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MOTION PICTURE MACHINE AND FILMS BURN IN MINOT THEATRE
Minot, March 22.—During the progress of the moving picture show at the Lyceum theater last Wednesday night, about 8:30 fire started in the fire proof machine booth of the place and in a few moments a thousand dollars' worth of damage was done.
J. E. McCutcheon, who was operating the machine, escaped death narrowly, but both of his hands were painfully burned.
The picture machine, valued at $175 was burned and about $500 worth of films went up in smoke within a few moments. These are a total loss as it is impossible to carry insurance on them. The building was damaged about $500, which was fully covered by insurance. The crowd walked out in very orderly fashion and no one was injured. The fire was confined to the booth and the actors did not know that anything unusual had happened until the fire was practically over.
The fire department was called out and extinguished the flames with chemicals.
The theatre fortunately had another picture machine, and the attractions are being given without interruption.
The fire may have started from a short electrical circuit.
Devils Lake Inter-Ocean, 3/22/1912
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SOLDIER SUICIDES.
Private Jorgensen, Twelfth Minnesota, Sends a Bullet Through His Heart.
New Ulm, Minn., Oct. 27.—Private John Jorgensen of Company G, Twelfth Minnesota, committed suicide in his tent by placing the muzzle of his rifle to his heart and pushing the trigger with the ramrod.
Death was instantaneous, and no satisfactory explanation is offered by his comrades for his strange action.
Private Jorgenson was about 27 years of age and single. He enlisted at Austin, where he was working as a section hand at the time of the call for volunteers.
The bullet which killed him passed through several other tents and into the water tank several hundred feet away.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 10/27/1898
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There was never a paper published in any locality that gave all the local news. It is often the case that some persons come and go that the reporters do not see or even know of. It may happen that the same family is missed several times and they get the impression that the paper does not care to mention them. It is a mistake. The best home paper has no ill feeling, no enmity, no spite against anyone, so do not be afraid to tell the reporter when you have friends visiting you, or that you have returned from a trip or are contemplating a visit. If you think the paper shows partiality, try to see if it does not treat you as well if you give it a chance.
Hope Pioneer, 3/20/1902
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BIG WAREHOUSE GIVES WAY
25,000 Bushels of Oats on the Ground— George Elliott Has Narrow Escape from Running Grain
After a day or two of premoniary {sp} groaning and gracking the oats annex of the Golden Valley Independent elevator, containing about 25,000 bushels, collapsed Wednesday afternoon, releasing the grain in all directions and making one of the finest jobs imaginable.
The colapse {sp} was due to faulty construction, the building being merely tacked together at the corners. How it ever stood up under the last season's load is one of the mysteries.
Mr. Bakke immediately telegraphed for several thousand sacks and will gather up the breakfast food as best he can. The building will be demolished and a new structure erected in a workmanlike manner.
Geo. Elliot, who was in between the building and a big box car at the time of the wreck, had a narrow escape from death. As it was he was severely bruised. He may well be thankful that he escaped with minors {sp} injuries.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 4/22/1910
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LOVESICK; KILLS SELF.
North Dakota Youth Takes Life Because Suit Is Scorned.
Crazed because his love is scored, by a young woman of Forde township, Nason {sp} county, Harold Peterson, twenty three years old, set a bullet into his head and died in a few minutes. Peterson had been attentive to a young woman of the neighborhood and she had not reciprocated his affection.
The authorities at Lakota were notified of the suicide and an inquest was held.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 4/18/1907
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NEARLY BURNED TO DEATH.
Williston, N. D., Oct. 16.—Alfred Frederickson was up before Judge H. V. Smith on a disorderly charge. Frederickson is a bachelor residing on East Broadway. It is alleged that while in a condition that made the normal use of his faculties difficult, he in some way set fire to the inside of his house. The police arrived in time to save him from a roasting and to drag out the bed and save the house. He was found guilty and fined $5 which he paid.
Bismarck Tribune, 10/17/1913
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