Long Survives Freight Crash. Leaves Hospital for Iowa Visit
Fovert Long, once G N mat, narrowly survived a freight train wreck near by on November 4. Discharged from Deyila Lake hospital this week, he travels to Minot to visit friends. Surgeons thought he would not survive after hip and leg injuries. five operations followed. He plans to spend weeks with his mother in What Cheer, Iowa, to recuperate.
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Covert Long
G. N. Mat
Deyila Lake
Hos
Minot
Long
Mr. Long
Servant girl saves babe at GA Luke Berthold
A servant girl at the GA Luke near Berthold rescued Mr Luke's year old son from a bonfire incident. The child was playing near flames when his clothing caught fire. Her quick actions and skirts wrapped around the boy extinguished the fire though he suffered severe burns.
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A. Luke
Berthold
Luke
John Lynch Campaigns for Clerk of Court in Ward County
John Lynch announces a bid for Clerk of Court opposing Knute Hagen in the June primaries. Former office holder, Lynch is well known to Ward County residents and plans an active campaign to convince voters he can win.
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John Lynch
Escepe
Knute Hagen
Mr. Lynch
Daye
Insurance Statements Expected by Commissioner in Ward County
Ward County publishers await arrival of insurance statements from the Commissioner of Insurance, due within days. Some 49 statements are reported, with 19 already issued. It is understood the statements will be fairly distributed, awaiting official details.
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Commissioner of Insurance
Ward
Corn Acreage To Be Larger This Year In Surrey
O M Champlin, a Surrey farmer, grew his own seed corn last year and plans eight to ten acres of corn this season. He notes much more corn than ever before allotting space for seed. Champlin is also planting sweet corn which periodically appears and disappears, with ears roasting along all summer. He expects a larger corn acreage in the area this year.
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O. M. Champlin
Surrey
Miss Kane Declines State Superintendent Run
Miss Bessie Kane, superintendent of Mountrail County schools, was discussed as a Democratic nominee for state superintendent of public instruction in Minot. She could have won the honor but chose to seek reelection in Mountrail County, where prospects were strong.
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Bessie Kane
Mountrail County
Minot
Poetitong
Mountrail
Saturday Deadline For Petitions In County Offices
Candidates must file petitions for county auditor and legislative seats by 4 p.m. Friday or Saturday May 28 or May 6 depending on posting. The notice stresses the final filing period and required submission times this week.
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Junty
County Audi
Larson
Halley's Comet Proves Interesting Sightings Reported
Minot residents observed Halley's Comet Saturday night near Fehe Westers and Sunday night about two hours later. The object appeared faint with a curved tail and shifting position, not seen distinctly. Observers note the comet will be too distant for naked eye viewing after this week.
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Fehe ‘Westers Orien
Standoff mocks editorial credit dispute between papers
The Westhope Standen column cites a dispute over who copied which editorial between The Gridt Independent and The Standard. It notes a guilty plea and asserts the editors accuse each other while alleging improper attribution in Bottineau County reporting.
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Gridt Independent
Standard
Wolfora
Bottineau County
Westhops Standard
Bro. Brake
Returns From Sweden After Months Abroad
Charles Ekstrom of Sawyer has returned from Sweden after several months abroad. His nephew Carl Elstrom accompanied him home. The voyage on the Lusitania took five days and no hours to complete. While in Sweden Mr. Elstrom received a copy of the Independent weekly.
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Charles Ekstrom
Sawyer
Sweden
Carl Elstrom
Lusitania
Elstrom
Independent
New York Sun Praises Minot Juror in 1910 Census Pick
The New York Sun argues a Minot North Dakota juror who could not name the President but had heard of the office illustrates the modern jury system’s reach. It teases New York’s gadgets and urges vigilance on 1910 census gains, noting Minot’s tiny population and national interest in juror selection.
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New York Evening Sun
John Brahm
Glenburn
Nash Munner
Brahm
United States
Altho
Minot
North Dakotas
Te Biled
New York City
Dakota Plains
Dakota Talesman
The
Sun
Champlin Announces Candidacy in District Race
ML Champlin, a prominent Sur rey, Si mner, has announced his can to the voters of this district. Two years ago he was in the lime light as candidate for the office of Clerk of the District Court of Wart county. The Independent would like to see at least one farmer elected to the legislature from the district, and we have every reason to believe that Mr Champlin will get a valid vote from among our agriculten ers, as well as Mattering supports the towns.
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ML Champlin
Surrey
Wart County
Althote
Minot
Independent
Farnum Printing Company
Farnum Printing Co
Addit
Staitute
Audhor
North Dakota
Minneapolis
le Mot
Lawyer Locates Here in Minneapolis and Stanley Mention
John Anderson, a Minneapolis lawyer with offices in the Brauer block, has located in this city and is likely to open a branch in Stanley. A well known attorney, he has appeared in court here several times.
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John Anderson
Minneapolis
Brauer Block
Stanley
Mr. Anderson
Independent for protection from juries case statement
W A Hunt a farmer from Drady North Dakota handed a dollar to a representative of the Independent and said I want you to send me the Independent I have been one of the jurors in the Noah case and had I been a subscriber this would not have happened I would not have been on that jury for a thousand dollars and as a sort of protection from other juries I want your paper I notice that my neighbors who read your paper were all excused.
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W. A. Hunt
Drady
N. D
The
Independent
Noah
Auditor and Commissioners Clash Over Election Supplies
County Auditor Larson and the county commissioners clash over who orders primary election supplies. The auditor says placing the order is his duty and favors Farnum Printing of Minneapolis, while the Independent of Ward County already secured the job and plans to proceed. A legal dispute looms over authority to place the order and potential restraining action.
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J Auditor
Independent White Commissioners
Minneapolis
Gig Farsum Printing Co
Mineapolis
Larson
Akien
Ward County Independent
Town on Gord Sewell Ranch Sets on U N Road Site
A new town on the U N road southwest from Williston will be located on the Gord Sewell ranch eighteen miles southwest of Ross. The site lies directly on the Missouri and is expected to attract growth and activity.
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Gord Sewell
U. N
Williston
Ross
Missouri
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Fovert Long Leaves
Hospital
Ward County
Patee
Lever
Westhope Standen
New York Sun
Surrey Farmer
0. M. Champlin
Protec
Tion
W.W. H. Reighart
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