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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
3
Litchville Bulletin dated Aug 1 reports a new Ford for Mall Carrier Clafson, local business and social moves, visitors from Fargo and Hastings, church events, summer school attendees, and farm activity. Notes on patients, medical care, and road travel across North Dakota and Minnesota, plus local farm equipment purchases and harvest progress.
Valley City chiropractor Spencer D Reed and W A Roeolin join as pharmacist and agent at local drug store and Monarch elevator respectively. Visitors Bert Sweet Jim Harper Blanch Mason Mrs C J Christianson Mrs Oscar Mason Mrs H Weston Mrs John Woodcock travel from Valley City Wahpeton and Webster for visits and dances. LWV members seek work as locals discuss schemes to obtain meals and spending money amid a recent passbook incident.
A string of Valley City visits includes R. J. Leahy and W. H. Johison calling on friends, Mrs S P Nokken ill, and families like the Farrells and Beckers traveling. Local business matters mention Moorhead National Bank's loan offer, and Archie McLane moving to enter grain work as Joe Clancy becomes elevator agent.
M H Krantz returned home from Fargo for business. Mr and Mrs John Owens and Mrs C P Browman visited Valley City. Mrs Maggie Wilson of Gilbert Iowa visits her niece Mrs R D Jones. Rumor of a new Carey enterprise a Twin Cities party may build a flour mill and electric plant. Christ J Knutson returned from Fargo. Mrs Geo Rasmineson left for Martel Wisconsin. Mrs Geo Walker returned from Fargo. Brox came to oversee farming interests. Lula Larson went to Walum for music class. Bernice Shearer to Superior Wisconsin for weeks with relatives. Leonard Larson returned to Darey from western state visit. Albert Brox and Eva Bailey returned to Valley City. Ava Stauffer returns from Valley City Normal. Mrs Tanner of Delavan Minn visits Darey. S B Kegrice returns from Minnesota farming trip. Ladies Aid met at Mrs A A Benders. Hazel and Mabel Larson visit Baldwin Wisconsin. Mrs M L Brown from Mercer visits. Drainage work begins in Darey on Cooper Street and surrounding area amid flooding concerns. Town board members tour for drainage via Oppegard pasture toward creek.
A ditch over a hundred feet long and about a foot deep is being dug through the Oppegard pasture to lower the big slough east of town by a foot. A drain from Fred Krueger's corner toward the slough will carry surplus water away, reducing spring floods and seepage that fills basements. Nearby, John Carlson closed his pool room due to heavy rains, planning to reopen soon.
Sheriff Dana Wright writes Deputy Fitzgerald in Jamestown that illness among border troops is blamed on too much watermelon. He notes the First North Dakota Infantry earns a growing reputation while acknowledging hot days but claims experiencing hotter weather in Jamestown.
Dr Hayden, long time government physician now authorized to treat chronic diseases in all ages, will tour principal towns offering free consultation and examination. He uses non surgical methods and serum injections for conditions from stomach and liver to joints, nerves, and growths. Those discouraged by prior treatments or told surgery is necessary are especially invited to call.
In Fargo a crowd of over 5,000 gathered to hear Charles Evans Hughes, Republican nominee, at the auditorium last night. Senator McCumber introduced him as he attacked the administration, urging organization for postwar America and warning of economic waste. A Methodist church supper followed in Rogers on Saturday.
Brownsville Tex Aug 10 Drafting of second lieutenants from the national guard into the regular service under orders of James Parker issued yesterday proceeds with fifty six officers affected. Listed are Arthur W Rogers Harvey Coucher Robert Tackaberry Victor Woodrul Vincent Knewell James J Murphy Harold W Roach from Fourth South Dakota and Leon Dominic from First North Dakota assigned to Thirty sixth Infantry Browns ville and United States Third cavalry at Worotlall Fay Ross of First North Dakota is named among those drafted.
Charles Ronzheimer administrator of Emilie Ronzheimer deceased alerts creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within six months of first publication. Address: Northeast Quarter Section 18 Rogers, Barnes County North Dakota. First published August 10 1916.
A county meeting in Valley City last Monday approved changing district boundaries around Rogers, adding six sections to the district. The larger area will lift the school and include high school work next year with an extra teacher, attracting outside pupil applications.
Miss Anna Larson and Miss Gere tride Bergan have returned to the city after spending several weeks in Cedar Rapids Iowa. They attended a course in the Pal tier writing school and both are teachers in Valley City schools.
For sale about 30 head of milk cows and young stock plus hogs and pigs. Carl Zaun and Miss Lillian Kenyon visit Minot, staying with Mrs. P B Buckyalter. Auto for sale seventy five dollars calls Saturday at 1020 Fourth Avenue. Violet Melson Crookston seeks cook job in cook car at 912 Stearns Street. 8 6 lwp
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