Valley City Chautauqua’s statewide reach and works
Melvin Hildreth reports Valley City Chautauqua draws 3,500 tickets despite bad weather and draws campers from outside Valley City. The event emphasizes citizenship, child welfare, and community services with a strong role for the Normal school and North Dakota efforts, including playgrounds, temperance activity, and reading courses, with endowment growth and a future building plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
Melvin Hildreth
Valley City
Chautauqua
Lawrence Bohnhoff
Sheyenne River
P. G. Holden
North Dakota
Child Welfare Department
Rudolph Acher
Normal School
Boll
Child Welfare Club
Harvey Pray
K. C. Hilborn
Child Welfare’ Department
Valley City Chautauqua
Much Cultivation Is Needed Says Flint
Bismarck July 13 1916 Jimes Record Valley City N D Oscar H Will a long warm spell and late frost set to Sept 15 favors a fair corn crop with thorough shallow cultivation until tassels appear He notes grain backward this year but not unusually so and North Dakota grown seed is more widely used The commissioner J F Flint urges borough cultivation from now to tasseling to secure best progress and a mature crop.
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Bismarck
Jimes
Valley City
N. D
Oscar H. Will
North Dakota
Dakota
J. F. Elint
Immigration bills alive says North Dakota attorney general
In a written opinion, Attorney General Linde asserts Senate Bill 194 creating a state board of immigration and a $60 000 appropriation is in force and can begin. Two petitions were merged improperly. combined signatures reach 8 272, 28 above the required threshold, but the referendum attempt failed. Equity supporters aimed to suspend the appropriation while Hellstrom’s petition sought the full act.
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Bismarck
Linde
Hanna J
Senate
State Board of Immigration
Equity People
F. C. Hellstrom
Thomas Hall
Washington Considers German Submarine Reply
Washington July 12 State department work centers on German note on submarine warfare. Secretary Lansing to prepare data and opinions for next communication to Germany. President Wilson may not go to Cornish. return to Washington by week’s end. Relations strained. policy to be carefully worked out with utmost deliberation.
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Washington
State Department
Lansing
Germany
Cornish
Wilson
United States
Capsized Car Incident Near City Sparks Road Safety Plea
Chas Craswell narrowly escaped serious injury when his car flipped on a damp hill southwest of the city. The vehicle was only lightly damaged, while Craswell freed himself after the seat pinned his neck. He urged better maintenance of public roads to ensure safer passing widths.
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Chas Craswell
Craswell
Mr. Craswell
Valley City K P Team Triumphs Over Enderlin Nine
The Valley City K P team defeated Enderlin 7 to 4 after a tense game on Sunday. Ryan and Lynch powered the K P batting while Schmirler and Cole handled Enderlin pitching. Key moments included three runs in the third and two more in the sixth as the Soo line prevailed with solid defense and two sharp double plays.
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Valley City K
Enderlin
Soo Line
Ryan
Lynch
P.'s
Schmirler
Wimbledon
Cole
Enderlin Bunch
Enderlin Boys
K of P's
Bowen
Johnson
Thurston
Christiansen
Beal
Markuson
P's
Enderlinites
Knights
K. of P's
Dr. Strong
Washington to Return to Cabinet Conference on German Note
A Chicago Tribune report states President Wilson will travel to Washington soon to brief the cabinet on the German note and U.S. policy regarding the sinking of the Lusitania. Secretary Lansing and other officials advise careful deliberation with no firm policy yet set, with cabinet discussion planned for next week.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Cornish
Tumulty
Lansing
Wilson
French Admit Defeat At Hands Of Germans
London July 12 German attack on Souchez cemetery seven miles from North Arras cost heavy French ground loss after gas bombardment and hand to hand fighting. Germans routed burial grounds took 150 prisoners but French counter actions press to regain the position as part of broader western front fighting. News notes renewals in France Belgium while Poland Galicia and the war zone remain unsettled and public weary of Russian retirement. Also notices Mary Bell Flemington marries Albert G Strand at Ellen Dale and President’s advisers see a crucial point in US-Germany correspondence, next note likely on rights violations in the war zone.
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London
3Ouchez
North
Arras
Souchez
Leng
Lillie
Atill
France
Belgium
Poland
Galicia
Warsaw
Germany
United States
Park River double murder shocks North Dakota
T G Mol of Bemidji Minnesota murdered Miss Alma Gutterud, 19, and then killed himself at the David Aitken farm near Park River North Dakota. Jealousy and a coerced statement by Mol about fault preceded the killings. An inquest opened as farm workers and neighbors learned of the tragedy.
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Park River
N. D
T. G. Mol
Wbed
Bemidji
Minn
Missy Alma Gutterud
Thief River Falls
David Aitken
Mel
Mot
Moi
John Snow
Aitken
D. L. Sjugerad
McIntosh
Mei
Mol
Olaf Larson
Edison to Aid Country With Matchless Genius
Wear Orange New Jersey July 13. Thomas A Edison accepted Secretary Daniels invitation to head the civilian advisory board for a bureau of invention and development in the navy department. The plan envisions centralizing American inventive talent to improve submarines and aircraft, with Edison joined by noted inventors and engineers to help meet wartime naval needs.
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Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Daniels
Bureau of Invention and Development
Navy Department
Washington
Daniel
Navy
Edison
Regest
Army
Thomas Edison
Charles Steinmetz
Hudson Maxim
Orville Wright
Simon Lake
Lewis Nixon
Alexander Bell
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Col Roosevelt Heads to Pacific Coast Fairs Visit Valley City
Col Roosevelt traveled through Valley City Tuesday night by the Soo line en route to the Pacific coast and the fairs at San Francisco and San Diego. Notables like the Colonel and General Miles have been frequent Valley City visitors in recent years and admire North Dakota.
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Col. Roosevelt
Valley City
Soo Line
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
San Diego
Colonel
General Miles
North Dakota
War college officers review board agenda with Secretary Garrison
Secretary Garrison will attend Wednesday night to hear the board discuss the subject personally and study the advisors' reasoning. The board includes Bris, General Scott chief of staff Bliss, Macomb president of the war college Crowder judge advocate general and a committee from the war college.
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Garrison
Bris
Scott
Bliss
Macomb
The
War College
Crowder
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Elizabeth Prenton Anderson
Atea
Reading Course Association
H. L. Taylor
McFarland
Consolidated Band
Flint
Chas
K. P
Berlin
Bell G. Flemington
Mary Bell
Albert G. Strand
Ellendale
Miss Flemington
State Board of Education
Dickey County
Fish and Game Board Appointments
J. T. Purcell
Farso
J. P. Reeve
Beach
L. B. Hansa
State Game and Board of Control
W. F. Reko
Mandan
B. McCutcheon
Minot
W. A. Main
Towner County
Alfred Eastgate
Board of Army
Congress
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