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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
6
The Old Settlers gathering faced rain as Norton's band and Glee Club entertained in a tent auditorium. Lou J. Beauchamp delivered a buoyant lecture on taking the sunny side, with quotes on happiness and life. The audience applauded enthusiastically after the talk.
Read describes how white blood cells kill germs and a mysterious blood-borne substance. It links stomach health to blood vitality and touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a top blood purifier, with personal testimonials of cured skin sores and improved digestion. It also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach and bowel relief.
The first test under the antisnuff law is tried at Dickinson with T. J. Olson, a tobacco salesman, pleading not guilty. Judge Engerud and H. L. Beam defend, while State's Attorney Murtha seeks to prove the package in Dickinson resembles snuff and must be tested in district court. Depositions will be taken in Chicago before trial. The tobacco firms push for this to become a test case with a possible appeal if ruled against.
Judge Hanson of the county court warns ministers and others who perform marriages that June licenses are invalid under the new marriage law effective July 1. Licenses issued in June cannot be used in July without an examination under the new provisions, and holders must obtain July licenses to legalize and record marriages. Some June licenses presented after July 1 have been returned as void.
E F Ladd chemist of the North Dakota Government Agricultural Experiment Station and Food Commissioner certifies that the listed food products and beverages analyzed in the six months before June 30 1913 are adulterated or misbranded under the statute. He affirms the list is true to the best knowledge. Subscribed and sworn before Notary Alma K Johnson Cass County North Dakota June 30 1913.
The list itemizes products including tomatoes, buckwheat flour, milk, asparagus tips, washed figs, cocoa preparations, oleomargarine, maraschino cherries, graphed juices, and various graham flours. It notes misbranding, adulteration, illegality or improper labeling, with several entries indicating weight shortages, added water, or unclear manufacturer details. CHAS. W. NELSON authenticates the list as a true record from Prof. B. F. Ladd's certification on July 1, 1913.
The Better Farming association reports 122 head of pure blood Holstein cattle arrive in Hope, Fargo. shipments to Velva and Bergen are planned, with funds advanced by Banker Cassels. Field Agent Peck sourced Ohio stock for 25 to 35 local farmers, marking North Dakota’s first Steele county dairy influx in six months and signaling a farming shift away from the long standing small grain system. Mr and Mrs J W Hilborn of Leal visited relatives in the city.
A former International Falls locomotive fireman found guilty of murder at the assizes in Winnipeg. He smothered Eva Lewis’s young son in a rowboat by the Red River after the family left their husband for Lewis. The motive involved nuisance from a child with boarders in their rooming house.
Sivert Hegstad, agent for Imperial Elevator of Petersburg, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced by Judge C. M. Cooley to four terms of one year each. He will serve his term in the state penitentiary at Bismarck after being held in the county jail.
Mrs Arvid Lager and her daughter Lorena, who have been visiting at the home of Mrs Lager's parents in Amery Wisconsin for the past month, returned home Friday.
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