Movement to move city workers to the country urged
The Duluth Herald highlights William Borsodi and Bolton Hall pushing a nationwide plan to relocate surplus city residents to rural estates. They cite Three Acres and Liberty and advocate starting a movement led by Hall to ease high living costs and social tensions by farming.
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William Borsodi
Bolton Hall
Duluth
Borsodi
Hall
Three Acres
Liberty
Garden Yard
Mr. Hall
Europe
the Herald
The
Herald
Mr. Borsodi
Little Land League
J. Pierpont Mrogan
W. Everit Macy
Joseph Fels
New Jersey
Jessen
Wireless telegraphy on moving trains near success
Mr. L. B. Foley and Mr. David Sarnoff report tests on the Lackawanna Limited sending and receiving wireless messages at fifty miles an hour between Scranton and Binghampton. A relief conductor and an extra car were coordinated by wireless signals without stopping for telegraph messages. The experts say the system needs instrument tuning but could revolutionize railroading and safety.
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New York Times
L. B. Foley
Lackawanna
David Sarnoff
Marconi Company
Lackawanna Limited
Scranton
Binghampton
Foley
German Imperial State
Berlin
Mr. Foley
Mr. Sarnoff
That Is My Thesis The North Dakota Boy’s Record Corn
An 11 year old North Dakota lad earns a prize of 175 in gold for breaking a record by raising 106 bushels of corn on a single acre. The tale contrasts school prizes and Phi Beta Kappa honors with the boy’s practical achievement and calls his corn the thesis.
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North Dakota
New York Evening Post
Letter on suffrage and democracy from 1913 correspondent
A cousin writes from National Press Club in Washington about a suffrage meeting led by Rheta Child Carr, Charles Edward Russell, and Inez Milholland Bosseain. He praises Milholland and Carr, notes the era of women’s rights approaching, and predicts changes as intelligent women join the movement for justice.
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Associated Press Correspondence Association
Washington
D. C
Oregon
National Press Club
Rheta Child Carr
Charles Edward Russel
Inez Milholland Bossevian
Milholland Boissevian
Suffrage ideal reflected in family and public life
A letter from Lawrence speaks of a sweeping abolitionist ideal where women’s suffrage transforms society. He argues women will bring ethical governance, with broader social reform and the end of wage oppression, urging national suffrage as essential. He sends regards to a home circle.
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Lawrence
Celebrating Nuptials of Samuel W Fried Man
Mr and Mrs Samuel W Friedman celebrated their Jewish wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs L Harris 217 1st street west on Thursday November 27 with Rabbi Yellen officiating about fifty guests attended under the hupa flowers decorated the ceremony followed by a wedding supper Mrs Friedman formerly Bernice Wertzell of LaGrange Ind and Mr Friedman is the son of a merchant of Sault Ste Marie Michigan
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Samuel W. Friedman
Imperial Stock Company
Sophia Harris
Mabel Greengard
Minnie
Esther Ravitechen
Morris Garrison
Dave Greengard
Dave
Alex
Rawitscher
Friedman
Bernice Wertzell
LaGrange
Ind
Mr. Friedman
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
Great Northern Auditors Review Rail Staff Shifts
Great Northern auditors and 30 staff inspect agents and transfers. Dupuis resigns to run a farm after long railroad service. Blais of Rugby transfers. Dwelle resigns for a job with the 800. MacCarter to Midridge South Dakota with brother Leon. Inspector Bellin and Supt. Cardlens noted in Williston early week.
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Great Northern News
Great Northern
Johannas
McKenzie
F. Dupuis Ais
Blaissai
Rugby
F. Dupuis
Mcket
A. 3
Dwelle
Kenneth MacCarter
Midridge
S. D
Asia
Leon Inspector Bellin
eCardlens
Williston
Millinery at Cost as Stock Is Closed Out
Mrs. Alice Frome announces a sale closing out all millinery stock at Baie. Early bargains offered on hats and related items to clear inventory.
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Earl
Bareale
Alice Frome
Baie
Class Talk On War Triggers Childs Headache Tale
A Cincinnati Enquirer report describes a classroom moment where a girl answers questions about battles in the Boer War. She recalls Graspan Modder River Paardeberg and admits her father had headaches from cannon fire, not wounds.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Graspan
Modder River
Paardeberg
Just A Joke at Alumni Dinner in New York
The late Timothy Woodruff attended an alumni dinner in New York hosted by a co ed college. The event drew notice as a social gathering of former students and faculty highlighting campus ties and memories.
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Timothy Woodruff
New York
Dinner Toast Sparks College Banter
During a college dinner a toast to the president prompts humorous quips about degrees and gender. The exchange touches on a dog bite incident involving Lew and Judd Ward with comments on licenses and repeated bites.
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Judd Ward
Bill Purdy
Lew
Gene Woods
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Wits
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Vila Ecente Porto
Union
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Abe Hasner
Main Street
Williston, N. D
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Otha
Mr. Woodruff
J.D. Wolpert
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