Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-05
News of the State

An evangelistic meeting was held a
Addison.
The farmers near Goodrich hav'
formed a union.
There were a lot Of Halloween
dances over the state.
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An electric crew is wiring the towr
of Dickey for street lights.
Rev. Mr.. Kelford was ordained il
the Baptist church at Dickey.
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Miss Blanche La Mont, Is years o,
age, was so badly burned she died
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The Synod Lutheran church at Vel
va has installed a large pipe organ.
s.
The proposed division of McHen !
county is precipitating quite q fight
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Nine new buildings have been con
structed in and in the immediate vi
cinity of Wildrose.
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The James Purdon country store at
Wahpeton is undergoing a number OF
extensive improvements.
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The school board Of Kindred has
contracted for the construction of fire
escapes for the school building.
s.
Mary Ostren, formerly a laundress
of Minot, committed suicide by hang
ing on a farm south Of Voltaire.
The lady firemen' at jamestown
gave a Halloween dance, which is
said to have been a great success.
Engineers are plating Kildeer.
There will be 80 blocks in the plat.
10 south and 20 north of the track.
Considerable lumber has been sold
for the purpose of building orr cribs,
according to the lumber companies at
Kuhn.
s.
While playing with a sharp Ratchet
Harry Laughlin, a young Sheldon boy,
nearly severed the index finger Of his
right hand.
Matt Wideemenn of the Wing vicin-
ity was severely burned about the
face and hands while combating a
prairie fire.
H. l.. Bell, a farmer of Holy Cross
township, suffered a stroke of apop-
leXy and is O in a serious condition
at his home.
A big meteor travelling at a terrific
rate about 60 feet above the ground
is reported to have been seen in
Ward county.
Oliver Leverson, who has been prac-
ticing law in New Salem. has moved
his law office to Hazen, where he has
opened an Office.
Someone left a poor, half-starved,
he,I>'ess horse by the roadside. south
e.. Mandan, to die. and the Mandan
Pioneer protests.
The Cathedral Dramatic club, of
Fargo, are presenting their playlet,
Brookdale Farm, at the nearby towns,
with great success.
s.
Myrtice Atkins of Reeder. while
playing at the school house. fell and
broke her right arm near the wrist,
both bones being broken.
Unknown parties shot three horses
belonging to Henry Kindschl, in the
vicinity of Raleigh. One horse died,
and the other two were crippled.
Bakkn & Melbv are erecting a big
brick block in New England. These
contractors have Just completed a
splendid school building in that city.
A pillow which had been in a Mi
not family so years was opened re-
Gently, revealing a sealskin cap and
a pair of gloves which had been there
all these years.
Sixteen acres of corn land near
Turtle lake. owned by A. F. Haas and
John Kiemele, made a yield of SO
bushels of wheat to the acre. The
ground had been planted to corn last
year.
Miss Hazel Srnrrv of Lisbon, N. a.,
aged 10. died of he"rt failure. She
was the youngest daughter of Mr.
Sperry, an old timer in that country,
and is survived by several brothers
and sisters.
The work Of installing the machin-
cry in the steam laundry operated in
connection with she Standing Rock
agency boarding school is nearly cum
pleted. and the laundry will be in OPP
GRAFTON shortly. b
Owing to lack of evidence. the case
of J. M. Arnot, formerly hotel clerk
at the Lexington hotel. Minot. rNarg-
ed with embezzling S6.97 of the 70.
tells funds, was dismissed by Justice
of the Peace John Burke.
Sven Olson, who has just returned
to Minot from Norway, says that
since the outbreak of the European
war, whiskey has been banished from
that country. Beer and wines a be
purchased. but not whiskey.
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Here is some corn yield and is
probably the record for the state. J.
Weise, of near Turtle lake, had a
field that averaged ia bushels to the
acre. The owner secured others to
assist in the measuring so that he
would have proof of the yield.