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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
10
Frank M. Ryan and thirty-eight labor union officials were sentenced in the dynamite conspiracy case. Sentences ranged from seven years to one year and a day with six suspended. Judge Anderson condemned the actions as outlaw methods and noted evidence of murders and crimes beyond indictments.
Seven people were hurt in a three car crash near Alton on January 1. Morris Meebas from Madison and six others, including John Melnenny and Charles Warner of Granite City, remained in serious condition while others were less seriously injured.
Governor William Sulzer is sworn in during modest ceremonies marking his inauguration. Dignitaries and residents attend as Sulzer takes office in the state capital, signaling a new administration and policy direction.
In a rural tale two neighbor dogs Spottie and Blackie boast of their looks after praise from their mistresses and grandmothers. Their vanity leads to quarrels, cutting their friendship and ending with new homes, teaching them to be humbler and kinder.
Tamaqua Pa January 2 nine men entombed in Hast Lehigh Coal colliery by a rush of water from an abandoned mine are still imprisoned but company officials hope to reach them alive The imprisoned men aided in their own rescue digging through rock and coal they have signaled they are well and a system of rapping keeps them in contact ventilation is good and officials see no serious danger of another collapse
Devils Lake boosts a new mid winter fair as a three month old town on the Devils Lake Surry line bills itself as the state’s biggest little town. Knox opera house burned with Joss on building and stocks valued at $20 000. vandals attacked farms near Napoleon damaging stoves and furniture. Mandan Experimental Farm seeks a head. Cox inauguration amid Columbus politics features Meeker as Fargo chamber cedes control. Accidents fatalities include Herman Seibert death and Embert Sandall smothering. Transfers include J E Dickey’s arrest and Walker Bros. takeover of Walker Bros. and Hardy. A state taxation conference set for Grand Forks. Local robberies rob two farmers. two suspects captured.
A witty poem by James A. Edgerton argues against an April or May New Year. The speaker prefers January, claiming a winter born year would endure harder climates, resist summer heat, and better endure times of fraud, war, and crime. The verse favors winter’s resilience over spring’s frailty.
Chicago reports total wholesale trade for 1912 at 2 209 380 000 dollars, up from 1 940 970 000 in 1911. Mall order houses show a strong rise with 276 000 000 dollars versus 229 959 000 in 1911, indicating robust year end activity.
Daily price snippet shows wheat and flax futures with bids for No 1 hard No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern in Duluth. May and June futures quoted, flax values around 1.25 to 1.28, alongside South St. Paul live stock ranges for cattle hogs sheep and calves. Unicage Chicago notes May wheat July wheat and corn and oats trading, plus pork butter eggs poultry and live stock prices in several U S cities.
Vintage clipping describes a boxing bout where the champion defeats a youthful challenger as well as a report from Bismarck on Valley City’s gas franchise. H. E. Taylor notes the new Valley City Gas Company is popular and being used in stores and homes. Franchise costs cited: Ployhar at 1.65, Lahr at 1.60 per thousand cubic feet.
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