Tax Regulations Announced For 1920 Inventory Returns
Government bulletin outlines methods for valuing inventories on a cost or market basis, with lower cost or market chosen for 1920 and applied consistently. It allows a change to cost or market with disclosure, and requires legible records and proper preservation. A separate passage urges fathers to engage with their children, invoking Roosevelt and the duty of fatherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Byerly
Internal Revenue
District of North Dakota
Middlewest Trust Company Holds Annual Meeting
The Middlewest Trust Company stockholders elected officers and directors for the year. President White, Vice Presidents Mason and Thomson, Secretary Melvin Lee, Assistant Secretary Johnson. Directors include Frank White, Thomson, Ludwig Lee, Rei Harper Jones Melvin Lee Chaffee. The year closed successfully and stockholders praised the institution’s community role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlewest, Trust Company
Birthday surprise for Mrs C E Allen at Faculty Danes Club
A Thursday night birthday surprise gathering for Mrs C E Allen, wife of the ident, was organized by the Faculty Danes Club. Guests, including Dr S A Zimmerman and Mr and Mrs E W Simpson, arrived about eight thirty and enjoyed refreshments and cake as they congratulated her in a cordial, informal party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faculty Danes Club
C. E. Allen
Dymey
Allen
8. A. Zimmerman
E. W. Simpson
Mrs. Allen
Relations Between Fathers and Sons
A essay by Charles F. Powlison argues boys face social pressure against fatherhood traits and laments ridicule of boys who enjoy domestic play. It asserts the critical role of fathers for individual happiness and national well being, noting sons imitate fathers’ values and form early worship of God the Father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Powlison
National Child Welfare Association
Fatherood
Baptist minister Frey to lecture on Russian ordeal in Valley City
Reverend John Alexander Frey a Latvian born Baptist minister describes his experiences as a prisoner under the Czar and later the Bolshevists in Russia. He arrived in the United States and will lecture January 18 under the American Baptist Home Mission Society, sharing insights on the Russian situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Russia
John Alexander Frey
New Republic of
Latvia
Frey
Valley City
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Tnto
Bolshevists
Getchell Prairie Social Roundup and Visits
Mr and Mrs Otto Borcher and family visited the Getchells. New Year’s Day neighbors gathered for dinner at Mrs J H Whitcher and Mr and Mrs Fred Getchell. Helen Harper entertained Gussie Chas Will White and Ruth Maynard Thursday evening. Claude Farrell’s friends shared candy and nuts last Tuesday. Harriet Whitcher visited Florence Ronzheimer and Helen Tesyer. Florence Holcomb visited Mrs James Burchill of Grand Prairie. Mr and Mrs Wm Martin visited John Fenstad and J H Rogers. Ella Getchell left for Garrison North Dakota to resume school. Gussie White departed for St Paul after vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Borcher
Levi Getchell
J. H. Whitcher
Fred Getchell
Helen Harper
Gussie
Chas
Will White
Ruth Maynard
Claude Farrell
Harriet Whitcher
Florence Ronzheimer
Helen Tesyer
Florence Holcomb
James Burchill
Grand Prairie
Wm. Martin
John Fenstad
J.H. Rogers
Chas. Whitcher
S. E. Harper
Ella Getchell
Garrison
N. D
Gussie White
St. Paul
Alumni Notes On Marriages And Deaths In 1918
Miss Clara E. Lee and J P Davids recently wed and plan to live in Bozeman. Dorothea M. Knowles and Clifford R. Norton married and will reside in Bismarck. Mrs W J Mulroony reports Mrs Fred Gelle of Wahpeton died from influenza on November 5 1918. Gelle was Viola Clapsing and class of 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara E. Lee
Aneta
J.P. Davids
Bozeman
Itana
Dorothea M. Knowles
Jamestown
Clifford R. Norton
Bismarck
W. J. Mulroony
Margaret E. Ruddy
Havana
N. Dak
Fred Gelle
Wahpeton
Gelle
Viola Clapsing
New Teacher Added to Commerce Department
The winter term welcomes Miss Cora J. Thompson of Cedar Falls as a new faculty member in the Commerce Department. Thompson studied at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls and Iowa State College of Agriculture Ames, has several years teaching experience, and joins the department due to increased course offerings and student patronage.
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Commerce Dept
Commerce
Cora J. Thompson
Cedar Falls
Tow
Misa Thompson
Towa State Teachers College
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Towa State College of Agriculture
Ames
Miss Thompson
Fluffy Saves House In Fire Lesson Brenda Ada’s Pet Hero
Ada and Aunt Pauline face a house fire caused by open curtains touching a lamp. Fluffy, the dog, awakens Pauline, alerting them and allowing quick extinguishing of the flames. Ada and Pauline, grateful, plan to keep Fluffy safe with daily care and a warm bed. The scene ends with a happy resolution and appreciation for Fluffy’s bravery.
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Ada
Fluffy
Mother Lone
Pauline
Aunt Pauline
Finny
Art
Puffy
Eavne Ada
Sam
Darling
Elemy
North Dakota Senate Adopts Audit Conference Resolution
In Bismarck on January 12 the legislature adopted a resolution to appoint three members to confer with the state auditing board over Bishop Brissman & Co s audit submission. A telegram from the firm explains orders to deliver all records to the secretary and to provide copies to both houses. The session ponders whether a further audit will be conducted as the status of the report remains unclear. The cost of the delay is noted as $1500 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
Senate
State Auditing Board
Bishop, Brissman & Co
Leiderbach
Board of Auditors
Church
Hongsable
State of North Dakota
House
D. C
North Dakota
Auditing Board
D. C. Poindexter
The
Doe
Senate elections committee probes Wag-List ballot fraud
Representatives present for audit examination request authorization to deliver report. Bishop Brissman & Co. sign on the charge of paid ballots favoring Wog in the Wag-List contest. Hearings began in Burleigh County Court House with noon testimony and resumed later. Independent Br. J. List challenges Wor seat in the 39th district citing irregularities in Gus Gog’s election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop, Brissman & Co
Elections Committee
Senate
BR. J. List
Wor
Gus Gog
Senate Elections Committee
Burleigh County Court House
Washington Inauguration Plans Hit Snags and Cancellations
Washington faces a pared down inauguration as pageants balls and parades are canceled or scaled back. Hotels report rampant room cancellations at high rates while merchants push an unofficial celebration funded with about 110000 dollars. Some elites retreat to horse drawn processions as others seek social influence amid restricted festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Jefferson
Merchants and Citizens Committee
Congress
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Cabinet announcement expected for Harding cabinet
Marion January 12 official word indicates a Harding cabinet announcement within 48 hours. Charles E Hughes from the Supreme Court is likely to be named secretary of state, with Charles Dawes as treasury secretary possibly announced together. Opposition targets include Daugherty Hert Hays Weeks as political rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Harding
Charles E. Hughes
Supreme Court
Hughes
C. G. Dawes
Treasury
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Wm. H. Hays
Indiana
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Carp "Stewed" by Moonshine Liquor in Cannon Ball River
Inebriated carp fleeing air holes due to home brew and moonshine whisky outbreaks in the Cannon Ball river. Prohibition agents have raided sites since Sunday, dumping hundreds of gallons of moonshine into the river from Mott to Port Lincoln. Dozens of deaths and three poisonings in the past week are linked to local home brew consumption.
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Minot
N. D
Cannon Ball
Mott
Port Lincoln
Navy Ball-oonists quarrel before NY departure
In Mattice Ontario two U S navy balloonists refuse to speak after a violent clash over accusations. Lieuts Hinton and Ferrell fought in a trapper's cabin after Ferrell challenged Hinton’s claim that he had written to his wife that Ferrell had weakened and urged others to kill him. Ferrell knocked Hinton down with a right and left. The three balloonists plan to depart for New York today amid an unofficial inquiry into the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattice
Ontario
U. S. Navy
New York
Lieuts
Hinton
Ferrell
World disarmament conference urged by Bliss in Washington
General Tasker H. Bliss told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the United States would call a world disarmament conference within 60 days. Bliss, a former Army chief of staff and American military adviser at the peace conference, said such a conference would yield results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Tasker H. Bliss
House Naval Affairs Committee
Army
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Charles Scribner's Sons
Fifth Ave
New York City
Middlewest
Getchell Prairie
Pluffy
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