The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-06
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at Urbana, died.
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The newspaper circulation wars in
Minot are wound up:
Some Of the editors charged elev-
enth hour spite work.
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Some of the freak election bets don't
sound so funny-now.
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Some of the legislative scraps were
rather closely contested.
The Burnstad Comet seems to have
a bad attack of Atkinsitis.
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Some of the prediction forecasts
strange to say-went awry.
A harvester with a double perso-
nality was arrested at Minot.
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The judicial fight in the Second dis
trict had a rather torrid finish.
Editor walIin Of The Fort Rice Ad-
vocate has an attack Of typhoid.
The Mimic Journal occasionally runs
names that are tongue tw1sters.
Darlington had more than its share
of crimes by transients this year. s.
Three cases of smallpox are report
ed under quarantine at Bismarck.
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The coroner's jury decided that a
young girl at Arvilia was a suicide.
Some people want to limit judges as
well as other officials to two terms.
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The editor at Krem is handing the
publisher at Kasmer a little trimming.
Barnes county is not voting on a
levy for fair purposes, as was re-
ported.
Clerks in the departments at Wash
ington-some Of them-rushed home
to vote.
Did Editor Langdon of The Hebron
Tribune have another name back in
Indiana?
The corner stone for the new Nor
wegian Lutheran church at Buffalo
has been laid.
The educational campaign of the
Better Farming movement should
prove a winner.
1t is claimed that automobiles have
considerably reduced passenger traffic
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The Gascoyne Advance seems to
know how to go after the preacher
editor at Bowman.
A fire in a billiard hall in James
town called out the department, but
little damage was done.
The GackIe Republican has installed
a new press and in the future will
print four pages at home.
There were a few campaign roor-
backs, but fortunately the number
seems to decrease each year.
Some papers want Governor Burke
to name Thanksgiving day. 1t will
come right on time-anywav.
The explosion of a gasoline storage
tank at Hebron may cause the loss of
one Of John r. Kircheis' legs.
900
National Committeeman Marshall
unreservedly endorsed Taft and Han
na-but was in no hurry about It,
About the fshiest thing of the CAM
paign was that cheap fake about the
plan to free prisoners of the state pen.
900
Stack threshing is in progress in
some localities-and the grain is re-
ported to be of the highest quality.
Editor Wright of The Cakes Times
was surprised when he found his boss
Tom Marshall-for Taft and Hanna.
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Former Editor .Faytle of McHenry
is now president of the school board
and in line for the appointment as
p. M. $50. ~ $50
Thos. McLaughlin's home near Alice
was burned with all the contents.
Both he and his wife, were absent at
the time. 80 z.'t.
Many of the candidates claimed the
honors were turning toward them.
but the results indicate they may have
been mistaken.
At Minot the police used city pris-
oners to clean up n improve the
streets. The plan is worthy Of emula-
ton elsewhere.
Wilson will undoubtedly be the next
president but will not poll a majority
of the votes cast-as there are four
other presidential candidates.
The Aneta train couldn't carry the
large crowds of ~threshers going out of
the country and at some stations the
agents refused to sell tickets.
Few owners of t%hreshing rigs grew
rich this year. The extra amount of
straw, the bad weather and the high
wages all conspired to reduce their
profits.
Captain McGinnis of jamestown had
a lot of fun over the southern part of
Ihe state with the fife and drum
corps composed Of veterans from SIS
to 70 years old.
The Wimbledon News tells of a
farmer and his hired man who rails
ed IL, 900 bushels of grain. The only
additional help they had was six days
work in harvest.
Instead of writing dunning letters
to the railroad companies because a
COW was kiIIed-the farmers are now
collecting for smashed autos, accord
ing to an exchange;
Ben Skies of Valley City is said to
have killed fourteen teal out of one
bunch. He must be some pot shoot
er-or else he had a big supply of
salt to put on the tails of the birds.
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A poultry buyer who has been MAX
ing this state for many. years, writes
ment in the quality of chickens raised
in this state during the past I've years.
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Editor Cook of The Columbus Re-
porter must have a pretty wife. Their
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