North Dakota Community Updates and Incidents
A roundup of North Dakota notes reports a hospital prospect at Towner, cement walks urged in Lakota, and a booming Valley City summer with new drug stores. It notes a Barton peddler chased out, a corn acreage lead by Richland County, and Crosby skipping Fourth celebrations. Also listed are hospital armory debates, weather and crop notes, new creamery efforts at Mott, and a fatal horse accident at Fairmount.
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Mott
Bottineau
Ambrose
Enderlin wars 1 new postoffice building
Renewed warfare against bank cards and agitation for fort naming plus local concerns fill a North Dakota page. Firemen seek better equipment. outbreaks of scarlet fever and smallpox loom reports. wheel of town life shows quail releases, new rapid telephones, racing, and a pea-green mix of incidents across Bismarck Enderlin Williston and other towns.
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Bismarck
Denial and grants at North Dakota pardons board meeting
The North Dakota pardon board at the state capital, Bismarck, denied and granted several applications. Vincent Kunz and C H Fostian were among those denied, while Alice Hale received a pardon. Other outcomes included the commutation for Hotum and a few approvals for related cases. Governor Burke and Attorney General McCue attended along with judges and lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Burke
McCue
Morgan
Afpreme Court
K. Wing
W. A Fulkerson
Bangs
Grand Parks
Bivester
Chicago
Joseph Til
Pembine County
Till
Miller
Iito
Ludge, Young
Supreme Bench
W. J. Kneeshaw
Biamarck
Wolfe
Wahpeton
Tere
Joseph Kempter
Williston
C. H. Fostian
John W. Taylor
Toeven
Great Northern
Grand Forks
Hotum
Aillnboro
Carmody
Hillsoro
Howam
Boys to Erect Building with Cement Blocks
Supt. Brown of the North Dakota state reform school at Mandan proposes a new two story cement block building to be built entirely by inmates. The project aims to save labor costs and provide extra room while showcasing the boys' skills. Farmers and Merchants Bank of Mandan is advertising bids for a two story brick office building.
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Supt. Brown
North Dakota State Reform School
Mandan
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Mandan
Peculiar Cord Fatality in Skogmo Reads Reader's Head Support
A 15 year old, Albert Bakken, was found dead in his room at Skogmo with a cord fastened about his neck. He had just received books by express and used the cord to support his head while reading. His younger brother saw him reading in that position. The father found him dead at supper time. The cord likely slipped over the head and tightened as the boy slept, causing strangulation.
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Ben” Corbis
Emmons County
Webb Kimball
Minot
Skogmo
Albert Bakken
Bes
Heck
Express
Half-Brothers Reunite in Fargo After 35 Years
Bandell of Ashtabula Ohio and Richard Taber, long separated half-brothers, met in Fargo last week by chance while Bandell tended property for the widow of Gen Harrison Allen former U S marshal of Dakota Territory. The unexpected sighting led to an emotional reunion as they recognized each other in a painter's shop.
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Ohio
Fargo
Bandell
Ashtabula
Richard Taber
Harrison Allen
United States
Dakota Territory
Randell
Taber
Love, Death, and a Dickinson Federal Inspector
F W Weston a veterinary surgeon from Dickinson died by taking aconite in an apparent suicide linked to a troubled love affair. Once a Kansas City Kansas resident and federal livestock inspector, Weston aged thirty faced a period of mental instability after an unsuccessful romance. He lived in Dickinson for two years and had earlier sought private retreat for recovery, with a relapse this spring indicating renewed illness.
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F. W. Weston
Dickinson
Kansas City
Kan
Western League of Oratory elects officers at Grand Forks
At the annual meeting of the Western League of Oratory covering North and South Dakota, Rex Willard of North Dakota Agricultural College was named president, Oswald Alseth of Yankton as vice president, and Clyde Evans of Mitchell as secretary treasurer. The contest winners will now receive medals, gold for first and silver for second place.
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West ‘Ern League of Oratory
North and
South Dakota
Grand Forks
Rex’ Willard
North Dakota Agricultural College
Oswald Alseth
Yankton
Clyde Evans
Mitchell
Grand Jury Returns No Indictments In Prohibition Case
A North Dakota Grand Jury session reported no indictments for violation of the prohibition law. The panel noted that unlawful bootleg operations have ceased and foresees no further violations. In a related matter, Anton Beer’s habeas corpus case was dismissed as the court extended instructions to avoid self incriminating questions. Dr. R D Campbell of Grand Forks urged physicians to press for higher insurance exam fees and oppose rate cuts by old line insurers. The closing session featured technical talks from prominent North Dakota doctors.
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Arek Grand Jury
Biamack
Supreme Court
Beers
R. D. Campbell
Grand Forks
North Dakot
Une
North Dakota
Women’s suffrage debate rocks Scandinavian press
The article surveys Nordic views on suffrage with emphasis on Norway Denmark and Sweden. It notes mixed cabinet opinions on women’s franchise and reports resignations in Norway while King Oscar and Queen Sophia visit Paris and Copenhagen. It mentions rail wage debates and a Danish West Indies sale verdict alongside cultural notes on philanthropy earthquakes and church counts.
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Orth Dakota
Langdon
Hettinger
Valley City
Adams County
Barton
Richland County
Crosby
Linton
Soo
William Flumerfeldt
Hannaford
William Wood
Fairmount
Ada Hague
St Sherwood
Edinburg
Balfour Mills
Burdick
Cavalier + county
Munich
George Lonne
Towner
Dresden
Company C
Mismarch
Medora
Packard
Amrose
York
Cornell
Mohall
F. J. Hibbard
Erie
Presbyterian Church
Velva
Germany
Act
America
John Kelsch
Kelsch
Mayville
Enderlin Wars
Postofice
Michigan City
Abercrombie
Denhoft
New Rockford
Chili
Bismarck Gun Club
Missouri
Hazleton
Morton County
Lidgerwood
Muckraker Packara
New Grain Commission
Enderlin
Waitokarin
Portland
Milton
Upham
Devil Lake
Peter McQuillan
Biltings County
Granville
Austin Darnell
Denhat
Cogswell
Bisbee
United States District
Glenullin
Hatton
Starahall
Thomas F. Marshall
Commercial Club
Marshall
Jessen
Oratory League
Lewis
Rude
Willan Dahl
Ed Sanborn
John Heinrichs
Shim
Gust ‘Thorne
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
By Martin W. Odi
Pres Fent
Ate Comstitutional Committee
Malm
Olsson
Michelson
Disson
Gjovik
Parre
Borreson
Navy Department
Hans H. Krag
Herr Krag
King Haakon
Queen Maud
Paris
Copenhagen
Stavanger
Lillehammer
Aalesund
Csay Wie
Fremdenblatt
Hamburg
Stockholm
Oscar
Europe
Noreay
Augustana College
Tock Island
Ekman
New World
Court of St. James
Emanuel Swedenborg
London
Lulea
Linnens
Gusta
W. W. Keen
University of Pennsylvania
J. A. Udden
Augustan College
Rock Island
National Times
Niels Nielson
Ribe
Danish Temperance Association
Thing
Mts
Lassen
Skanderborg
Ies
Rigsdag
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