Petition tests in state courts over removal of capital
Bismarck committee files petitions to move the state capital to New Rockford and seeks court validation of the initiative amendment. Secretary of State Hall studies legality as counties report voting populations, with a decision due in two to three weeks. If approved, court action will follow. otherwise New Rockford may appeal. Annual rural school elections will be held June 6 to elect directors and treasurers.
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Bismarck
N. D
New Rockford
Thomas Hall
Will On
State Hall
Hall
Days at the Front Describe Trench Life in France
J H Caswell of Walhalla North Dakota recounts six months with the Canadian army describing a trench day from dawn to dawn. He details strengthening barbed wire, opening coils by feel, flares and shells lighting the night, a shoulder wound, stretcher bearers, and the routine of digging, resting, and eating amid constant shelling.
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Walhalla
N. D
France
J. H. Caswell
Walhalla, IV
Caswell
Jenemy
Accused Parricide Shoots Self Near Selz
Carrington May 9 Ansford Schofield twenty four, accused of killing his father and burning the body in a straw stack, died by self inflicted gunshot when cornered by Eddy county sheriff and pursuing farmers near Selz. He fled plowing when arrested, refused capture, fired into his brain, dying two hours later. Authorities found charred bones in ashes, suggesting a human body.
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Carrington
Ansford Schofield
Eddy County
Selz
Young Schofield
Winning Paper in Pure Bred Sire Contest
The article reports first prize awarded in the Ten Good Reasons For Using a Purebred Sire contest by R F Flint in Bis marck ND. It lists ten arguments favoring purebred sires for predictable traits uniformity market appeal and profitability, drawing on examples from cattle poultry and grain breeding. It also mentions related local notices about a new depot at Oakes and a vote in New Rockford on taking over the electric plant.
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R. F. Flint
Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor
Bismarck
N. D
J. H. H. Alexander
Agricultural College
World’s Eye on E. W. Wheat Seeding Amid Shifting U.S. Canada Conditions
Global attention centers on seeding in the United States and Canada with hopes of a smaller Spring wheat area. Weather and manpower will drive final acreage. forecasts mention Britain’s aid to Western Canadian farmers and varied crop signals across the Southwest, Illinois, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Weaker stock levels, pending Monday shifts, and speculative forces frame markets alongside slow Argentine crop movement and steady oats, lard, and salted meats trade.
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United States
Canada
Winnipeg
Great Britain
Western Canada
Southwest
En Bues
Oklahoma
Chicago
Illinois
Kansas
Northwestern
Heroic Treatment in Belgium Army Dentist Story
In Belgium an artillery blacksmith wore hammer and pincers as his insignia on the uniform sleeves. He joked that the pincers pull teeth and the hammer serves to chloroform patients in bad cases, a wink that reveals his role as an army dentist.
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Belgium
Will Irwin
Washington Star
The American Joke Had Them Guessing 72 Years Ago
A 1844 New York Commercial Advertiser item notes a heavy storm in America that "knocked all the mails into a cocked hat" as cited by the London Spectator and the London paper explains the odd phrase. The passage highlights writerly humor about weather and mail disruption of the era.
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N. Y
Shot While Hunting Gophers in Rolla
Mrs. Charles Patton of Rolla North Dakota was seriously injured when a rifle accidentally discharged while Gladys Anderson aged 14 picked up the gun after Mrs Patton shot at a gopher The bullet entered Mrs Pattons back just below the shoulder blade Doctors expect recovery unless complications arise
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Rolla
N. D
Charles Patton
Gladys Anderson
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East Broadway
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Oakes
Northern Pacific
General Utilities Corporation of Fargo
Williston, N. D
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San Francisco
Santa Clara Valley
America
Santa Clara
Pacific Slope
Sunset Magasine
Rockies
Sunset
Samset Magazine Service Bureau
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