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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
5
Daily items from Valley City noting visits by Mrs H E Emery of Beach ND and Mrs Meliain of Underwood ND, plus Dr Kellogg of Rogers and Dr Warner of Wimbledon. Local travel, threshing labor shortages, and civic notes include Ladies Aid meeting, Detroit trip for S P Ellis and Grace, and Senator Ployhar observing Railroad Commissioner Randahl in Litchville.
A quantity of platinum valued at about 600 dollars was stolen from the laboratory years ago. Police believe the thieves sought drugs but failed to find them and took the platinum instead. The substance offers little apparent use to thieves as disposal is unlikely without suspicion.
May Allison stars in The Walk Offs a Screen Classica adaptation of the Hatton Broadway hit at the Grand Theater Friday and Saturday Kathleen is drawn to a controlling fiancé who bans her freedoms while a theater impresario mourns a past romance Also noted M M White and family depart for Eugene Oregon to start a new home after arriving in 1883 as Barnes County settlers
Tuesday’s Miss Georgia Henry departs for Alaska by train to resume school duties. Local notes sweep through visits from Grace City and Payette, Idaho, with multiple itineraries and arrivals.
Harlow Sherburne, once a Valley City boy, is back in Ichigat for the first time in over a decade. Born here, he traces his roots and notes how much has changed since his last visit.
Local readers express concern as coal prices may increase from 1 to 1.25 a ton despite sugar price drops. The report also covers PEO and church circles events, notable residents, and a late Sunday baseball game where Dickinson beat Bismarck 6 to 5 after Charley Boardman pitched a near loss.
W J Curren notes an 80 reply flood from a for sale ad drawing calls from farmers countywide and Sunday inquiries about two grain hauling trucks. The piece lauds the Times-Record as the top advertising medium in Barnes county and urges readers to consider its reach and impact. A separate notice from the United States Civil Service Commission lists 300+ permanent stenographer positions in Washington DC district with $1200 annual salaries plus a $20 monthly bonus, exams weekly, and application forms via the Eighth Civil Service District.
Monday reports list residents and visitors including Mrs C R Simpson starting an extended Pacific coast visit, Louis Lolling returning from Montana, J H Sampon moving cattle to South St Paul, and several Valley City visitors such as railroad official J Ran dahil and banker T L Beiseker. Other items note Alma Frank visiting Woodworth, Jay Gibson traveling with Norman of Seattle to New Rockford, F A Knowles family to Bismarck, and Hazel Wolfe joining C C Chaffee store staff.
The morning brings reports of Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Johnson returning from their wedding trip to the Great Lakes. A. B. Sigurdson and wife visited from Fargo, hosted by Senator Frank Ployhar. Readman and Gellmer of St Paul dispatched eight large Pierce Arrow trucks to Great Falls for road work. Editor P. R. Trubshaw and wife toured the Lisbon Soldiers Home, praising its beauty and management under Commandant Dr H J Rowe and Matron Mrs Rowe, and lauding North Dakota’s support for veterans. Strong hometown tone with local figures and civic sites highlighted.
Saturday afternoon the editor joined Lee Cowell to Dell Link farm near Tower City. The writer praises the well kept, neatly painted buildings, tidy yards, electric lighting, and piped water. The piece argues orderly appearance signals thrift and advises farmers can achieve similar neatness with careful upkeep.
A reader describes a farmer threshing with a Gray tractor powering a separator belt. The wheat is noted as shrunken, and the farm visited is mentioned along with a picture in J.B. Buttree's The Despoilers.
Saturday's Daily lists Minneapolis and Minnesota visitors and local arrivals. Lodging includes Mr. and Mrs. John Kriens, Miss Josephine Nichols spending time with Rev. W. C. Lyon family, and Des Moines visitors at Valley City. Several moves and social events are recorded, plus a wedding trip and local club activity. Judge Pollock heads state bar association selection at Jamestown with new officers named. Esther Christianson’s disappearance remains unsolved.
Miss Laverna Busdicker returns home tonight after a six week vacation through Minnesota and Wisconsin. She visited Winona Rochester the Twin Cities and Duluth where she stayed with the Andreyson family formerly of this city. Miss Busdicker will soon teach in the public schools of Underwood.
In line with the Teta of the president of the National Suffrage Association, city whistles blew for five minutes at noon today to mark Tennessee legislature’s ratification of the suffrage amendment. A Washington word of passage prompts local suffragists to plan a large parade.
R C Cooper of Cooperstown returned yesterday after looking after business matters. Aime Wharton has been visiting the Cooperstown neighborhood most afternoons, with amiable chats noted.
A mixed set of brief items notes fashion trends from Germany to New York and a North Dakota winter forecast, mentions R L Brown and his family arriving in Alanta Nebraska after a 13 day auto trip, and reports on local threshing yields with several farm figures. A minor car crash near Casselton ends with damage paid and a revival critique of reckless driving.
Mrs. Peter A Anderson and Mrs Johanna Henrikson visited last Sunday. Alfred Anderson and Andrew Greglerson stacked millet. Miss Martha Olstad worked for Mr and Mrs Jens Bensby. Farmers threshing rye and harvesting continue. many visits to Kathryn and Valley City noted. Several auto trips to Malley City Valley City and Oriska recorded among neighbors and relatives.
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