Normal Rhetoric class launches weekly paper The Rhetoric Journal
The Rhetoric class at the Normal under Prof Chariton Andrews forms a weekly newspaper The Rhetoric Journal with a complete student editorial staff rotating weekly. The Moorhead Normal basketball team lost to the Normal 45 to 18. A second men s basketball team is organized to represent both the Normal and Y M C A and challenge state high schools. A visiting legislative committee including Sen Cashel and Reps Duncan Baker and Hanley spoke on Educational Needs. A hot water shower bath was installed in the boys lavatory.
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Chariton Andrews
Rhetoric Journal
Times
Hanna
Valley City
Normal
Y.M.C. A
John Cashel
James Duncan
Thos. H. Baker, Jr
J. M. Hanley
Edward Ott
Ott School of Expression
Chicago
M. A. Pray
Pros. Normal Board
Gen. Peake
Local Notes On Homes and Visiting Residents
Marmon Mr and Mrs John Johnson formerly of South Dakota now on their homestead at Marmon Alma Rye is back home Miss Rye stayed at F Livingston s for months Don Wilder and five pupils treated to coffee and cake at Freeman school Elmo Brown returned from Williston and is able to move about Mr Dillree and family visited Lokens Mrs Ida Dusell gives piano lessons to Mormon youths Gudor Loken has been ill Elmo Brown will help in A H Browns granary soon A large crowd skated on the creek last Wednesday Presbyterian Ladies Aid held a basket social for the church Miss O M Loken went to Williston to learn dressmaking
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Elmo Brown
Williston
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
O. M. Loken
Miss Loken
Painted Woods Local Notes and Incidents
Groundhog sighting noted and coal mine shipments mentioned. Various residents including Chris Nelson, J J Larson, James Ramey and M Thompson reported business calls, farm sales, and wells being dug. A team driven by C J Cook startled by a robe on a sled, narrowly controlled with no damage.
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James Ramey
John Gout
C. J. Cook
C. J
Agricultural insights on pork markets and flax varieties
The text notes that pork production thrives in non corn regions with Denmark and Olland as examples, and claims Northwest conditions can yield high grade bacon. It emphasizes farmer skill over breed differences, suggests sowing rape with wheat, warns against North Dakota Immune flax, and mentions Minnesota No 25 flax as wilt resistant but not to be grown on flax sick soil. The Agricultural College reports a crop hailed last summer and destroyed.
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Canada
Denmark
Olland
Northwest
Minnesota
Agricultural College
Saturday and Sunday Socials in Garden Valley
Garden Valley residents enjoyed a weekend with visits from Mrs J 8 Kileson and guests at R A Reider home for a surprise party. Local events included music by Edison phonograph violin by John Hamilton and a successful basket sale raising 45 dollars.
Bonetraill Notes and Local Visits Chronicle
Bonetraill Sever Buer returned from Montana last week. John Molstad of Hillsboro visited Bonetraill friends. Mrs. J. Kasbo visited with Mrs. Anna Thompson last Wednesday. Mattie Leddel was out on her claim last week. Mr. Holdahl and Mr. Peterson called at Nudd's Monday. Miss Buer spent Thursday evening with Miss Thompson. A number of young people jailed at Leddel's home last Sunday.
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Sever Buer
Montana
John Molstad
Hillsboro
Bonetraill
Leddel
J. Kasbo
Anna Thompson
Mattie Leddel
Homemade Anvil From Old Rail and Timber
The illustration shows a low cost DIY anvil using an old rail turned upside down. Two thick timbers form a base with width about six to eight inches, supporting the rail. The top is shaped to fit the iron, with several bolts passed through the timber to secure parts and form a compact forge anvil.
Agricultural guidance and crop variety rankings from 1907
The article describes farm tools and construction tips, recommending securing rails with bolts or nails, using an anvil on solid blocks, and sourcing iron from foremen. It stresses gentle cow breeding, water for dairies, and a 200 egg per year hen as highly productive. It updates grain yields for Yellow Russian and Banner varieties, noting Hulless is lowest and lists top 59 yields over 90 bushels per acre. It also names varieties with the stiffest arrow in 1907: Liberty, Daubeney, Banner, Kherson, Early Champion, and Siberian.
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Vick American Banner
New Zealand
Liberty
Daubeney
Banner
Kherson
Champion
Siberian
All Around the Farm Crop Rotation Controversy
A garden note argues rotation of crops harms predatory insects and reduces garden benefits. It questions whether rotating crops benefits overall enrichment and pest control on the farm.
High Yielding Date in Ontario Oat Varieties Study
Over the last nineteen years Ontario Agricultural College tested 205 oat varieties and compared 59 in each trial to identify top performers and yield potential.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Two Kinds of Men Quip From Atchison Globe
A short quoted humorous aphorism contrasts single men with married men, noting their self perceptions versus those of their partners. The line appears attributed to the Atchison Globe.
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Globe
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Valley City Notes
Moorhead
Marmon
John Johnson
South Dakota
Alma Rye
Miss Rye
F. Livingston
Don Wilder
The
Freeman School
Ja Vavis
W.F. Garretson
Chris Nelson
K. W. White
Mary Helland
M. Thompson
Hame
Rawson Hardware Company
Garden Valley
Christ Arnt
J. L. Miller
J. L. Ellison
Charley Clark
Berdley Elliott
Literary Society
Miss Guthrie
Roy Ashwell
Edna Hamilton
Callie
Bonnie Hamilton
E. C. Carney & Co
Willioton Drug Co
Kidsness Store
O. E. Ingwaldson
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