Sunday Chautauqua Draws Pleasant Crowd at Park
A mild Sunday drew a fine turnout at the park for a Valley City Municipal Band concert and Olson Concert Company program. The Norwegian impressions and soloists pleased the audience while Mrs. Clandnute Froysan and Mrs. Myers led a vocal group. Father Dunne of Eau Claire, a strong orator, praised patriotism and predicted Kaiser collapse within a year, urging support of the government. He was warmly received and officials expect his return.
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Valley City Municipal Band
Olson Concert Company
Teader
Cally
Valley City
W. T. Cland Nute
Froysan
J. B. Myers
L. B. McMulle
Fany B. C. Dunne
Eau Claire
John Baker
Father Dunne
Germany
United States
Bonar Law Says Destroy Wild Beasts Not Argue
London July 2 Chancellor Bonar Law declares in a speech that arguing with wild beasts is futile and the only way to deal with them is to destroy all of them referring to the torpedoed Landovery Castle sunk by a German submarine Times-Record want ads bring results.
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London
Bonar Law
Duwe Promoted to Train Master for Northern Pacific
W H Duwe formerly train dispatcher for the Northern Pacific at Fargo has been named train master for the Pasco division with Spokane headquarters. Employed since 1889 he held multiple roles including night and day operator in Casselton Valley City Jamestown and Fargo Dil worth and St Paul Tacoma dispatching before the Spokane posting. He visited each division point monthly while inspector of train dispatching. He left Valley City Friday evening to assume duties in Spokane Wash.
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W. H. Duwe
Northern Pacific
Fargo
Pasco
Spokane
Mr. Duwe
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Casselton
Valley City
Jamestown
Dilworth
St. Paul
Tacoma
Dawe
Wash
Chief Swanson Stands Firm Against Woman Suffrage
Chief of Police Ernie Swanson refused to commit to supporting woman suffrage despite pressure from a group of women. He remained firm and unyielding, declaring “no” in a decisive manner, leaving doubts about his stance but indicating no change in his bachelor status.
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Ernie Swanson
France
Belgian ship Chirier sunk by shell fire
Washington July 2 The Belgian ship Chirier was sunk by shell fire from a German submarine 1,400 miles from the Atlantic coast on June 21, the navy department reports.
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Washington
Chirier
Atlantic
Navy Department
Second Casualty List Is Sent in Marine Corps
Washington July 2 A second casualty list in the marine corps has been reported to the navy department containing the names of 29.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Troops Concentrate Around Viborg in Murman Drive
Washington reports 35,000 to 40,000 German and Finnish troops massing near Viborg in preparation for a likely offensive on the Murman coast and Kola. A small number of American sailors are said to be with British and French forces at Kola as a rail extension advances to join Murman at Kem on the Gulf of Onega.
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Washington
Viborg
Murman
Kola
Kem
Gulf of Onega
Baker urges Aswell resolution to seize communications
Secretary Baker urged the house committee on commerce and interstate to pass quickly the Aswell resolution enabling the president to take over all telegraph and telephone lines. He said action is not imperative now but may become so any minute.
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Washington
Baker
House Committee On Commerce and Interstate
Aswell
Influenza Spreads Rapidly Near Midlands Amid Closures
The influenza epidemic is spreading quickly with cases in London and reaching the midlands. Schools are closed and mines face potential shutdowns as authorities scramble to contain the outbreak.
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London
Midlands
German Raids Hit Paris Six Times in Six Days
Paris receives six raids by German airmen in as many days. Midnight alarms were sounded with an all clear at 12 59 this morning. Official statements say there is nothing to report.
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Paris
Bolsheviks Win Election Report From Petrograd
Stockholm reports a censored dispatch stating the Bolsheviks achieved a complete victory through use of unemployed workers Red Guard and unofficial organs. The Soviet seized leaders with bayonets silenced meetings newspapers and clubs, armored patrols filled streets, and workers threaten a one day strike demanding abolition of capital punishment as a tool of Bolshevik control.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Bolshevike
Red Guard
Great Picture Next Saturday at Waley City
The greatest picture Intolerance will be shown at Waley City next Saturday afternoon as part of the Free Saturday matinee. This film has not been seen in this part of the state and residents outside Valley City are invited to attend free. Bring friends and enjoy this landmark production.
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Waley City
Valley City
Opposition to Wilson Develops Over Telegraph War Measure
Washington July opposition grows as lawmakers oppose the president taking over telegraph and telephone lines as a war measure. Anti government ownership members of Congress insist on limited after war control, opposing Representative Aswell’s house resolution and Senator Sheppard’s measure.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Aswell
House
Senate
Sheppard
Officials Pleased At U S Troops Victory
Washington dispatches report General Pershing confirming the valiant work of American troops at Chateau Thierry. Officials praise careful planning and clean decisive action with strong cooperation between infantry artillery and intelligence.
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Washington
L’ershing
United States
Chateau Thier
U.S
Crowder Voted to Honor General as Lieutenant General
The Senate voted to confer the title of lieutenant general on Gen. Crowder in recognition of distinguished service tied to the draft bill work. Washington, June 29. The move acknowledges his leadership in the Selective Service administration and related duties.
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Washington
Senate
Gen. Crowder
Lively Artillery Firing Reported in Mountain Regions
Rome reports lively artillery firing in the mountain regions and considerable aerial activity observed by the Italian war office.
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Rome
Italian War Office
Professional auto racing added to Barnes County Fair program
For the first time the Barnes County Fair will include professional automobile races in the week’s speed program. In cooperation with Fargo and Grand Forks the event aims to attract noted drivers on their way to the North Dakota state fair. Five events on Saturday July 18 will offer one thousand dollars in total prizes sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association.
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Barnes County Fair
Fargo
Grand Forks
North Dakota
The
Fair Association
International Motor Contest Association
Motor Contest Board
American Association of State Fairs and Expositions
Martin
the Fair Association
Tare
Enemy attacks repulsed near Albert as Haig reports
London July reports an enemy assault northwest of Albert aimed at recapturing last Friday's gains. The attack was repulsed with heavy losses except for one foothold. General Haig confirmed the action and noted the overall enemy effort failed.
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London
Albert
Haig
Skandinavian Officials Endorse Impartial Neutrality
Copenhagen reports the secretaries of state and foreign affairs from Sweden Norway and Denmark agreed to keep to impartial neutrality after a two day meeting. They reaffirm commitment to neutrality and nonalignment in ongoing regional tensions.
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Copenhagen
Emperor Karl Refuses to Accept Resignation
Copenhagen June 29 The Wiener Zeitung reports an autograph letter from Emperor Karl to Premier Von Siedler refusing to accept his resignation and announcing plans to summon parliament to meet July 16.
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Copenhagen
Weiner Zeitung
Karl
von Siedler
Planes Lost in Battles Across Front in Two Days
London dispatch reports thirty three German and sixteen British planes destroyed in air fights on Thursday and Friday. The French war ministry notes twenty four tons of bombs dropped on enemy positions amid ongoing combat.
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London
French War Ministry
Germans Driven Back in Flanders Counterattack
With the British Army in Flanders, a counterattack by British forces drove Germans back to their foothold northwest of the Albert line. Austrian losses in the Piave battle are estimated at 270,000 by the Italian supreme command. The Irish casualty list for June 1 records 42,178 deaths and injuries.
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the Albert
Washington
Battle of the Piave
Rome
London
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