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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
A late 1910s Valley City weekly column urges support for the war effort. It critiques antiwar sentiment as treason in spirit, discusses drafts and penalties, and encourages enlistment while noting local civic actions and economic wartime concerns.
Count Richard Hamilton of Peerless in Stockholm notes US tire dominance. He visited Peerless in Cleveland and cites Sweden’s rubber shortage as dire. A Stockholm buyer offered $500 cash per tire, but the seller refused, praising American factory abundance.
Minnesota papers lash New Ulm for anti draft demonstrations calling the protests unpatriotic and traitorous. Editors urge drastic action, note the anti draft stance shocks state leaders, and mock calls for relocation to Germany while praising wartime duty and local resilience.
A mixed verse piece celebrates the flag and national ideals with stanzas praising red white and blue, sacrifice, home life, and patriotism. It includes a Judd Mortimer Lewis verse from the Houston Post and invokes Wilson era justice and freedom as America awakens. The fragmentary text blends poems and an editorial voice on liberty.
North Dakota reports a promising winter rye crop with acreage tripling, offering fall pasture if rains come and enabling earlier sowing for better next year yields. Other mentions discuss cereal costs, milk and buttermilk uses, and weather impacts on harvest, with regional notes from Springfield and New York papers.
W. W. Smith reports traveling from Glasgow Montana to Fargo and Grand Forks area. He notes poor crops in western regions, drought in Montana, but predicts Barnes county and Valley City will present strong business prospects. He describes securing new merchandise lines and promises timely shipments via the Timey Record.
An examination for assistant land classifier and junior land classifier in the geological survey yielded a large number of eligibles. Applicants are rated on education training and experience from submitted evidence and need not report to an exam site. Applications accepted anytime with rapid rating and certification as needed. Form 1312 available from the secretary of the local civil service board at Valley City post office.
An OCR piece knit from multiple clippings celebrates milk and mush buckwheat cakes and meatless meals with playful verse. It notes saloon price hikes in Pillager Minnesota harming the poor as drink prices rise.
A fragment describes a son avoiding draft duty by exploiting exemptions for dependent relatives. Mother does laundry while sister Ann runs the home front. The passage notes a cautious, tongue in cheek tone about wartime enlistment and exemptions.
Local Red Cross chapter asks for more workers to prepare surgical dressings hospital linen and garments. The Tooms in the K P hall over Chaffee's store hosts open afternoons 2 to 5 30 with Monday reserved for committee work. Volunteers are urged to provide at least one afternoon weekly and join efforts snipping waste scraps for fracture pillows.
Enderlin resident Mrs. Gilbert Sorenson of Casselton, visiting Sheldon, passed through Enderlin en route to Valley City Thursday evening. Helen Stowell left for Valley City Monday after visiting her sister Mrs. Roy Vance. A Kaber and C G Pingert left for Valley City to attend a lant immigration meeting at 2 o clock. Mr. and Mrs. G S Halsted and Mr. and Mrs. J S Pherige drove to Valley City Sunday and returned the same day. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deveraux traveled from Page to Valley City Friday visiting the Wilson family and returned home in the evening.
Government revests title to large Oregon and California Railroad Company grant lands. About 200 000 to 300 000 acres to be opened for homesteads and land sales. Includes a large map showing sections soil climate elevation and other land details. Grant Land Co Oregon advertises locating posts and prices. Times Record notices public sale and land offering.
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