Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-04
State News and Comment

Forty.two dogs were entered in the
| all-age event of the field trials held
by the AIl-American Field Trials
club at Denbign. Security, owned by
Thomas Pace of Nashville, Tenn.
took first place; Commissioner Harry,
owned by j. C. Shepard, Grand Forks,
second, and Babblebrook Bob, owned
by Louis McGrew of Pittsburgh, Pa,
third. Thirteensbraces Of the derby
event were alsoSrln. The champion.
ship event withi{19 entries will be
run today.
Another wedding successfully car
ried out without the knowledge of
friends occurred Wednesday, when
Miss Mabel Nelson, whose home is at
Horace, and Alfred Fitzgerald of
Grand Forks were very quietly mar
ried at 2 O'Clock, at the Lutheran par
sonage, Grand Forks, Rev. w. S. VI
rich performing the ceremony. The
couple was unattended and left on
the early afternoon train for Mime
apolis, where they will spend a two
weeks honeymoon. They will be at
home to their friends in Grand Forks
after October 21. The bride has been
a st"enographer in the Office of Direc.
tor Thomas Cooper of the North Da-
kota Experiment station for the past
two years. Mr.. Fitzgerald has a pc.
sition with the First National bank of
| Grand Forks. .s
George Washington Birks, n OF
the early residents of Stutsman coun.
ty, died at his farm home, half a laile
north of jamestown. He suffered a
| stroke of paralysis two years ago
and ever since has been an invalid.
The last year he was confined to his
bed and room most of the time and
partially deprived of the power of
speech, February 20, 1881, MIR. Birks
and family came to Jamestown and
Stutsman county to make their home.
He secured a homestead eight miles
north Of jamestown, where for ~
years he made his home. Then he
removed to South Dakota, where he
remained four years, returning to
jamestown and securing the present
farm just north of the city limits.
There for IS years he made his home.
Mrs. Birks died some seven years
ago.
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The marriage of Miss Lillian Nau-
man of Minneapolis, Mimi, and MI.
Edgar G. Meinzer of Fargo, N. D., took
place on Wednesday, Sept. /, at the
home of the brides parents, Rev. and
Mrs. Conrad Nauman, 1925 Emerson
avenue north. The brides father per-
formed the ceremony in the presence
of the families of the two contracting
parties. The living room a. ibeauti-
fully decorated with palms. and
lilies of the valley. Tae bride wore
a gown made of white crepe meteor,
trimmed with Venice lace, and car
,ried an arm bouquet Of roses. Miss
Helen Eigenbrott played the Lohen-
grin wedding march and the attend
ants we're: Miss Esther Nauman and
Mr.. Arthur Nauman sister and broth
err Of the bride. After the ceremony
a wedding breakfast vas served. Mr..
and Mrs. Meinzer LETT at once for
Lake Minnetonka for a stay of about
two weeks. They will be at home af-
ter October Is, at 1045 Twelfth street
north, Fargo. MI Meinzer is a teach
er in the Agricultural college.
Miss Helen Sullivan of the extern
sion department of the Agricultural
college will be in Grand Forks county
next week to visi. a number of Boys
ana Girls Industrial clubs. Demon
STATIONS in canning and other prac'
tical subjects will be given by Miss
Sullivan. The schedule Tor her trip
is as follows:
acknowledgements, at 900 a. m;
Fairfield, at 11:00 a. M; Holmes post,
office, at 100 p. M, demonstration
and picnic lunch.
Tuesday-Grace township, at 900
a. M; Lind township at HOO a. M;
Loretta township, at 800 p. m.
Wednesday-Logan Center town
snip at 900 a. M; Niagara at noon;
Orr, at 800 p. m.
Thursday-Emerado. at 10000 a. M;
Pleasantly View township, at 100 p. m;
Arvllla, at 500 p. NJ.
Friday-Levant township, at 1915
a. M; Turtle Riverftownship at 1880
D. M; Marvel, at 400 p. m.