Thousands Visit CHY CE Fourth Celebration
The city hosted a bustling Fourth of July with a large turnout and ideal weather. A morning cannon salute, a long parade led by veterans and civic groups, speeches by Wesley C. McDowell, and a lively band concert followed by games, a Valley City versus Fargo Athletics ball game, and a late night bowery dance. Free meals at Barnes County Implement and rides by Wortham and Loos shows drew big crowds. The event wrapped up with praise for organizers and staff.
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Cou Js
Tay
Tae Municipal Band
Page
Tower City
J. B. Meyer
Grand Army of the Republic
America
Woman's Relief Corps
Washington
McDowell
Valley City
Fargo Athletics
Bowery
Barnes County Implement Company
J. H. Sampson
Kilties To Perform Tonight After Delayed Arrival
Finley's Kiltie Band, delayed by a new Northern Pacific schedule, reached the Chautauqua venue last night and offered a limited program. Director William Finley promised a fuller show Friday evening with bagpipes and mechanical instruments ready for a first class musical entertainment. A local 11 year old dancer, twice Canada champion with fourteen medals, performed a dance and tired performer declined an encore amid several vocal numbers from band members.
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Finley
Kiltie
Chautauqua
Northern Pacific
William Finley
aCnada
Cooperstown visitors attend Valley City fair game
Bert Nelson and W. E. Tringer from Cooperstown attended the Valley City fair yesterday. Nelson has been playing with visiting teams that faced the Valley City squad, linking local and touring baseball action.
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Bert Nelson
W. E. Tringer
Cooperstown
Bert
Margarelle Chambard-Wedding at Chambard Home
On June 30 at the Chambard residence, Margarelle Chambard became the bride of G Gordon Vallandigham of Glasgow Montana. Miss Florence Hedstrum sang Be Loved It is Morn. Rev J S Wilds officiated as roses and ferns framed the ceremony. The couple will reside in Glasgow Montana.
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F. G. Chambard
Margarelle
G. Gordon Vallandigham
Glasgow
Montana
Florence Hedstrum
Josephine Wright
J. S. Wilds
la Vauche Chambard
Humboldt
Lorine Jacobson
Benny Pfusch
Sweet Clover For Livestock And A Valley City Victory
Objections to sweet clover seed focus on coumarin and odor leading to bitter taste and initial reluctance by stock. Studies show cattle adapting and equal or higher protein versus alfalfa when development stages match. In local baseball, Valley City beat Page 8 to 2 after six and a half innings as Dennis and Kaplan powered the Valley City battery.
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L. R. Waldron
North Dakota Agricultural College
Page
Valley City
Dennis and
Kaplan
Valley Cty
National Guard in North Dakota Lowers Minimum to Fifty
Adjutant General Fraser announces changes from Washington reducing the minimum guard company size from 100 to 50. North Dakota units listed include A through M and two special units, with new officer qualifications and pay provisions for enlisted men. The 50 minimum secures recognition though the force must rise to 65.
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North Dakota
Fraser
Washington
Thentire Guard
Bismarck
Fargo
Grafton
Minot
Williston
Mandan
Valley City
Jamestown
Wahpeton
Dickinson
Hillsboro
Grand Forks
Bandieee
Lison
National Guard
Frazier
Securiy Nation al Bank of Valley City Declares Dividend
The bank directors met yesterday and voted a substantial dividend for stockholders, boosted the surplus fund to 6000, and left a balance to reduce the furniture and store account. This marks the second dividend in eleven months since organization, with resources near half a million dollars.
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Securiy National Bank of
Valley City
Grasshopper Campaign Boosted as Rain Slows Hoppers
Entomologist Stewart Lockwood, visiting Bismarck, says recent statewide rain slows grasshoppers for now. Poison is helping, but failures occur when arsenic mis mixes or rain arrives. new hoppers can reappear after initial kills. Mouse River Valley hardest hit, yet farmers largely organized under County Agent Geo Gustafson to protect crops.
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Stewart Lockwood
State Agricultural College
Bismarck
Lockwood
Mouse Fiver
New Laws Take Effect From North Dakota Special Session
In Bismarck on July 3 several laws enacted at the winter special session become effective. Measures include H B 31 authorizing the governor as commander in chief to operate mines and public utilities. H R 46 placing the women's compensation bureau under agriculture and labor with the secretary as head. H B 7 shifting pool hall licensing to the state sheriff. H B 44 trimming the general budget and reducing various department appropriations. H B 13 enabling governor to appoint special assistant attorneys general with 10000 dollars. S B 44 Home Building Association 2000000 bond issue. S B 20 making it a felony to lie about state institutions.
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Bimarck
N. D
Women's Compensation Bureau
Department of Agriculture and Labor
Infor
Attorney General
Tat
North Valley City Still Raids Net Three Stills and Booze
Sheriff Larson Deputy and Chief Swanson raided three stills in North Valley City and arrested Patrick Lawler and another man. Five barrels of sour mash and crates of apricots raisins molasses and other booze making ingredients were seized. The men await trial in county jail with probable bind over to district court. federal authorities may pursue.
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Larson
Swanson
North Valley City
Patrick Lawler
Ritchie
Barnes
Farmers Stock Judging Contest at Barnes County Fair
The Farmers Judging Contest at the Barnes County Fair on Wednesday July 7 draws many Livestock Association members. Beef cattle dairy cattle draft horses lard hogs and perhaps mutton sheep will be judged with three silver cups donated by local sponsors for top averages. Separately the paper condemns profiteering by a few restaurant keepers during the celebration and vouches that the city condemns price gouging while inviting visitors to enjoy free entertainment and keeps profiteering out of the event.
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Barnes County
Livestock Association
Fletcher
Valley City
First National Bank
Springdale Livestock Co
Brown
Rogers
Times-Record
A. L. Green
Obituary of Mrs Mary E Hoffman Dies at 82 in North Dakota
Mrs Mary E Hoffman born May 24 1838 in Hanover Germany died July 2 at age 82 at her son Henry Hoffman’s home in Noltimier North Dakota. She came to the United States at 12 settled in Plum Hill Illinois married John Brink by whom one son and one daughter born. Her second marriage to John G Hoffman produced four sons and four daughters. both husbands and two daughters preceded her in death. She leaves five sons and three daughters and many friends. Funeral held at Henry’s home last Saturday July 3 at 2 30 p m Rev P A Mundt Valley City officiating remains taken to Nashville Illinois for interment.
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Mary E. Hoffman
Hanover
Germany
Henry Hoffman
Noltimier
N. D
Automobile Day at Barnes County Fair Promises Thrilling Races
Friday July 9 marks Automobile Day at the Barnes County Fair with a Free For All that promises one of North Dakota’s greatest racing events. Speed kings including the Cootie, Higgenbothem, Oles Special, Lee, Clancey, Eggert and Harkins, plus Fred Fried of Jamestown, enter for a big purse. A Ford novelty three mile standing start race also features, with drivers cranking at lap changes. Hotels are packed and rooms scarce as fans flock to the event.
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Barnes County
North Dakota
Higgenbothem
Higg
George Reidman
Carl Pfaff
Art Milton
Destructive Hail Storm Hits Marion County Crops
The Marion county area was hardest hit by a heavy hail and rain storm last Saturday noon, damaging crops across several farms near Marion and Litchville. Multiple named farmers including Henry Ten Pas and B G Hougen reported losses, most insured with state hail coverage and some with old line policies. In Ypsilanti area hail lay in deep drifts. John Larsen notes three to six inches of rain on his farm, while the town received four fifths of an inch. The event coincides with the 5th anniversary of the 1915 hail storm that affected similar territory.
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Marion
Litchville
Henry Ten Pas
B. G. Hougen
Mrs. Tonn
P. F. Satterlee
Ben Lenssen
Henry Joling
Bert Vanderbusch
Fred Brox
M. Borgenriet
L. E. White
Anton Olson
Alfred Hansen
John Larsen
Litchville Bulletin
North Dakota Adopts Aug 16 Minimum Wage Law
Effective August 16, North Dakota enforces a broad minimum wage for women and minors across classifications with penalties from $25 to $100 fines and 10 days to three months in prison. The rules cap work hours for minor boys, ban late shifts for minors, and set wage floors for occupations from telephone service to mercantile work, nursing, personal services, office clerks, and waitstaff. The Barnes County YMCA camp wrapup notes one brief theft incident by Oriska residents disrupting a fishing outing.
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North Dakota
Featherstone Family Attend Miss Featherstone Funeral
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Featherstone and Dr. and Mrs. Paul Featherstone depart for Fergus Falls Minnesota to attend the funeral of Miss Jennis Featherstone.
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J. E. Featherstone
Paul Featherstone
Fergus Falls
Minn
Jennis Featherstone
Law Students Advised to Quit Amid University Politics
A Grand Forks dispatch reports Acting Dean Willis of the law school wrote letters urging about fifteen top students to quit law after the closing semester. One student with lower grades was not notified. The move appears tied to Willis’s support from nonpartisan league figures and to broader power struggles at the state university involving Dr. Kane.
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Frazier
Bismarck Tribune
Grand Forks
Willis
Law School
Wells
Law
Dr. Kane
The
State University
Nonpartisan League
Kane
State Board of Administration
Totten
Sheyance
Coal facts and local sports disruption in Valley City
A Valley City news roundup reports coal receipts and on hand stocks at the head of the lakes for 1920 and 1919, noting large declines in soft coal and smaller decreases in hard coal. Also covered are a Minot versus Valley City baseball game 4 to 3, a morning fire alarm at Valley City Furniture Co, and an aviator practicing stunts disturbing residents with a brief local note on ongoing business activity.
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Chamberlain
St. Paul Minn
Valley City
N. D
Minot
O’clark
Steam
Valley City Furniture Company
Lynne Cowell
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Chy CE
Chambard-Vallandigham
S. B
the Home Building Association
Tate
Bank of Valley City
Oriska
Yees Enea
McHenry
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