North Dakota political battles swirl over Lemke and Langer
Capital News notes in Bismarck recount a struggle between Bill Lemke and Miss Minnie J. Nielson for party support and delegation seats. It details Langer's stance against Lemke Townley Frazier schemes, court rulings on delegates, and a surge in Langer clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital News
Bismarck
N. D
Bill Lemke
Miss Nielson
Neil McDonald
Bill Langer
Lemike-Townley-Frazier
North Dakota
Townley
League
Lemke
Langer
Illinois
Hull
Minnie J. Nielson
M. H. Rudd
Supreme Court
Public Library Notes and New Magazines Added
The library reports December 2509 books and January 3084 with gains over 1918. New members 58 in December and 60 in January. Magazine list expanded with titles including American Boy and Good Housekeeping. The World Trade Club advocates metric usage. readers are invited to visit the library to review issues and form opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Boy
Country Gentleman
Country Life
Good Housekeeping
Independent
Living Age
Red Cross
World Trade Club
Political talk in a Jim Crow carriage scene
Sam and Rastus discuss politics on a Jim Crow car en route to a plantation. They debate the incumbent representative Well and his platform, comparing politics to a biased railroad cab rule that keeps Black riders out while allowing others in.
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Sam
Rastus
Platfo
Niger
Jes
Belgium Sketches In Government Service of 1920
In a devastated Belgian town, animals like Bibi Mina Siska and Ming the cat discuss service in rebuilding Dixmude. They lament hard labor, scarce food, and the presence of soldiers and dangers while reflecting on home and duty in a war-torn landscape.
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Manders
Bibl
Mina
Siska
Dixmude
Bibi
Ike
Ming
Tia
Nol
Az T
Uarked
Aido
Helm
Goat expresses worry over slipping and diet in rough ground
A talking goat laments unstable soil and iron debris hindering grazing. The animal longs for cabbage and reflects on chores and past comforts like shirts and shoes. It dismisses morbid talk and asks about what has been seen of the new surroundings.
Grave Hunters Work Ypres Battlefield Echoes 1918
Soldiers describe grim scenes near Ypres with body snatchers digging up war dead. Across shell torn ground gangs gather bones in sacks, mark graves with rain dark crosses, and recover uniforms from weathered ruins and wrecked tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Sone
Belgium Considers Standard Shoe At Fixed Price
Belgian shoe manufacturers press government to create a national standard shoe priced at 50 francs to ease shortages of materials, especially American leather, and boost home production while meeting urgent public demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
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Hiram W. Johnson
Coghlan
Republican Party
A. H. Galagher
Frazier
Governor Frazier
Brinton
Bill Teomes
State Supreme Court
W. A. Anderson
Minneapolis
North Dakota State Bank
State Industrial Commission
Waters
Cathro
Reson
Boss Townley
R. Selden Wilcox
Johnson
Attoney
William Langer
Harvey, Fessenden
Carrington
Wimbledon
Nelson A. Mason
Simon J. Nagel
State Federation of Langer Clubs
Board of Control
Real Gex
League Leaders Bible
Kate Richards O'Hare
Lynn
United States
Ki-moids Holf
Madejby
Office
van Houten
Grey Block Valley City
E. A. Pray, M. D
Pennsylvania
Winterer & Ritchie
Lawyers Valley City
Theodore S. Lindland
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Valley City
Minnesota
Thief River Falls
Minn
C. E. Johnson
Middlewest Bank
E. A. Pray
M. D
N.D
Library Notes
Wes
Sis
Russia
Lalley
Lalley-Light
Rudolph Geselius
Castor
Inet
Narcoric Boejee
ORD Samuel Ptr
Penphin Sant Senne
Gentar Gonpanys
Castoria
Millerand
Paris
Rome
London
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