Briquetting Company Organize for Business
The Northern Briquetting Co is formed with $500,000 capital to manufacture briquets from lignite coal. Key organizers include John McCulloch Thos Peebles F C Clark and many North Dakota men. Active management by LM Davis and CF Mudgett. Plant planned by August. Briquets aim to equal heat of anthracite and burn clean with little soot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Briquetting Co
Secretary of State
John McCulloch
Thos. Peebles
F.C. Clark
Minneapois
B. Hanna
D. Fr. McMillan
Ed. Pierce
N.C. Young
W. McCanna
J. M
E. J. Babcock
School of Mines
University of North Dakota
Hebron
L.M. Davis
North Dakota
Gasoline Tank Explosion Kills Local Farmer
Herman Smith a well known retired farmer living in Cogswell was instantly killed Saturday afternoon while pumping gasoline lighting system with an automobile pump. The tank’s top blew off striking him on the head, ending his life. The community is shocked by the tragedy and notes he leaves a wife and two children with an estate anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Smith
Hying
Cogswell
Kindred in Big City Delights Guests With New Year Dinner
A metropolitan New Year dinner at the Kindred hosted by Mrs C T Liander impressed travelers with a festive dining room, holiday decorations, Clark's seven piece orchestra, and an elegant menu including mallard duck and roast turkey. President A G Crane of the Minor State Normal notes progress on school buildings and expects completion for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kindred
Valley City
Big City
C. T. Liander
Clark
A. G. Crane
Minor State Normal
State Aid Brings Better Rural North Dakota Schools
In Blemarck North Dakota State Superintendent EH Taylor reports that the first year of rural school aid under the recent Legislature benefited 174 schools. He urges a $74 000 annual appropriation across rural, consolidated, and graded schools plus inspectors, seeks nonpartisan elections for education leaders, eight month school terms, truancy powers, and funded transportation for remote children. The plan includes a statistics bureau and health board duties for school inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blemarck
N.D
North Dakota
EH. J.taylor
Burke
Taylor
Iterttte
Bureau of Educational Statistics
Board of Health
Manley Olsby Shot In Leg In Accident On Hills
A six year old, Manley Olsby, was accidentally shot in the thigh by a 8 year old while coasting on hills south of town. The rifle was dropped during an incident when another boy bumped it, and the bullet passed through Manley’s leg. He was taken to the hospital, treated, and is recovering. the Olsby brothers are sons of O H Olsby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manley Olsby
Oscar
Manley
O. H. Olsby
A Sentiment for 1913
A poem recalling a man who smiled through hard times. He felt joy from simple freedoms and shared labor with his loved one. The verse traces optimism in a world of wrongs, weathered by toil and the beauty of daybreak.
New Year Welcomed With Bells and Cheers Across Town
The 1913 New Year arrived at midnight with bells and whistles, crowds celebrating at hotels and homes. The Kindred hosted an orchestral dinner, sleighing and autos filled the day, stores closed, post office shut, churches held watch meetings, and residents hoped the new year would surpass the prosperous 1912 in religious and community success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilly
Men’s Athletic Club Forms in Valley City
The organizing committee reports the Valley City Men’s Athletic Club is ready to begin regular work. A meeting at Clark’s hall tonight will include handball, basketball or volleyball, with a business session at 8:30 to finalize the constitution and by laws. Dr Spencer D Reed and his bride Maud Mona from Plains Pennsylvania are home at City Drug Store apartments after a Christmas Day wedding.
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Valley City
Clark's Hall
Spencer D. Reed
Dr. Reed
Misa Maud D. Mona
Plains
Pennsylvania
Attack Validity of The State Printing Contract
Legal action seeks to invalidate a state printing contract awarded to Dakota Printing and Stationery Company. The suit argues the firm had no in state plant when awarded and alleges conflicting ties to Farnham Printing Co. of Saint Paul via Eli Warner, with John Bloom connected as Devils Lake Journal editor.
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Bismarck
N. D
State Printing Commission
Dakota Printing and Stationery Company
House
Senate
John Bloom
Devils Lake Journal Oi
Farnham Printing Co
St. Paw
Eli Warner
Brick and Tile building foundation nearing completion
The underground foundation work at the Brick and Tile building is nearly finished. Weather will halt progress until it moderates, as pouring concrete in freezing conditions is unsafe. Construction will resume in cold weather and advance as spring opens.
Hanna Wins North Dakota Governor Race By Official Count
Official canvass shows Hanna with 39,881 votes to Hellstrom 31,544 and Sweet 9,406, Bowen 6,835. President Wilson leads Roosevelt by 3,829. Taft trails. In other races Norton wins Third District by 5,629. Gilbreath defeats Morison for Agriculture and Labor by 23,272.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
F. C. Hellstrom
North Dakota
Hellatrom
Sweet Progressive
Bowen
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
P. D. Norton
Commissioner of Agriculture
W. C. Gilbreath
Axel Morison
Debs
Chaffin
Hellstrom
Sweet
Congress
Helgesen
Lovel
Durocher
Young
Minckler
Yoder
Norton
Halvorson
LeSeuer
Supreme Court
Bruce
Robinson
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kraable
Brandt
Bradstrup
Hall
Berg
Jorgenson
Eliott
Valley City visitors from township farms on a Saturday
Farmers and locals from the township were in Valley City for business and social calls last Saturday. Names include Alick Ryerson Louis Noltimier Carl Priebe Otto Priebe Herman Noeski Bert McLafflin Fred Schultz Andrew Hagen and others. Reverend Moultrie, rector of the Valley City Episcopal church, visited en route to LaMoure and met many friends and Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley City
Alick Ryerson
Louis Noltimier
Carl Priebe
Otto
Gust Adams
Thiel Raveling
John Salzman
Herman Noeski
W. Kranz
Fred Schultz
Valley
Andrew Hagen
Lana Larson
Bert McLafflin
Wm. Wolski
Fred Beil
Moultrie
LaMoure
Grand Lodge
Zage
Fargo
General Creel Buys Hetton Grange Land in Albemarle
General IH M Creel of Devils Lake North Dakota announced a sale of the Hetton Grange estate in Albemarle county to W G Stevens of Lynchburg for 22000 dollars. The 500 acre James River property with buildings was described as highly desirable. Creel reached Lynchburg too late to close and may invest further in central Virginia.
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Hetton Grange
Lower Albermaris County
W. G. Stevens
Lynchburg
James River
Albemarle County
Ih.m. Creel
Devils Lake
North Dakota
Virginia
United States
Mexico
Worida
Charlottesville
Comrade Beal Hosts Christmas Gathering At West Fifth Street
Comrade and Mrs Henry Beal entertain with a Christmas gathering at their West Fifth Street home. Guests from Valley City Rogers and others share a holiday spread, reminiscences and a wartime letter. A humorous note mentions John D Rockefeller’s involuntary Christmas gift near Mott. A separate Fargo raid leads to arrests and bails for several men and three women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Incoln
Fouth
A. I Batchelder
James Healy
A Henry
J. S. Welser
James Coop
B. Vallandigham
Valley City
Chas
P. Stearns
Rogers
Henry Beal
Fargo
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E. J. Babcock Process
Cogswell Farm
North Daktoa
Thera
Alg
Big One
Bloom
Noltimier News
Ih. M. Creel
Phoebe Hundson
Paynesville
Minn
McFarland
Vosish 5
Weiser Post
A. J
Weiser
Mra ‘Beal
Ruth Wilkins
Marie Pickerine
John D. Rockefeller
Mott
John
Oil Company
John D
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