Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-26
Nubs of News
Nine deserters and slackers were
taken to Fort Smelling from Bis
marck during the last week by army
offers detailed for this purpose.

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Nine deserters and slackers were
taken to, Fort Smelling from Bis
marck duringSth last week by army
offers detailed for this purpose.
John Frenzel, well known farmer
residing about IL miles south Of
Dickinson, lost a valuable barn by
lightning. ALL Of the contents, in
>cluding an automobile and a suil set
Of threshing belts. were destroyeds 6
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Glen Peterson, the s-year-old son
N mE' s aRa Maai a a dose los re Of stryc on
nine Friday, while visiting with his
mother at Preston, Mimi. He died
Immediately.
The old red bridge at Red Lake
Falls, which will be remembered by
many North Dakotans as the Bridge
of Signs, went out Of business about
the same time as the saloons were
closed: 1t was completely pulled
down Saturday to make room for q
more substantial structure.
Paul s. Germain, who has been in
charge of the repair department of
the International Harvester company.
att Mipot, will leave early in .Septem-T
Der for New Orleans and will go
from there to Buenos Ayres, Argen-
tina, where he will take charge Of a
similar department for the company.
Three hundred, deputies had to be
sworn in at Boise, Idaho. to protect
Townley against violence FridayI
night. After being refused permis-
sion to address an audience already
assembled in the opera house and
after being ordered not to appear in
the city park, Townley. spoke for an
capitol building.
A Red Gross drive will be launch-
ed for the Minot chapter on Thurs
day and will continue for three days,
The, monthly pledges made during
the drive last spring will be COM
pleted September l, and the new
pledges and il possible add more to
the fund.
DR.. Ohage, a former well known
Dickinson physician. now residing in
Minneapolis, has been discharged
from the army. 1t is reported that
DR.. Ohage was in Germany at the
outbreak of the war and that on his
return to this country, before the
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he made an extended trip through
the United States and that he may
lave gone into Mexico.
With a demand Of 1850 unskil,<a
workmen from North Dakota, YOU
may be tapped on the back some of
these days by some one and told
that your work is non-essential and
you are needed. The best thing to
do then is to cheerfully pack your
grip and go where Uncle Sam d.
reefs. says the Mandan Pioneer.
The harvest is pretty wen on, but
the wet weather has hampered cut
ting until much Of the grain that is
still standing is dead ripe and somS.
Smelling in handling. This is especial
i,ly true of the oats. Some of<the late
grain that was sown over on account
Of the high winds in the spring, is
rusted and will be deprecated on
that account. The heavy dew in the
morning AS delaying cuttifg.-Pem-
! Pioneer Express; :
Col. Geo. A. Nugent, now in COM
mand Of a regiment of American
heavy field artillery in France, who
has been nominated by President
Wilson for .brigadier- general, was
raised in Fargo land was / the first
North Dakota man to be graduated
from West Point.
Automobile highways in Cavalier
county; which have been lacking
proper marks, have lately been mark
ed by a crew of several men.
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