North Dakota Notes on Prices, People and Problems
A collage of state items recounts tax levies in Benson county at 18.3 mills and Walsh county serving 7,201 school children. Minot boosts lignite coal prices as the DeLamere mill plans expansion. Bismarck to host a new undertaker firm. Palermo Ward county seeks a creamery. Various towns report crop, school, transport, and crime notes including duck hunting, potato prices, a lace peddler scam, and a July ice treatment in Jamestown.
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Benson County
Walsh County
Minot
DeLamere
Bismarck
Frm
Palermo
Ward County
Grand Forks
A. Wilcox
Larimore
Courtenay
Kulm
Patterson
Dane McGillis
Tommy Poole
Wales
Iowa
Frank March
North Dakota
Josh
McKinney Ward County
Christ Smith
Flaxton Bank
Fort Totten
Julius Schmidtke
Anamoose
Wallshalla
Fargo
Ole Lindberg
Edmore
Steel County
McLean County
Esmond
Senator McCumber
Traill
Galesburg
John Elswood
Stutsman County
Portland
Ole Engebretson
York
Anthracite Strike Commission Holds Washington Hearing
The Anthracite Strike Commission opened in Washington with representation from operators and miners. Officials plan to begin investigation next Thursday, focusing first on mines and miners’ homes near Scranton and the broader anthracite region. Mitchell presented the miners’ wage and hours demands. Baer objected to his union role while accepting him as an individual. The commission did not resolve union recognition, signaling a key issue for arbitration.
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Washington
Anthrocite Strike Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Justice Gray
Messrs
Clark
Wright
Bishop Spalding
Parker
Scranton
Mitchell Handa
Mitchell
Mr. Baer
Mr. Mitchell
Spends Others Gold A New York Businessman Arrested
Claud Stillman confessed stealing 38500 from Murphy Varnish Company. He told detectives he spent much of it on two women in New York. A domestic quarrel led to inquiry and his wife’s discovery of his double life prompted an accountant to review his books.
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New York
Claud Stillman
Murphy Varnish Company
Newark
Varnish Company
Stillman
Michigan Agricultural college students strike over suspensions
About a thousand students at Michigan Agricultural College went on strike after seventeen peers were suspended for taking part in a freshman sophomore rush ten days earlier. No classes were held in the afternoon as the dispute centered on reinstating the suspended students while the faculty reaffirmed its stance after a mass meeting in the chapel.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Agricultural College
Snyder
Cranky Clergyman Opposes Church Stand Erection
London clergyman George Martin was remanded on a charge of possessing gunpowder with felonious intent after objecting to a stand at St George's church. He bought a small amount of powder, not enough to cause real harm, and may be placed in an asylum. In other news, Bodune, Manchuria, was reportedly captured by bandits with Lee troops dispatched for relief.
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London
George Martin
Southwark
St. George’s Church
St. Petersburg
Kharbin
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Bodune
Lee
Miners Demand Higher Wages in Scotland
Glasgow October 29. Scotch miners have demanded a wage increase of 2 1/2 cents. About 70,000 miners are affected by the proposed raise.
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Glasgow
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Williston
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Calderwood
Williston Land Co
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City Dray Line
John Heffernan
Prop
D. Bell
A. A. Austill
Bell & Austill, Undertakers
Buford and Culbertson
Williston, N. D
North Dakota State
NEWS
Finley
Cavalier County
Anthracite Strike Commission
GOAL
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Beto
J. Fi, Belyea
Bruegger Merc. Co
R. W. Clancy
Hedderich Bros. & Co
Fort Buford Lodge
I. C
C. F
J. H. Betgea
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Punuvs
V.G
R. H. Copkuann
Sec
Stewart
Treas
Mount Moriah
A. F
C. A. Wittmeier
N. A. Stewart
K. H. Copeland
W. B Overson
Copeland & Overson
Telephone No
M. J. Barrett
L. W. Gammons, Gammons & B
I. N. Bank
Minot, Wananns
W. Dak. “Wanes
M. G. Martel’ Studio
Phillips
Missouri
E. C. DeWitt &Co
Sass Brownell & McPhee
Scranton & Hayes
General Blacksmiths
Broadway
N. Dak
Woodley Bros
Poplar Creek
Williaton
Ole Thorsen
Nelson
N. D
Barstad
Shipulder
Hoffland
Williane County
Shoulder
Williston, N. B
F. A
R. A. Jones
P.O
Batard N.D. FA
BR. A. Jones
Frank Conlin
Rance
Baker's Landing
Wallace County
Spanish Point
Williams County
The
Ross Horse Co
Joen A. Ross
Stony Creek
Star Meat Market
Paul Schierbeck
Sherry
Bologna
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