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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
2
Valley City Times Record issued from Valley City North Dakota under editor L F P Hyde. The masthead notes a 1 502 dollar postal entry and class mail designation for city and county circulation.
The Times Record discusses a new land company aimed at bringing actual settlers to central North Dakota around New Rockford. It notes the governor’s active involvement and compares to Canadian Pacific efforts, arguing the fertile land and mild climate support attracting thousands of easterners seeking development and investment returns.
A San Francisco teacher, aided by an oculist, sought help for a boy deemed dull and immoral due to vision problems. After glasses were fitted, the boy's behavior and school attendance dramatically improved, transforming him from truancy to top of the class under the teacher’s guidance.
Chicago engineer W C Kirkpatrick argues North Dakota clay products will revolutionize local building, citing high freight and labor costs, and praising the University of North Dakota School of Mines for advancing lignite fueled, labor saving production. The report predicts economical, indigenously produced bricks and plants using in state materials.
A Chicago art exposition features a critic condemning U S statue quality noting the Lincoln Monument and Logan statue face defense while Lincoln Park and the lake front statues meet praise and Lorado Taft’s Spirit of the Great Lakes is singled out for criticism as part of the debate over American sculpture.
Advertisementfor a pain relief plaster with claims to stick until pain is driven out. Mentions Nouralgis Lumbayo Khoumatiam and others. Yard roll priced at $1.00, regular size 2c. Sells Direct Lyminil from Davies in New York.
The speaker condemns prudish denials of nude art and praises a national shift toward vibrant museums. He cites eight new top galleries built recently and U S recognition in Europe, noting Americans’ wins of the grand cold medal at the Paris salon.
November weather has been mild with budding trees and green grass in parts of the state. Farmers foresee feed savings while families expect lower fuel use. Despite many sickness cases blamed on damp conditions, residents prefer a harsher winter to an extended mild season.
Prof Ladd leads a campaign for pure fabrics demanding labels on clothing to reveal composition such as wool or blends. The plan aims to educate buyers, curb substitutions, and empower consumers to judge value, with substitutions required to be tagged on garments once the law takes effect.
The city boasts all stores offering extensive variety and value with thousands of new novelties and goods from autos to five cent toys. Shoppers are urged to buy locally as prices compare favorably with any elsewhere.
Regular examination of applicants for completion certificates will be held Thursday and Friday December 18 and 19 1913 in school houses including Darey Dickinson Fin e gal Kathryn Leal Litchville Lucca Nome Oleka Rogers Sangorn Urbana Hastings and in the County Superintendent office Minnie J Nielsen Supt Barnes County Schools Minn.
Classified notices include two malts wanted at Normal Dormitory W284 tdttw and a 18 month old Poland China pig named Jacob Faust offered in Valley City North Dakota. Spring wagon with harness, Elmwood Ave address, and fractional land descriptions in Minnte Lake and Grand Prairie townships listed with phone 75. 127-3rd-ltw
Ex-con burglar recalls casing a vacant home in a six acre lot seeking easy loot. He notes signs of occupation, enters despite alarms, but a mirrored glimpse shows his own reflection and he flees after finding a telegram about a mother dying. He decides to seek legitimate work thereafter.
State news notes the supreme court decision upholding taxes on the Bismarck water works and affirming L. Bickford’s time served. Reports on injuries to Mathias Schwartz, J. H. Movine, D. F. Sinclair, and local youth scout organization forming in Cando with school support.
Mr and Mrs Ledebur and Mr and Mrs McKean hosted a Woodmen Hall gathering Tuesday evening, with 600 the evening’s diversion. Isensee duo displayed champion card skills while Ledebur and McKean were assisted by Thrall and Vogt. Smith Nichol, a former Sanborn boy, stopped between trains with his wife en route to Binford to visit his mother, after six years in Tacoma and a summer in Stanton, North Carolina helping Fred Grannis.
Antisuffrage women led by Mrs. Arthur Dodge protested a plan to create a house standing committee on suffrage before the Rules Committee in Washington. The session featured arguments from Catherine McCulloch of Chicago and Everett Wheelock of New York, with Minnis Lake notes adding local remarks.
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