Williston Men form Williams County Fair and Racing Assoc
State news notes a Williston group organizing the Williams County Fair and Racing Association. Articles of incorporation planned with $25,600 capital, attorneys Bessie and Greer preparing papers, officers elected including President Sohn Broceeet Vice President Charies Ma Secretary Harry McKay Treasurer W. S. Devifoca Directors listed. Estimated costs to cover early expenses and stables range $5,000 to $6,000. Several suitable sites discussed.
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Williston
Williams County Fair and Racing Association
Bessie & Greer
Bismarck
T. E. McKay
Great Northern
Minot
Baldwin
Calderwood
George Marlin
Iaes
Opton
Eeu Socal
Bottineau Seeks Carnegie Gift for Public Library Building
Bottineau officials and the local literary club pursue a Carnegie library grant. Dr A G Burr reports Andrew Carnegie favors Bottineau’s plan, potentially funding a $10 000 to $12 000 building with city levy guarantees and matching funds. A joint committee will present the plan at a future mass meeting.
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Bottineau
A. G. Burr
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Burr
Lkely
Dedicates New Armory in Dickinson Ceremony
Dedication of the Dickinson armory building drew about fifteen hundred spectators. The 60 by 120 foot structure is the largest in the state and first under a new armory law providing five thousand dollars in aid. Key figures included Capt. A. J. Osborn, Sen. L. A. Simpson, Frank Baker, and others from Fargo Bismarck Valley City and beyond. A dance and banquet followed, with attendees from across North Dakota.
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North Dakota
Dickinson
A. J. Osborn
Philippines
L.A. Simpson
Frank Baker
John Burke
L. B. Hanna
Fargo
Col. C. B. Little
Bismarck
Col
A. P. Peake
Valley City
Boy Undergoes Trephining After Skull Injury
Last November a ten year old boy, son of Anthony Compaan of Linton, was injured by a horse fall. Doctors Shockey and Gerdes in Eureka removed two skull pieces to relieve pressure, the patient showing careful progress despite prior blood poisoning in an arm.
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Avei
Anthony Compaan
Linton
Fas
Shockey
Eureka
Gerdes
Sheriff Takes Crazy Man to Illinois for Relatives
Sheriff McGillis of Blamarck has gone to Churchill Illinois with a violent man named Jonathan Greenweel to turn him over to relatives. Greenweel had been visiting relatives near Wilton and recently became violently insane after being brought to Bismarck. He was formerly in an Illinois asylum.
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McGillis
Blamarck
Sheri McGillis
Churchill, IL
Jonathan Greenweel
Greenweel
Wilton
Bismarck
Prisoner’s Dash for Liberty Ends in Arrests
Mas Buggy aided by C. H. Earl attempted an escape at Dogden jail for Hafstad. Brauer and Hafstad fled with Oscar Braner driving the team near the jail, but guards opened fire. Hafstad escaped. Earl is jailed on a $50 fine and thirty days, Brauer faces trial later.
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Ald
le Himech
Andy Hatstand
Dogden
C. H. Earl
Hafstd
Dill
Oscar Braner
Hafstad
Earl Hafstad
Iberty
Art Reltz
Halbis
Brauer
Earl
Jal
Woman Commits Suicide Near Bismarck By Strychnine
Francis Burleigh County farmer's wife 43 year old, Po! Hood, feared death from consumption after sickness. She took strychnine upstairs as husband left for the barn, confessed before collapsing, and died shortly after.
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Bismarck
K. Hood
Francis
Burleigh County
Successful Ruse Ends In Gretna Marriage Orchestrated By Father
A staged elopement to Gretna Manitoba led to a marriage between Ada Buickly and Robert Tie to Mary Dease. The bride’s father, claimed dying, urged a minister to unite them. Rev. Ross officiated. The truth emerged that the father rushed to Gretna to stop the union but arrived too late and joined the celebration dance.
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Ada Buickly
Robert Tie
Mary Dease
Leyden
Gretna
Man
R. Chambers
Rev. Ross
Gretna Presbyterian Church
A Blessing to North Dakota From Mild Winter
The Adams County Record notes the mild winter has not interrupted construction, praising the pace of building in this new country. Carpenters keep steady work, and large coal piles from fall mines remain largely unused, with farmers assured coal through spring.
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Adams County
Kenmare Man Arrested in Mortgaged Property Case
Fargo police arrested John Hodges on a charge of disposing mortgaged property after a telegram from Chief Kopriva. Hodges awaits transport by Ward county sheriff to answer the accusation. The incident follows a report from Kenmare authorities.
Not By Inches Breese M A and D D et
A University of Pennsylvania Punch verse jokes about a man named Breese pursuing multiple degrees. A doctor warns that the strain will kill him by degrees, delivering a humorous caution in a satirical academic context.
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Breese
University of Pennsylvania
Profitable Method of Raising Swine Under North Dakota
W B Richards assistant professor of animal husbandry at the agricultural college outlines a practical system for 100 pigs using turnouts on brome grass and rape pastures with movable fences and staged grain feeding. He argues forage crops reduce labor and grain costs, predicts higher pork quality and prices, and details crop plans from May to December to reach 200–250 pounds per pig for market.
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W. B. Richards
The
Agricultural College
North Dakota
Corn Belt
Wisconsin ‘Experiment Station
Valley News Highlights From North Dakota and Nearby
A collage of brief items notes Worth Dakota ubbins KK and Wahpeton’s “For a Greater Wahpeton” cattle cry, growing Woman’s Belief corps in Minot, sleighing in Emmons county, Wilton supplying rock to Northern Pacific, Dickey voting for fire apparatus, an artesian well powering a windmill in Oakes, Jamestown losing a prominent citizen Herman Gis, Rogers ladies hosting teachers at Barnes county, Tower City spellbinders, Missouri Rock traffic for Bismarck, DeLamere baseball organizers for 1908, McLean Bar association sessions at Washburn, Esmond school contract bid at 12 794, Bantry church organ upgrades, Wahpeton science faculty pride, Donnybrook pupils’ ambitious entertainment, Verona building and loan with Radabaugh presiding, James town eight grade commencements halted, a Sarles scoundrel prank, Finley farmers embracing favorable weather, Braddock roller mill lease, McVitie two chemical fire engines, Wilton fence post timber plans, Plaza park desecrator fined, Dickinson Pythians honor, Cayuga death of Walter Boomer, Ellendale school board legacy, Stark County Settlers’ league, harsh penalties for pole or wire damage, Williams county deputy after gamblers, Willis Odd Fellows temple dedication, and Glenullin school bond election void due to printing error.
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Esmond
Methodist
Bantry
Wahpeton
Donnybrook
Verona
M. C. Radabaugh
T. A. Wilson
Board of Education At
Jamestown
Vein of Coal Reported Near Steele by Beebe
C C Beebe struck a three foot coal vein while digging a well for his claim in section 22 141 14 at a depth of seventeen feet. A second vein was found at a lower depth and further digging might reveal a deeper vein. The discovery could benefit Breele area, being about fifteen miles nearer than any mine currently worked.
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Steele
C. C. Beebe
Breele
Towner Creamery In Sound Financial Condition
The creamery at Towner is in a satisfactory financial condition with floating indebtedness wiped out in the last year and patrons receiving the full benefit of all butter sold.
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Towner
Telephone lines to Haynes and Hettinger from Mott
The Cannon Ball Telephone company will extend lines from Mott south to Haynes and also to Hettinger. Haynes is expected to become an important freight point as freight will be moved from that station on the Milwaukee to Mott.
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Cannon Ball Telephone Company
Mott
Haynes
Hettinger
Milwaukee
Mandan Leap Year Club Counts Suitors in 1904
A Mandan leap year club reveals that seven of twenty two local bachelors in 1904 have given in to courtship by women. The remaining fifteen are pursued by eager suitors as social buzz grows in town.
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Mandan
Winter Wheat Crop Remains Strong in Alberta and Warner
Reprint of farm notes from Coaldale to Warner, Alberta, detailing 1907 harvests and yields. figures cite 249 acres with 197 spring wheat and 152 oats, average 38 and 74 bushels per acre. Best cuts: 41 bushels per acre on 107 acres, oats 95 bushels per acre on 47 acres. Also notes 60 tons hay, 600 bushels potatoes. Mentions 1906 breaking, one four horse team, and 12,000 bushels valued at $12,000. Additional district data from Warner, January 1908, on winter and spring wheat yields.
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Coaldale
Atta
Can
W. H. Pawson, JR
Leffingwell
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Bram
Illinois
Kenmare
Dan Scott
H. P. Goddard
McKenzie
Bramarck
Speltz
Adolph Jenonov
Minots
Emmons County
Northern Pacific
Len
Dickey
Ronda
Oakes
Herman Gis
Rogers
Themelves
Barnes County
Tower City
Missouri
DeLamere
McLean County Bar Association
Washburn
Sarles
Finley
Braddock
McVitie
W. H. Wilton
Plaza
Pythians
Congregational Church
Order of Knights of Pythias
Walter H. Boomer
State Manual Training School Board
Ellendale
Cayuga
Masonic Lodge
Far
McKenzie County
Secrer
Ashley
Williams County
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Williss
Glenullin
Alberta
Canada
Allen
Gress A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Abe
Jerome Remicke
Wall Street
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
Baetlpon Dairy CO
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