Annual visit of trustees inspects Williston experiment station
A 1914 visit by the Agricultural College Board of Trustees to the Williston Experiment Station documented their tour on August 11. Director Thomas Cooper led the party while noting livestock expansion plans, alfalfa, corn, and hog farming progress at multiple local farms before supper with the Commercial Club and discussions on future cooperation.
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Agricultural College Board of Trustees
Williston
Thomas Cooper
Kelly
Devils Lake
Elliott
Fargo
Jenson
Westhope
Weigle
Hebron
Cochartmanteen
Cooper
Ruxicka
Rawson
Westergaard
Farries
Albert Heffelfinger
Wheelock
Landry
Arnt
Buhler
Commercial Club
Bruegger
Farmen
Keltner
Mr. Kelly
Williams
Fim
Devils ‘Lake
Williams County
Dickinson
Sidney
Glendive
Langton
Bulgarian Frontiers Move After Heat Wave Warning
Sofia August 12 Ege Radostavoff announced that Buca will observe strict heat measures and take steps to repel any violation of its frontiers in response to rising tensions.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
London
Ege Radostavoff
Buca
County Fair Displays Highlight Williams County Produce
Williams County shows a strong horticultural display at the County Fair with vegetables fruits and flowers. The exhibit rules stress uniformity freshness and proper sizing with prizes listed for lettuce potatoes cabbage beets radishes onions and assorted collections along with extensive flower entries to be sent by the Secretary on request.
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Williams County
Ohio
North Dakota
Locked in Vault Trapped Clerk Escapes in North Dakota
In Bismarck North Dakota on August 6 hr Clough an employee in the goad commissioner's office was accidentally locked inside the vault as clerks left for the day. Lieut Wing of the supreme court library heard knocking and alerted Cushing who released him.
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Bismarck
N. D
Clough
Capitol
Mr. Cushing
Clour
British Admiralty cancels Atlantic sailings of Alsatian ships
Montreal August 11 the British admiralty cancelled all trans Atlantic sailings of the Allen line steamers Alsatian Victorian Corsican and will use the vessels to transport supplies and troops presumably from Pan Europe. Misses Ruth Marmon and Fern Lacey are in from Mormon this week to take the teachers examinations.
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Montreal
Allen Line
Pan- Europe
Ruth Marmon
Fern’ Lacey
Mormon
Oklahoma shopper learns mail order sting in tale
A man in Oklahoma visits a store to buy an item priced at 1.65 but compares with Sears 1.35. The dealer offers mail order terms, adding postage and money order fees. The man pays and learns the item must be mailed from Chicago, delaying two weeks. Contemporary quip closes with the dealer’s sharp punchline.
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Oklahoma
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Rich Tourists Take Steerage On London Liner Philadelphia
London Aug 6 The liner Philadelphia sailed for New York with 240 cabin and 1000 steerage passengers. Wealthy Americans occupied steerage. Charles Aldrich of Cleveland rejected offers of 1000 for his family stateroom. John A Wilson, Wilson's cousin to President Wilson, also aboard.
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London
Philadelphia
New York
Charles Aldrich
Cleveland
Wilson
John A. Wilson
Viking
Liverpool
James T. Harahan
Ilinois Central Railroad
Martha Harris
Memphis, Ten
German Army Heads Toward Brussels and Brussels Front
Kaiser Wilhelm's force presses toward Brussels as Liege’s northern turning movement expands. French and Belgian artillery rumble through city streets while Allied troops from France Belgium and England converge east of Brussels to meet the German advance. Reports note German cavalry actions near Tongres and fortification efforts as stirring war news spreads.
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Brussels
Kaiser Wilhelm
Liege
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
England
War Department
Tongress
Limbourg
Congress
St. Trond
Hesaye
British warning on North Sea mines threatens neutral ships
Washington dispatch reports Colville Barclay presenting a British memorandum to Secretary Bryan. It warns Germany is planting contact mines in the North Sea, imperiling neutral shipping and authorizing self defense measures that could heighten navigation dangers.
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Washington
Great Britaan
Soa
Germany
Han
Colville Barclay
Idey
Bryan
North Sea
President Wilson and Family Grief at Mrs Wilson’s Death
Mrs Woodrow Wilson died at the White House at 5 pm after a months long illness with Bright’s disease. The president and his three daughters remained at her bedside as Congress adjourned in respect. Doctors and officials were present as the end came and the nation mourned.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Bright
Wilson
McAdoo
Sayre
Margaret Wilson
North Dakota Leads in Better Farming Drive Expansion
The Better Farming movement has made North Dakota a national pioneer with rapid spread to other states and Canadian provinces. Federal funding under the Smith Lever Act supports county agents, with local participation key. Frank Plummer resigns from the First National Bank to join Louis F. Dow & Co. in St. Paul, covering North Dakota.
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North Dakota
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
United States
Better Farming Association
Minnesota
Congress
Thomas Cooner
Plummer
Frank Pluramer
First National Bank
Louis F. Dow & Co
St. Paul
Warship Sunk in Pacific Likely German Vessel
Wreckage washed ashore near the South Shore life saving station includes two cabin doors marked Navigating and Gunner. A German warship with three stacks and two masts was seen sixteen miles east of the Golden Gate at 10 am, possibly the Leipzig or Nurnberg, tying to recent British warship floats found nearby.
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San Francisco
South Shore
Golden Gate
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Prizes At Williams County Fair Baby Contest
A baby contest will be held at the Williams County Fair with three classes for ages six months and under six months to a year and ages one to three. Judges include Doctors MacManus Hagan and Windhell. State of war proclaimed in Bulgaria to guard frontiers. Sofia reports via London dated Aug 12.
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New York
Russia
France
Germany
Austria
Williams County Fair
MacManus
Hagan
Windhell
Bulgaria
Sofia
London
Paeasie
International Harvester found a monopoly and ordered dissolved
In St Paul on August 12 the International Harvester company was declared a monopoly restraining interstate and foreign trade and ordered dissolved. Judges Smith and Hook filed the majority decision. Judge Sanborn dissented. The court gave nine days to submit a dissolution plan or a receiver may be appointed.
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St. Paul
International Harvester Company
Smith and Hook
United States
Walter H. Sanborn
Hook
Sanborn
Saya
Aida
Nrasont
Court of Equity
Destructive windstorm hits Milner area injuring Kolstads
A north Milner wind storm wrecked the Kolstad home injuring Christ Kolstad severely and his mother Mrs. T. T. Kolstad fatally, while A. N. Miller's barn collapsed trapping his wife and daughter Florence who was recovered with fatal injuries.
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Wyndmere
N. D. Ave
Milner
Kolstad
Christ Kolstad
T. T. Kolstad
A. N Miller
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N. D .A. C. and Experiment Station
Harry Clough
Denmark
Pacific
California
Harvesting Co.declared Trust
U.S. District Court
Great Corporation
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