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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
1
Bits of local items from Sentinel Butte note visits by Kelloggs and Fox, construction projects, dances, and ball games. Notable names include A B Kellogg, J A McGre, Ruth McGre, M Tullar, Dr Museus, Assessor Martin, and W E Penney. Events cover visits from Eckalaka, Kan tag, DeVorges, and Schultz, plus the Beach Glendive game and local crop reports.
Manager Davis and his Golden Valley big leaguers crushed the Sentinel Butte cowboys and sheep herders last Sunday. Smithy led Beach with sharp fast pitches as Sentinels benefitted from a strong wind. Batte errors and a late rally could not counter the visitors, final score Beach 11 Sentinel Butte 3.
A Sunday hailstorm in Dickinson caused extensive damage with over $5,000 in shattered glass. Large hailstones damaged homes and streets, while Matt Laughnan arrived from Beach, North Dakota to organize investors for Beach country. Two thousand attended Dickinson’s opening horse sale where 4,000 horses were auctioned after a welcome by Mayor Manning and Senator L A Simpson.
District events reveal a tense clash over temperance with the governor and attorney general backing enforcement. Bootleggers in Beach face raids, arrests, and citywide cooperation as dealers flee to Wibaux and the Blue Front is searched. The States Attorney vows mass prosecutions, while locals back strict enforcement and expel idle speculators.
Freddie Pickering died at noon on the 15th at his mother's home in Wibaux after months with diabetes. He was nineteen years, one month, and ten days old. The funeral, at the Episcopal church, was led by Rev. Douglas on Sunday the 16th. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved mother as services at the church were simple.
The obituary notes a large church turnout for a popular son of Wisconsin who was kind and generous. Friends described him as a unifying figure whose passing brings collective sadness to the community.
A June Sunday blessed Beach Lutheran with a large turnout at the country school house five miles south of town. Four youths Alvin Hoverson Esther Olson Louis Erickson and Gilbert Erickson were confirmed and received the Lord's Supper while infant Baptism was also performed for Mons Haukaas daughter. Rev Thorpe, recently finishing a parochial school term, returns to Glendive to conduct English services the first Sunday in July at the Beach schoolhouse.
Old Brindle seeks a real chance and resists a downfall. Indications point to a strong market this summer and winter, signaling potential gains for the mare.
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