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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
2
Valley City weekly times record lists Greenwood and Houghtaling as official paper. Subscription detail shows one dollar fifty cents annual in advance. Paper is entered at Valley City post office as second class mail matter.
Readers gripe about dingy yellow sheets replacing blue-tinged stock as print-paper prices jump over 74 percent in months. Publishers warn continued shortages may force defect laden issues printed on wrapping stock while noting rising labor costs and scarce machinery. Local items praise St Cloud水 plant profits and urge municipal lessons, while editorials bemoan theft by youth, glare from modern lights, and North Dakota manufacturing potential amid hot weather and grain fears.
Valley City era of rumor centers on a packing plant location with speculation about the town’s loss and congratulations from Miss Jennie Black. Local notices reference community framing, crosswalk safety remarks, and a Washington dispatch on party plans for U S senators in the fall. Reports mention Fargo’s packing plant debate, wheat market chatter, and war-era headlines noting distant battles and a plea for quick delivery via Bismarck.
In Bismarck on July 28, H. Jt. Steele of the tax commission said the Supreme Court erred in allowing no extra money for clerk hire. He contended the 1915 eight thousand dollar appropriation for two years was sufficient and asserted the commission should not override the legislature. He noted the work is up to date and that adjustments can cover remaining tasks, despite the two year cap. The motion began without his knowledge. The other commissioners are George E. Wallace and Frank E. Packard, with Packard on vacation and Wallace traveling to Canada to study the modified single tax possibility for North Dakota.
A series of property transfers records shows transactions across various townships and towns. Names include E H Headland Emma Nordley D Gauche Henry Detmer Ludwig Larson Chas Furgeson Julia Gilland A M Nelson C Hy McGee Land Land Co Silbert Nelson W B Jordan and others with parcel details like lots 4,5 and 6 in different blocks and swp sections, with prices ranging from 1.00 to 20000.00 at Valley City Oriska and nearby districts.
Judge Irgens issued a marriage license to Knute Darlind and Margaret Jensen both of Darey. The couple were married by Judge Irgens in the county court offices Wednesday.
A verse sequence from Youth's Companion and Washington Star presents boyhood strides from home to wild places with playful feats and a refrain of care and fun. It contrasts boyish adventures with idealized calls for love, duty, and communal harmony across a hopeful, peaceful world.
A miscellany item quotes a Houston Post reflection praising tenderness and charity as a form of religion, linking gentle acts to a broad moral message. Included are verses about America and a note on a Moorhead marriage license issued to Theodore Sahlheim and Alma M Byrne.
State Auditor Jorgensen announces three day hearings from August 17 to 19 for county representatives and others on real and personal property assessments. Additional sessions August 21 for utilities, August 22 to 24 for railroads, and August 25 for telephone property.
Rolef Berg, a well known Courtenay implement dealer and longtime Griggs County native, died July 26 at age 68 after a July Fourth harrow unloading accident. He had undergone an operation but never recovered. Funeral held at Norwegian Lutheran church in Courtenay with burial in Courtenay cemetery. He leaves a wife and two sons Wallace and George, the latter in Kensal.
The funeral of Mrs W E Hirt who died suddenly Tuesday was held Thursday afternoon in Marion. The remains were brought by train for services at 2 30 p m at the German Lutheran church. Interment followed in the cemetery west of town. Rev Wessler conducted the services. Deceased was the daughter of Rudolph Froemke of this place and immigrated from Germany as a child. She married W B Hirt of Valley City on January 2 1907, and they had two children. Surviving relatives include her father husband and other relatives and many friends who mourn her loss.
Bert F. Grant of Maquoketa Iowa arrived Thursday and is visiting the Grant home near Cuba. He formerly lived in Barnes county for several years and was located 12 miles southwest of the city. He notes changes in Barnes county during the five years since he left and is pleasantly surprised by the improvements.
Anton Sebby and Norma township farmer’s daughter Julia Johnson were quietly married Saturday evening at Rev. B. Struxness’s residence. The couple, well known locally, will reside on the groom’s three-quarter section farm west of Fingal, with many friends offering congratulations.
Bismarck reports five of eight prisoners who escaped last Saturday from the penitentiary remain uncaptured as officers widen searches. Investigators collect more evidence against alleged helpers in the breakout. C P Enerson spent the week at his Foster county farm and promoted the Equity packing plant to residents along the Soo Line between Valley City and Carrington, drawing solid support.
Hastings Times reports July visits by L P Belten and Harold Nelson and a Fargo trip by L Horkman, with new building plans for Ellef Falstad and A Bergan. Palmers elevator vote at 4500 dollars approves Andrews Grain Co. but notes other locals traveling to Fargo for the fair and an influx of lumber, rusted Marquis wheat, and sale ads for four south front lots near St Catherine's.
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