North Dakota Votes for Women Campaign Notes Support Centers
North Dakota suffrage efforts gain momentum with Kate Devereux Blake and Antoinette Funk active across the state. Headlines announce Volunteers, campaign dates, fund legacies, and headquarters drives as local clubs and cities push to win the 1914 referendum.
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North Dakota
Women
Kate Devereux Blake
Island Park Courts
Fargo
Antoinnette Funk
Funk
Washington, D
Illinois
Springfield
Anthony
F. J. van Fleet
Larimore
Grand Forks
Mary McCumber
University
James Collins
H. B. Allen
Gates For Women League
Chicago
National Suffrage Association
Packa
Union
Ign
Bismarck
New Rockford
Growing Potato for Seed Maturity and Mulch Effects
The maturity of potato seed affects productivity with slightly under mature tubers often yielding best. Fully mature potatoes may store changes reducing yield. Heavier soils and mulching with straw can boost seed potato yields, supported by trials in this county and at Engleford North Dakota Experiment Station.
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Red River Valley
South
Engfed
North Dakota
Gets-It Two Drops Cure Corn Without Pain
The new plan corn cure Gets-It removes corns without fall or trouble in two seconds with two drops. It ends painful methods like plasters, tapes, knives, and razors. Sold by Lawrence & Gus Chicast in Lawrenceville and Erick Katherine in Williston.
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Lawrence
Gus Chicast
Williston
Erick Kather
Profit in Killing Weeds Education and timing for effective weed control
The piece argues weed killing is like stone picking but timely harrowing makes it efficient. It advises farmers to weed when weeds are 50 small or an inch tall, using Acme or peg tooth harrows as weeds first appear to prevent later heavy disking and poorer results.
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U. S
Railroads
R. A
L. B. Waldron
Dickinson
North Dakota
Jacky
Weeds threaten crops and reduce yields in harvests
The author argues weed control matters before harvest, noting how a single working harrow can cut weeds. Weeds crowd, shade, steal moisture, and rob fertility from crops, lowering production and overall yield.
Cultivation depth boosts corn yield and weed control
North Dakota experiment station tests show shallow cultivation yields 51-10 bushels more per acre than deep tillage. Shallow work also reduces effort per field and keeps weeds down as effectively when timed correctly.
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North Dakota Experiment Station
England Calls For 2 000 000 Soldiers For War
Washington reports a London source says Lord Kitchener plans to mobilize 2 million British troops with colonies and dominions shipping manpower. Canada Australia and others will supply forces as England aims 500 000 on the continent every three months and expects a year or longer war.
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Washington
London
England
Australia
Lord Kitchener
Daughter Sues Father for Non Support in Eight Complaints
Em erita Yegen, 34, crippled, daughter of John Yegen, sues in Morton county for $12,280 alleging repeated non support during the last two months while residing in Bismarck and Chicago. Two suits filed. venue may shift to Bismarck for trial at December term. she seeks adequate support along with costs.
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Bismarck
N. D
Emerita
John Yegen
District Court
Morton County
Dora
Lyle
Chicago
Postmaster backs autos on rural routes and longer miles
Postmaster Burleson urges replacing horses with automobiles on rural routes and extending standard routes to fifty miles. A House bill would pay rural carriers 1800 yearly for fifty mile routes, up from 1200, with 600 for auto purchase and maintenance. A separate note advocates whipping posts for men who brutalize wives.
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Burleson
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
House
Battle of Charleroi Dominates Three Year War Outlook
London reports the Charleroi fighting as central to the protracted war with Britain and France expected to continue until Germany is exhausted. Ed. Kitchener calls for hundreds of thousands more troops as the world laments a possible multi year struggle. In Feignies observers recount Charleroi changing hands five times amid French and German assaults and Allied artillery support.
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London
Charleroi
France
Germany
Ed Kitchener
War Office
Paris
Feignies
Belgium
Mau‘deuge
Mona
Sheila
HE KISSED MA TOO Candidates in local race described
A fragment from a local campaign recounts two candidates meeting on the road near the town. A woman offers water and candy, and the first candidate allegedly kissed her, with the second candidate reportedly kissing the first woman as well.
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Bena Se
Advertised Letters in Williston For Week Ending August 29 1914
List of unclaimed letters advertised at Williston North Dakota for the week ending August 29 1914 includes Adams Frank on 2 Blanck W F Barger Pearl Crosby John Dickson A F Derrig James Graham Lewis Holmes Clarence Frazer Fred Hunter William Johnston Mrs Deborah Evjevior Marghell Meville Mrs Jay Moore Vick Olson Alex Pain Mrs Trey Prosser Guy Pryor Miss E M Sundquist Art Thornell Rev.
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Williston
N. D
Adams
Frank
Blanck
W. F
Barger
Pearl
Crosby
John
Dickson
A. F
Derrig
James
Graham
Lewis
Holmes
Clarence
Frazer
Fred
Hunter
William
Johnston
Mra
Ebbayior
Evjevior
Marghell
Meville
Jay Ftoore Vick
Local civic plea urges better alley cleanliness and civic duty
A fragmented notice urges residents to avoid throwing tin cans and waste papers in alleys and to keep yards and lots clean, claiming neighborhood appearance would greatly improve. It references advertising by G B Metager P M and calls for communication to the office.
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Amalgamated Copper Co
Butte
N. M. Grefsheim
Sues
Bleann, Walen, N
Adverti
G. B. Metager
P. M
Snyder
Snyders
Main Street
Kalil Bros. Westlawn Grocery
Smit
H & Craig
Board of Trade
Grand Forks Herald
Associated Press
Daily Herald
Times-Herald Publishing CO
Grand Forks, North Dakota
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