Barnes County Golden Wedding Celebrated for Hans and Caroline Johnson
A large crowd gathered last Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Laury Johnson to honor Mr. and Mrs. Hans Johnson on their 50th wedding anniversary. Born in Norway and emigrants to the U S, they lived in Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota before settling near Barnes County. The event drew about 90 guests from across Canada Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota with Rev N J Berg presenting a gold purse and gifts.
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Laury Johnson
Hans Johnson
Tellemarken
Norway
Dane County
Wis
Johnon
Second
Minnesota Cavalry
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Ft. Ridgley
Dodge County
Caroline Kvenum
Toten
Peder Kvenum
Winnébago County
Iowa
Minnesota
Yellow Medicine County
Johnson
Helen Knutson
Neasden
Sask
Dan
Ada Torbenson
Rhame
Otto
Laury
Henry
Berg
Prof. Suby
Davenport
C. O. Tellefson
Utica
Canada
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Better Buy at Home Flax Fiber Goods Shake Purchasers
An agent toured Ward county selling flax fiber and cement cooking ware. He demonstrated by driving nails into kettles to show quality, but buyers now regret it as the wares leak like sieves. The incident portrays a misleading sales pitch and faulty products in a local trade.
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Ward County
Midland Gets Property for City Station at Jamestown
Jamestown Aug 14 Midland Continental Railway company closed a deal with G W Howe for his house and lot 40 by 140 feet in block 30 original addition for 4500 dollars. The law firm Thorp and Chase handled the sale marking the Midland station and freight house plan downtown. The freight house will be 200 by 50 feet and station 100 feet long with work to start soon. Wenzell remains as the only holdout and condemnation may be considered to complete right of way to Third Avenue.
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Jamestown
Midland Continental Railway Company
G. W. Howe
Midland
Thorp & Chase
Howe
Mike Wenzell
Third Avene
Third Avenue
Wenzell
Block 30
Main Street
Bremen Farmers Merchants State Bank Charter Granted
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Bremen receives a charter from the secretary of State. Incorporators listed are Jess Wingnes, Olaf Larson and Thos H Bollingbers.
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Bremens
Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Bremen
Jess Wingnes
Olaf Larson
Thos
H. Bollingbers
Prohibitionists Plan to Meet in Fargo Aug 31
Prohibitionists of North Dakota announce a state convention in Fargo on August 30 at 2 pm to elect a state committee and nominate or endorse presidential electors and possibly state office candidates. George Lippman C E McCracken and Eben Saunders sign the call urging support for a clean state and nation.
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Fargo
Prohibitionists
North Dakota
Prohibitionlats
Prohibition
Front Street
George Lippman
C. E. McCracken
Eben ©. Saunders
Minnesota Farmers Rallying Behind Nonpartisan League Leader
Harry Schumacher rode through Valley City on the way to Wadena to lead a crew organizing the Nonpartisan league in Minnesota. He says farmers are eager to join as prices rise to 16, easier than at 9. He predicts the entire state will quickly become a strong Nonpartisan state as remaining wary farmers are won over this fall. Schumacher is regarded as one of the league’s best field men and is performing well.
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Harry Schumacher
Valley City
Wadena
Minn
Minnesota
Harry
League
Their Tenth Annual Picnic Celebrated at Jaberg Farm
Mr and Mrs J F Jaberg hosted their tenth annual picnic at Jaberg farm one half mile north of Sanborn. More than 100 attendees enjoyed a large grove gathering with about 90 at the first table and 25 served afterward. Attendees praised the dinner and the spirit of fellowship among longtime settlers and neighbors, making it a memorable sunny community day.
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J. F. Jaberg
Sanborn
Jaberg
Jabergs
Ing Moe
Valley City Hoosier Sale Promises Easy Terms
Valley City Furniture Co. runs an advertisement declaring the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet a convenient upgrade for households. It warns that prices are rising and promotes easy terms, aiming to draw many buyers tomorrow. Harris Baldwin arrives in town for a visit with Laird Jeffers on Elizabeth Street before continuing to Lisbon.
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Valley City Furniture Co
Valley City
Harris Baldwin
Bismarck
City
Laird Jeffers
Eilzabeth Street
Lisbon
Short Crop Means an Increase in Dairying
Dairy Commissioner Greenwood visited his home city after arriving from Bismarck. He reported that across North Dakota the crop is similar and dairying is receiving unprecedented attention, turning the current short crop into a future millions of dollars for dairy farms. The dairy cow is noted as the farm’s strongest money maker wherever given a fair trial.
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Greenwood
Bismarck
Minot
North Dakota
Hogs Bring Big Money From Glenburn Shipment
Matt Hamilton of Glenburn said he shipped hogs from his own herd to St. Paul and earned about 1220.88 dollars for 80 head. He has 25 hogs remaining and received 9.25 dollars per hundredweight.
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Matt Hamilton
Glenburn
St. Paul
Fingal Old Settler Stephen Lolbl Passes After Aneurysm
Stephen Lolbl, 69, died from a ruptured aorta last Thursday evening. Born in Hungaria, he came to America in 1884, lived in Winona Minnesota briefly, then settled in Fingal to farm. Survived by a son Stephen, 9, wife predeceased him, and brothers Frank and Tracy in Hungaria. funeral Monday at Holy Trinity church with Father Simon officiating.
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Fingal Herald
Stephen Lolbl
Hungaria
America
Winona
Minh
Fingal
Stephen
Joseph Loibl
Frank
Tracy
Holy Trinity Church
Simon
Calumet Co Sues Ladd Over North Dakota Baking Powder Fight
Calumet Baking Powder Company of Chicago files in federal court against North Dakota State Food Commissioner Dr. EH Ladd seeking 100000 dollars in damages for actions aimed at stopping sales of its baking powder in the state. Judge Amidon previously allowed sale but barred water glass demonstrations.
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Fargo
Calumet Baking Powder Company
Chicago
EH. F. Ladd
North Dakota
Dr. Ladd
Pollock
Calumet Company
Ladd
Charles ©. Amidon
United States District Court
Amidon
Women Tourists Held Up East of Jamestown
Miss Florence Brown and Mrs. E. B. Buell, Alexandria, Minn., on a Yellowstone trip, were held at dusk by three armed bandits five miles east of Jamestown. The attackers fled when cars trailing the tourists approached. no chase ensued. R. W. Gentzler and colleagues, en route to Blemarck, Yellowstone, witnessed the incident.
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Jamestown
Florence Brown
E. B. Buell
Alexandria
Minn
Yellowstone National Park
R. W. Gentzler
Fargo
American Old Line Insurance Company
Blemarck
J. H. Britton
Mazophone Company
Chicago
H. A. Lucky
North Dakota
H. C. Swiney
Lincoln Neb
Jamestown Announces New Junior High Opening
Jamestown will open a junior high school in September with enrollments exceeding 200. Emma Thompson, formerly Franklin school principal, will lead the department as principal of the new junior high with several assistants. The old high school will house the junior high while cornerstone plans for a first ward building proceed.
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Jamestown
N. C. Koontz
Misa Emma Thompson
Franklin School
Mora
Minn
North Dakota Butter Contest Announcement by Greenwood
State Dairy Commissioner E A Greenwood announces the fifth annual North Dakota Butter Contest to be held in Bismarck on August twenty fifth entries due August twenty second. Contest aims to inform butter makers about cream quality and market standards as dairying grows across the state. In other notes Mrs P A Schmoll hosted ten ladies at 621 Second Avenue West for the seventy seventh birthday of her mother Mrs A H Cook Granite Falls Minnesota with a handkerchief shower and light lunch.
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Bismarck
E. A. Greenwood
North Dakota
Axente
P. A. Schmoll
Second Avenue
A. H. Cook
Granite Falls
Minn
North Dakota Troops In North Dakota Camp Described
Jamestown report notes a $500 judgment in a personal injury suit after a slippery sidewalk fall at the Jamestown roundhouse. It also mentions a single marriage license issued in the county, plus a letter from Bert Weston praising North Dakota troops as well equipped and well housed, with camp routines and local conditions described from Mercedes Texas.
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Jamestown
Jamestown Roundhouse
Joseph Schwindeman
Northern Pacific
Great Eastern Casualty Company
First National Bank Makes Great Showing
The bank reports a deposits increase of about $300 000 over the past year illustrating strong local confidence. The Times Record notes the bank has consistently used its advertising space and praises the achievement. Mrs Celia Humphreys of Miss Sargent's millinery visited her Sanborn home and returned to the city.
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First National Bank
Times-Record
Celia Humphreys
Miss Sargent
Sanborn
Sons of Norway Picnic At Maple Lake Draws Huge Crowd
Grand Forks August 14 The Sons of Norway and Bjarne Chorus picnic at Maple Lake Minnesota drew 1600 to 2000 attendees. Over 800 cars filled the resort as the Bjarne Chorus Gary Minnesota band and Grand Forks speakers highlighted the program with talks by Attorney Johnson on American Unity and brief remarks by Swigeum Anker and Sorlie presiding.
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Grand Forks
Sons of Norway and Bjarne Chorus
Maple Lake
Minn
Bjarne
Gary, Minn
Attorney 5
Johnson
Edwin Swigeum
Aa. A. Anker
A. G. Sorlie
Thomson Building Modern Coal Handling Facilities
J H S Thomson of Farmers' Elevator Co announces a major coal handling upgrade with two 500 ton reinforced concrete pockets to be built north of the Northern Pacific tracks near the engine stalls. Lellich Bros. Concrete Co of Dundee IL conducts foundation work as coal is unloaded from hopper cars into a pit and conveyed by electric systems to bins or wagons, enabling hands free transfer up to several tons.
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J. H. S. Thomson
Farmers’ Elevator Co
Northern Pacific
Lellich Bros. Concrete Co
Dundee
Around World for a Wife Dies After Four Months
Peter Beckroth, a St Anthony area farmer about 45, died of stomach cancer after four months with his North Dakota wife he traveled the world to win. He left Russia before WWI, was detained, later naturalized, and returned by a global journey via Wladivostok, Japan, San Francisco, and home. He owned extensive land and is survived by his wife and ten children.
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Manday
North Dakota
Peter Eckroth
St. Anthony
Kennelly
Bbeckroth
Russia
Langer
Norton
State Department
Bryan
Eckroth
United States
Wladivestock
Japan
San Francisco
Jamestown Prepares for North Dakota Methodist Conference
Jamestown hosts the annual North Dakota Methodist conference October 11 to 15 at First Methodist Church. Bishop R J Cook of Helena Montana will deliver general addresses. Sessions will run mornings and afternoons with committee meetings in the afternoon. The five day event expects over 300 attendees and includes reports from preachers and state benevolent societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
North Dakota Methodists
First Methodist Church
R. J. Cook
Helena
Mont
Northwest
Banking error overstated Fingal deposits corrected
Times Record notes Fingal deposits misstated at 142 216 in a county compilation. Herald clarifies actual Fingal deposits are 245 392 58 and Litchville paper admits a typographical error. Ramoth family returns from Detroit Minnesota after two weeks visiting friends.
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Times-Record
Litchville Balletin
Fingal
Herald
Litchville
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Leo G. Straus
Bank of Valley City
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John Edwin Bjorke
Page
Anna Anerson
Bert Weston
Minneapolis Journal
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H. C. Ramoth and Son
Detroit
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