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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
5
Booster efforts offer music school scholarships tied to piano purchases. The Baby Show draws crowds with a record turnout expected Saturday. Local residents publish travel notes, visiting relatives, crop reports, and social events with numerous names and places across North Dakota and Canada.
The county page lists Mr and Mrs F G Chambard leaving for Gaylord Minn. D W Clark heading to Minneapolis for a Mutual Fire Insurance convention. Miss Pearl R Peterson heading to Benson Minn to take a teaching post. Jail terms were issued for gambling and blind pigging. two Jamestown visits to a district judge followed.
On Friday Chief Swanson arrested Peter Luger who fled after a $65 board bill in Fargo. Deputy Richards arrived Saturday morning and transported Luger to Fargo that afternoon.
The Minneapolis and Duluth cash markets show mixed gains and delays across grains. Prices for No 1 Northern wheat rise to around 1.52 to 1.53 with various unfolds for durum oats rye and flax, while futures reflect August and September orientations. Durum and oats values move with arrivals noted in August and September, including No. 2 Northern and No. 3 White oats.
The A H Gray & Son piano and premium contest draws countywide interest. Booster Signe Johnson leads, Bertha Anderson rises to second, and more developments are expected. A baby show closes Saturday with prizes including a gold ring for the most popular baby and a dinner set for the mother. The last week of August offers a chance to win a fine gold watch as the competition heats up.
Sid Ellis’s threshing rig was moved to his farm six miles southwest and will start turning on barley Friday morning. Mr and Mrs M R Nelson and son Lloyd have returned from an extended auto trip in Minnesota visiting Breckenridge Wheaton and Fargo. Mrs James Kelly underwent an operation at Riverside hospital Wednesday morning and is reported to be doing very favorably.
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