Minnesota Bank Growth Sets Record in Five Years
In St Paul May 21 the public examiner reports Minnesota’s banking expansion from 1900 to 1905. The state added 360 banks, 213 state and 147 national, a 128 percent rise. Deposits more than doubled from about 90 million to 180 million, with capital and resources rising sharply, signaling rapid statewide prosperity and industrial growth.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Theublic Examiner
Commonwealth
Club Women Open Biennial in St Paul Convention
Delegates to the General Federation of Women's Clubs eighth biennial convention arrive in St Paul amid sunshine after rain, with heavy participation from Chicago, New England, Omaha, and Colorado. Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker notes easy access and strong press promotion as the event opens in the Minnesota capital.
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National Federation
Arevision
St. Pau
St. Paul
General Federation of ‘Women's Clubs
Chicago
New England
Omaha
Colorado
Sarah Platt Decker
Denver
T. Paul
Fugitive Fred Chapman Arrested After Island Shooting
Red Wing Minnesota May 31. Fred Chapman the man shot by a woman on the island across from Red Wing has been arrested. Sheriff Lindquist said a previous Chapman indicted years ago for assault lived on Pine Island and escaped. The present arrest follows a long search by Ellsworth authorities.
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Red Wing
Minn
Fred Chapman
Ellsworth
Wis
Sherif Lindquist
Chapman
Pine Island
Lundquist
Dr J P Force Guilty In Embezzlement Case At Minneapolis
Dr J P Force former president of Northwestern National Life Insurance found guilty of embezzling 135 shares of Metropolitan Bank stock from the company. Sentencing deferred on motion for new trial amid sensational testimony. Also reported Three killed in wreck near Two Harbors as runaway freight train with no engine crew derails. a brakeman injured.
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Northwestern Life
Minneapolis
J.P Force
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Harbors
Minn
Duluth
Iron Range
Waldo
Variety for Club Women Day of Work and Play in St Paul
Delegates and visitors to the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial in St Paul faced a day of mixed activities. Morning sessions at the armory tackled routine business while afternoon receptions at local homes offered social engagement and family time. Evening programs returned to the armory with further speeches and instruction. About 1200 attendees were present with more expected through Tuesday as committee reports filled much of yesterday.
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St Paul
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Armory
St. Paul
Armors
Drainage League Convention Postponed to June 26
Wadena Minnesota June 3 Owing to Republican county conventions on June 5 the Minnesota Drainage league meeting scheduled for that day has been postponed to June 26. Prominent public men and citizens could not attend June 5 due to county duties. The executive committee changed the date and the secretary has sent notices of the postponement.
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Wadena
Minn
Minnesota Drainage League
Haseen
Floods Endanger Bridges In North Western Extensions
Heavy rains west of Pierre North Dakota halt grading on the North Western extensions for a week. Bridges across the Bad River are supported by false work with high water threatening supports. A crew remains at each bridge to clear drift and reinforce any signs of failure.
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Pierre
Gambler in Mountains Goes Hunting and Is Lost
N. C. Artman, once chief clerk for the Northern Pacific at Butte and later agent and sheriff of the Great Northern at Troy, is believed drowned after venturing into the mountains near Troy with two cousins. Bloodhounds traced his path to the Yank River before his disappearance was confirmed.
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Great Northern Road
Ted
Yank
Man Jumps From Second Story After Imagined Pursuit
In IllingsMont June 3 a stranger named Lacroix Halcomb leaped from the second story of a house on North Twenty eighth street. He suffered multiple joint dislocations and bruises, believed to be caused by temporary mental aberration and a hallucinatory sense of pursuit by enemies.
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Illings, Mont
Lacroix Halcomb
North Twenty Eighth Street
Snemies
Barn Fire Destroys Animals and Barn Contents
A barn fire caused by unknown causes destroyed Jove Barn. Fire damaged or killed a bull named Tag, four fine horses, a busy, two new sets of harnesses, and about 100 blooded chickens belonging to Carl Shever. The structure housed a large quantity of bay and oats and affected the Zoo Rand area.
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Widine
W. Shever
Zoo Rand
Carl Shelver
In Love With Aunt Incident in Iowa Mart
In Marshalltown Iowa on June 3 Lewis Edwards a 23 year old Montezuma man killed himself with strychnine after failing to marry his aunt Lavia Holtry who lived with him She attended memorial exercises with another man at the time of his death more details are unclear from the readable text and the incident.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Lewis Edwards
Montezuma
Edwards
Lavia Holtry
North Dakota Notes From Across The State
North Dakota items report a Bowdon water issue, Mandan street fair decline, Minot robberies and a growing hospital plea, new bank plans at Plaxton, a Wahpeton church renovation, and rural routes and telegraph line advances. County incidents include burglaries in Kulm and farm accidents, with several towns planning Fourth of July celebrations and militia organization.
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Sowner
J. A. Peterson
Kulm
Mandan
Minot
Garrison
Bowbells
Smond
Lisbon
F. G. Harnish
Alice May
Steele
Linton Telephone Exchange
Wahpoton
Adams
Daota
Bill Board
Bismarck
Ward
Theer
Oberon
Glenburn
Great Northern
Plaxton
W. R. Bond
W. S. Young
Largo
Gottfred Jensen
Pyeland
King‘Asher
J. T
Drayton Sota
Michigan
Semestown
Tiaion
Evenioone
Pithe Poole
Devils Lake Tatoo
Company B
Barnes
Serra
West
Dickson
Peeee
Lutheran Hospital
Hazelton
Nacho
Jamestown
Fessenden
Drake
Emen
Willow City i
Frank Sullvan
Courtenay
Dhat
Bell
Coutest
Grand Forks Bottineau
Mate School
Fovea
Hiboro
Leonard’ Burton
Faxton
Willve
Fred Whigeler
Jainot Ny
Carl Peter
Lanaford
Mea
Crosby
Lamarek
Dickinson
Never Brighter in North Dakota Says Leistikow
North Dakota sephalist Leistikow says weather across the wheat belt shows a favorable outlook. Moisture remains abundant, wheat in the ground is advancing well, and Canadian line counties report rising yields as Pembina and northern counties near completion. A little good weather and a fair summer could yield splendid crops across Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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W. . Talstikow
North Dakota
St. Paul
Gratton
N. D
Leistikow
Informaton
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wheat Acreage Cut Forty Percent in Wahpeton Grand Forks Strip
Well informed men say forty percent of land in a ten mile wide strip from Wahpeton to Grand Forks will not be seeded this year due to a week of steady rain that soaked ground and halted flax seeding. Across the state conditions for wheat remain favorable west of the strip, with crops thriving, while other grains suffer from cool wet weather. In a separate incident Muller and an accomplice attempted robbery near Garrison, leading to a shooting that left Muller gravely wounded. the assailant fled and was later pursued.
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Wahpeton
Grand Forks
Sno
Vtrath
Steele
Muller
Buller
Bist
Ana
William McGee
Wncom
Moller
Piterson Muller
Garrison
Aia
Ubler
Aiwker
St. Paul
Man Confesses in Muller Shooting Near Bismarck
Jaeph Lach admitted shooting John Muller near Bismarck on Saturday. He led officers to the scene and described the crime and hid revolver. Muller was badly injured with arteries severed and a kidney lodged bullet. The victim was shot in the back around dawn.
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Lach
Bismarck
John Muller
Muller
Bismargk
Missour
North Dakota Creameries Cooperative Lab Rolls Out
A pamphlet from North Dakota Dairy Commissioner Flin outlines a state program funding creameries across counties including Barnes Burleigh Kidder Foster and Eddy. The document notes six figure dollar amounts and lists cooperatives forming under the scheme with varying project sizes and aims.
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Wy Ant
Flin
North Dakota
Barnes
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