Purity in Garment Labels and Women's Suffrage Tie-In
A Valley City editorial argues against shoddy clothing and mislabeling, urging honest labeling so buyers know what they pay for. It links this to broader themes like liquor interests opposing woman suffrage, noting statewide prohibition mixed results and warning the suffrage label could provoke public backlash. The piece cites Michigan and other states, calling for efficient efforts against alcohol and emphasizing the need for clear labeling to protect moderate earners.
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Guifrape
Michigan
Wiscansin
Llinois
Ohio
Milwaukee
Mississippi
Progressive
Wisconsin
Uquor
Evening Post
Money Trust Investigation and Egg Type Debate
The Pujo committee testimony is used to claim that financial power in New York shapes policy, advocating a national central bank to unite government, bankers, and business leaders. A Farm and Fireside piece questions the existence of an egg type in poultry, noting a Maine experiment showing no reliable external indicators for high egg production. Senator McCumber champions Kenyon Shepard bill restricting intoxicants, while brewers seek court support to block or overturn the law. debate over pure fabric and pure food laws mirrors wider regulatory tensions.
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Pujo
Washington
Bas Deen
New York
United
United States
Buche
America
Maine
Jaying
Senate
McCumber
Poultry Boom Shifts Farms As Prices Soar Worldwide
Farm and Fire side notes that poultry farming gains prestige and profits across Britain and beyond. Prices for prize birds reach 250 to 500, with several cockerels selling for 250, 350 or 500 and bantams fetching up to 500 per pair. A famed cock bought in 1904 for 825 illustrates high-stakes breeding, while shows in London and other venues fuel ongoing speculation and pursuit of top fowl.
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Paderewski
Irving
London
England
Gyo
Fargo House Cleaning Sparks City Probe
The city faces a sweeping house cleaning after continued scoodles and scandals. Citizens demand thorough investigations to restore business confidence and curb further blemishes that affect the town’s reputation and local institutions.
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Fargo
Margo
Western man urged for Interior post in telegram to Wilson
A North West Development League telegram to President-elect Wilson urges a Western man for the Interior Portfolio. It accuses Canadian policy of drawing American farmers abroad and names no individuals, but mentions Governor Norris of Montana and Governor Burke of North Dakota as possible Interior Secretaries. The message argues Western experience, land handling, and public lands expertise are essential for agricultural development. An unrelated South Carolina note reports a lynching threat tied to Governor Blease, with a card reading Negr os must pay their debts and a warning that the governor may face accountability.
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Canadian Interior Department
United States
Northwest Development League
Wilson
League
Norris
Montana
Burke
North Dakota
Penwell
Interior Department
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
New Jersey
W. W. Scott
Scott
Une
Secretary of Interior
South Carolina
Blease
Prison Reflector Promotes Governor and Warden
The Prison Reflector, printed inside Bismarck penitentiary, serves chiefly to boost the governor and the warden. It circulates among convicts and some statewide readers, seen as Helstrom’s official mouthpiece. A criticism likens it to bootstrapping. Farmers of Veblen, South Dakota, with about 100 people, push for a rail line from Veblen to Hankinson to serve grain shipments 25 miles away.
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Bismarck
Helstrom
Veblem
S. D
Hankiweon
Minot News Mix of Arrests and Unsettled Tales
A stream of Minot and North Dakota items details arrests for entaining, robbery, and larceny, plus a note on a ghostly ice cream episode. Other reports cover a reform school intake near McHenry, a Dickinson child neglect incident, and local editor assaulted over school race politics.
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Valley City Times
Valley City
L. PB. Hyde
Novak
Money Trust
Tion
Styster
Dusihehlor
Ralne
Diatelet
DL Suspreme
Third Judicial District
Cast Co
Ollege
D. Be Q. Thay Juithom Mayewitoontiow
Cnurbenary
Leland Wateing
Watkine
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News OF the
Pir
Kramer
Minot
Fargo and Moorhead
John Maloy
Bill Hichie
Pierce Egan
The
Beach! Advance
McCue
Wm. Gray
Jess Wood
Federal
Dickinson
Mr. Fischer of
Langdon
Barnes Couny
Bekelson
John J. Cohan
Colorado Springs
Sargent County
McHeny
Reform School
Wong
Atsivuz
J. B. Dickey
Harry Dence
Belfield
Belfield Cimes
Noland
T. L. Larson
Fifth Avenue
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Reed
F. L. Wicks
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J. van Houten
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Gray Block Valley City
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Lindland
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
N. de
George M Young
City
Fifth Ave
E. A. Pray
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Herman Winterer
First National Bank
Bik
Valley City, N. D
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A. Zimmerman
American Nat'l Bank
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Peter Davidson
N. W. Hide & Fur CO
Minneapolis
Minn
Callie
Ainer
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