Local Post Office Shows Mar Velous Gain For Past Ten Years
Valley City post office reports ten year growth with yearly receipts rising from about 9,903 to 26,968 dollars. A 1910 dip ties to poor crop, but overall steady expansion despite only six clerks in 1912. Money orders range 6,500 to 10,000 monthly, with up to eight hundred sent abroad. Postmaster Pray will pass a well run operation to successor.
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Valley City
Harvey W. Pray
Pray
Jamestown
Targent
Tte
Fish Die Off In Sheynne River Banks Report Mass Loss
Hundreds of dead fish line the banks of the Sheynne River after an overnight die off. Survivors report thousands of fish in the water. authorities have not yet determined a cause.
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Sheynne
Sopur
Chautauqua Park
Thaw Case Mirrors Johnson Incident in Canada
Sherbrook Quebec August 19 Harry K Thaw halted his flight from a New York hospital, held at St Hermingilde DeGarford near the Canadian border, defense claims he is merely passing through to Detroit. He cites Jack Johnson case to argue against extradition while awaiting a hearing tomorrow. Two companions were released and Thaw seeks to challenge deportation.
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Sherbrook
Que
Harry K
Thaw
New York
Detroit
Jack Johnson
United States
Coatlock
Sherbrooke
Uttle
Convicts Work Overtime to Meet Demand for Twice
State penitentiary laborers toil beyond regular hours to satisfy demand, with overtime wages often sent to the families of imprisoned men, reflecting the practice of aiding dependents through inmate earnings.
Social centers grow with Valley City chautauqua aid
F E Osborne of Valley City has been in Cooperstown promoting social centers connected with the Valley City chautauqua. He explains their aims to engage local people and start centers, then leaves members to self-govern with ongoing chautauqua support. Meetings likely in the high school, promising educational programs and statewide expansion.
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F. E. Osborne
Valley City
Osborne
Chautauqua
So Ccial
Cooperstown Bentinel
Man Shot at Soo Depot Able to Move
Report says R. C. Young, shot during a depot robbery attempt, is recovering and may be moved to jail in a few days. Rumor claims he will confess and be sentenced soon, though unconfirmed. Also noted is a Nome printery picture in an American Press issue and business ties with C. H. Cummings of Fargo.
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Soo
RC Young
Quilt
R. C. Young
Soo Depot
Nome
C. F. Greenwood
The
Tribune
Women Promote Slaughter House Reform Via Movie Exhibits
Grand Forks August 14 Women from the Civic League stage a campaign for a municipal slaughter house. Films expose old meat handling methods while plates depict conditions. A bond issue special election is planned to fund the new facility, marking a string of civic reforms including a female pure food inspector and sanitation improvements.
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Grand Forks
Gang 4
Bonda
Women's Civic League
Editor Leaves Desk to Help Farmers Thresh
Editor Carter of the Wimbledon News visits with Mr and Mrs Mullough. He plans to run a threshing engine in fall and hire a printer to cover the News. Wimbledon is slated by Midland Company to be a division point with shops and roundhouse, bringing at least 200 jobs. Office headquarters move from Jamestown to Wimbledon amid tensions over judgments against the company.
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Carter
Wimbledon News
Mullough
Hall
Wimbledon
Midland Company
Jamestown
Senator Gronna Voted Out On All His Amendments
Washington Aug 14 The tobacco trust remains strong and the tobacco schedule passed without change while agricultural talks focused on cattle and cereal duties. Senator Gronna urged higher duties on young cattle and oats with mixed support and deferrals. A Studebaker coupe relic from North Dakota history is up for sale.
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Senator Gronna
Washington
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Hitchcock
Democratic Party
Finance Committee
Ransdale
Louisiana
Gronna
North Dakota
Governors Sulzer and Glynn Claim New York Top Post
Albany reports place Governor William Sulzer and Lieutenant Governor Glynn both claiming control as New York faces a political crisis. Departments split in allegiance. Sulzer’s impeachment defense argues authority remains intact while Glynn seeks to direct pending actions. Mrs Sulzer’s health worsens as impeachment delays loom over executive machinery.
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Albany
Sulzer
Cady Herrick
Sulver
Executive
New York
William Sulzer
Martin H. Glynn
Senate
Glynn
Valley City Chautauqua Story Promised in Rural Recreation
Dr. H. S. Curtis plans a book on Rural Recreation from Ginn and Company that will include Valley City Chautauqua. He asks for photos of the boys and girls camp to use as advertising and cites a letter from Bay View Michigan dated August 11, 1913. Major Boyd of Minneapolis and others will speak at Salvation Army Hall with nightly meetings except Wednesdays.
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T. E. Curtis
H. 8. Curtis
Chautauqua
Karr
Bay View
Mich
Ginn and Company
Valley City
Henry
Curtis, A
Salvation Army Hall
Burkers After Scalp of Fargo Postmaster
Jamestown N D Aug 14 Architect Crabbe conferred with Superintendent Hotchkins on plans for the state insane hospital. The new ward building will be four stories with two dormitory wings, with two more ward buildings and a boiler house funded by the legislature. Poultry bog houses and hospital gardens to be expanded for economy and production. Contractor Curren to start soon with new concrete equipment from Minneapolis for the project and 200 horsepower boilers from Erie Pa to be added.
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Jamestown
N. D
Crabbe
Ity
Hotch*kins
State Insane Hospital
Ward
Asylum Gardena
Institution Garden
Institution
W. J. Curren
Minneapolis
Erie
Jump Moving Train Almost a Tragedy
An excited passenger tried to board a moving train car yesterday morning. Instead of using the platform he grabbed the hand rails between two coaches and hung there. Agent Clure pulled him off after traversing two or three cars. The man then recovered and boarded in the usual way.
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Agent Clure
Clare
Sanborn Enterprise
Officials Pursue Thaw on Bribery Extradition Charge
In Poughkeepsie on August 19, District Attorney Conger Sheriff Hornbeck and ex D A Mack left for Sherbrook Quebec to seize Harry K Thaw and return him to Dutchess County jail or Matteawan asylum They plan to extradite on a conspiracy warrant and if not feasible apply for bribery extradition and proceed accordingly
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Poughkeepsie
Conger
Hornbeck
Mack
Sherbrook
Quebec
Harry K. Thaw
Dutchean County
Matteawan Asylum
Thaw
Poor Man Thirty Years Ago in the Dakotas
Kindred Tribune recalls migration to Clark County North Dakota. The writer reflects on pioneer hardships, compares Illinois and North Dakota agriculture, praises the Dakota schools and growth, urges readers to move west for better returns and a stronger community, and notes local visits and callers at the Kindred hotel.
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Kindred Tribune
Dakotas
Clark
8. D
North Dakota
Dakota
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Mra
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Sulzer Waas
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Mamie Brady
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Richardton
Elizabeth
Philoppene Kelly
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