Barnes County Mutual Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
The Barnes County Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. met Friday June 26 1914 to review officer reports discuss company affairs and elect a board of directors. Secretary W W Smith reported six month insured value 201105.00 and policy receipts 1214.30 with 2788869.00 in force. A 50 cent per 100 assessment was approved for future losses. Officers include J R Getchell president, Hugh McDonald vice president, Louis Noltimier treasurer, W W Smith secretary and manager. Directors listed hail from Valley City Fingal and other towns. The survey notes several local thefts and routine visits by residents noted in brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes County Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
W. W. Smith
Barnes County
J.B. Getchell
Valley City
J. H. Whitcher
Hugh McDonald
Wm. Olson
C. EB. Schilling
Samuel Fletcher
N. P. Langema
Royal victims of assassins plots taken to Vienna
Vienna reports martial law in Sarajevo amid riots as bodies of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife are moved by special train to Dalmatia and then to Vienna for funeral rites. Emperor to attend only via Archduke Charles. interments set for Friday midnight.
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Vienna
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of
Lortatten
Lower Austria
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Isch
Sarajevo
Artstten
Belvidier Palace
Storm Do Damage On Slope With Massive Washout
Mandan N C June 29 Partial restoration of wire communication to distant districts followed a cloudburst Friday night. Early estimates place total damage at 500000 with miles of Northern Pacific track washed out and an embankment 15 feet high and 200 yards long removed. Several bridges were carried away and normal conditions may take weeks to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandan
N. C
Northern Pacific
Labor conditions prompt limit on harvest hands in three states
Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri halt new harvest hand recruitment after a Washington call and nationwide advertisement drew sufficient applicants. The three states say labor demand has been met and no more workers are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Agricultural Department
Washington
State labor notices urge farmers to secure help locally
The Kansas free employment bureau and Oklahoma and Missouri labor commissioners warn farmers in their regions to seek workers locally and avoid new calls unless signed by officials. North Dakota farmers gain aid via post office and the Better Farming Association with the Agricultural College directing letters to field agents for direct laborer contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. O Brien
State Free Employment Bureau
Kansas
Chas, L. Doughert
Oklahoma
John T. Fitegerald
Missouri
South Dakota
Charles McCaffee
North Dakota
Better Farming Association
Eberhart Accepts Lecture Office for Chautauqua Tour
Governor Eberhart has accepted a lecture engagement offered by a chautauqua bureau. He will replace Governor Folk of Missouri and tour Kentucky Illinois Tennessee and Missouri, speaking on Minnesota greatness. Payment totals 3000 dollars plus expenses, and he will be absent during July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Eberhart
Chautauqua Bureau
Folk
Missouri
Wll
George F. Authier
Kentucky
Illnois
Tennessee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Jack Johnson Still Champion After 20 Round Fight
Paris reports Jack Johnson retained the heavyweight title by defeating Frank Moran on points after twenty hard rounds at Velodrom d Hiver. Moran showed grit and blood, but Johnson demonstrated superior skill and steady uppercuts to clinch the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jack Johnson
Velodrom
D'Hiver
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Moran
Johnson
Intermarriage by Races Declared Right
Berkeley July 29 Professor Franz Boas of Columbia University defended intermarriage of whites with Japanese and other Orientals as foolish sentimentality without biological foundation. He noted Europe shows wide racial mixtures and humanity is broadly identical regardless of color or race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
J. E. Hindus
Franz Boas
Columbia University
University of California
California
Boa
Europe
Escaped convict captured in Jamestown after escape
John McGlynn, who fled the North Dakota state penitentiary on June 17, was found by a plainclothes officer in Jamestown. He had fled south to Sibley Island in the Missouri River and startled a Boy Scout encampment before returning to the Jamestown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandan
N. D
Henry O 'Anderson
Cannon Ball
Here
Bismarck
John McGlynn
State Penitentiary
Jamestown
Sibley Island
Missouri River
Boy Scouts
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Barnes County Mutual
First National Bank
Missouri Valley Grocery Company
Sheyenne
Andrew C. Nelson
Casper Haskenson
Kathryn
Magnus Monson
Anders
Hilda Opsahl
Carl Hendrickson
Julius Henrikson
Christ Thoreson
Henry B. Stark
G. O. Aas
Duluth
Paul Fjeldstad
Chautauqua
Sanborn
Thurston
Valley City Boys
Sanborn Valley City
Taylor
P. Bowen
Keys
B Johnson
Dabime
Smith
Lenhart
P. Meldahl
If. Wickstrom
Stroh
Anderson
Clayton
Swanson
Wright
Mayer
C. Omer
C. McCullough
Tierney
McCullough
Oriska
SRE
Carl Fisher
Devil Lake
Doctors Mayo
Rochester
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Mr. Farmer
Suscontinos
F. W. Heidel
Hardware
Tracy
First Street
John Tracy
Sarageva
Henry
O. Simonson
Times-Record
Mr. Simonson
Richland County
Wahpet
Minot
Big State
Fargo
Grand Forks
Devils Lake
Elks
Ella Holtquist
Right Price Merc. CO
Walter Stenshoel
Ryder
Court House
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