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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
8
Warsaw is swamped with refugees from war zones as 800000 rises to about 1.8 million. Women and children sleep on straw in basements and stables while officials seek food and shelter amid crowded tenements and winter hardship.
Doris Lee, a sixteen year old girl from a farm near the camp, adores the city crowd but grows ashamed of vanity after modeling herself on Miss Anice Faber. Sidney Throop and others help her see her natural charm, confessing a lasting affection and the wish to know her as she truly is a simple girl of nature.
Ezra Boyden secretly hopes to surprise his wife Martha on their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary by fixing a missing diamond ring and buying a piano. A traveling salesman named Rand al reveals himself as their son, delivering the ring and a new piano. Martha’s joy at the reunion and music fills the home as the family gathers for supper.
A young lady admires Dutch wooden shoes and suggests Americans may prefer them to costly footwear. The piece notes the shoes are clumsy yet practical, as a simple water dip can restore shine and eliminate expensive polishing. It implies shoe profiteers could suffer if demand shifts to wooden footwear.
Monday reports show Mrs. Clarence Isaacson and two children arrived from Fort Dodge Iowa while P C Tosten, long time Wimbledon entrepreneur, visited on Saturday. Multiple residents from Jamestown Canton Fargo Spokane Minot and Crookston dropped in for business or family time as Valley City hosted a three game baseball series with Minot. locals complained of umpiring amid a 2 6 7 6 trio of scores.
Miss Helen Kugler a state house stenographer acted as a human cushion when window cleaner Augustus Miller fell from a second story ledge and landed on her. She was shaken but unharmed and returned to work at the state house. Miller sprained a foot and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
San Francisco reports higher aircraft costs as firms raise ten minute sightseeing flights by 25 percent to 12.60 and stunt flights to 20. Increased maintenance, operation, and upkeep expenses are blamed on the broader rise in aviation costs, affecting the region.
The Valley City baseball team travels to Devils Lake for games today Tuesday and Wednesday. Bismarck will play at Valley City on the 15th and 16th, with Devils Lake returning games in Valley City next week. Various local visits and political chatter fill the note, including Rev. C G Fox arriving as Valley City Episcopal rector, Ed and Gordon Cox visiting from Bismarck, oil prospects in DesLacs, and local license tag patrols by A C Townley and J F T O’Connor’s political visit.
The Times-Record notes limited early press for today to let staff attend auto races while Harold visits the fair. C. K. Hills, once a honored townsman, is in town renewing acquaintances and enjoying the fair.
Friday's city page records Mr and Mrs J W Mitchell of Grand Forks arriving in town. Charley Pesek from Rogers renewed a Times-Record subscription. Mrs Tout of Havre Mont welcomed a baby girl. Beeman block owners Mr and Mrs George Jarvis from Casper Wyoming plan a stay. Townley and Lemke attended a court house meeting, possibly political. Several residents took trips to Redstone Mont and Ortonville Minn. Auto races drew Marc Harkins and the Hall family from Cooperstown. The paper also hints at a repeal effort on an unenforced city cut-out ordinance.
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