Farm Girls Encampment at Chautauqua Feature
One hundred girls from area schools participate at the Chautauqua grounds with a curriculum in domestic science and home economics. The encampment lists numerous counties, tents, and a large mesa tent with meals, under Miss Minnie J. Nielwoh and assistants. Activities include games, swimming, lectures, and a planned Camp Fire Girls presence, while Child Welfare services offer free exams for mentally and physically fit children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire
Chautauqua
Cass
Stutsman
Wells
Foster
Grigga
la Moure
Wildy
Barnes
Steele
Dickey
Grand Forks
Burley
High Bridge
Big Mesa
Minnie J. Niel Woh
Nelle Farnsworth
Mary Hudson
Cora Peters
Mary Christ
Minnie Christ
Viola Christ
Carrie Vander Brest
Miss Cassador
Esther Roeimler
Harriet Dalton
Etta Leslie
Esther Leelie
Florence Schumacher
Audrey Wood
Zula Kaapar
Laura Arndt
Lettie Williams
Matilda Guenther
Nora McCann
Elizabeth Grumsrud
May Cote
Helmer Rudin
Elsie Brastin
Olga Brastin
Vera Marrs
Emma Newman
Blanche McCarlin
Emma Beil
Jennie Furans
Grace Eggers
Lizzie Hendricks
Zena Schwarz
Mary Helen Cassell
Viola Olson
Ada Ebred
Olga Mortenson
Mildred Monteith
Alma Carlson
Pearl Asselin
Lovilla Newton
Rose Fabida
Clara Rood
Viola Thurston
Ruth Thurston
Martha Gunderson
Mary Johnson
Beatrice Miller
Ada Williamson
Marie Williamson
Jennie Olson
Julia Christensen
Louis Wrang
Olga Feibeich
Mildred Oxton
Edna Johnson
Sarah Nortrost
Edith Nelson
Lucille Anderson
Helen Koch
Dora Koch
Mildred Abrahamson
Edna Strom
Florence Ramage
Ella Ramage
Thrge
Medira
State approves coal contracts for institutions
The North Dakota state board of control let bids for supplying coal to penal and charitable institutions. Washburn Lignite Coal Co. secured the penitentiary, capitol, and much of the asylum at Jamestown. Dakota Lignite Mine Co. won Mandan reform school and part of Jamestown hospital. Truax Coal Co. won Devils Lake school, Bathgate school for the blind, and Grafton feeble minded facility. Lignite coal, bids based on price and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
State Board of Control of Penal and Charitable Institutions
Washburn Lignite Coal Company
Wilton
Capitol Building
Asylum For
Jamestown
Dakota Lignite Mine Company
Dickinson
Reform School
Mandan
Truax Coal Company
Noonan
Devils Lake
School For the Blind
Bathgate
Institution For
Grafton
Were Married Saturday Romance Ends in North Dakota Union
A couple tied the knot Saturday at 5 p m at W W Blacker s home in the city when Raymond McMullen and Miss Varna Richardson of Tivol UL were joined in marriage by Rev Charles E Vermilya Methodist pastor The couple are hoped to settle in North Dakota and friends extend best wishes for happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Blacker
Raymond McMullen
Varna Richardson
Tivol
Charles E. Vermilya
Methodist Church
North Dakota
Farmers Rural Credit Association Formed
C. J. Lee returned from Minot Thursday morning and organized the Farmers Rural Credit Association. Elected directors include C. J. Lee Valley City president D. Lay Argusville vice president C. M. Baker Fargo secretary Grant Youmans Minot manager and treasurer. The group plans the first rural credit system in the United States and will loan money directly to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Lee
Minot
Farmers’ Rural Credit Association
Valley City
D. Lay
Argusville
C. M. Baker
Fargo
Grant Youmans
United States
Smith Wedding at Andrew Presbyterian Church Minneopolis
Mr and Mrs Mark Smith arrived home Monday following their June 30 marriage to Miss Alice Withington at Andrew Presbyterian Church in Minneopolis. Attending Valley City friends included Mr and Mrs Otto Zetterberg and Mr and Mrs C W Nelson. A celebratory dinner followed at the Dyckman hotel. The newlyweds will join Valley City's growing list of couples and spend time at Shoreham lakes. Fletcher of Rogers shows his 18 Shorthorns at Barnes county fair then Griggs county fair and will move herd to Crookston Grand Forks and Fargo. Lena Blessing left for Maquoketa after visiting Y E Grant farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
Mr. Johnson
Sharon
Jamestown
Fargo Presbytery
Chauliiquit
Adda M. Blakeslee
Fargo
Cora Mel Patten
Rudolph Mueller
Fingal Congregational Church
Messrs
Larsen
Coop
Kirkeby
Olson
Olga Olson
Fingal
New Yorko Valley City
Mary Pickford
John Bunny
Olympian
Swat
Orisha
Barr
Peter Reins
Minnesota
Thos. van Steenberg
Tomlinson
Large
Follette
Moses Warton
Mark Smith
Alice Withington
Andrew Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Valley City
Otto Zetterberg
C. W. Nelson
Dyckman
Fletcher
Rogers
Barnes
Griggs County
Coopers ‘Town
Crookston
Grand Forks
Purity Sunday Proclaimed by North Dakota Governor
Governor L B Hanna proclaims Sunday July 18, 1915 as Purity Sunday in North Dakota. He urges citizens to support higher citizenship and moral conduct, aligned with the International Purity Congress in eradicating strong drink, drugs, and White Slavery. Secretary of State Thomas Hall attests the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
North Dakota
Executive Department
International Purity Congress
L. B. Hanna
Bismarck
Thomas Hall
Moorhead Saloons Close In Spectacular Obsequies Show
Moorhead’s 33 saloons were closed after citizens voted them out on May 17, drawing about 8,000 attendees for a nightmarathon close. Fireworks, bells, a red moon, and hundreds of automobiles marked the scene as Moorhead’s famed taverns like Rathskeller and Gold Mine shut their doors amid orderly crowds and no arrests.
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Fargo
Moorhead
Pacific Avenue
Front Street
Rathskeller
Gold Mine
Diemerts' Toole
The
Rex
South Bridge
First Avenue North
First Avenue South
House of Lords
North Bridge
Clay County
John B
Saloon in a Box Car Recalled Along With Local Notices
A garret saloon run by Chaffin in an old box car along the Northern Pacific tracks is described as filthy with minimal furnishings. The era’s notices mention travel by Mrs Moran and Mrs Halverson, visits to relatives in Minnesota, and remarks on Valley City. Various farm for sale ads in Foster County, hail insurance, and local business notices fill the page alongside this brief historical vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffin
Northern Pacific
Old John
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prof. Acher
Danvers
Teddy
Taro
Papua
Ero
Farmers’ Credit Club
MR. and
Mrs
Lena Blessing
Maquoketa
Town
Y. E. Grant
North Pacific Coast
Yellowstone National Park
North Pacific Coast Country
Portland
Great Northern Acific Steamship Go
Sto“La
Oregon
San Francico
J. J. Chamberlain Valley City, N. D
Castoria
Wm. Moran
Milwaukee
E. J. Doyle
H. H. Warren
John Halverson
Alice
McIntosh
Minn
Relativ
G.T. Huff
C. S. Gunderson
Ashby
Huff
Fred Jacobson
Joe Lee
Elbow Lake
O. K. Lee
Pettibone
Township
Foster County
N. D
Clinton Blocher
Carrington
Christian Blocher
B. L. McGee
Chamberlain
Siegfried Pharmacy
H. E. Downing
Palace Bldg
Minneapolis, Minn
Dtw
van Brunt
Helena Avenue
Hd. von Sien
Waseca
North
South Dakota
Mra
Montana
W. D. Jeffrey
City
Anna von Sien
Bank of Sanborn
G. S. Isensee
Courtenay
Quick
Bridgeman
Russell CO
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