North Dakota political notes and farm shortages amid a coal and wage debate
A jumbled North Dakota political column discusses nonpartisan moves, a potential candidacy, and a fatal publisher's estate claim. It cites Gov. Nestos, wobblies, lignite coal prices, a national tariff vote, and farmer hardships from car and grain shortages, urging fair prices and practical leadership.
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Nestos
Northwest
Bismarck
North Dakota
Lignite Coal Operators’ Association
Park or Reservoir The Yellowstone Lake Question
Editorial argues against using Yellowstone Lake for dam rise to aid irrigation, warning it could impound water and mislead Congress. It cites Walsh bill, flood claims, and history of park principles, urging preservation of national park purity and resistance to commercial encroachment.
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Montana
Yellowstone Lake
National Editorial Association
Congress
United States
Yellowstone
Jackson Lake
Senate
Forsythe
Big Horn
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Need More Law Enforcement Instead of More Laws
The Kansas City Journal argues for enforcing existing rights to work amid labor strikes. It questions new laws to curb strikes, urging that constitutional protections be upheld and applied by law enforcement. The piece stresses protecting workers’ right to earn a living and enforcing current statutes over drafting new rules.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Kansas City Journal
Economic justice push supports St Lawrence canal plan
The article argues for constructing the St Lawrence canal to shorten western transport routes and boost grain values. It notes strong Eastern opposition yet presents pro canal figures like Julius H. Barnes and cites potential annual savings from shipping, with Canada and the United States sharing interest and President Harding supportive.
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New York City
Seaboard
Julius H. Barnes
St. Lawrence Canal
Western States
Canada
West
United States
Dominion
Harding
North Dakota farmers urged to diversify for prosperity
A Fargo Commercial Club report cites South Dakota gains over 16 years from diversified farming. W P Cheanus says 1906 showed a one crop wheat era. now corn, live stock, dairying, poultry, electrified homes, running water and power machinery mark improved farms. He argues North Dakota can mirror this success through collective shift.
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United States
Taylor
The
LaMoure Chronicle
South Dakota
W. P. Cheanus
Fargo Commercial Club
North Dakota
The Hunch at the Grand Starring Gareth Hughes
Gareth Hughes headlines The Hunch at the Grand, a screen adaptation of Percival Wilde's Popular Magazine tale. A young Wall Street broker misreads a hunch about Jerusalem Steel, borrows to buy, then faces a plotted disappearance and murder scare amid a string of comic misadventures. Ethel Grandin Gale Henry and Edward Flanagan co star in a lively supporting cast in this period screen comedy.
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Percival Wilde
Gareth Hughes
Wall Street
Jerusalem Steel
Hughes
Tommy
Ethel Grandin
Gale Henry
Edward Flanagan
Getchel Prairie Items Reflect Local Social Life
Misses Nina and Susie Trussell and several neighbors enjoyed a dinner at the 5 E Harper home in Valley City. Society gatherings and showers marked the week with visits from relatives and excursions to parks and lakes, as friends hosted teas and picnics while several travelers prepared to depart for Virginia.
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J. H. Whitcher
Blackwell
Red Wilton Lake
Cooperstown
Arthur Barton
Lacrosse
Wis
Will Buchanan
Durand
J. H. Rogers
Harper
Martin
Whitcher
Chautauqua Park
Mary Downs
Jin Grand Prairie
Wa. Martin
Harriet Whitcher
Florence Ronzheimer
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Thuamibicas Press
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Anty Gump
Amdy
Lauld
Andy
Fums
Sydney Smith
Ount
Barnes County
Hellstrom
J. Pf.t. O'Connor
Democratic Party
Jamestown
Kansas City Star
New York
Frazier
Turing
Ers
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Courier-News
Newberry
E. F. Ladd i
Europe
Staritt
Fargo Courier-News
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I. V. A. Will
T. V. Av
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Ohio
Texas
Grand Forks
Fargo
State Board of Industrial Ruin
Caromel
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Commercial Wear
Minneapolis
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