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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
2
Valley City North Dakota weekly Times Record lists subscription at 1.50 per year in advance. Notice appears as a post office entry with second class mail matter designation. Public notice reflects local newspaper rate and mailing qualifications.
The piece argues that good year round roads can restore small town wealth by drawing farmers to town and linking rural centers to markets. It cites Congressman Borland and the Minneapolis Journal on road systems and urges county farmers to buy into a county wide harvest labor program coordinated with the State Efficiency Commission and the Department of Agriculture.
The article highlights Barnea county crowds at the Chautauqua tent gathering hospital-supply samples and sewing instruction for Red Cross work. It urges daily effort, food conservation, and personal duty to support war relief, stressing Hoover's call and the need to every citizen contribute.
Readers enjoy North Dakota poet laureate James W. Foley at the Valley City Chautauqua while a new eight page Harlowton Times debuts from Hanson and Squires. W L Hanson began newspaper work in his home county and the paper appears neat, all home printed. The clipping riffs on paper prices, German spies, and various light witticisms, including jokes about elections, beauty, and population claims.
Litchville banks show historic deposit highs with total deposits at $484,096, up from $406,535 a year ago, a gain of $77,560. Marion reports $361,362 in deposits, up $34,491 year over year, while Hastings totals $117,081, reflecting further gains.
Hon M. J. Englert spoke as the day’s orator in Clark City drawing a large crowd hoped to be spellbound. He promised a big feed with himself as headliner and noted a fine time with plenty of patriot jam as the main features.
Valley City resident John M. Koelin credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing backache headaches and dizziness after a cold unsettled his kidneys. He urges others to skip imitations and buy Doan's kidney pills from local dealers priced 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY advertises. Fred Kencke attended Chautauqua in Fingal Sunday.
The verse paints a national tribute with banner and trumpet imagery. It praises unity across regions, honors past leaders who built the country, and envisions an enduring flag and faith spanning sea to sea. The poem links war’s sacrifices to lasting peace and collective American identity.
A wartime poem by Howard P. Sanders urges readers to support the Red Cross. It depicts a young man going to war for a pittance, the personal cost to families, and the moral question to readers about their contributions to aid wounded soldiers and relief efforts. The piece emphasizes national duty and collective sacrifice.
Poem of walking a winding foot path at sunset through a scented glade. The speaker forgets life’s burdens as the evening hymn sung by wood lark and robin fills the scene. Della McGovern credits the verse.
A stanzaic snippet from the Atlanta Constitution depicts labor and play on a southern farm. It contrasts work with the refrain Dixie as a fiddle sounds near mules and plows, warning the fiddler to stop and noting the chaos of song on a hot day.
Enderlin Independent reports on Fred Bristol Gram and Alma Ione Jones wedding at the groom’s parents home. Gram, an Enderlin native and National Guard member, and Jones from Valley City exchanged vows before close friends. They honeymoon at Ft. Ransom in a tent in the Sheyenne river area as Gram awaits potential deployment.
Miss Annie Josephine Riedman and Albert Brendle of Darey wed at St. Ann's Catholic church in Litchville at 9 AM Monday with Rev. Father Schimmel officiating. Owing to the bride's father's death there was no music and only immediate relatives attended. Best man William Riedman and bridesmaid Miss Paulina Riedman were among the few witnesses. The couple, daughter of Mrs. Bertha Riedman, plans to reside on a farm recently purchased at Van Hook.
Miss Bess Lillian Owen of Bismarck married Captain J. W. Murphy of Fort Snelling in an Episcopal rectory ceremony officiated by Reverend Lawrence G. Moultrie. The couple, with ties to Sanborn and Fargo, left for St Paul after the ceremony.
Announcements from Randolph New York report Miss Georgia Belle Carpenter wed Charles Henry Hageman on June 23. They plan to reside in Bismarck after August 1 following a wedding trip to Boston New York and Washington DC with time at a Minnesota lake resort. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hageman of this city.
Funeral services are scheduled for Mrs. Mary McIntyre of Royalton Minnesota at 9 AM Monday at the Catholic church. She died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident north of Moorhead, with her parents and brother at her bedside.
North Dakota expects 113 officers for training but only 83 applicants have been selected for personal examination. Adjutant General Hei Stand in Chicago notes the need for more properly qualified men to fill the quota for North Dakota's portion of the new national armies. Applications should be filed promptly with examiners at Bismarck or the training camps. blanks are available from the examining officer. Publicity for this is desired. - Lynn J. Frazier.
Miss Olga Harie Rensby, in her nineteenth year, died at Elbow Saskatchewan from appendicitis. Daughter of Mrs Julia Rensby, raised in Nelgon township. Mother and brother Mads Rensby carried remains home. Funeral at 3 Sunday afternoon at Immanuel church with Rev E Struxness officiating. Community extends sympathy.
Mrs N O Holberg died at Jamestown Wednesday evening after two months' illness a general nervous breakdown. The remains were brought to Valley City for funeral at 2 30 Saturday afternoon from Our Savior's Lutheran church with Rev Naeseth officiating.
Mrs K C Wangrud died last Tuesday at 4 20 pm after a long illness. She was 64 and born in Norway. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the Wangrud farm home on section 20 Black Loam Township 14 miles southeast of town. Miss Ruth Briggs visits from Milwaukee to stay three weeks with her father E H Briggs and uncle Charles Hollinshead. Marriage licenses issued for Sam Amundson Robset Sask Canada and Bertha Sunde Valley City and Herman Johnson Ida Matzek Bing hampton township. Bicycle thefts rising. police consider drastic measures. P R Trubshaw and wife enjoy a motor trip in northern Minnesota.
Default on a mortgage by Frank Nilson and Sirianna Nilson to John Arnt leads to a foreclosure sale of the NW quarter of Section 28, Township 138, Range 58 in Barnes County. Sale set for August 5, 1917, at 2 PM at the courthouse steps in Valley City to satisfy $788.83 plus costs and attorney fees.
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