Fergus Falls and Mankato Power Rates Compared
Otter Tail Power Company President Vernon A Wright outlines Fergus Falls electric rates including 7 1/2 cents per kwh for lighting and 25 cent monthly meter rentals, while Rochester and Waseca municipal and private setups show varied pricing. The Letter also notes manuals on Fergus Falls and reports on Mankato's ongoing lighting debate. The piece includes a commentary on municipal ownership issues and a local aside about George Bent’s boycott plan against the Chicago Tribune.
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Mankato
Minn
Free Press
Fergus Falls
Vernon A Wright
Otter Tail Power Company
Otter Tail Company
Vernon A. Wright
Rochester
Waseca
C. N. Norton
Norton
Light Board
Consumers’ Power Company
Weekly Bulletin on Farm Lands for Sale and Trade Offers
A. J. Stafne advertises farm lands for sale with credits, mortgages, and trade options. Listings include sections near Williston and Portage Wis, quarter sections, improved land, orchards, and small buildings. Also notes a German community creamery and a general invitation to quick deals, not agents.
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Wast Williston
Water
Kittelsen
Rudser
Walker
F Portage
Wis
Western Farm
York
Williston
Searies Creamery
Searies
Minn
Moral Leper Lured Girl to Ruin in Reno
Editorial condemns Maury Diggs of Sacramento for luring a young girl to ruin in Reno. Calls for severe punishment and relentless war on such offenders, deeming him unfit to live and a contamination behind prison walls.
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Maury
Diggs
Sacramento
Reno
Governor Confusion Sparks State Politics Debate
The McHenry Journal confuses West Virginia with a southern state governor. The writer recalls twenty nine years in West Virginia noting no governor refused constitutional limits, yet mentions a former leader nicknamed Slippery Bill who was away at hot springs when crucial votes neared.
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McHenry Journal
West Virginia
W. Va
We Don’t Like It on Slight Pretext
A humorous antiquated note complains about newspapers publishing a president’s daughters photos. It recalls a boyhood skate accident and illnesses like mumps and measles. It cites a Warren Pennsylvania case where a head bump restored memory of hidden money.
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Warren
Stipends Approved for Railroad Board Leaders
The New Haven and Hartford Railroad names Howard Elliott as chairman with a $100,000 annual stipend and Charles S. Mellon as adviser at $30,000 per year. The board aligns compensation with leadership duties and long term goals.
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Ua Howard Elliott
The
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Charles S. Mellon
Thought of It Exchange on Roosevelt vs Wilson Question
An exchange asks what the Mexican question results would have been if Roosevelt faced Wilson for the presidency. A respondent replies that they voted for Taft on that very account.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Taft
Governor Cole Blease Severs From Democratic Party
South Carolina Governor Cole Blease likely broke with the Democratic Party over policy, reacting to President Wilson. The political rift places Blease in opposition while Wilson appears to gain wind in this developing dispute.
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Cole Blease
South Carolina
Wilson
Thaw Faces Quebec Demand to End Detention
In Sherbrooke Harry J K Thaw challenges deportation as Sir Lomer Gouin the Quebec premier through Aime Geoffrion demands his immediate release from the Sherbrooke jail. Gouin calls Thaws detention a scandal to the dominion and mocks the idea of the jail as a public boarding house.
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Sherbrooke
Harry JK. Thaw
Quebec
Lomer Gouin
Aime Geoffrion
Thaw
Gouin
Dominion
Houges Lutheran Church Sunday Services and Schedules
The church lists Sunday events for September 7 with Sunday school at 10 AM, Norwegian service at 10 30 AM, English service at 8 PM, and a Norwegian service at Flom Creek church at 3 PM. Pastor A E Distad leads.
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Houges Lutheran
Flom Creek
E. Distad
Farm Folklore and Names in Williams County
A humorous column recounts rural vignettes from Williston area farms. Farmers discuss pertaters and bottle baskets, a horse, a nervous farmer Dammit Dammitt, and a tractor tale. Pockets of local color include a name change request and a brief clipped notice about a glass front sourced from the Little Muddy Optic.
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Phil Cates
W. W. Mabee & Co
Assessment of N D Railroads and School Finances 1912 13
A garbled transcription covers mortgage foreclosure notices for a North Dakota land parcel in Williams County and a 1912 1913 school district financial report from Medicine Creek No 28. It lists mortgage details, land description, and sale terms, followed by school receipts expenditures and sinking fund balances with district officers signatures. The text mentions district No 35 and signatures by Treas. Heffelfinger and Clerk Phillipa.
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Medicine Todas
Williams
North Dakota
Begi
Treasury
Heft R
Medicine Tape
Albert Heffelfinger
Eennilipe
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Warmers G & Shiing Co
Land Continent l
Brandes Dl&s
Northern Dakota
Devils L. & Chau
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Corbett, Walter
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Noreday
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Wwillaton and
Clase Male
Official
George
Chicago
Bent
George P. Bent
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Geo. P. Bent
Leta
George Plumb
A. J. Stafne
O'Brien
Good Broom
St St. James
Park Hotel
Et Bisengatie
Mae Ern
Fem
Rawaon Bng
N. Dak
Canada
Boston
Ladies and Misses
Exclusive Outfitters
Union Block
Williston, N. D
Jane
Oman
Skeera
O Dammit
Orlando Dammitt
Hansford
N. C
Dammitt
Ray
Pertaters
Wiggs
Tate
N. D
Pimc Ag
A. D
Lw Ll. M.S. Phillipa
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