr. White
Evangelical Church
Jonas
Toll Hawkins
Halverson
Torgerson
A. C. Torgerson
Frank Sandquet
Bessie Erickson
Rolling Green Sowship
Mr. Sandquist
Notice for Publication at Minot 1911 Land Office
Public notice announces Edward T Bougeiad of Minot ND filing intent to make a four year claim to land described in entry 04160 with witnesses Steven Van Fleet M A Nelson N B Saugustad and N Saugestad all of Minot ND and official at Minot ND. Also a health note promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for whooping cough stating it is non dangerous when cough is loose and ex pectoration easy with sale by dealers.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Minot
North Dakota
Edward T. Bougeiad
N. D
Foe NY
Township
Angel W
United States
Steven
van Fleet
M. A. Nel&on
Chamberlain
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F. Truax
G. D. Colcord
Postoffhce Minot
N. Y
Norte Dakota
Oummert
Alliance of
Jamestown
B. F. Warren
State OF North Dakota
Ward
H. W. Gossard Company
Plainuf
BR. E. Deever
Glenwood Park
Mimet
D. Saar, Gheal
Wash County
N. D. Pheri
Mark M, Chatfeeld
Plaintif
Iite
Thomas B. Olsgard
Thin Bank
Savings Deposit Bank
Paris
Mickelson
Public Drug Co
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