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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
1
Former Great Northern round house employee Johnson received $6000 in U S District Court for loss of an eye after a steel chip from a defective flue struck him. He sought $20,000. Judge Morris presided with Dr Carr as chief witness for the plaintiff.
Ross Melius pled guilty to rape of his fifteen year old sister in law Effie Arnold and received a ten year sentence from Judge Goss. He has been jailed in Ward county since last June and his brothers urged pleading to start the term. An effort will be made to reduce the sentence.
Fire gutted the Jennejohn Bros rig at the Bob Adams farm near Lynch on Thursday night. A spark likely caught in the chaff as the separator was moved amid a head wind. Adams woke, his wife wrapped in an over coat, and they fought the blaze with a water tank, saving the machine and belts and pulleys from total destruction.
A long exhibit list from the Magic City Harvest Festival in Minot notes prizes awarded for animals crops breads crafts and contests. Winners include Woodwiss Andrew Johnson Weed Slocum Waldref Champlin Reed Reed Nelson Hunt etc with cash awards ranging from 3 to 60 dollars and special honors for best bread canned goods and oddities. Many categories reflect farm life and local personalities.
Druggist Paul Ly McCoy Rexall agent from Moniai spoke at the sixth annual Rexall gathering in Boston Mass detailing his advertising philosophy and store promotions He advocated descriptive ad copy noting significant newspaper reach and cited about six thousand dollars spent on newspaper contacts The report mentions other local names and events from the same era with no clear single narrative outcome.
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