Social notes and travels fill Valley City week
Monday column details visits and departures among Valley City residents. Mentions S. Platou from Fargo visiting friends, Mrs. Harnbacher and Verla, and several others traveling to Harvey Lisbon Indianapolis Minot and Denver. Includes trips by J. E. Buttree, C. Field, the Risa family, Towne siblings, Loring Pierce, and notices of bridge games and a birth announcement. Also reports a machine outage at the newspaper plant and academic enrollment figures from the State Teachers College. Attorney Lee Combs to attend American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco with Mrs. Combs.
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Lee Combs
San Francisco
California
American Bar Association
General Council
The
Mr. Combs
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Police to Crack Down on Unlit Autos in Fargo and Valley City
In Fargo police target night driving with missing lights and heavy fines. The letter urges Valley City to adopt the same strict policy to combat cars without proper lights and double-issued license tags, demanding 1921 tag violators upgrade to 1922 licenses.
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Fargo
Valley City
Red Cross opens Valley City Employment Bureau for farmers
Barnes County Chapter of the American Red Cross launches an Employment Bureau in Valley City to connect farmers with laborers for harvest and threshing. The free service operates 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily, with phone 568, and handles calls from any part of Barnes County.
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Barnes County
The
American Red Cross
Valley City
Red Cross
Barnes
County
Why Are Farmers Leaving the Farm in North Dakota
C W Reichert argues farmers face unpaying returns in the Northwest as debts rise from homesteaded lands. He urges self-help through smarter farming, consolidating land, and turning to alfalfa, clover, corn, hogs, and sheep to build livelihoods while addressing eastern money flows and aging rural hardship.
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Northwest
North Dakota
Great Britain
United States
George
Washington
Brother Farmer
Packing Plant Vision in Fargo North Dakota
A citizen urges support for a West Fargo Packing Plant as key to North Dakota's self sufficiency. The speaker argues against dependence on Minneapolis mills, praises local soil and coal, and calls for unity among farmers merchants and bankers to revive the plant, boost assets, and restore the city’s pride with a looming smoke stack comeback within six months.
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Dioult
Fly
East
Minnesota
Fargo
North Dakota
Minneapolis
King Row
Equity
America
West Fargo
Northwest
Republican Party Restores Faith in Credit Speech Update
Washington July 28 The Republican Publicity Association statement issued by Hon Jonathan Bourne Jr stresses credit value. Fargo N D July 28 D C Buis tol leads Barnhard by two after 18 amateur golf holes. Howatt Valley City tied for first after 18 more holes with 79. Meyer War Finance Corp cited. Attorney Lee Combs returned from Minneapolis after legal business.
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Washington
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Howatty
Fargo
N. D
D. C
Howatt
Valley City
Eugene Meyer, Jr
War Finance Corporation
Agricultural situation in 1920 21 and War Finance lessons
The text quotes Mr Meyer on 1920 price declines harming farmer purchasing power as crops were harvested. It notes a wave of loan liquidations and forced selling shrinking farmers’ buying power. Congress revived the War Finance Corporation early 1921, boosting credits and stabilizing agriculture. The passage ties this to panic era bank runs and government support easing credit pressure on farmers.
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Mr. Meyer
Congress
War Finance Corporation
John
Uncle Sam
Meyer
Miners Won Strike Statement From Philadelphia
By July 29 in Philadelphia miners declare the strike won for all intents and purposes. They say wage reductions are unnecessary and coal prices are set by supply and demand, not wages, urging prompt interstate commission negotiations for fair collective bargaining while opposing further wage cuts.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Commission
Third Ticket by 48 Body Looms in North Dakota
Bismarck July 28 Investigations by the Committee of 48 assess their standing on a state ticket and whether a convention could nominate a complete slate to appear in a single column at the election. W J Deemy of Bismarck led the probe and Maurice Duffy deputy secretary of state weighs legal feasibility.
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Bismarck
Committee of 48
North Dakota
W. J. Deemy
Mr. Deemy
Maurice Duffy
Home Builders case headed to Supreme Court over inflated costs
In Bismarck on July 28 the Attorney General's office will present Judge Pugh's decision to the Supreme Court. The Home Builders association is ruled bound by contracts, with those built under the act not paying more than agreed. The Wallace suit alleges costs exceeded the planned 6000 by over 5000 per home. Of 53 houses, 21 are in Fargo, 24 in Bismarck, six in Mandan, two in Underwood.
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Attorney General's Office
Judge Pugh
Supreme Court
Fargo
Mandan
Underwood
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