This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
2
Valley City North Dakota editors note harvest season strains and draft limits. Local business and working men sign up to work four to ten pm, proving town effort and resolve to aid farmers. Readers share praise for Times-Record support and recount community action stories and local outcomes.
The community demonstrated strong patriotism last Sunday afternoon as crowds from fifty miles away gathered to hear Major C. E. Hunt, recently returned from France, and to enjoy the rest of the program. Automobile loads traveled long distances to attend.
Citizens praise out-of-town guests who attended Sunday’s entertainment and note the era of progress driven by road travel. Two city policemen are temporarily reassigned to harvest fields, with reassurances that the force reduction is safe. The Times-Record rejects an unsigned critique about Minot subscriptions and calls for open participation from writers.
A letter urges Minot business leaders to divert charity subscriptions from the out of town Minot paper to the local Times-Record, claiming the local paper provides as much truth and community backing and arguing the Minot paper offers only sporadic state politics coverage. The writer asks supporters to reconsider and back the Times-Record to bolster the town’s standing.
President Wilson set aside five million dollars to aid Northwest farmers affected by drought and winter killing losses to wheat growers. Loans will be issued through federal land banks at up to three dollars per acre with caps of 100 or 150 acres, not intended for farmers who can secure loans with banking collateral. The move aims to assist farmers facing drought and bad luck.
A communication from Lieutenant George A. Treadwell, commander of the navy recruiting station at Minneapolis, states that the enlistment limit for men who can enroll as aviation mechanics has been raised to forty years. The same notice adds that all enlistees in this category will be sent home on completion of the initial training.
The piece notes the United States spends about fifty million dollars per day on the war, or two million per hour, to fund ammunition, equipment, and a large armed force. It argues the sixteen billion dollars needed next year is a worthy burden to support the war against German tyranny.
Inactive duty sailors may rejoin as yeomen with no quota limit while the Navy removes the regular 40 men weekly district quota. The Bureau of Navigation aims to keep 2000 aviation mechanics on reserve. Farmers may enlist with 30 or 60 day furlough to harvest crops. Present openings include apprentice seamen firemen third class shipfitters boilermakers yeoman and aviation mechanics. Townley doctrine gains traction in western counties urging state ownership of farm lands and property for three years, sparking concern about farmer autonomy.
The Public Opinion in Bismarck will merge with the Palladium under editor H. P. Knappen. The Palladium has leaned nonpartisan. the consolidation reduces a printshop in the capital while the league gains its own paper. Jyn W. G. Crocker becomes North Dakota sugar inspector, overseeing all sugar via his department. he will discontinue his publications.
Press reports say Turkey has broken off relations with Germany after the new sultan objects to the Kaiser taking control of a major battleship. The two allies have long grown tired of their uneasy bargain and prefer separation.
Mail thrift and war savings stamps on your card as sending money to yourself with interest. Cashing in stamps is better than getting money from home as the funds symbolize contributing to victory and the war effort.
War department warns that American losses may total about fifteen thousand as battles along the Marne and Aisne continue. Draft proposals threaten to pull in as many as thirteen million men, with ages 18 to 40, potentially delaying many students’ educations and widening the draft's reach.
Twenty five farmers in Valley City sought government help this morning as trains arrived but none could be secured. The Times Record urges local sacrifice in marketing to free delivery workers for farm labor and suggests shops close at 4 pm to allow merchants to work fields for a few hours. Stillwater Minnesota action is cited as a model, with Saturday trade kept open for over Sunday needs. Valley City business men are urged to participate for harvest success.
A concert is set for Sunday August 11 at 3 30 pm at Minnie Lake church northeast of the city. The Scandinavian M E church choir under Epworth League will perform and a silver offering will go to the local Red Cross chapter. Weather permitting a large crowd is expected. Mr and Mrs Albin Johnson of Rice Lake Wisconsin are visiting Rev Q F Domell after traveling by car.
A 1918 Valley City appeal laments hard coal shortages as state administrator Baker shifts order control from retail dealers. Citizens push for early allocations while the U S Fuel Administration allocates 80 percent of last year’s state supply amid distribution backlogs and transport constraints.
The public must seek higher authority as dealers face helplessness amid a push by the State Fuel Administration to stockpile coal and lignite. Mention of Mr. ahs seltss a shoe at Me Go-be and Thomson, Mgr hints at local business impacts and administrative pressure.
Secretary McAdoo urges higher taxes to fund the year ending June 30 1919. He proposes a war profits tax at a high rate on all profits, boosting normal income tax on unearned incomes, and heavy taxes on luxuries. He argues increases should be prompt to avoid reliance on excessive borrowing. He notes sacrifices by soldiers and sailors justify fiscal restraint.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.