Farm Boy Writes of Encampment During Chautauqua Assembly
Ernest Peterson, a Barnes County boy, recalls attending the Valley City Chautauqua. He describes muddy roads, tent life, camp meals, and evening lectures. The diary pages summarize July lectures on horses, soils, cattle, crop rotation, hogs, and dairy cattle, plus a note about the Stiles family planning travel to Vancouver and Seattle.
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Farm Boy
Ernest Peterson
Barnes County
Valley City
Gophera
Recruits Take Strange Routes to Naval Berths
Spokane recruits face weight hurdles in naval enlistment. Thomas R. Bolon, 10 pounds under, fed 10 days and gained a pound daily yet weighed half a pound under after, then water bridged the gap and he shipped to Portland for final exams. Samuel T. Steele, rejected for disability, had a minor operation to remove a cantle and was later accepted.
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Spokane
Waah
Thomas R. Bolon
Bolon
Portland
Samuel T. Steele
Two Tots Drown in Water Barrel in North Dakota
Marmarth North Dakota September 24 Mrs Herman Ostrander twelve miles south of town discovered her two little daughters aged two and three drowned in a rain barrel. The children had dragged a hand sled to the barrel and placed a box on it while looking into the water.
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Marmarth
N. D
Herman Ostrander
Boy Hunter Kills Companion Near Milnor North Dakota
Milnor Norwood aged 16 was shot and killed while hunting near Milnor North Dakota. Emil Newman aged 13, his companion, accidentally fired as he shot at a duck striking Norwood in the head. Norwood is the sixth hunting casualty in North Dakota this season.
Vaudeville to Shine at Third State Industrial Exposition
Manager Ollbreath has secured top talent for the vaudeville show at the State Exposition in Bismarck starting October 7. The program promises high-class entertainment throughout the exhibition, with features expected to surpass prior efforts. A complete lineup will be released in a few days, and the vaudeville alone is billed as essential viewing.
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Ollbreath
Exposition
Bismarck
D W Clark Returns from East Trip and Cuba Plantations
D W Clark came back last Saturday from a long eastern journey visiting Cuba New York and Indianapolis for an Insurance convention. In Cuba he inspected his plantation and brought back grapefruit oranges and lemons grown on his land tasting superior to any prior Clark family fruit. Mr and Mrs W C Boughton drove to Fargo by auto last Saturday and returned Monday.
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D. W. Clark
Cuba
New York
Indianapolis
W. C. Boughton
Fargo
Boy Shot in Face in Wanton Brother-Reported North Dakota Incident
In Mott North Dakota on September 24 a stranger lured two Frank Neprach sons about a mile from home near Regent and shot the elder youth in the face. He was taken to a hospital where one eye’s sight was lost and the other may be blinded. No motive or shooter identity is known.
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Mott
N. D
Wantonne
Regent
Frank Neprach
McCumber Seeks Papers in Pray Postmaster Case
Senator McCumber introduced a Senate resolution demanding inspectors reports and papers used to justify W H Pray removal as Valley City postmaster. He argues fair play was lacking and presses for reopening Post Office and Post Roads committee scrutiny of North Dakota cases hampered by absent senators.
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Washington
W. H. Pray
Valley City
W U. S. Senate
McCumber
Pray
Gronna
Senate Committee On Post Office
North Dakota
Town springing up in sixty days at Fryburg
Fryburg in eastern Billings county, six miles west of Belfield, has surged from a prairie spot to a budding town in sixty days. O N Dunham of Bismarck opened a lumber yard, First State Bank built a modern institution with deposits near ten thousand dollars, and Cummings Bramdt plan a concrete block general store. An elevator is planned by Fryburg Grain & Trading led by A Le Martin, with over twenty thousand bushels wheat already marketed and up to 150,000 more expected this fall. A local newspaper, the Fryburg Pioneer, is to publish soon with R R Cable as editor. Alfred Lee of St Paul visited the town.
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Fryburg
N. D
Belfield
Billings County
O. N. Dunham
Bismarck
State Bank of
A. L. Martin
Sentinel Butte
W. G. Watts
Gladstone
Cummings &Bramdt
Dickinson Mercantile Co
Frybure
Frybure Grain & Trading
A. le Martin
WP. Thurston
Confirmation of Valley City postmaster in Senate approval
W W Smith of this city received word that his appointment as postmaster of the Valley City post office was confirmed by the United States Senate. Bonding companies requested his bonds as the first notice arrived, and a Congressional Record copy confirmed the action. Local interest wonders why confirmation came during the current session after prior delays. Other confirmed appointments include Bismarck Cleveland and Carrington.
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W. W. Smith
Valley City
United States Senate
Dny
Senate
Grenna
Bismarck
Cleveland
Carrington
Thaw Weeps In Court As Fleeing Thaw Pleads to Stay
Harry Kendall Thaw wept in Concord New Hampshire as his counsel urged Governor Felker not to surrender him to New York authorities. Thaw, seated near William Travers Jerome, followed the courtroom battle closely with his mother and brother beside him. The case centers on return to Matteawan insane asylum after escape.
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Jobs
New York
Concord
N. H
Harry Kendall Thaw
Sel
Felker
Matteawan Insane Asylum
William Travers Jerome
Thaw
Yeomnen Blow Open Safes at Selz North Dakota
Yeggmen dynamited two safes at Selz near Marvey North Dakota, stealing eighty dollars and leaving hundreds in one safe. A single hole was drilled beside the combination and a powder charge blew the door. Andrew Mickelson, asleep in a barn nearby, heard the explosions but did not investigate.
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Marvey
N. D
Selz
Selz Mercantile Company
Kiser
Ekill
Andrew Mickelson
Penitentiary term for wife deserter in Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept 24 Convicted of abandoning his wife and five small children James A. Hyland was sentenced to the state penitentiary to serve from one to five years. Judge Morneaux refused reformatory sentence or probation. Hyland’s children are all under 10, youngest six months. He deserted the family in 1911, lived in Seattle, arrested in Oct 1912, and promised $60 monthly support but paid only $80 in ten months. Family home at 1900 Twentieth avenue N.
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Minneapolis
Minn
James A. Hyland
Joseph W. Morneaux
Hyland
Seattle
Twentieth Avenue N
Manning Man Convicted for Shooting Wife
Adam Zirmer of Manning North Dakota was convicted for shooting his former wife after a property dispute. The couple had separated and divided assets. after a dispute over his share he demanded a further division and opened fire. The injured wife recovered and Zirmer faces a potential two to five year sentence by Judge Crawford.
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Manning
N. D
Adam Zirmer
Crawford
Zirmer
Roosevelt Attacks Two Old Parties in Progressive View
Former President Roosevelt in Century Magazine denounces both old parties and Taft policies while outlining the Progressive Party birth. He calls Taft and Smoot misused doctrine and mocks Democrats tariff efforts as red herrings. He criticizes Wilson’s New Freedom as rhetoric lacking concrete action.
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New York
Taft
Wilson
Congress
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Century Magazine
Bryan
Mr. Parker
Meaxmn
Penrose
la Follette
Smooth
Colonel Roosevelt
Bossiams
Yale
Smoot
Baby Show At State Exposition In Bismarck
A baby show runs October 7 to 19 at the State Exposition in Bismarck. The feature attracts strong interest from families and the rising generation with a health contest and lively judging that will draw crowds to the show end of the building.
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Bismarck
Wife of Old Settler Dies After Four Year Illness
Mrs. G. A. Berg of Barnes County died at 2 p.m. after a lingering illness lasting about four years. The cause is believed to be injuries from a runaway near the fair grounds years ago. A member of the Old Settlers' Club, she was well known and highly respected. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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G. A. Berg
Fair Grounds
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McNary
Chester White
Polland
China
Duroc Jerseys
Nelson
Borchert
Vancouver
George Stiles
van Couver
B. C
Miss Efe
American National Bank
Valley City, N. D
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Gurplus
Proms
A. H. Gray
H. C. Myhro
James Grady
H.C. Almoth
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Companion
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Alfred Lee
St. Paul
Mam
Ryan
Parker
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