North Dakota High Values and Resources Report
An extensive, data rich survey details North Dakota’s assets including an assessed valuation surpassing 1.9 billion dollars, 805 banks with deposits over 116 million, and a rail network of 6281 miles. It notes arable land of 42.5 million acres, 70,385 farms, 155 million bushels of wheat in 1915, and diverse crop yields. The state hosts 800 plus post offices, 333 consolidated schools, and various institutions while highlighting coal, cement, brick deposits and a strong agricultural economy. It provides geographic coordinates, climate data, and population growth to 636,994 in 1915, with a religiously diverse society and a profile as an agricultural powerhouse.
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Bismarck
N. C
Springfield
Ill
North Dakota
Union
United States
Seattle
New York
Canadian
State Universe Agricultural College
Pembina
Summit
Flint Seeks Reappointment as Dairy Commissioner
Robert F. Flint announces his candidacy to succeed himself as Gamaienteller, of Agriculture and Jr. He has served the department faithfully over the past year and believes in elevating North Dakota as a leading livestock producer. His statewide experience and energetic drive aim to render continued good service.
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Robert F. Flint
Gamaienteller
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Bob Flint
North Dakota
Pure Seed Circular Advises Clean Seed and Weeding Paths
North Dakota Experiment Station issues circular No 12 on securing seed grain free from mixtures and disease. Professor Bolley urges using pure seed, cleaning and treating it, and sowing with every seventh row left as a walking path to remove weeds and diseased or off type plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Bolley
Make the Farm More Attractive with Trees and Windbreaks
The article urges planting trees around the farm home to create a inviting, prosperous impression and benefit soil, wind protection, fuel, fence posts, and repairs. It highlights windbreaks boosting fruit and vegetable variety, shade, bird life, and long term farm value for current and future generations.
Incompatibilit our Honor and May Home Companion
The May issue discusses public taste for unclean motion pictures with evidence of wide preference. It features Justice John Jchi on divorce, drawn from Freschi’s experience in New York, plus articles on piano lessons, marrying a minister, a bird garden, and a tuberculosis cure tale.
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May Woman's Home Companion
John Jchi
Victor Emanuel II
Freschi
Court of Domestic Relations
New York City
Williams Armstrong
Bird Garden
Dorothy Canfield
New Monthly Contents Feature Wide Range of Reading
The issue lists reviews and pieces by E Wilkins Freeman Walter Prichard Sophie Chee Margaret Deland Fannie Heaslip Lea William Chester Estabrook and others. It highlights departments on handicraft cooking and for younger readers with expert contributions by Cora Farmer Perkins Helen Bay Claudy Grace Margaret Gould and a new Alea Gravure section for pictures.
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E. Wilkins Freeman
Walter Prichard
Sophie Chee
Chec
Helen Bay
Claudy
Grace Margaret Gould
Alea Gravure
Handling young chicks in brooders and feeding guide
Instructions for chick care from hatching to six weeks, covering temperatures, housing, feeding schedules, and homemade and commercial feeds. Maintains details on temperatures 95 and 90 degrees, crowding signs, age-based feeding plans, and mash compositions with specific ingredient ratios. Includes range for open range greens and progression to wheat and cracked corn at six weeks.
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Theover
Mountain Ash ornamental tree features and care tips
The piece extols American Mountain Ash as an attractive ornamental tree with dark green leaves, creamy white flower clusters, red berries, and red autumn foliage. Cautions about sun scald lead to shading trunks southward. Also includes a reflection on merchants bearing public-works costs and a critique of subscription funding versus universal taxation.
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North Dakota
Love Our Neighbor and the Flea in Heaven Tale
A folksy reflection on neighborliness, a jab at an unseen merchant, and a wry parable about wealth. The speaker contrasts spending with prudent restraint, invoking Hunting Villa and an Irish flea anecdote to poke satirical balance.
Conkey CARE of POULTRY Hatching Timing for Broilers Broad Rules
The article urges careful timing for hatchings in poultry to optimize chick survival and growth. It covers weather, breed, equipment, and egg quality, warning against early or late hatching, especially for broilers. It notes northern states, May hatchings, and risks of overheating and disease in late chicks.
Back to the Country Moral: If you are in the country stay there
An exchange sermonizes on rural life and charity. A Chicago teamster, fired by city strike troubles, moves his hungry family to a country brick yard shack built by his own hands. They find shelter, furniture from scraps, and plain happiness, challenging urban prejudice. The piece ends urging readers in the country to remain.
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Chicaro
Uin
Fle
Conlleal
Garreet
Bac
Bids Sought for High School Addition in Williston
Williston Special School District No 1 invites bids to erect and complete an addition to the high school building. Separate bids for heating and ventilation accepted. general contractor to bid on building with and without heating and plumbing. Bid guarantees via certified checks equal 5 percent of bid. Plans available in Minneapolis Builders Exchange and Minot Builders Exchange, and at architect E Juelson’s office. Board may reject any or all bids. Notices dated April 13 1916 by William Sahr.
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Hottentots
Dahomey
Board of Education
Williston
Williams County
North Dakota
M. J. Borden
Builders and Traders Exchange
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Builders Exchange
Minot
E. Juelson
A. D
Nursery Rhymes Recast Improvised Verse
A playful rearrangement of the classic nursery rhyme lines featuring a clock, a mouse and a stocking, with the refrain Hickory hickory dock. The poem twists familiar imagery into a quirky, shockingly odd moment.
Corns Removed in Lively Old Time Call
A colorful, fragmentary verse scene recalls astonished exclamations about a corn removal. The speaker bursts with wonder at the unexpected success and humorous rural chatter echoes through the fragment.
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Farm Department
By R. F. Flint
Flint
Whole Wheat Milling CO
M. S. Williams
Conkey
C. Ellithorpe
William Sahr
Saykally
Getmiv
Directwrence & Coy
Chicago
Erich Rather
S. J. Crease
Northwestern Hide & Fur CO
East Williston
N. D
Great Northern Livery Barn
Beber St Tein
Troncmane Willis Sanatorium
Chicis
Baty
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