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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
5
Frigay daily notes residents on business trips to Jamestown and Minot, visits from Bowdon and Coopers Town, and social calls in Valley City. Local officials discuss publishing notices, and Prof Roy Divers heads to Enderlin as principal. Edward Bannon fined for Sunday shaving. Americans plan band positions. Litchville reports rain.
Clifford Ferguson Paul Baar stad William Simon G J Intian son and Neal Tracy are listed among attendees. About one hundred delegates are expected to attend the convention sessions, reflecting broad participation.
Hat accompanied by fierce winds and heavy rain leveled thousands of acres of crops in Carington last Tuesday afternoon, with additional damage over a larger area per the Foster County Independent. Farmers return binding twine as harvest in most areas has begun, mainly oats and barley with wheat just starting.
The North Dakota Mutual Fire Insurance Co moves into new quarters above the Bank of Valley City. Manager D W Clark leads a strong local firm set to welcome Franklin D Roosevelt on Monday August 16 at 3 PM. Roosevelt will speak in Valley City, weather permitting, with plans for City Park or courthouse venue and a reception by prominent businessmen. He will then proceed to Jamestown.
Saturday's Daily I. M. Joes reports a flurry of local visitors and departures. Louis Lolling heads to Montana for two weeks, while A J Hamm of Remington Typewriter Co visits. Dr D A Olson and family stay overnight from Battle Lake. Attorney Lee Qomba returns from Moorhead after four days of litigation. Editor A F Steffen and family arrive to spend the day. City Auditor M J Boyd and family visit Rand Forks, with Esperance Boyd joining them. Jesse Marquisee buys stock for a new store in St. Paul, as Mrs Marquinet visits her parents. Mrs E G Pi and Mrs Priewe, neighbors, share a visit at Casselton. J M W Samipson heads to South St. Paul with cattle for shipment. Alank abandons baseball for his own business. H Pendale of the Canadian Pacific Railway tours the area seeking land. Charley Peterson leaves for Chicago to stock the Right Price Mercantile. Miss Jessie Sargent returns from Wisconsin to ship goods to St. Paul for a new job. Valley City friends regret Miss Sargent's move while noting her future prospects.
Be present at this conference the object of which was to attempt to get cars for the northwest for the moving of the grain crop and also to get coal from the docks to the consumers.
Hollinshead and Compton sold a $20 acre farm about four miles from Oriska to Thomas McClavy of Des Moines Iowa. McClavy plans a large new barn and will bring about 100 mule teams from South Dakota to work the land.
Sheriff Larson arrested John Murray Axel Reinhole and J A Parker after they allegedly loafed in the city seeking to stir discontent among visiting harvest workers. They telegraphed for their Fargo attorney and were to appear before Police Magistrate C A Zabel at two this afternoon. If they refuse to work, they say there is no room for them in town.
Mrs A M Sigurdson, long associated with the Ployhar family, returned to Fargo after a ten day stay and was the honored guest at several social functions. Hosts included Mrs John D Gray Mrs N A Johnson Mrs P P Persons Mrs W H Codding and Mrs Frank BE Browhar. Her husband Mr Sigurdson recently left the Dakotas Drug Co to become manager for Bentson Drug Co and oversees remodeling of a Minot store.
Monday notes from Daily Mrs. L A Wood returned from the farm near Laverne and left for Wadena Mina Henry & Henry set up new offices on Fifth Avenue. Dr and Mrs Underwood ND were Valentine visitors Sunday. Mrs Glen Granger visited from Pillsbury and stayed over Sunday. P J Harbancher Stern Candy bookkeeper returned from a week at Goodrich ND. Mr and Mrs Stroud Hollinshead welcomed a baby girl born Aug 14. Will Kemnitz of Oshkosh left for Bismarck to visit his sister Mrs James Algeo. Florence Roethke of Tower City returned home after visiting Emma Luessen. E L Foulka of Security National Bank returned from vacation. Frank R Greene and son Lyle left for Little Falls and Rochester for medical consultations. Rogers village to get a new general store run by geen of Sanborn. Fire relief drivers urged to report to station for buckets and extinguishers. M C Grangaard and others came from Rogers about the fire. Tower City light seen from east and Jamestown. Rudolf Boen of Russell in Fergus Falls mercantile move forthcoming. Yes or No? at Grand attracts audience with a vivid dinner scene. C E Krantz and wife of Drake ND visited. honeymoon trip ended. Band concert Sunday drew many visitors from outside town.
The Grand shows Norma Talmadge in Yes or No tonight and Tuesday with her sister Natalie in scenes across the photoplay. Also noted are visits, local politics, a Roosevelt campaign stop, and several community updates including graduations and upcoming obituaries.
A long list of visitors and locals mark Valley City recent days. Galveston bound editor and friend T Melvin Lee report mild weather and plans for New Orleans. J J Earley returns from Washington. bank and business figures, Rogers and Wilcox among attendees. The American Legion gears for October 28 events with the Welsh Choir and praise for Roosevelt era figures.
The Rev J S Wilds delivered a practical sermon last Sunday morning that readers say should be heard statewide. He preached at Darey last night to several hundred people, and the writer notes the editor was in church, a frequent attendee. The piece lauds Wilds as a strong preacher with a big heart and sympathetic personality.
The Stern Candy Co moves its office to the basement of the American Exchange Bank, occupying space formerly used by Henry & Henry. The change upgrades the work area from the rear upstairs shop and is welcomed as a notable improvement. Arthur L. Gibson of Red Wing Minn and his mother visit the Times-Record, staying with Mrs. Gunt Larson. Gibson, a local printer, returns to Red Wing that night. Suits by Northwestern Telephone Co North Dakota Independent Telephone Co and North Dakota Laundry association seek a temporary injunction against the minimum wage act delaying its effect. September 2 set for a hearing on a permanent injunction. State bar association meets at Jamestown August 19 with Judge Meldrim delivering the annual address. Major D S Ritchie of Valley City to respond to welcome by G W Springer at the Chamber of Commerce event.
A card from Santa Anna California reports a pleasant trip by car with no engine trouble and two punctures. It notes Mrs Healy and Lillian Healy were visited at Long Beach on Sunday and mentions continued paper delivery to Santa Anna.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M E church will study the question Is America a Christian Nation at a Wednesday 3 PM meeting in the church parlor. All women and interested neighbors are invited to attend the opening and learn the facts while pledging funds to support the society's work.
Frank Towne Jr reports to the Times-Record that D5 wheat threshed on the George Drake farm south of town averaged about twenty bushels per acre and weighed 64 pounds to the bushel. Towne is pleased with the result and expects more threshing reports this week to gauge Barnes county crop conditions.
Voters 71 and older may select lay and reserve lay delegates for the annual conference in New Rockford. Polls run 7 to 8 pm in the church parlor. The fourth quarterly conference follows at 8 pm with nominations and written reports. District Superintendent Anderson will preside.
Franklin D. Roosevelt praised the park setting as one of the most beautiful spots he spoke from yesterday. A local committee earned commendation for choosing the city park for the gathering. Roosevelt expressed pleasure with the West, especially North Dakota, and complimented the region's reception during his visit. He called the editorials in the area amusing but noted his general fondness for the people.
Mr and Mrs Wilmot Houghton from Griggs county visited Cooperstown yesterday to hear Franklin D Roosevelt. They stayed until evening and were guests at the home of Edites and Mrs PR Trubshaw. Houghton, a longtime farmer, plans selling his farms and retiring from active work. They own a summer home at Loon Lake near Vergas Minnesota and are in Cooperstown to oversee their crop.
The Washington Extension Department proves three fourths cup of sugar per cup of juice can be effective for jelly. For tart fruits like choke cherry currant gooseberry crabapple one half cup sugar per cup of juice yields equal sweetness and good flavor, addressing high sugar costs in canning.
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