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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
7
Friday notes City officials lawyers and businessmen in Valley City with mentions of Stoddard representing Courtenay, Miller in court, Huntington with N P affairs, and various residents visiting or traveling. Activities include a winter carnival invite from Mankato, a cattle congress planning with $2000 purses, and speeches on law and order.
Amid severe paper scarcity the Times-Record says only half a dozen days supply is available and the paper may be reduced to wrapping material. Editors warn there is no quick relief and warn they may cut all other publications to preserve the daily issue.
About 12 15 last night a second fire in a week struck the Sullivan Tire Hospital on Front Street owned by Barney Sullivan. Flames from a furnace flue gutted the building interior while F R Green and family escaped in night clothes. The blaze caused considerable damage to the Sullivan structure and Green family belongings. insurance amounts unavailable.
Special display samples of Marquis durum oats barley flax and corm ear lots will be received for entry through January 21 in Fargo North Dakota. Prizes range from seven to thirty dollars. Potatoes ten tubers may be mailed or delivered, labeled and sent to E L Botley secretary treasurer auditorium Fargo ND.
In Versailles on January 17 the joint assembly of the Senate and Chamber confirmed Paul Depetane as prime minister, succeeding Raymond Poincare after the collapse of the prior government.
The N. E. A. Bulletin argues for a Cabinet secretary of education and a federal budget system, noting a department head would elevate education in national policy while state and local authorities retain school control. It urges teachers to participate in policy via boards and legislatures to raise the profession’s status and effectiveness.
A 1920 thrift talk by the YMCA extols life insurance as a twofold tool for family protection and personal old age security. It contrasts old line policies with assessment plans, explains extended insurance reserves, and urges immediate action to guard homes and futures amid a broader case for thrift and national wellbeing.
Esther Steen on the sidk list Wednesday. Mrs Patten and Dr O Harrow entertained the Park Avenue girls at ten Sunday night in Mrs Patten s rooms. Jessie Moore was guest of honor. The evening featured experiments in thought transmission and fortune telling by Dr O Harrrow.
John Tracy cashier of the bank attests the financial statement is true to the best of knowledge. Notary public James McDonald swears to the affidavit in Barnes County North Dakota, with commissioners Herman Winterel John Holmes and RMudgett validating. The document references totals and reserves including items around 32 000 and 1 835 269.51, dated January 1925.
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