Valley City Normal school hires multiple instructors
Mrs Sara Sherman Pryor joins Washington Irving School New York City as special instructor in reading and expression at Valley City State Normal School beginning fall term September 30. Eleven new instructors fill vacancies giving a faculty of sixty with appointments in mathematics librarianship and English.
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Sara Sherman-Pryor
Washington Irving School
New York City
State Normal School
Pryor
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Columbia College of Expression
Iowa
Minois
Michigan
New York
Valley City
Normal School
North Dakota School Names New Faculty and Assistants
Brammar notes a University of North Dakota graduate with teachers training and state teaching experience. Vida A. Austin of Woodstock Alabama will teach biology replacing Morris Johnson. Vera Winn of Aurora Indiana and Ethel F. Kendall of Clinton Iowa join domestic science faculty. Jessie Duncan and Mary Gardner from local schools are named assistants to the Model school for the year.
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Brammar
Newlander
University of North Dakota
Misa Vida A. Austin
Woodstock
Morris Johnson
Austin
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
University of Illinois
Ilinois Normal School
Vera Winn
Aurora
Ind
Ethel F. Kendall
Clinton
Kendall
University of Wisconsin
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Wis
Winn
Illinois Woman's College
Jacksonville
Purdue University
Jessie Duncan
Josephine
N. D
Mary Gardner
San Diego
Cal
Critien
Forger Passes Checks And Makes Getaway
A stranger entered Anderson Clothing Co at an early hour and passed a forged check for 1.25 to Bert Barton and Chas Campbell. The check bore a forged signature and was exchanged for cash at Right Price Mercantile Co after a bank refused payment. Police were alerted but few leads remain.
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Anderson Clothing Company
J. R. Getchell
Bert Barton
Chas. Campbell
Liem
Bert Bartin
Getchell
Getchll
McGraw Secures $25,000 Year Giants Manager Contract
John J. McGraw of the New York Giants tops baseball salaries at 25000 dollars annually for a four year term. The piece portrays him as a pivotal figure who used hard bargaining and offered resignation as his only alternative. Leo Ratcliffe launches two new newsy weeklies from Darey and Rogers.
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Chicago
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
McGraw
Giants
Tve
Leo Ratcliffe
Darey and Rogers
Valley City High as a College Preparatory School
Valley City High is described as accredited and prepared to guide students toward college or vocational paths. The piece cites standards for admission, notes regional accreditation, and quotes Dean William H. Butts on graduates’ strong performance while stressing value for non college bound students. It also mentions harvest news and a local family update.
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Valley City High
Men and Women in a Humorous Colonial Era
A satirical school composition on men contrasts religious and social habits. The piece sees men as logical yet zoological, noting both sexes trace to monkeys with women pulling ahead. It references Miss Lotta Hallock leaving for Minot to teach music and drawing, and Lew Bordwell in Fargo as a locally noted pioneer reported as unwell.
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Lotta Hallock
Mrs. van Houten
Minot
Cadillac Car Leaves On Tour of State
Fargo Aug 40 With Wih Horton driving 1913 Cadillac the Aust Jap in the non stop run around the state the party left the Horton Motor garage this morning at 4 16 o clock and will endeavor to do the 164 miles to Devils Lake in five hours. An effort will be made to make the run from Fargo to Devils Lake to Minot to Jamestown and back to Fargo in 20 hours without making a stop. The car will cover 621 miles at an average rate of 31 miles per hour and the four pilots will vie with each other for the record average. A record looked for which will do credit to both the North Dakota roads and the Cadillac car. The reports from the country through which the run will be made are to the effect that the roads are in the best shape and no particular bad spots will be encountered. If the party makes the trip in the time expected they will arrive in the city shortly after midnight Saturday. GOOD HOME. EASY PAYMENTS Good house with barn for sale on easy terms to desirable party. The E. D. Lum Land Company
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Fargo
Wih Horton
Cadillac
Horton Motor Garage
Devils Lake
Minot
Jamestown
North Dakota
World's Greatest trotter Arrives at St Paul
Uhlan the world champion trotter reached the Minnesota state fair grounds twelve hours late but was met with a royal reception as he stepped from his car at 11:30 p m He heads to race against time next Tuesday and was escorted to the paddock in regal splendor Also announced Bob Burman will race Sept 6 driving a 300 horsepower Blitzen Benz to break mile and two mile world records on Hamline track
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St. Paul
Minn
Uhlan
Minnesota State Fair Grounds
Almom Regal Splent
Almom Regal Splent ‘Dor
Hamline
Bob Burman
Burman
Mechanics Lien Law Is Set Back By New Rules
Fargo article notes a change in mechanics lien priority over earlier 61st mortgage in North Dakota. The new law requires notice of detention to foreclose, owner consent before filing a lien, and applies to liens recorded after the change, diminishing lumber dealer and contractor privileges. Also mentions Orpha Laird hosting eight friends with a Rex Theater box party and luncheon at her home.
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Fargo
N. D
North Darota
Orpha Laird
Rex Theater
Federal prisoner escapes Stutsman jail by improvised knife
Jamestown Sept 2 a prisoner named J B Rogers from Bismarck escaped the Stutsman county jail by sawing through two bars with a knife fashioned into a saw then lowered himself to the ground from the second story window. A second suspect, Rogers’ accomplice, also escaped from Burleigh county jail during the same night. Authorities notified and a $50 reward offered for the second man’s capture. Both men are described as large, hardened criminals with histories of burglary and safes thefts.
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Jamestown
Rogers
Stutsman County
Bismarck
Dogere
Burleigh County
McKenzie
Stotsman County
Russell Wright
Rutigers
Wright
United States Marshall
Fargo
Rogers’ Pal
Burleigh ‘County
U.S
McKeagle
Argentine Team Leads Naval Trophy Match at Camp Perry
At the end of the first stage on Sept 1 the Argentine team led 110 points, with Argentina totaling 1,147 to the United States 1,087. U S scores were credited to Lt. St. Osborne 296 E D Myrick 191 J F King 194 J Bedoakt 213 J F Dillard 203.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
United States
St. Osborne
E. D. Myrick
J. F. King
J. Bedoakt
J. F. Dillard
Aviator Pegoud Loop the Loop in Minneapolis Record
Aviator Pegoud today looped a monoplane in France's Javizy and Minneapolis airfields, setting a daring record after a parachute jump. He planned a somersault in the air and piloted a 3000 foot dive into a vertical turn, ending with a controlled spiral descent and safe landing. A committee of military officers will witness a repeat ascent tomorrow. Frank Pelchner, railroad yard worker at Jamestown, was killed when pinned between a caboose and a box car during coupling duties.
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Javizy
France
Pegoud
Pegond
Frank Pelchner
Jamestown
Drinking Cup Abolished Across North Dakota
North Dakota will permanently abolish the public drinking cup with a Sept. 1 effective date. The rule applies to schools, state and county buildings, railroad trains and depots, and many areas have already adopted sanitary drinking methods after years of physician led campaigns.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Young Scot lad nicked jewelry theft near Bowbells
A young Scotch boy stole jewelry from a Bowbells area farm. He later repentantly began returning the items but was arrested on the way back. He was arraigned and bound over to the district court for further action.
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Bowbells
Business Matters In Cathay Today
Gee, Bohrer, H. Edwiger and B. W. Walton of Cathay are transacting business matters in the vicinity today.
Men and Horses Burned in Prairie Fire Near Gascoyne
In a prairie fire four miles north of Gascoyne North Dakota on August 30 four horses were badly burned and two men were trapped in the flames. One man was badly burned and may die. About seventy five tons of hay burned. One hundred fifty men fought the blaze as winds shifted while they tried to plow a fire guard.
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Gascoyne
N. D
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