Successful Red Cross Meeting At City Hall Friday
A well attended Red Cross meeting at the city hall Friday night featured a talk by secretary Wilber about state and local work the program included a tour of Red Cross rooms at the K P hall and refreshments Several out of town members were listed and weather prevented some travelers a strong meeting ends with plans to boost local efforts Also classified notices seek a firing engine with crew and a farm housekeeper in North Dakota listings mention Rogers Litchville Fingal Leal Sanborn and Kathryn.
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Red Cross
WN. C. Young
Wilber
K.P. Hall
C. W. Pollock
Fingal
E. J. Wha- UN
Ed Moe
Kathryn
K. A. Abrahamson
P. A. Pickett
Leal
A. T. Atkinson
Sanborn
T. 5
Pres McVey Accepts New Appointment at Kentucky
President Frank L. McVey of the North Dakota state university has been chosen to head the University of Kentucky at Lexington and will assume duties at the start of the school year. The move comes as the North Dakota board of regents plans to meet at Bismarck on the 22nd to act on his resignation and successor. McVey leaves after a decade of steady leadership and earns praise from students and alumni. Robt. Baillie of Carrington is home on vacation.
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Grand, Forks
Frank L. McVey
The
State University
State University of Kentucky
Lexington
Henry S. Burrows
McVey
Grand Works
Cass Lake
Minnesota
Kentuckian University
State Board of Regents
Bismarck
Webster Merrifield
Institut
North Dakota
Big
Kentucky
Wife Seeks Husband After Fatal Field Accident
Plaza August 17 Tom Baalrude a prominent farmer ten miles northwest of Plaza was killed Tuesday morning when his team ran away pulling a binder. An arm and ear were severed and his head was badly cut. He was 42, leaving a wife and three small children, an aged mother, three brothers and a sister.
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Plaza
Tom Bunlrude
W. Organ
Minot
Baalrude
Field Hospital No. 1 Leaves North Dakota for Deming
Fargo reports 78 members of Field Hospital No. 1 North Dakota National Guard from Lisbon depart by special troop train for Deming New Mexico. Major Patterson and Captain McLean lead the unit expected to train weeks before service abroad. Local towns rally with gifts totaling over 700 dollars as crowds bid farewell.
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Fargo
Deming
New Mexico
Field Hospital No. 1
Lisbon
North Dakota
Andrew M. Challey
North Dakota Agricultural College
Howard Powers
Agricultural College
Lincoln Hanson
Wyndmere
A. C
Rex Dann
T. C. Patterson
McLean
Demne
Enderlin
Sheldon
Valley City
Smith Summel
W. J. Arnold
Home Guard
Joe Dwire
Dwire
Paul Fjelde Called for Conscription Army
Paul Fjelde, North Dakota sculptor and nephew of Dr. H. O. Fjelde, has passed the physical for the draft and will go to the front without exemption. He celebrated his twenty fourth birthday on August 12. Milas Winifred Wood, formerly a High School teacher here, was in the city Friday on her way home to Jamestown after attending a six week summer session at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. W. T Creswell, with Miss Anna Cook, drove to Hope on business and returned last night. Miss Jefferson of Hope accompanied them and will visit the Creswells for a few days. Times-Record want ads offer engraved cards.
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Hilda Winsted
Ladies’ Hall
West
Miss Winsted
Billings
Mont
Cody
Wyo
Paw Fjelde
North Dakota
H. O. Fjelde
Chicago
Lorado ‘Taft
Paul Fjelde
Milas Winifred Wood
Jamestown
Miss Wood
University of Wisconsin
W. T_ Creswell
Anna Cook
Hope
Jefferson of
Creswells
Crowder Urges Prompt Action on Exemptions
Washington Aug 17 Provost Marshal Crowder urged exemption appeal boards to act quickly to avoid delays in the September 5 draft call. Each district must hit a 30 percent quota on first call and undecided claims could shift men down the line. President Wilson noted diplomacy may advance aliens serving and hinted at family exemptions being reconsidered by drafting boards.
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Washington
Crowder Nn
Weeks
Wilson
Department of State
Automobiles in North Dakota Worth Million Dollars More Than Last Year
Bismarck Aug 16 Automobiles in North Dakota are valued at 3402000 up from 2411971 last year per State Auditor Carl Kositzky and tentative assessments by the state board of equalization The board reviewed county board returns but made no changes One county auditor attended and noted equal treatment The board set August 28 to hear telephone telegraph express and marine companies in a separate session.
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Bismarck
State Board of Equalization
Carl Kositzky
Kositzky
State Capitol
Sherman
Stutsman County
Nea
State Board of Equalization Algo
Telephone
Teleraph
Express
Marine Companies
Officers Ready to Train in France Under Pershing Plan
Washington dispatch reports that 27,000 freshly drawn officers from training camps will begin intensive training in France under Major General Pershing. A school for officers will operate in the American area, with options to study at French or British officers schools and potential attachment to regular regiments in France.
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Washington
France
Pershing
Allies Drive Gains In Flanders Front On Aug 16
Allied forces pushed forward at dawn resuming fighting in Flanders. French and British seized ground from Dreigrachten to St Jansbeek and Steenbeke fronts, with Langemarck and areas near Polygon Wood under heavy combat. Germans countered on a tight front as Canadian troops gained near Lens and Loos. overall progress noted by Berlin and London reports.
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France
Belgium
Flanders
Dreigrachten
St. Jansbeek
Steenbeke
Langemarck
St. Julien
Polygon Wood
Teutons
Lens
Canadiana
Loos
Lena
Berlin
Yser Canal
Aisne
Verflun
Ailles
Sereth
Moldavia
Fokshani
von Macgensen
London
Pupprecht
Houthulst
Associated Press
Ypres
Loon-Lens
Langemarck and Ypres Front See Allied Gains in Fighting
Anglo French forces struck German positions in Flanders driving back defenders. Langemarck and key bridges fell, with over 1,800 prisoners counted. French and British troops pushed from Dreigrachten toward the Ypres area as Haig’s center and right advanced to secure trench lines beyond Langemarck.
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Flanders
Langemarck
Ypres
Lens
Loos
Ypres-Menin Road
Yser Canal
Martjevaart
Germany
Dreigrachten
Haig
Automobile Smashed by N. P. Fast Train
Last Saturday evening at the Dry Lake grade crossing J. J. Heightaling attempted to cross in his automobile as engine No. 1 approached at forty miles per hour. The car stalled on the tracks and Mr Heprang tried to move it but failed. The locomotive struck and completely demolished the auto, which had just cost over a hundred dollars in repairs.
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Sanborn Enterprise
J. J. Heightaling
Dry Lake
Heprang
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Fletcher
Castoria
Telmer Gilbertson
Rogers
N. D
John H. Hendricks
Litchville, N. D
Eco
Pres. McVey
Robt
Baillie
Carrington
Spokite
I Auto Su
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Medette
California
Boston
New York
First Infantry
J. C. Haper
T. C. Pierce
Gaye
Greene
R. W. Craig
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato, Minn
Ethel
Doll Miller
Siegfried
Buffalo
Crowder
War Department
Ypres-Menin
N. P
College of
Saint Teresa
Winona
National Bureau of Education
North Central Association of Colleges
Secrtary
Conservatory OF Music
Department of Home Economics
Saint Clare Seminary
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