Local News Briefs From North Dakota and Surroundings
A roundup of regional items includes Bashar rire Mahnke Brothers facing grain theft charges dropped due to conflicting evidence. Also noted are a Grand Forks tax convention January 15 16 17, a $20 mink theft at Valley City, Medina butter factory expansion, a well dig site yielding elephant bones, a Plaza masquerade riot, and a blooded cattle purchase mission by Westhope farmers. Other notes report a Stanley man’s heart failure, Ryder farmer shooting incident, Judge Marshall’s death, Grand Forks county courthouse bond plan, and Minot labor leaders visit Governor-elect Hanna amid a Northern Briquetting company formation with a $100 000 plant near Minot.
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Plentywood Herald
Washburn
Grand Forks
Valley City
Plaza
Better Farming Association
Westhope
Wisconsin
Russel Schoonover
Overly
N. D
W. C. Hawn
Wolford
Mirror
Glenburn
James Larson
Stanley
Peter Larson
Angus McGilvery
Ryder
Albert Marshall
Willsow City
Saco
Mont
Lincoln
State Board of University and School Lands
Hunter
Granville
McHenry County
Minot
Hanna
North Dakota
L. M. Davis
Herman Winterer
Hugh McDonald
Minstrel Show in Williston Impresses Audiences
The Wil liston Lodge minstrel show last Friday and Saturday was a strong amateur performance. End men and soloists delivered well, the chorus showcased top local talent, and the cast earned warm encores. The Elks show is planned to become an annual event.
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Williston Lodge
Bika
Svithout
Williston
Wood
J. Earl Barrington
Choral Union Plans Rehearsal Amid Absences
The Choral Union will meet next Monday at 8 30 PM in Library Hall. Members are urged to report for rehearsal after interruptions due to vacation and the absence of Prof Onstad. Edwin S Shaw president Bessie R Baldwin secretary. An eighteen pound lobster was caught in Long Island Sound. A Baltimore justice uses mirrors in court to make drunks face themselves. Women’s dresses are to become tighter. Roller skates next and a boy behind to push.
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Choral Union
The
Library Hall
Onstad
Edwin S. Shaw
Bessie R. Baldwin
Long Island Sound
Broadway
Baltimore
Church Notes Highlight Travel Lectures and Social Events
In Methodist notes, readers are invited to travel lectures and a successful Epworth League Peanut Social on January 2. Mrs Milne and Mrs Sheldon hosted the Aid Society, with upcoming plans. Nine adults joined church membership, and the pastor urges signing up for the Northwestern weekly offerings. The church directory aims to guide families to services and spiritual nourishment.
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Epworth League
Leagers
Milne
Sheldon
Aid Society
Northwestern
Houses of God
Congregational Church Plans and Salvation Army Visit
Congregational Church outlines next Sundays sermons in morning and evening services. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 and Bible School notes. Salvation Army Colonel Stephens Marshall to visit January 9 and 10 with his son Captain Marshall for a two night outreach at the Army Hall. Seats free and open to all.
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Christian Endeavor
Salvation Army
Stephens Marshall
Minneapolis
Army Hall
Stephen
Captain Marshall
Marshall
Record October traffic surge for steam railways
The Bureau of Railway Economics notes October 1912 set a passenger and freight revenue record, with net operating revenue averaging 15.71 dollars per mile per day and total revenue of 107.44 million dollars for about 220,636 miles. Gains stem from freight traffic, marking the highest monthly output in rail history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Railway Economics
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Advantag es of suction cleaners and farm Qs
Minna A Stenner explains suction cleaners remove dust thoroughly with less effort and protect delicate fabrics while cleaning quickly. W F Richards says white back lines on cattle have no special meaning beyond color associations in Brown Swiss and French Canadian breeds. E J Thompson notes corn provides more concentrated hog feed than barley and offers bulk through forage or bran as needed. barley demands more bulk via shorts or middlings. O W Dynes cites average incubator hatch around 50 percent nationwide, 75 percent is good. base on fertile eggs. G W Randlett states six to eight acres per bushel of corn planted.
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W. F. Richards
Asima
E. J. Thompson
Ant
O. W. Dynes
Planting Young Seedlings Properly in Large Numbers
Instructions from Norman M. Ross chief of the Tree Planting Division Canada detail how to plant young cottonwood ash elm and maple seedlings deeply in furrows with roots resting at the bottom. Tips cover depth planting mud-water transport and preventing drying. Also notes tuberculin testing for cattle before winter housing to prevent disease spread.
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Norman M. Ross
Tred
Canada
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Judge Soakum
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North Dakota Agricultural College
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Home Economics Department
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College Extension
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Hotel Radisson
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Hocking Valley
Pocahontas
Northwestern Fuel Co
J. A. Husebye
First Avenue East
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Great Northern
Butte
Helena
Montana
Alhambra Hot Springs
Mondak
M. J. Sullivan
Williams County State Bank
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