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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
Analyzed column from the Weekly Times-Record of Valley City North Dakota covers educational survey notes on North Dakota taxation illiteracy and state programs. Mentions Governor Frazier signing woman suffrage and critiques of national politics with quips about President Wilson and Bryan.
A humorous verse on restraint and stoic conduct by not swearing despite troubles. It playfully condemns loud profanity while imagining the social backlash and the temptations to vent with coarse language. The piece juxtaposes ethical calm with comic slips into blasphemous slang.
A Minnesota editor wagers eggs and potatoes on whether the legislature can adjourn in 60 days for profit to itself and its constituents. The piece touches on state debts, bond limits, and the impact on taxpayers, noting a dry versus wet stance in neighboring states. It remarks on the use of rural school newspapers as current reading tools and outlines editor opinions, including Senator Ployhar’s stance and a glance at U.S. policy toward the Danish West Indies. The commentary contrasts international affairs with local legislative mood and notes Bismanck tax measures and assessor findings.
North Dakota county enforces Webb-Kenyon law restricting interstate liquor shipments to dry areas. State's Attorney H. A. Burgeson seizes all consignments and requires affidavits of personal use, withholding contraband from shipment. Several Stark county towns report seizures recently.
Carrington Jan 18 Ralph Walker reports 1916 surplus stock sales totaling 3275.65 with hogs 1774.20 cattle 919.03 wool 179.80 sheep 102.62 horses 300 and corn crop grain 1575. He keeps same stock on hand and notes minimal time lost from farming duties.
Friday evening about 30 members met in the church parlors for supper and social fellowship. Brother D W Clark, the Brotherhood poet, read Get Together, which pleased all. Officers elected for the year were KE P Getchell president, Max V Bailey vice president, K N Johnson secretary treasurer.
John Q Begert of rural route 1 reports from Fargo where the Equity meeting elected Wm. Olson as director and Louis Noltimier as adviser for Barnes county. Begert also notes his name was entered as a Daily Times-Record subscriber to receive county seat news daily.
A compact verse fragment blends tributes to Buffalo Bill with a child’s view of a soldier father returning home. It juxtaposes public heroism with family warmth, then shifts to a Mexican Anthem excerpt recalling an earlier punitive expedition and the soldiers’ march across plains and mountains.
Frank R. Wilson explains the twofold Farm Loan Act system a money-assembling agency and a money-lending agency. Bonds issued are backed by first mortgages on farm land with capital stock guarantees and tax exemptions, enabling small investors to buy farm securities from $25 to $2000. Prices, terms, and payments illustrated with a renter's example show how loans and second mortgages knit together to financing land purchases.
A Baltimore Sun verse recalls a child’s train journey home amid war and danger. A Nebraska Journal letter laments officers chasing a feared foe, while the poem urges the little train to hurry back to a loving home. The pieces echo wartime sentiment and domestic longing.
Valley City resident James McCully reports six to eight months of back pain and disturbed kidney function relieved by Doan’s Kidney Pills. He notes backache, languor and abnormal secretions improved after use. price 50c at dealers. Poster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
Washington report explains how renters can use the federal farm loan act to own land. A first mortgage for 50 percent of the purchase price, not exceeding 40 percent of appraised value, can be combined with a second mortgage to the former landowner or a bank for the remaining balance.
K Ramsel handled business in Farguy Wednesday. J J Flam returned from St Paul after a week there. N P and H P Langemo attended the Grain Growers convention at Farbo. Miss Eleanor Olson, home from Valley City, returned to her village. Theresa Huber underwent an appendectomy at a Valley City hospital. John Wurzer family returned to Lethbridge Alta after visiting. Many farmers went to Valley City for a mass meeting called by President Townley of the Farmers Nonpartisan League. Carl Knutson arrived from Montana and is visiting friends. County Commissioner Henry T Lee returned from Valley City after a two week session. Mike Shaw resigned from the depot. Fred Meyers of Minneapolis will fill the position. A strong northwest wind last week piled snow into drifts, hindering travel.
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