At the Penitentiary.
No where in the city was Christmas more thoroughly enjoyed than at the penitentiary where bars and doors and stalking guards could not prevent Santa from entering. At 10 o'clock a. m. the inmates were released from their cells and permitted to exchange Christmas greetings. There was singing, social chat, and story telling and the prisoners were given an opportunity to look upon the bright side of life, of which they get very few glimpses. Warden Williams was happy in making his charges happy and passed among the convicts distributing presents and tokens of remembrance, carrying the "boys" back in memory to better days and "the old folks at home."
Bismarck Tribune, 12/28/1888
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A smell of smoke aroused Mr. C. Full on Monday night, and in an attempt to go through a trap-door from his room above to the store below, he missed his footing and fell to the floor a distance of about ten feet. Fortunately he was not seriously injured though he had been pretty stuff and lame all the week. The smoke came from a chimney on an adjoining building through a window which had been opened for ventilation.
The Pembina Pioneer Express, 12/7/1894
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Man Accidentally Killed
John Molmquist was killed at New Rockford while repairing a sod covered hen house. The roof fell in, injuring his spine, and he was dead before help reached him. His little daughter was present when the accident happened and summoned his wife, but Molmquist was dead when they arrived.
Langdon Courier Democrat, 11/24/1904
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Bill Nielson, of near
Menoken, got up with the chickens Monday morning and came to town in style with a bobsled. "Bill" is always a good fellow to meet, and while he was engaged in swapping stories with friends and acquaintances, of which there are a large number here, Old Sol came out strong, and, presto, change! the snow was gone, leaving Mr. Nelson
{sp} stranged without any sleighing. This did not discourage him in the least, for an extra crack of the whip sent his steeds over the bare roads at a two-forty clip and the stream of sparks flying out from the steel shoes no doubt set the prairie fire that raged that afternoon and evening.
Bismarck Tribune, 12/13/1912
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C. H. Potter, a veterinarian of
Ellendale, was killed in an automobile accident near here yesterday while answering a call. Potter's car toppled over a high grade when he lost control. Two companions left the car 20 minutes before the mishap, fearing to travel farther because of the high speed.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 12/10/1915
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A man who fell from the roof of one of the coaches on G. N. train No. 4, near Grand Forks, is in the hospital there, and in response to inquiries as to his name and place of residence merely tells his questioners where to go, in none too delicate language. Nothing further can be gotten out of him.
Bowbells Tribune, 10/16/1914
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