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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
5
A shopping list of items offered by Right Price Mercantile Co. featuring dresses, coats, fur accessories, undergarments, hosiery, table linens, blankets, bath robes, and assorted home items. Includes fur pieces, lingerie, gloves, handkerchiefs, patterns, and household goods for holiday gifts.
A curio of baby apparel and accessories is offered in a vintage listing. Items include fur set dolls, sleeping suits, toilet sets, bracelets, hoods, sweaters, bootees, coats, stockings, ribbons, belts, sashes, gloves, mesh bags, wool dresses, skirts, and handmade waists. Ivory fan and lace ruffs are noted among finer pieces.
A sweep of brief notices from Fingal and nearby towns records visits, illness, travel, and social events. Miss Jennie Hunters visits from Darey. Mabel Jameson of Marmarth appears in the city. various residents transact business in Fargo and Enderlin. County Clerk C. H. Olsby is ill. Rev. Vermilya, Hewson, and others are noted in travel and church matters. A sheriff's call reports a stabbing case with a hearing planned. notable movements include Pavlova in Minneapolis with Mark Smith sailing to Glasgow. Bishop Cameron Mann leaves for Florida after twelve years serving as bishop, with a farewell reception at the church.
In the December 9 1918 issue Miss Mary Deem hosts at the Dormitory while Misses Healey Nelson and others travel to Fargo for the Paderewski concert. The Music Club postpones its Wednesday meeting to Thursday and North Dakota poet Jaurate visits town. The infant Pray dies at six months, funeral this afternoon, and various local social and civic notices follow.
The 1912 Barnes county tax sale shows remarkable prosperity with $2,654.60 in real estate taxes collected, most parcels redeemed soon, and only four bidders present. Several township and farm lands sold, including Sibley and Meadow Lake quarts, Valley City lots netting $1,064.58 with $430.28 for improvements. The county’s total 1912 real estate levy was $364,457.29, all but $1,954.60 paid by sale time, illustrating strong local finances and faith in the county’s future.
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