Fourth at Chautauqua Was a Glorious Event
Chautauqua opened with a massive crowd amid sunny skies. Estimates ranged 5,000 to 7,000 attendees enjoying prelude events, Peace Pageant, lectures by Louis Lachner and Dr. Homer B. Hulbert, and performances by the Mikado company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
F. H. Talnot
Sutos
Old Grove
Iris
Hinshaw Deople
Louis P. Lachner
Opera Company
In & Fine
Squires
Vernon Squires
University of North Dakota
Ted Christian
Cahary
Homer B. Hulbert
Korea
Far East
Valley City's First Fourth Recalled From 1875 Memoir
Grand Forks July 1 1915 letter recalls Valley City's first Fourth of July celebration as the Second Crossing of the Sheyenne. Phil McLoughlin details residents like Col Marsh half-breeds leaders Windelbow McFadden and Seaman, the water tank near the railway, old section house, and a day of flags, a reading of the Declaration, a speech by Col Marsh and a Red River jig dance by the half breeds. He notes Swede singers, dinner hosts Mrs Flood and Mrs Morrison, and the era's rail work by N P gravel train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
Valley City
Sheyenne
Col. Marsh
Asia
Vevia
Grant
Nolan
Demers
Peter Seman
Mr. Morrison
Pat Flood
Julia
Peter Smith
John Olson
P. Burns
Frank Heiner
Jonas H. Lee
Michael McLoughlin
Windelbow
McFadden
N. P
Clem Probert
New York
America
Flood
Tom Connors
Garryowen
Donnell Abu
Old Cheyenne
Moorhead
Custer
Tom Custer
Keogh
P. Byrne
M. McLoughlin
Julia Purcell
Ireland
Fall Valley City
Seaman
Billings, Mont
Northern Pacific
Fargo
Bismarck
Stebbins
Geo. Beardsly
Yankton
Commissioners Meet In Regular Session This Week
County commissioners held a regular session Tuesday with full board present. They expect about ten days to two weeks of work, mornings for equalization matters and afternoons for routine business. Rachel Hunt, Dr Chas Hunts sister, who had been visiting for three weeks, departed Tuesday for Grand Forks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower City
Buffalo
Orisha
Sanborn
Fingal
Lucca
Mrs. Miller
Nome
Geo. Gram
Howard Powers
Clifford Danielson
Enderlin
Chautauqua
Baldwin
Bismarck
Jeffries
Knights of Pythias
F. H. Talbot
James
Rachel Hunt
Chas
Hunt
Grand Forks
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. C. Association of Chiropractors
N. D. Association of Managers of Farmers’ Elevators
N. D. Association of Abstractors
Jess
Cora Mel Patten
Sioux City
8. D
Louis P. Lochner
The
Peace League
Chicago
Europe
Woman's Clubs
Mr. Lachner
Dardanelles
Panama and
Suez Canals
Luther College Band
Luther College
Pacific Northwest
Norway
Carlo A. Sperati
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Luther
A. L. McKinnon
T Here
Mr. McKinnon
Wm. Hulet
Robert Robertson
Henry Ruud
Oscar
Irving Furgeson
Edwin
Hjarmar Wilberg
C. K. Myhre
Clarence Larson
Ming Ida Sennell
Ethel Halcrow
Middlewest Loan and Trust Company
N. Dak
Frank White
S. Mason
T. Melvin Lee
Sec
I. E. Jones
Commissioners
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