Williston Letter Questions National Committeeman Duty
In Williston on September 19 1912 critics say Thomas Marshall of Oakes neglects his duties as Republican national committeeman. They accuse him of not meeting with county chairman E B Olson or engaging in campaign work, urging resignation for a more loyal effective replacement.
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North Dakota
Thomas Marshall
Williston
E. B.olson
State Committee
Oakes
Republican Party
Marshall
Committeemen Canned as Vacancies Open
New Jersey West Virginia North Carolina and California committee seats declared vacant. Resignations from Oklahoma and Minnesota accepted. Successors named for Oklahoma Ohio New Jersey and North Carolina. California’s Russ Avery expelled for disloyalty to the party. Also notes on The October Woman's Home Companion features and local Odd Fellows event with a corn roast and a birth announced.
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New York
Republican National Committee
New Jersey
West Virginia
North Carolina
California
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Ohio
Russ Avery
Finding the Best Wheat Prize Contest Details
A booklet explains the Northwest Exposition wheat contest in Minneapolis offering 5000 dollars. Three judges from seven states assess weight per bushel variety purity and kernel quality plus milling yield and market condition. Entrants must submit five bushels and six to ten sheaves prepaid by November 1.
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American Northwest
Minneapolis
Commercial Club
Northwest Development League
Agricultural Colleges
Sovereign Lodge Session Opens in Winnipeg
The eighty eighth gathering of the Sovereign Grand Lodge I C C F opened at 9:30 in Central Congregational church with welcomes from Governor Cameron Premier Rodman and Mayor Waugh. Proceedings then moved to Westminster hall and the Patriarch Militant camp was set up in the armory named J B King in memory of a Toronto Odd Fellow. Degree team contests for valuable prizes drew large crowds in the arena.
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Winnipeg
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Central Congregational Church
Cameron
Rodman
Waugh
Westminster Hall
J. B. King
Toronto
Ont
Barber Shop Change of Ownership on South Main Street
Simmons purchases the barber shop formerly owned by P. E. Gifford on South Main Street. The new proprietor has taken possession and will continue the business. Simmons has worked for Gifford for the past year. Gifford will move with his family to Iowa.
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E. Simmons
P.E. Gifford
South Main Street
Mr. Simmons
Gifford
Mr. Gifford
Iowa
North Dakota Industrial exposition features state farms
The second annual North Dakota Industrial exposition at Bismarck runs Oct 1 to 18 with exhibits from state demonstration farms. Supt W R Porter leads the college display while railway and county farms participate. Corn leads, with over 1750 in premiums, and silos under construction offer practical lessons. The dairy show adds to the diversified farming focus attracting bankers and merchants.
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Bismarck
N. D
State Agricultural College
W. R. Porter
State Dairy Department
Milk River project bids advertised for canal extension
The Reclamation service publishes calls for bids on 1 289 000 cubic yards of earth to extend the Dodson South Canal about thirty miles from its Malta terminus to the Nelson reservoir Montana. Proposals due 2 pm October 14 1912 with bids opened at Malta.
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Reclamation Service
Milk River
Montana
Malta
Nelson Reservoir
Wagner
Mont
Panama Canal Aims for 1918 Opening
The Panama Canal is slated to open to traffic in fall 1918. The Atlantic fleet will rendezvous at Colon this winter before water is turned in, per Navy Department officials guided by Army engineers' latest reports.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Trafffic
Navy Department
Colon
Navy
Army
Hanna to Open His Campaign Speech Delayed
Hanna plans to visit Mandan and Morton County to see friends but says he cannot attend a campaign meeting yet. He arrived home and has not yet met with the state committee or campaign coordinators to determine when the official campaign will begin.
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Hanna
Paign
Mandan
Morton County
State Committee
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Williston, N. D
National Republican Committee
Justus Miles Forman
Sineteen
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Wellesley College
Roger H. Dennett
ODD Fellows
Albert Grottke
Ernest Webb
Williams and McKenzie
Soverign Lodge
Province OF Manitoba
N. D. Exposition
B. and T
Mra.' Modie
Ninteen
Methodist Conference
Thomas Shea
Mir Shee
Boston
Men’s Tailor
W. A. Garrison Union Block
the Boston
S. L. Boyce
Macey
John A. Corbett
Willistoo
Republican State Executive Committee
Jamestown
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