Canning Season Oddities Tell of Sugar Price Drop
The Fargo Cour ier-News reports a 1920 canning season marked by falling sugar prices while fruit prices stay high. Sugar fell from peak 35 cents to around 22 cents per pound, with cane and beet options at about 19.96 and 19.70 per 100 pounds, suggesting artificial pricing. Blueberries and raspberries hold near initial prices, while Rocky Ford melons stay around 15-16 cents each. The piece notes limited canning activity may reduce sugar demand, possibly helping prices drop, with grocers hinting fruit prices will rise when main crops arrive.
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Fargo
Eivaya
Het
Rocky Ford
Surar
Serte
Elay
Fargo Courier-News
Farewell Party Honors Longtime Church Members Bonhus
Our Savior's Lutheran church held a surprise farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Bonhus last Monday. About 100 members attended to honor their years of service, presenting gifts including Sterling silverware and an electric coffee urn. The Bonhuses depart Saturday for Minneapolis to make their future home, with best wishes from the congregation and community.
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church
K. A. Bonhus
Mrs. Bonhus
V. FP. Larson
Chicago visitor to Montana cites will near Mrs John Albers
Mics Beasie MrcAlpine of Chicago, visiting Mrs Mary Zet dog yak Sie Meat bare ta, Mont, is connected to a will read at a local court. The fragmentary text mentions Mrs John Albers and mentions a Montanas setting, suggesting a probate or witness context.
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Mics Beasie MrcAlpine
Chicago
Mra
Mary
Ta, Mont
John Albers
Langer ready to take hand in Libel case against Brinton
North Dakota Attorney General William Langer vows to pursue criminal libel action over a Burleigh County Farmers Press open letter. He offers to replace an assistant attorney general to help prosecute J. W. Brinton, asserting Brinton’s charges of misappropriation and embezzlement may be proven or the writers belong in the penitentiary.
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Bismarck
N. D
William Langer
North Dakota
J. W. Brinton
Bank of North Dakota
Capital City Notes ablaze with North Dakota politics
In Capital City North Dakota politics surface in August notes. Income tax payments tally 452000 as Home Builders and Watchdog battles loom. Karl Kositzky touted for state auditor amid fusion plots while Governor Frazier’s role is questioned. Legislative bungles trigger bank fund transfers and constitutional debate shadows railroad commissioner race.
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Capital City
Bigmarek
N. Tk
State
Trew
Imation
A. C. Townley
North Dakota
League
Townley
Frazier
Bismarck
N.D
Bill Lemke
Bank of
Housing Shortage Bites School Towns Across Valley Area
Statewide housing demand tightens as teachers and students from outside move in, with Fargo showing pronounced effects. Renters report rising costs and scant options, stressing families and local systems in Valley City Fargo Grand Forks and surrounding communities.
Letter From Louis Anderson Posts From Sweden
Tolby Tibro Sweden August 4 1920 Louis Anderson writes to Trubshaw editor of the Times Record to share a long travel letter. He describes a smooth ocean crossing notes meals fed to the fishes and the vast sea contrasts with North Dakota plains. He mentions leaving New York June 5 and arriving Gateborg June 17 and staying in Sweden a month with plans to return if funds permit expressing thanks for home news from Valley City friends.
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Tolby Tibro
Mr. Trubshaw
Times-Record
Anderson
Thad
North Dakota
Valley City
New York
Gateborg
Sweden
America
Iome Times
Reese
Charley Luessen
Charley
Trubshaw
LOUIS_ANDERSON
Talaby Tibro
Hard coal prices expected to rise and become scarce
Indications say hard coal will be harder to obtain and more expensive this coming winter. Local dealers report extremely limited supply with Fargo companies already overbooked. Stove and nut anthracite sell at 17.50 per ton, while soft coal like Hocking Valley remains more plentiful at 14.25 and Pocahontas lump is scarce.
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Eecet
Fargo
Hocking Valley
Pocahontas
Courier-News
Inside workings of league leaders headline letters
A Fargo Courier News excerpt shows letters discussing league leaders banking dealings and influence. It mentions Waters and a plea for funds and hints at political and business entanglements around the Sisal Company and Service Bureau with authorities in Grand Forks. It notes resignation pressure and potential public statements amid a controversial loan and payroll context.
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Fargo Courier-News
League
Bank of North Dakota
William Lemke
Curier-News
Fargo
N. D
Jim
Sisal Company
Service Bureau
Bureau
Brother
Fessenden
North Dakota
Townley
Wood
Grand Forks
Waters
Sisal Enterprise
Delegates Headed to Minot Legion Convention
Local and nearby delegations travel to Minot for the American Legion convention with about 800 delegates expected. Fargo aims to keep state headquarters with Jack Williams up for re election while Bismarck backs a candidate. Knights of Pythias band provides music and a Riverside Park barbecue features a two steer roast with a ladies auxiliary serving dinner.
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American Legion
Minot
T.S. Henry
Neal Tracy
G. J. Christenson
William Simons
Clifford Ferguson
Jamestown
Fargo and
Casselton Bunch
Fargo Delation
Farge
Jack Williams
Fargo
Bismarck
Cleveland
Knights of Pythias Band of Minot
Riverside Park
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Threshing Machines Cause Wide Crop Variability
Reports from Barnes County describe uneven yields as threshing crews advance. Some fields yield about twenty bushels per acre, others only five, pulling the average downward. Rust has damaged many fields, lowering both grade and total production.
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Barnes County
Narrow escape from drowning for Boyd sisters near mill dam
Friday forenoon Misses Eleanora and Ella May Boyd narrowly escaped drowning after entering deep river water during a morning swim near the mill dam. Carl Norgaard and Elmer Knutson leapt into the river from the mill to rescue them. Dr Pray attended Eleanora while Ella May recovered with no lasting harm. The Boyd family and friends express gratitude for the swift rescue and safe outcome.
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Eleanora
Ella May Boyd
M. J. Boyd
Mill Dam
Ella May
Carl Norgaard
Elmer Knutson
Boyd
Big State Wool Pool Begun In North Dakota
North Dakota announces state wool pool via Fargo market plan with 1,000,000 pounds targeted. Shippers may join county associations, pay minimal dues, and bear storage and grading costs. Pool aims to grade, hold until market recovers, then sell to woolen manufacturers.
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Agricultural College
N. D
North Dakota
Fargo
North Dakota Federation of Wool Growers
J. W. Haw
Perons
Radical wage reform circulars spark union vs scab debate
Published in a local paper, a radical pamphlet attacks the wage system and calls for abolition of wages, urging workers to join a class struggle. It argues for organization, shorter hours, and a winter stake, while denouncing “wage slavery” and labeling dissenters as scabs.
Auto Race Meet Planned by Barnes County Fair Board
The Barnes County Fair Association board met and approved adding an auto race day at the fair. Henry Sampson was named chairman and given authority to form committees for a major event with big stunts to be announced as plans develop. The management seeks suggestions from interested locals to ensure the event becomes the greatest ever at the fair grounds.
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Barnes County Fair Association
Moe
Patsing
Henry Sampson
Boosters
Hank Sys
Sampson
Fair Grounds
Out of town farmer arrested for driving over hose
An out of town farmer was arrested yesterday for driving over the hose while the department was at the fact that the party against the city ordinal Judge Rachel gave him a lecture and let him go. This may relate to others especially smart who like to show off on these occasions.
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Rachel
Ma Nore Aa Pt
Amart
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Karl Kositzky
Townlegjam
Committee of 21
Kositzky
Sweinbjorn Johnson
Democratic State Committee
Carl
Burleigh County
Treasury
State House
C. W. McDonnell
Nonpartisan League
McDonnell
James Marck
Louis Anderson
Ara Waters
Forest Lake
Minn
Ray Craig
Ray
R. Waters
Congress
Brinton
Legion
Bank of Valley City
BIG State Wool Pool
Kansas
Coldwater
Ward H. Butcher
Bivober
L. C. Smith
Freda
John Enerton
Hertha Thorkelaon
K. A. Bonkus
Entryon
the. W. W. Are
Port Leavenworth
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