European Cotton Crop and Political Pensions Debate
A dispatch from Alexandria notes Egypt’s new cotton crop at 612 million pounds. The piece rails at delaying tariffs on cotton to protect American growers. It covers pardons for espionage act violators, plans for a state stock and grain meeting at Fargo with Dr John Bracken, Harding’s flag atop Christmas trees, North Dakota legislature sessions, and immigration reform discussions amid labor concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Egypt
Mike Congress
Harding dealers with best men of party contrast Wilson era
President Elect Harding has been calling in the best men of the Democratic party to seek guidance on future legislation. The piece contrasts this with eight years of Wilson. It notes Bryan was among last Democrats to advise and left saying Harding would be a regular president.
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Warren G. Harding
Richard C. Fowler
Dayton
Ohio
Eelect Harding
Democratic Party
Wilson
Bryan
Harding
Immigration policy and I V A support in North Dakota
A political column argues for stricter immigration limits to protect American jobs, praising the I V A for its past electoral influence while criticizing Townleyism. It calls for state bond sales to fund big projects, condemns high taxes, and urges conservatism over radicalism to stabilize North Dakota’s economy.
Southern election sweep reported in North Dakota race
Tidings from the south claim the Townley Dunn Wheeler Budden Free Love Soviet Bolsheviks I W W and Radical Socialist parties carried every state office in North Dakota and elected a United States Senator. The clipping, received from St. Petersburg, Florida, shows how misleading some southern editors can be.
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Townley
Dunn
Wheeler
Budden
Free Love
Radical
Red
Communistic Socialistic Party
North Dakota
United States
St. Petersburg
Florida
North Dakota Political Shift Mentioned in Letter
A correspondent notes the nonpartisan league failed to elect all state officers and barely won. The letter encloses a clip from a southern paper, hoping the financial question stabilizes, and laments Townley and his followers leaving North Dakota for Nebraska, praising Nebraska for no longer hosting them.
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Tors
Nonpartisan League
Townley
North Dakota
Nebraska
Elks Lodge Grants Free Club Room Use to Veterans
Col. Nash notes the Elks lodge voted unanimously to open its club room to all old soldiers. Veterans can visit, read, play cards, checkers or chess in a warm, welcoming space, enjoying courtesy from lodge members. The gesture honors those who served and preserves their access to fellowship.
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Elks Lodge
Col
S. D. Nash
Times-Record
Elks
The
Col. Nash
Boy Freed by Sister Through Clemency at Christmas
Kay Weber an 18 year old inmate of the North Dakota state penitentiary is granted clemency by the state pardon board. He will be released in time to reach St Louis on Christmas Day where his mother and sister await. A sister’s persistent effort and his good conduct while in custody helped earn the release after about a year and a half of a six year sentence for a robbery attempt amid roaming harvest workers.
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Samuel Gompers
Wilson
Uncle Sam
Bismarck
L. L. Twichell
Cass County
Victor Anderson
Burleigh County
William Langer
William
Twichell
America
Townley
League
New Day
N. D
Kay Weber
North Dakota State Penitentiary
State
Weber
St. Louis
Christianson
Supreme Court
North Dakota
Getchell Prairie Holiday Visits and Local News
Miss Gussie White returns from St Paul to spend the holidays. Martha Deskins goes to Rossell Minn for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Sampson and family and Mr and Mrs Wm Martin share Sunday dinner with neighbors. Miss Leith Thomas returns from Ken North Dakota for vacation. Mrs Chas Whitcher and Harriet visit J H Whitcher and Mrs Fred Getchell. A baby boy arrives for Bernard and Mrs Grotberg. Florence Ronzheimer faces surgery for appendicitis after another illness.
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Gussie White
St. Paul, Minn
Lloyd Sampson
Wm. Martin
Mrs. Grube
Leith Thomas
South School
Ken, N. D
Bernard Grotberg
Florence Ronzheimer
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Record Valley City
A, Trubshaw
Valley City
John Bracken
Manitoba, Canada
Agricultural College
Fargo
Dr. Bracken
State Poultry Association
Congress
Italy
Germany
Grand Forks
John Tracy
Darby O’malley
Robt. Anderson
First National Bank
C. F. Mudgett
E. A. Pray
L. S. Ward
Boy
Getchell Prairie
Martha Deskins
Rosselt, Minn
Chas. Whitcher
Harriet Spt
J. H. Whitcher
Fred Getchell
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