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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
3
The Thursday Degree of Honor gathering in the T C C F Hall is noted alongside visits by H Hanson and C S Brown to the Gateway city for fairs and church duties. Several residents travel for family events and medical updates, with others attending the State Fair and local church activities in Fargo and nearby towns.
Oscar and Agnes Hanson of Valley City departed for Fargo on Tuesday to visit friends and attend the fair. Carroll Eaklund returned home to Willmar after a Fargo visit, while Wm. Halvorson toured the gateway city and enjoyed the fair. Local residents from Bismanck to Valley City travel for meetings, church district division at Velva and Noble social events as various locals head to Fargo for business and leisure this week.
Buck Enger arrived in the city yesterday afternoon driving back with teammates. He says he was bailed out on Monday and was called home from Aberdeen to review his insurance, a sign of his changing times and absence of a brass band welcome.
Five Wahpeton Breckenridge players came from Aberdeen to attend the game today with the rest of the team due on No. 2. Mr and Mrs Frank Nearing of La Vern e traveled to Valley City and Fargo for the State Fair. They were joined by W D Hone Mrs Lola Higgins and Edith Moyer and expect to return tonight. The fire department conducted a practice run last evening igniting several streets while Mrs Rudolf Geselius and children and others dealt with rheumatic joints. Elaine was last seen in a car and the truck was seen running down Main Street making noise and dust as if in good condition.
The Hi-Liners will travel for a two game set in Fargo, then two games in Wahpeton and two in Jamestown. They have a two day rest built into the trip with no games on July 1 and August 1. Mrs. J. M. Dicke dies in Fergus Falls at 3 p m yesterday, aged 78, after a stroke, funeral tomorrow at 2 from the Norwegian Lutheran Church. remains to be brought home for interment.
The State Teachers College meets Luverne this afternoon at 4:00 on the local grounds. The college fielded a strong collegiate team and should provide an interesting afternoon against the fast Luverne squad. Mrs O F Robertson and party visited Marion Litchville on Tuesday and traveled to nearby towns, returning that evening.
Wonl announces the death of Mrs Ke Stockland at her Minneapolis home. She is remembered by many county relatives and by locals who knew her from previous visits to the city.
Gloria Swanson wears gowns as Sam Mikkelson watches Beyond the Rocks. Paramount sights at the State Fair in Fargo with a screen version of Elinor Blyn’s novel. Lilian and Ralph Wyttenberg remain hospitalized after Louis removal. Mrs. Bryan Clark and daughters visit Fargo to see her parents. Hugh McDonald at the fair. H Evenson of Litchville visits.
Members are asked to note the weekly Valley City Country Club dance has been shifted from Friday to tonight. Music will be good and a large crowd is expected, making it one of the year's big events.
In 1921 Devils Lake prospers through aggressive newspaper advertising says Fred P. Mann who sold $500 000 in merchandise. Local notes report J R Marquisee trades for a Elea touring car, Townley visitation to courthouse, and Jeweler Knudson upgrading Main Street window display as townsfolk discuss league plans and financing.
Mr. J. A. Shaw of Haggart Construction Co. in Fargo visited the city yesterday. He manages a crew working on the steam shovel now in town and preparing its removal to Fessenden.
The Kiwanis Club shifts tomorrow evening to 6:30 PM for a Ladies Night. Members are asked to bring their wives. Luncheon will be served at Hotel Rudolph and the management seeks count of ladies and men attending. Wm. Langer has arrived in the city.
Ernest Ladbury travels from Carey to attend the county central committee meeting as precinct committeeman. Dr W Turner opens new office rooms over the Bank of Valley City and invites patrons to visit. John Piller plans a family auto trip to Rice Lake Wis with brief stop. Hi-Liners return home to host Wahpeton Breckenridge Twins in a two game series starting 6 15 this evening.
The rural section of the State Teachers College held a picnic at Chau tuqua Park last evening. About four hundred attended though planners expected double that, leaving many supper items unused. A log fire roasted wieners as marshmallows were roasted and sandwiches served. After supper attendees played baseball and other sports before eight o'clock, when a portion returned to the city on large school sholars.
Azalia and Muriel Jonson of Minneapolis visit the Aldrich home for a few days. The region reports strong rye crops between Valley City and Fargo, with threshing underway and harvest speeding if warm weather persists. Also noted are fatal and serious accidents, community sympathy messages, and a local birthday surprise for Jamestown’s Mark Noenig at a Valley City game.
The John Eggert family left by auto this morning for Detroit Minnesota to spend a short time visiting and enjoying fishing at the popular summer resort. Wells county states attorney B F Whipple passed through last night from Fargo after a day at the state fair. Mrs J S Molstad and her children returned home from Minneapolis after a month visiting relatives. Eu Jenson and Wallace Jensen of the Times Record left for Fargo to attend the big state fair. HL P Brown a Darey district farmer and Valley City business visitor came down from Fargo last night after attending the state fair.
Carlson Monson, a popular young Fingal district farmer, arrived in the city last night to attend to business matters and greet his many friends. Mrs. Fronie LaRue and daughter are mentioned in the scene.
W G Besserer chief fee rehabilitation for the Fargo office of the United States Veterans Bureau states no cut in vocational trainees pay has been made or is expected. He notes Grand Forks reduced from 100 to 80 dollars monthly this month, while Fargo trainees still receive 100 dollars. Ratings cause changes based on district living costs, and Fargo sees little cost decline. He accuses an unknown Grand Forks rating source of lacking knowledge of local conditions, which are as high as elsewhere in the area.
An effort is now underway to correct the Grand Forks rating and restore the old pay rate, with optimism that the change will come soon.
Mr and Mrs Carl Fisher and family visited John Fieber at Karnak on Sunday. Agnes Heinze visited the Carl Fieber home last week. Frances Fieber visited Julius Heinze for a few days. Wedding bells will ring soon as Kate Pedygrass and Jim Moneybank plan marriage.
Burke County heals after a long post election dispute as the North Dakota supreme court affirms fraud findings and reinstates John O Grubb and HW A Kirkville to county commissioner posts. The decision also upholds Ed Drinkwater and Grubb in contesting sheriff and commissioner seats and orders funds restored to the county treasury from Lawrence Nelson deposits.
Jamestown Alert reports that Townley and the National Executive Committee dominated the League delegates at a Bismarck conference. A $12 two year assessment was rejected in favor of a $7.50 first payment plan, with 50,000 past members to be solicited by 50 organizers for a fall campaign. Townley would direct the drive. Frazier backed Townley and an independent ticket may emerge to replace weakened state nominees. Leaders feared declining votes, promised reorganizations, and warned versus reforms, while noting disillusioned members with no relief for taxes or League laws.
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