North Dakota exhibit touts panama expo potato boom and clay riches
The North Dakota building at the Panama-Pacific exposition highlights a booming potato claim and rich clay resources. It argues irrigation-free North Dakota produces sweeter crops and that the state may become a leading pottery center near coal and water. Exhibits include state institutions and friendly staff eager to explain resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
North Dakota
Germany
England
School of Mines
State University At
Grand Forks
Union
School For the
School For
State Penitentiary
Public School Notice Open Sept 7 for New and Existing Pupils
City schools open September 7. Children age six by June 1, 1916 admitted. Prompt entry urged to avoid late enrollment in high school. Ward lines assign Lincoln or Ritchie schools. first primary north of tracks and west of park to Ritchie. High school enrollment hours listed for this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Lincoln School
Ritchie School
Clothing Windows Attract City Business Men's Notice
Displays in clothing store windows captivate the city’s smart dressers as windows across the town are tastefully dressed, drawing attention from businessmen and shoppers alike.
Promise for Support of Equity Exchange
J P Cardideux former Chicago board of trade member now Adrian North Dakota farm operator visited the Equity cooperative exchange office and took literature then pledged to tour farmers after harvest to promote an independent farmers market. Montana Minnesota and North Dakota samples and letters indicate grain shipments to the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
J. P. Caridieux
Chicago Board of Trade
Adrian
N. D
Equity Cooperative Exchange
Equity Movement
St. Paul Exchange
Hamburg
Minn
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Market Report from Minneapolis Cash Wheat Prices and Grains
Market report shows Minneapolis cash wheat prices with mixed percentages for No 1 Northern No 2 Northern and No 3 Northern along with futures for Sept Dec and May. Durum and oats quotes listed with arr estimates and rye values.
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Minneapolis
Northern
May
Earley
Commodity price table from historic grain market report
A dense OCR listing of grain futures and cash prices with percentages for flax, wheat, oats, barley, rye and related futures terms. Includes Sept Oct Nov Dec months, arr days, and highs and lows for Sept Wheat. Entities include Duluth, No. 1 Northern, Durum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Northern
Sam Mikkelson Drives Dodge Cars Amid Market Strain
Sam Mikkelson on Monday passed two Dodge autos to ease local market tightness. Miss Marie Thorne of Bound Brook New Jersey has been a guest at the Anderson home for a year and leaves tonight for her home with her aunt Mrs. Robert Anderson. Mrs. B A Greenwood and her children depart Wednesday for Foley Minnesota to visit relatives and friends for several weeks.
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Sam Mikkelson
Dodge
Marie Thorne
Bound Brook
New Jersey
Robert Anderson
B.A. Greenwood
Foley, Minn
Local residents listed in city notes and visits
The page records Fingal and Valley City residents shopping in the city, family arrivals and departures, a newborn near Valley City, a 45 year watch, and various visits. Notables include Judge Irgens with a long timekeeping habit, Prof. P Cockerell arriving to lead Valley City High School departments, and a seven week western pleasure trip by Mrs Casper Winkler and daughter Mabel with accompanying relatives.
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A. J. Henry
Miss Belly
Duluth
B. L. Lyons
Eckelson
Riverside Hospital
Cockerell
Manhattan
Kansas
Agricultural and Science
Valley City High School
Veda Steele
Courtenay
Ada
Stern Bros
C.F. Luessen
Medina
A. W. Waite
Sanborn
Valley City
John Hansen
Jamestown
Alfred Norstrom
Hansen
Faribault
Minn
John Beck
Spenrer
Iowa
S. T. Calhoun
C. C. Chaffee
Bertha Eldridge
Martha Stanke
Minneapolis
Miss Stanke
C. FE. Witham
Emil Zetterberg
Wimbledon
Spiritwood
Frost
C. O. Henderson
Story City
Jens Skorpen
Skorpen
Henderson
H. E. West
Hazel Henry
Rogers Way
Casper Winkler
Mabel
Clara
Alice Tolstad
West
Denver
Salt Lake City
California
Canada
Taken Up at Drake Farm Two Bays and Two Mares
Four horses at a Drake farm nine miles south of the city are described as two dark bays and two light bays with two yearlings. Owners may recover by paying small damages. Also noted is a lost white English setter with black spots and a tan collar offering a 25 dollar reward from B H Headland of Litchville North Dakota. Other items include a land rental inquiry and a seven room house for sale near Valley City.
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B. H. Headland
Litchville
North Dakota
State Normal
H. N. Walker
Earley Leaves on a Pleasant Bankers Trip
J. J. Earley of Hoosick Falls New York joins a party of bankers traveling by special train to the national convention in Seattle. The trip will pass through the Canadian Rockies and offer remarkable scenery. Earley will not go to Seattle and will stop in Calgary for several days on business before returning to Valley City early next week.
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J. J. Earley
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
National Bankers’ Convention
Seattle
Canadian Rockies
Mr. Earley
Cal |Gary
Valley City
Alaska wheat variety found near Dun Center on western trip
W B Denault and party discovered a new wheat variety named Alaska while surveying a large field near Dun Center close to the Kildeer mountains. Seed said to have come from Alaska four years ago via Canada, yielding about 45 bushels per acre with broad heads bearing full-sized berries from the base, indicating strong yield potential.
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Jamestown Alert
W. B. DeNault
Dun Center
Kildeer Mountains
Alaska
Dun County
Mrs J J Chamberlain Heads West With Daughters
Mrs J J Chamberlain and two daughters depart Monday for Osden Utah via Butte, then proceed to Portland Washington where the daughter will reenter a school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Chamberlain
Osden
Utah
Butte
Portland
Wash
Elder Family Heads South for Winter in Chicago
Mrs B W Elder and children left on No 4 Tuesday afternoon for Chicago where they will stay through winter while Mr Elder buys cavalry horses with western and Chicago headquarters. Elder children will attend Chicago schools and the family plans to return in spring. Mrs C Eldridge and daughter Frances returned Monday from Page where they spent the past few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Elder
Chicago
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Jeffrey
Jefray Lumber Co
Right Price Mercantile Co
Nuff
Equity Exchange
J. W. Thoreen
Olson
Alma
Fingal
Larry Rohan
Wm. Schnurr
Thomas Olson
Irgens
Byron Sweet
Rogers
Charles
Sawyer
Times
Knickerbocker Suits
Norfolk
Young Men's
Sivlepius
Duxbar
Russell
Casselton
Linotype
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